Did he fall and hit his head?

But to have been so completely and fundamentally wrong about so huge a disaster as what we have done to Iraq — and ourselves — is outrageous enough to prove that people like me have no business posing as wise men, and, more importantly, that The New York Times has no business continuing to provide me with a national platform.

In any case, I have made a decision: as of today, I will no longer write in this or any other newspaper. I will immediately desist from writing any more books about how it’s time for everyone to climb on board the globalization high-speed monorail to the future. I will keep my opinions to myself. (My wife suggested that I try not to even form opinions, but I think she might have another agenda.)

Sure it’s a spoof, but I can dream, can’t I?

So your retirement account has been wiped out?  Your largest asset is now the half tank of gas left in your Honda?  Nice to know that AIG is spending your money on things that will make your life better:

Even as the company was pleading the federal government for another $40 billion dollars in loans, AIG sent top executives to a secret gathering at a luxury resort in Phoenix last week.

Again?

Reporters for abc15.com (KNXV) caught the AIG executives on hidden cameras poolside and leaving the spa at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, despite apparent efforts by the company to disguise its involvement.

Optics, optics, optics …

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Cocktober sucked. To be more precise, there was no sign of the sucking, fucking, wetsuit-wearing, blowjob-inflicting, and kid-touching we’ve come to expect from the party of Bob Allen, Gary Aldridge, and Mark Foley.  But the logjam may be breaking:

CARLISLE, Pa. – A former central Pennsylvania county commissioner was accused Thursday of secretly videotaping men having sex in his home and using computer software to spy on another man.

Cumberland County Commissioner Bruce K. Barclay used hidden cameras scattered throughout his home to make 176 recordings of 13 different men naked or engaged in sex, the state attorney general’s office said.

Prosecutors charged Barclay, 49, with hiring a prostitute, a computer offense, unlawful duplication and 13 counts of invasion of privacy. He also was charged with a single count of illegal interception, disclosure or use of wire, electronic or oral communications.

I went to a pretty good auto show in Carlisle once.  More PA assfucking after the jump.

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The Talibunny has forsaken him.  The Psychogeezer says he should resign. The head of the NRSC calls his conviction a “disgrace“. Even Mitch “My Old Kentucky Homo” McConnell has had enough.  But the Hulk vows to smash everything in his bid for another Senate term:

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) is returning to Alaska tomorrow to resume his re-election campaign, “despite being convicted of felonies that carry the potential of years in prison.” “It’s not over yet!” Stevens said yesterday. “You’ve got that right,” said his wife, Catherine Stevens.

And the best part?  Ted can’t even vote for himself. 

That’s a voter purge we can be proud of, my friends.

An update from The General after the jump:

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It’s as if he’s ready to join the reality-based community:

Scotty used to entertain us with mind-boggling lies, but later wrote a book that confirmed what all us dirty fucking hippies knew all along – not only did the emporer have no clothes, he had no clue.

Blogger John Cole was a believer in Peak Wingnut, but I never have been.  One reason is that I know the scope and depth of the Wingnut supply. Also, as we have learned in recent weeks, there is a huge untapped source of Wingnut in Alaska. It’s also the case that, for every major wingnut, there are at least ten thousand minor-league wingers out there spouting nonsense.

Another factor is the ability of right-wingers to snap back into form after saying something that almost makes sense.  Consider David Frum, who I wrote about only yesterday.  Last night on MSNBC:

From his first answer, however, it was clear Frum had a very different agenda: to attack Rachel Maddow. Discussing the “ugliness of tone” in American politics, he said that Maddow’s show, “unfortunately, is itself an example of that problem.” He then compared her tone to the hateful outbursts of some McCain-Palin supporters:

Exchange after the jump.

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From the guy who’s going to solve the financial mess:

Today, the McCain campaign released a list of “100 distinguished and experienced economists” signing onto a statement declaring that “Barack Obama’s economic proposals are wrong for the American economy.” However, as TNR points out, only 90 names appear on the list, not 100. What’s more, a full 11 of those economists are McCain economic advisers. The list of “100″ even includes Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain’s chief economic adviser and one of his most visible spokesmen.

A McCain presidency might be a bigger comedy feast than the Boy King’s.