This weekend, not only do we get to watch what should be a good football game, we get to enjoy the demise of Pajamas Media. Via Instaputz:

And so it ends. Pajamas Media, a laughingstock even in the embryonic stage, is no more. Putz, one of the founders, is already attempting to distance himself from the operation, despite spending more than three years driving most its traffic:

I don’t have much to do with the PJM business side…

But what will those bright lights at Protein Wisdom, The Anchoress, Atlas Juggs, and other rightblogs do now that they only thing left is PJTV (which they plan to charge for)?  The Anchoress:

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Jacob Frenkel – AIG vice chairman, former Israeli central banker, and wanker:

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — At the World Economic Forum two years ago, Nouriel Roubini warned that record profits and bonuses were obscuring a “hard landing” to come. “I really disagree,” countered Jacob Frenkel, the American International Group Inc. vice chairman and former Israeli central banker.

No more. “Roubini was intellectually courageous, and he called the shots correctly,” says Frenkel, whose AIG survives only on the basis of more than $100 billion of government loans. “He gained credibility, and he deserves it.”

This is what happens when you fuck with Roubini.

Roubini See Global Gloom After Davos Vindication [Bloomberg]

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Jalopnik has their choices for 11 Best Superbowl Car Commercials here.  And here’s my favorite – it made me laugh then, and it makes me laugh now.

You knew I’d get around to him sooner or later.

Inexplicably, John Choon Yoo is still a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley. He got his undergrad degree at Harvard and his JD at Yale.  After law school he clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the D.C. Circuit.  Later he went on to clerk for “Justice” Clarence Thomas. I am familiar with the work of both judges – rest assured that they are both right wing nutjobs who, in a just world, would be restocking vending machines or collecting bull semen.

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I want heads on pikes, and I mean it:

Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community’s top legislative priority.

Participants on the October 17 call — including at least one representative from another bailout recipient, AIG — were urged to persuade their clients to send “large contributions” to groups working against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), as well as to vulnerable Senate Republicans, who could help block passage of the bill.

And why, you might ask, have I posted a picture of an asshole in a Home Depot smock?

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Because it cannot be stressed enough – she must be the Republican nominee in 2012.

If nothing else, she’s an easy blog post on slow days.  May she dominate Republican politics for decades to come.

My dream just might come true:

In a move “potentially laying the groundwork for an eventual White House run,” Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) has created her own political action committee, SarahPAC, to help raise funds for other Republicans. “She has gotten so many requests,” an official with SarahPAC said. “She looks forward to helping other candidates.” Though Palin may be looking to solidify her status with the GOP, some Republicans, such as former McCain adviser John Weaver, might not be excited about SarahPac. Weaver told the Washington Post that Palin is one of “the most controversial voices on the extreme right.”

Weaver, you stupid shitbag – you created her. You couldn’t predict she’d head for the village and start breaking stuff?  Fucktard.

Palin Unveils SarahPAC [Think Progress]