On Keith Olbermann

I hear they need a new White House Press Secretary

Lieberman Won't Seek 5th Term, Insiders Say - Courant.com

Lieberman Won't Seek 5th Term, Insiders Say - Courant.com: "U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has decided not to seek a fifth term in 2012, after seeing his popularity drop in polls over the past year, political insiders said Tuesday -- and those sources expect the Democrat-turned-independent to make it official at a press conference today in Stamford."

Lexulous anyone?

I occasionally play a VERY SLOW game of Lexulous on Facebook and am always interested in playing someone new. Click  here to fire up a game. I like to play "regular" with a "UK dictionary". see you there.

On Metaphors and Political Correctness

Earlier, I made a snarky rejoinder to this post over at FDL.

I want to note that the reason that I did so was that I agreed with everything substantive in the piece and then was so pissed off that they mushed out on the punchline in the name of  political correctness. If you have a good metaphor then use it. Period.

The Banks’ Worst Nightmare: Homes Given to Borrowers in Utah | FDL News Desk

The Banks’ Worst Nightmare: Homes Given to Borrowers in Utah | FDL News Desk: "This gets the case entirely backwards. When the homeowners signed the mortgage contract, they didn’t request that the bank transfer it multiple times improperly and then throw it into a legal gray area where nobody could determine proper ownership. They did not request that the banks involved use a private database of questionable legal standing instead of the land recording system that worked for hundreds of years. The banks made this mess. The homeowners may be profiting from the consequences (or maybe not; we don’t know the facts of the case), but those consequences came from the actions of the banks. The investors now have every right and responsibility to invalidate the securities. If the law worked as it should, the responsible party for this colossal fuck-up would pay the price."

CBC News - Nova Scotia - Yarmouth's Rodd Inn to close

CBC News - Nova Scotia - Yarmouth's Rodd Inn to close: "The 65-room Rodd Colony Harbour Inn in Yarmouth is closing on Jan. 31, CEO and president Mark Rodd announced Monday."

Sean Hannity on Iraq

Daily Kos: Sean Hannity advocates oil for blood:

"I say why isn’t Iraq paying us back with oil, and paying every American family and their soldiers that lost loved ones or have injured soldiers — and why didn’t they pay for their own liberation?"

Maybe because they didn't ask us to liberate them?