Lowered Expectations Open Thread

If Marilyn can score a date, so can the gang (clique) at Buttburger! This is an open thread.

Join Sherri Starting at 8:00pm EST

Join Sherri Tags for “The Lion’s Share” at 8:00pm ET for a special 1-hour of Feminism at 9:00pm EST. Put the kids to bed…grab a glass of wine and sit back to enjoy! Comments are Closed until 10:00pm EST

Put down the cup and step away from the Kool-Aid!

Salon editor Joan Walsh:  Obama is the Democrats’ Great Communicator, our Ronald Reagan. It’s fitting that his highest priority will be reversing the tax and spending priorities Reagan enshrined as a new American compact almost 30 years ago, and reviving the notion of government as an engine of capitalist growth — not merely the safety [...]

It’s “Caption this Photo” Time – Deluxe Edition

Caption this Photo #1! Ya think the MSM Propaganda unit would’ve airbrushed some Hope And Change (TM) into that  photo before releasing it. Could this be why Obama looks the way he does? WASHINGTON – His infant presidency already shaped by mounting national troubles, President Barack Obama now faces an added challenge: weathering the fallout [...]

Equal Pay for Equal Work: Not Happening, Ladies. Now, Go Buy Some Beauty Products.

Being home sick is not all bad. Yesterday I was able to watch the end of one of my favorite movies from the 80′s, “Nine to Five“, starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and the deliciously villainous Dabney Coleman as their “sexist egotistical lying hypocritical bigot” of a boss. The ladies in question all [...]

Wednesday: Gambling on Resurrection

“Banks think with their capital.  When they have enough capital, they act smart because then they have something at stake.  When banks lose capital and don’t have anything personally at stake, for the managers and the shareholders, they act dumb.  They gamble.” That was a quote from Adam Posen from an interview he gave last [...]

The Devil is in the details

When you read something like this in the NYT you think maybe there’s hope for this administration yet: The Obama administration is expected to impose a cap of $500,000 for top executives at companies that receive large amounts of bailout money, according to people familiar with the plan. Executives would also be prohibited from receiving [...]

Tuesday Late Night Open Thread