“IT’S CLEAR THAT OBAMA’S EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN MOHAMMED ATTA, SINCE HE’S ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT REDUCING STOCKPILES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.”

Huffington Post with the context: Obama’s Prague Speech on Nuclear Weapons.

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on Obama’s splendid week is subject to downward revision.

Bill Maher’s New Rules and The Sunday Funnies, at One Good Move.

“AFTER OBAMA FORCED ME OUT, I DECIDED TO FOLLOW MY BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY OF ‘CREATING LEMONS OUT OF LEMONS,’ AND TO GO TO AN ORGANIZATION WHERE FAILURE IS REWARDED.”

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BuzzFlash’s Mark Karlin on Rev. Moon’s Dispproportionate Influence on Big Media, and P.M. Carpenter on the “Resurrection” of Tim Geithner. 

Norm Jenson with the latest installments of Bill Maher’s New Rules, and The Sunday Funnies.

Lisa Casey on the Elephant in the Room.

Dan Kurtzman’s The Week in Political Cartoons.

In perhaps the ultimate sign that the reckless behavior of  Wall Street is exacting an “historic” toll, the Borough of Manhattan, originally purchased by the Dutch from the Indians 400 years ago, was today sold back to the same Native-American tribe.

Most shockingly, the price was also the same — $24 — although given the strength of the Indian bargaining position, they did not have to pay cash, but only toxic stockpiles of  “corn derivatives,” also known as ethanol.

Perhaps fittingly, while the seller in such transactions typically springs for the celebratory lunch, in this case, the contracting parties went ”Dutch treat.”

Although the tribe indicated that the entire island of Manhattan would be turned into one giant gambling casino, most financial experts agreed that this represented an improvement in “risk management” over the business practices of the last ten years. 

Disgraced AIG executives lost no time in shifting their focus, immediately seeking hiring bonuses from the new Native-American owners of Manhattan. One former AIG trader even claimed that he had a brand new idea for “poker chip default swaps,” to insure that there would never be any losses resulting from sub-prime gamblers.

On CNBC, Jim Cramer commented that he was “sitting bullish” about the deal, and that in addition to the gaming industry,  he was optimistic that this deal would even be able to resuscitate “Running Bear Stearns.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on the Deficit Bogeyman under your bed.

Norm Jenson with The Sunday Funnies and Bill Maher’s New Rules.

Pick your poison, between Congress and AIG, at All Hat No Cattle.

Madkane’s Fume About Hume.

“MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT SIGNAL TO THE COUNTRY IF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY COULD MOVE TO ‘THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE,’ WHERE CINDY AND I COULD WAVE TO YOU AS WE FLY OVER IN OUR PRIVATE JET.”

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P.M. Carpenter at BuzzFlash on the GOP’s most curious playbook.

Bill Maher’s Back with New Rules, via One Good Move.

“IT’S TIME FOR THE WORLD TO FOLLOW AMERICA’S LEAD, AND ALLOW THEIR CITIZENS THE FREEDOM TO STARVE, LIVE IN THE STREETS, AND USE THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR TOILET PAPER.”

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Mark Karlin’s reality check: The Myth of the Democratic Filibuster Proof Senate.

Bill Maher’s New Rules, at One Good Move.

Dan Kurtzman with The Week’s Best Late-Night Jokes.

“TOM, WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS THAT IF YOU’RE A PLUMBER MAKING OVER $250K, YOUR PURCHASES WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A TAX CREDIT.”

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Mark Karlin on The Real America vs. the Republican Party of Intolerance.

Bill Maher’s New Rules on the Best Election Over, at One Good Move.

And Lisa Casey Provides a Sneak Preview of … 2012!

“ONCE YOU GET THE DEMOCRATS CONTROLLING EVERYTHING, NEXT THING ‘YA KNOW, THEY’RE RECKLESSLY PUTTING OUT ALL THE FIRES WE STARTED OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

BuzzFlash’s P.M. Carpenter on Sarah Palin’s Impossible Dream.

Bill Maher’s New Rules, at One Good Move.

Juan Cole on the U.S.’s Syrian raid.

Dan Kurtzman’s Political Cartoons of the Week.

“THE EDITORIAL BOARD HEARTILY ENDORSES JOHN McCAIN, SINCE WE’LL NO LONGER HAVE TO INVENT CRAZY SHIT, BUT WILL BE ABLE TO JUST REPORT THE FACTS.”

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A REAL Newsflash: The Real Plumbers are Endorsing Obama, at BuzzFlash.

Bill Maher’s New Rules, and Sarah Palin on SNL – at One Good Move. 

McCain’s Old School Robo-Calls, at All Hat No Cattle.

Dan Kurtzman with Shocking McCain Zombie Photos Revealed.

THE HUSTLER                COOL HAND LUKE

“THE VERDICT: THE HUSTLER, ON THE ROAD TO PERDITION, WHO LOVES THE COLOR OF MONEY, TRIED TO TAKE A SLAP SHOT AT COOL HAND LUKE, WHO PROVED TO BE NOBODY’S FOOL IN MAKING SURE THE GOP EMPIRE FALLS.”

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BLOGWORTHIES:

Bill Maher’s New Rules, at One Good Move. 

The Week’s Best Late-Night Jokes, via Dan Kurtzman.

“EVERY INSTINCT I’VE EVER HAD FOR MODERATION AND COMMON-SENSE HAS BEEN WRONG; NOTHING’S EVER WORKED OUT FOR ME IN THE GOP.  SO NOW, I’M GOING TO DO THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE — INSTEAD OF RATIONALITY AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT, I’M GONNA GO WITH BIBLE-THUMPING AND NEANDERTHAL KNOW-NOTHINGNESS.”

“HI, I’M JOHN McCAIN, I’M IGNORANT AND I LIVE IN THE 13th CENTURY.  AND I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.”

“JOHN McCAIN IS CHICKEN-SHIT SALAD … THE OPPOSITE OF EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY SORELY NEEDS.”

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From an old classic to New Rules — Norm Jenson has Bill Maher’s latest.

Juan Cole on McCain’s choice of Palin as cynical and dishonorable, from a conservative GOP woman.