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So Congress has approved a 90 % tax on those controversial bonuses paid to taxpayer-owned pariah AIG, in a law that goes after about a half-dozen dickwads who may have helped collapse the global economy. But the move is also being criticized as an improper use of legislative powers that undercuts our system of contract [...]

It seems the phrase “they just don’t get it” was made for these times we’re living in. For years, we thought it was mostly socially awkward teens and co-workers that “didn’t get it,” but only now are we beginning to understand the phrase’s true meaning. Now that we’re getting to know these first-rate inept crap [...]

WBR correspondents can confirm that the Dow Jones has regressed back to levels not seen since the mid-90s. Shortly after sliding below the 7,000 mark for the first-time in 12 years, the Dow Jones was spotted next to the Piercing Pagoda at a mall most people thought closed two years ago. Jones was wearing brightly [...]

Showing their generally Machiavellian nature, the trees of Middle Earth have seized on the crisis in the global markets to strike a devastating blow to long-time antagonists in the newspaper industry.  It was revealed yesterday that the legion of creepy yet grandfatherly anthropomorphic trees had been organizing through wide-ranging efforts that go far beyond the [...]

That’s apparently the default setting for any budget deficit that runs over a trillion dollars, or in this case, almost two trillion dollars.  For anyone that borrows that much from say, some guy in the back room of a Jersey City bar, that might seem like a logical response. But fortunately we’re borrowing from the [...]

What a strange media world we live in that President Obama’s hand-written notes should wind up in the hands of an obscure satirical blog. Can’t imagine how that happened…. Barring any, uh, last minute edits – it looks like we can expect material stolen from old Seinfeld episodes, abundant pausing, and potential comparisons between the [...]

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Kit Bond, the Republican U.S. Senator from Missouri once thought to be a specialty brand of adhesive for model airplane enthusiasts, is apparently still sniffing the good shit.When it comes to the stimulus plan, this good ol’ boy is having his cake, eating it, and sending a flaming pile of resultant crap out through his [...]

To commemorate the historic signing of the $787 billion economic stimulus plan, the Dow hit a ten-year low as millions of Americans cried tears of  an unknown emotive origin, but it sure tastes a little bit like apocalyptic malaise… While the world continued to derail unabated, we do at least have another new website to [...]

The hits keep coming for the poor Prez – with his stimulus package finally passing the senate with only 61 votes, you’d think a grateful nation would be FedExing ice cream cakes from all over the country, but noooo – instead the focus of the day remained on Treasury Sec. Tim Geithner’s new bank bailout [...]