The New York Post, Rupert Murdoch’s chief American tabloid enterprise (yes, I know, the Wall Street Journal is still technically a broadsheet even after he bought it, but still), and purveyor of stinky turds posing as journalism, dropped a particularly, um, fragrant one the other day.

Ron Suskind’s new book is getting some attention for the gossipy tidbits it uncovers, like this one.

One-trick ponies and one-foot bike riders; a story of right-wing economists.

Tea Partiers resemble the selfish fools who swarmed the Titanic’s lifeboats, knocking women and children out of the way, more than they resemble the band of 18th century protestors who dumped some tea into Boston Harbor.

Once again, conservative apologists are blaming lone “jerks” for the terrible outburst at the last GOP presidential debate. Oh how they abhor accountability. Cynical leaders and empty-minded followers create a climate of hatred and violence and then when the unpardonable happens, the creators scurry for cover.

Shouting “Yay!” to Wolf Blitzer’s question about whether Ron Paul recommends letting the unlucky and uninsured die, the Tea Party crowd simply revealed the gaping hole in its soul.

Yesterday was the first day of Occupy Wall Street, an action inspired by occupations that have taken place in Egypt, Greece, Spain and other countries over the past months. FDL’s The Dissenter has been covering the action live since it began and will continue to cover especially as significant developments happen.

Catch up on what happened on Day One here and here. Now, let’s resume the live blog. [And, here's a Twitter list to follow for the latest on the action.]

The fact that Democrats manage to make themselves the less unpopular of the two major parties should be good political news, but in two special Congressional elections this week the Democratic candidates significantly underperformed. It seems that the bad economy and extreme gridlock is making everyone in Washington unpopular, particularly the Congressional Republicans.

This Sunday’s bobbleheads include the architects of almost everything that’s wrong with American foreign and domestic policy. Mass arrests or at least spikes in tomato prices should follow, but they won’t.

This morning it’s a lot about jobs and the economy, and commentary about Palestine going for some recognition at the UN.

Dean Baker stops by for FDL’s Book Salon, 5pm ET, don’t miss that treat. Virtually Speaking this evening is Stuart Zechman and Culture of Truth. Monday night’s movie feature is The Year Punk Broke, a classic.

And today’s marvelous video comes to us via watertiger, our dependable renegade. I do think those horns tingle the lady parts.

Rocky and Bullwinkle — Goof Gas Attack (part 3). This Season 4, Episode 4 Jay Ward Productions cartoon first aired (in 8 segments) on December 24, 1963.

Years and years and years ago, my cousin Betsy and my brother both lived up in Vermont. The rest of us ventured up there every Thanksgiving for good eats, good drinks and good company. It really was the classic over-the-river-and-through-the woods holiday.

Betsy was a computer scientist working out of a lab at Dartmouth College and one fateful year she introduced me to the computer game Adventure – now known as Colossal Cave Adventure. Mind you, there was no monitor connected to her terminal, these were the days pre-PC, it was all text and imagination. But I was instantly hooked on those twisty mazes of little passages, I played and played and played all through that weekend until early Sunday morning when I blew the fuse.