The President's Secret Plan To Fight Inflation

Sep 21, 2008 · 1 minute read

Sec. 8. Review.

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

So if Henry Paulson decides that he'd rather spend the $700bn on going to Disneyland instead, there's nothing that anybody can do about it?

An anonymous Democratic congressman writes:

Paulsen and congressional Republicans, or the few that will actually vote for this (most will be unwilling to take responsibility for the consequences of their policies), have said that there can't be any "add ons," or addition provisions. Fuck that. I don't really want to trigger a world wide depression (that's not hyperbole, that's a distinct possibility), but I'm not voting for a blank check for $700 billion for those mother fuckers.

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I'm open to other ideas, and I am looking for volunteers who want to hold the sons of bitches so I can beat the crap out of them.

Font Jokes!

Sep 20, 2008 · 1 minute read

A sans-serif face walks into the street and is hit by a Swiss Modernist truck. The carnage is grotesk... but you know, akzidenz happen.

More here, if you can face them...

US Government: New Sponsors of Man Utd

Sep 17, 2008 · 0 minute read

I Can See Russia From My House!

Sep 14, 2008 · 1 minute read

Tina Fey is awesome.

We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed.

Sep 11, 2008 · 1 minute read

Hold On Now, Youngster was summer.

We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed is winter.

The Indelicates, The 229

Sep 11, 2008 · 1 minute read

Well, that was pretty amazing.

"I have to stand up for this one."

I was worried that they wouldn't play Our Daughters Will Never Be Free (it's one of my favourite songs of the year), but I was taken aback by the furious delivery. And I didn't feel too old for once! Even if most of their songs seem to be about indie kids ageing and not dealing with it well. I think I may be on the younger side of things at the Saint Etienne concert this weekend too. I'm a bit worried about being the oldest at the Johnny Foreigner and Los Campesinoes! concerts, mind you...

At long last, have you left no sense of decency?

Sep 10, 2008 · 1 minute read

Whatever happened to the honourable campaign, I wonder?

Umm...

Sep 9, 2008 · 1 minute read

…should I be worried that I have money in Wachovia?

Apple Moan of The Day

Sep 9, 2008 · 1 minute read

So why can’t these Genius playlists work on the iPhone, Steve? Steve?

A Moment

Sep 8, 2008 · 1 minute read

I’m trying to keep this in mind.