t’s not just the White House folding again to anti-government Tea-GOP demands; Obama’s team seems to believe the same gibberish, and we’re all going to pay for their mistakes. They’ve gone from “spend now, cut spending later,” to “cut now and cut later, and maybe spend a little to save face.”

I think the answer is obvious: IOKIYAR.

More “great” news from Japan’s nuclear power disaster.

Joe Hisaishi — Summer.

When I take something that doesn’t belong to me, my Mommy makes me give it back and then she sends me to my room. The banksters took a lot of money that didn’t belong to them, and Mr. O gave them more money and now is doing everything they ask for. He hasn’t sent any of them to jail. Now I think the banksters know that they can do anything they want. Maybe this would be a good time to hide your money from them.

The Initial Unemployment Claims report for last week is out and guess what? The Economists are surprised. And water is wet and the sky is blue.

We interrupt our coverage of the ongoing assault on American Democracy, illustrated by the misguided discussions in Congress and Joe Biden’s dining room to decide how shamelessly to break faith with the American people while tanking the American economy, to remind folks that Mother Nature is indifferent to how careless our elected officials have become; she moves on relentlessly.

I keep getting requests for donation from the DCCC and Obama’s campaign, at the same time I read stories of his economic team making arguments you’d expect to hear from President Romney. I’d rather cut out pictures of rotten tomatoes.

Thomas Drake just signed a plea agreement, admitting to Exceeding Authorized Use of a Computer.

The White House may not want to admit that all their nation-building projects in Afghanistan are destined to crumble, but common sense dictates that as the expected outcome. It’s another reason why, after 10 years of war, and the sinking of thousands of lives and billions of dollars into the region, most Americans just want to get the hell out.