The Deeply Unserious R’Money

Mittens has a problem with reality, of course that puts him right in the mainstream of the modern GOP.

ZAKARIA: What is the single biggest piece of nonsense that Mitt Romney…

KRUGMAN: Mitt Romney is saying basically that spending cuts are how we’re going to get to prosperity. Mitt Romney is saying, see what’s happening [...]

Der Angriff Endorses Scott Walker

Milwaukee’s own Der Angriff endorses Scott Walker.

No governor in recent memory has been so controversial. No governor in America is so polarizing. Everyone has an opinion about Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin.

Here’s ours: We see no reason to remove Walker from office. We recommend him in the June 5 recall election.

Walker’s rematch with Milwaukee [...]

Newt Gingrich Channels Peter Riegert

Boon: “A vicious mother, isn’t he.”

Otter: “He can’t do that to our pledges!”

Boon: “Yeah!  Only we can do that to our pledges!”

When Gingrich accused Romney and Bain of taking over companies and downsizing them at the expense of workers, he was widely condemned by fellow Republicans and eventually backed off.

This week [...]

Punk Economics: Lesson 4

And so it goes…

See the previous lessons here:

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3

The Turd in the Eurozone Pool

This time, it’s not a Baby Ruth!  When Greece poops, it’s everyone out of the Europool.

This demonstration that the euro is, in fact, reversible would lead, in turn, to runs on Spanish and Italian banks. Once again the European Central Bank would have to choose whether to provide open-ended financing; if it were [...]

Nick Hanauer’s Infamous TED Talk on Inequality

Rich people don’t create jobs… Only consumers can create jobs.  A must watch!

Wisconsin Loses Another 6,200 Jobs in April

Yes, it sure is working.  Carry on, citizens, nothing to see here.

At a time when government jobs statistics are under scrutiny as never before, preliminary data released Thursday showed that Wisconsin lost an estimated 6,200 private-sector jobs in April.

April showed the second consecutive month of private-sector job losses in the state, according to [...]

Thursday Music: June 6th???

I hope not, but it could get ugly.  Especially if Kathy Nickolaus “finds” a bunch of uncounted ballots in open bags… in the trunk of her car… again…

or, if you prefer

I’m Sure This Will Turn Out Well

Because who needs all that pesky data clogging up our faith-based ideological decision making process?  Governor Walker has shown us the way!

On May 9 the House voted to kill the American Community Survey, which collects data on some 3 million households each year and is the largest survey next to the decennial census. [...]

Crunching the Walker Jobs Numbers

Why is Scott Walker smiling? Because he's convinced himself you're too lazy to see through his phony job numbers!

I am an interested amateur when it comes to questions of economics.  I have read a lot and talked to actual economists from time to time (I maintain a regular correspondence with a few), but [...]