I Must See This

Today's news of the surreal: Former Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay will join 15 celebrities from the worlds of entertainment and sports in kicking up their heels on the new…

Chart of the Day

An excellent depiction of the current state of the Too Big to Fail showing their bonus payouts vs TARP holdings and current earnings or losses:

The Deep Roots of the Right Wing Crazy Tree

Rick Pearlstein wrote an amazing op-ed today, which shows how the wingnut crazy has been a persistent part of the political landscape throughout much of the 20th century. (I love the story about how the right thought of Truman and Roosevelt years as "20 years of treason". Especially since the current expectation by their descendants is that history will rehabilitate BushCo in the way it rehabilitated Truman.) Pearlstein makes this point: