The Senate Homeland Security Committee, chaired by Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), is holding a major hearing on whether the United States is safer ten years after the September 11th attacks. Homeland Security Department Janet Napolitano, FBI Director Robert Mueller and National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen will be testifying before the committee.

Greek bond yields are pricing in default with a 98% degree of confidence. This is the latest in the almost monthly flare-up where Greece is set to default, followed by some half-measure from Eurozone members that props them up, followed by a lack of confidence in that plan. This just causes more uncertainty and pain for the whole of Europe.

National income really is very basic stuff. It gets taught in every intro econ class. Anyone writing on economics should know it inside out. They should be able to do it blindfolded, with one hand tied behind their back, and standing upside down.

Unfortunately, it seems that most people reporting and writing on economics for major news outlets can’t do national income accounting at all. Let’s take Robert Samuelson at the Washington Post…

• Scenes from Freak Show II.
• There really is something wrong with these people.
• Sign of the times.
• A harbinger of a double-dip?
• This would seem to be a problem.

I guess there’s a difference between being nervous and being stunned like a trout

REO Speedwagon- Riding the Storm Out

Now comes Erik Prince, making a game out of wars that we haven’t even stopped fighting yet. People like this make me want to believe in the fiery, literal, Biblical hell of my childhood, just so that when I’m down there mixing drinks for Richard Nixon or whatever, I can look over and see this Erik Prince asshole unclogging the john.

The same man who cheerfully allowed Darrell the Car Thief Issa to become the House’s new Ethics Czar is hopping into ideological bed with the most hated man in the guitar industry: In the weeks following the Aug. 24 raid of Gibson’s Tennessee facilities, Juszkiewicz has portrayed himself as a poster boy for the excesses [...]

President Obama’s campaign manager, Jim Messina will be at Harvard University on Tuesday, hoping to urge Harvard students to help “pass the bill” or reelect the President or something. However, students and others opposed to the Tar Sands oil development and the Keystone XL pipeline are also planning to be there to greet him.

So if you’re in the Boston area, just hop on the Red Line, get off at Harvard Square and walk down to the Kirkland House, right across from the Kennedy School. Messina is scheduled to be at the Kirkland House Junior Common Room about 3:30 p.m. Here’s a map.

They’re back all ready, have at them.