Mal ,'Shindig'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Not only that, the Mets missed going to the playoffs on the last day of the season, AGAIN. Stupid Mets.
The Royals have a chance to not be the worst team in their division this year. Go White Sox. Even if the Tigers win, they will be tied for worst team instead of just being the worst team!
Grr. The shoes are not available in my size. Considering I'll probably be wearing them with thickish socks, can I go up half a size?
my genius plan is for the US markets to shut down for 3 days while Congress gets itself together on a new plan.
Congress isn't in session for the next two days because of Rosh Hashanna. We'll see what happens with that.
FCM:
Here's an interesting piece on the reason for the failure of the bailout bill:
With leadership -- and elites -- so aggressively behind the bill, the massive defections suggest that congressmen are sensing a towering populist outrage. Like on the immigration bill, the opposition did not fear their party but their voters. The implication here is that the politics of the bailout are much more intense than most currently recognize.
And what it says about the current system:
It is further proof that we have a calcified political system incapable of responding to either long-term threats or short-term crises. The electoral and partisan incentives have made actual action too dangerous and rendered obstruction everyone's easy second choice.
FCM:
Dow stops dropping
Dow drops below 10,000
Dow drops below 10,000 and keeps going
What the hell is this? Fuck, Chuck and Move to Canada?
Drive-by post:
Happy Jewish New Year, Buffistas. Although I've been spending my increasingly short time on the board in TGWW and a couple tv threads, you all are in my thoughts and prayers.
Am I chucking me off the cliff?
Am I chucking me off the cliff?
Yes. Because you're fucked. And no one will ever marry you.