Puppies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aaaawwwwwwwww look at zee leetle furballs. Woof woof, snarl, bite, sleeeeeeep....

Jeb is short for... ?? ...Jebremy?

Daily Intel today introduces us to the newest hunk of Treasury eye candy.. and his name is Jeb!

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/11/well_hello_mr_treasury-man.html

Well, Jeb, I'd say the country is safe in your strong, rough hands. Looks like Paulson is going to have some competition in this year's Treasury's Sexiest Man contest...

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/09/breaking_secretary_hank_paulso.html

Today's WSJ opinion page

If you get the WSJ, definitely check out their opinion page today. It's a real hoot.

Note that when I say "check out", by no means am I suggesting you actually read it. Oh no; that would be a complete waste of time. Just look at it. And laugh.

All the pieces are organized under the heading "What Does the GOP Do Next?" and clearly show the confusion and disorganization of the current Republican party. Even the page is laid out poorly. It looks like a tetris board of conservative whining.

You can check out the articles, without the funky positioning, here:

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-opinion-commentary.html

I'm having trouble picking a favorite, but it's definitely between the one claiming that Republicans "speak to people's hopes and aspirations" (hahahahahahhahahah oh god I think I'm choking ahahahahsdklfja;sldkfja;sdf) and "What Would Reagan Do".

The ironing is delicious

Goldman Sachs, a major underwriter of bonds for the state of California, is now advising some of its trading partners to short those bonds which it previously sold. An excerpt from an article in the LA Times:

Goldman, Sachs & Co. urged some of its big clients to place investment bets against California bonds this year despite having collected millions of dollars in fees to help the state sell some of those same bonds...

Some experts said the investment bank's actions, while not illegal, might be inappropriate. "That's not a good way to do business," said Geoffrey M. Heal, professor of public policy and business responsibility at Columbia University. "They've got a conflict of interest and they're acting against the interest of their customers. . . . You act in the interests of your clients. You don't screw them, to put it bluntly."

OOOOOHHHHH. No he di'nt!! NO. HE. DI'. NT. "Screw"?! HA. Give 'em Hell, Heal!

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-goldman11-2008nov11,0,1943014.story?dbk

Samantha to CNN: Stop publishing weird fucking stories

WTF, CNN? Is it not enough that every time I open my browser I have to see a stock chart and, by implication, a reminder of how worthless my savings are; now I have to read your ridiculous headlines, too? Today's top story:

Holocaust survivors to Mormons: Stop baptisms of dead Jews

I mean, really. Who needs that?

Although.. I guess it is interesting.. in a bizarre and scary kind of way. Fine, CNN. Fine. You win this round. Touche. Assholes.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/11/baptizing.dead.jews.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Poll: Americans [still] hate President Bush [but now even more than before]

Speaks for itself...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/bush.transition.poll/index.html

The all-time low on the public's mood may have something to do with the poll's finding that President Bush is the most unpopular president since approval ratings were first sought more than six decades ago. Seventy-six percent of those questioned in the poll disapprove of how he is handling his job.

That's an all-time high in CNN polling and in Gallup polling dating back to World War II.

"No other president's disapproval rating has gone higher than 70 percent. Bush has managed to do that three times so far this year," Holland said. "That means that Bush is now more unpopular than Richard Nixon was when he resigned from office during Watergate with a 66 percent disapproval rating."

Hahahahaha

Today, Deutsche Bank equity analyst Rod Lache cut his 12-month price target for GM stock to zero, causing shares to plummet to a 59-year low.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aF2FlgNCR5jg&refer=home

Shit... ZERO? I didn't even know you could do that! GM sure does suck. They just plain suck. I've seen companies suck before, but they are the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!

Barclays Capital and Buckingham Research, ever the glass-half-full optimists, only cut their price targets to $1.