I simply don’t get why ‘Morning Joe’ Loves Coons

Coons appears regularly on 'Morning Joe' and I just don't get why.  All he ever does is restate  whatever conventional wisdom the panel has already gathered around.  He puts on the aires of someone getting ready to say something important, which always gets me to lean in, and listen up. ... then nothing.   It is weird.  Consistent and weird.
Why aren’t markets tanking?

Why aren’t markets tanking?

I'm seriously asking. Why isn't the DJIA in the toilet right now? I've always heard that markets value stability and predictably above all. That bit of CW seems to have gone by the wayside. What the fuck are investors thinking?

Comment Rescue: Word of the day is “malleable”

When my esteemed co-counsel said this in the comments:
One more reason why the Democratic Party sucks. They WANT people with no (relevant) skills of their own as long as they are malleable Third Way types.
...I thought of Ken Simpler's Simple plan. The one for the state government to act as a kind of federal reserve bank, letting money out into the world to keep the economy from getting too cold or too hot. As Alby observed, that idea is DOA being illegal. However, what if the point wasn't the idea but the tone? What if Simpler is auditioning to be the next acceptable Republican? ...a GOP candidate acceptable to Tom Carper and Chris Coons?