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Watching Republicans on the floor talking about health care reform. I think they believe that if we pass health care reform with a public option, aliens will come to earth, eat all of our brains and then control our every move. Something like that.

The senator from Connecticut lies, and the Village pretends not to notice... every time...

On the road, so light blogging... The rest of you can watch cranky old guys yell at the sky in the Senate.

I'm pretty sure Wall Street is still being run by the underpants gnomes.

Yes, Senate procedures suck but those procedures are put in place by... senators. I really don't think a bunch of progressives screaming at senators to change their own procedures is going to help.

They should be changed, and the day some senators start talking about changing them I'll be happy to support that, but the names of those senators are?

Oh teabaggers, you never fail to come through for us when we DFH bloggers need material.

Just shoot me.

Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, FL gets EATED.

Just a little nibble.

It's been awhile since I've had to put anything on the Friedman Unit calendar. 3 more F.U.'s in Afghanistan, according to McCain, if Obama sends more troops.

Of course six fucking years (12 F.U.s) ago he advocated the "muddle through" strategy.

Luke Russert.

And Chuck Toddler:

# The real game is the actual legislation itself; btw, the disconnect among the public option fighters is vast. 4 minutes ago from Ping.fm
# Current Senate #hcr drama is being WAY over-hyped. Seems silly that we're even doubting that the bill won't get to floor. 4 minutes ago from Ping.fm

Bit early, but it's Friday and I just took the SUPERTRAIN to the airport.

Travel weekend for me, so intermittent posting...

And barring some sort weird noise in the data, unemployment will be even higher in the next release.

Perhaps someone should do something about this?

enjoy

The tragedy...