I can't believe it's not a democracy!

Nothing to see here folks, just move along:

Federal Communications Commission member to join Comcast after approval of NBC takeover deal. Until this kind of shit is outlawed, we will have nothing but money sniffing whores scrambling for appointments and Hill jobs with an eye to screwing us so they can grab as much scratch as possible.

A good news story, at last:

Greedy filthy hedge fund bastard to become prison bride. And it's not just the one, I think a bunch of his co-conspirators/douchebags pled. Some maybe five or so have been culled. It's a start. From what I've been reading, there are a few other hedge funds that should be giving out adult diapers at partners' meetings. Let's hope.

Well then, it's a good thing they didn't wrap him in bacon first:

Son says bin Laden sea burial demeans family. So I guess he was cool with the bit about the Seals popping his dad twice in the head?

Well, at least he didn't fuck a parishoner, there's that:

Local pastor made up elaborate Navy SEAL tale. It's cool, god told him to lie.

Chuck Schumer, Wall Street's whore, out dicks Lieberman:

Sen. Schumer proposes "no-ride list" for Amtrak trains. Because we must be afraid. The republicans told us so when W was in power, and even though Obama killed Osama (ok, had him killed, but still), well, we should remain very afraid. And while we build our backyard bunkers, Chuck will go down on another hedge fund manager for a dollar.

Read the comments to the story. Only seven when I first read it, but everyone made sense. It's beyond time for us to vote this whole bunch of mendacious assholes out of office. And Schumer should be one of the first.

Noam Chomsky on the one promise Obama has actually kept:

My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death. I was as appalled by the cheering in Times Square and at the White House as I know that many of you were. Knowing there were many others who thought that reaction was perverse made me feel better, but I think we also know that the operation was a purely political decision. The birther bullshit will go away, and Obama can point to this one act and claim he kept his promise. Yeah, this promise. But what about closing Gitmo? Withdrawing troops form Iraq? Walking the picket line with union workers striking against their sociopathic employers. And I won't even talk about his promise to be a fierce advocate to the gays. This ongoing bullshit makes me want to sell everything I have, pull up my roots, and move somewhere sane.

Thanks to John for the link.

Cheney undecided on heart transplant operation:

"I'm afraid my body might reject a human heart," he did not add. How much money has been spent on keeping this sociopath alive? But there's no money to provide health care for 50 million ordinary, presumably less evil (safe presumption) Americans who can't afford it. This country is sick.

Yes. Yes it is:

Is this Weekly Telegraph the best newspaper front page ever? I bow to the lucky bastard who got away with this.

Here's a surprise:

Despite huffing and puffing by Senate republicans who are urging the Obama administration to raise threat level, it looks like the administration isn't going to do it. Specifically: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate panel that the administration had not raised the alert because there was no credible information pointing to a specific threat.

Go figure. I guess Obama knows he's golden now and he doesn't have to use the "be afraid" card. That's refreshing. Now when will he stop the TSA assholes from feeling up Americans guilty of wanting to travel by plane?

Whatever the reason, this is a good thing:

Ownership of TV Sets Falls in U.S.. Why is this a good thing? Because even if people are opting to get their broadcast entertainment on the internet, it means that they aren't as married to the tube and that means the traditional media providers have lost a bit of their power and allure. It used to cost a fortune to get some presence on the tv. Not so much on the internet. Still not cheap, but not prohibitive. Still, most folks own a tv set (I don't--I got rid of cable and tv to protest the bullshit that posed as news), but it's exciting to see that that could be changing.