Neon lights, Nobel Prize

Neon lights, a Nobel Prize
The mirror speaks, the reflection lies
You don’t have to follow me
Only you can set me free
I sell the things you need to be
I’m the smiling face on your t.v.
I’m the cult of personality

- "Cult of Personality," Living Colour, c. 1988

Rep. Marcy Kaptur and IMF guy Simon Johnson go off the reservation on bank bailouts

Kliguy38 points us to this PBS video.

Short Attention Span Summary (SASS): For those of you who can't sit through 10 minutes of PBS, Marcy Kaptur has gone totally Ron Paul / Matt Taibbi / W.C. Varones on the Wall Street Coup. Next thing you know she'll be putting the Goldman Squid on her Congressional web page.

And, yes, it's Marcy "Mr. Bernanke, you were the CEO of Goldman Sachs" Kaptur. But this is America and everybody gets a second chance.

This is really creepy that they know me so well

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Right-wing mob attacks Whole Foods

... with their wallets.

Today's Whole Foods BUY-cott in La Jolla:





While a big group chatted over coffee in the cafe,







others went shopping.

There were friendly faces




and Joker shirts


and signs of gratitude for Mr. Mackey.

It's a great way to meet girls who are into teabagging.

Meanwhile, these people outside had signs supporting communist health care. I thought they were there to counter-protest the buy-cott, but somebody told me they spend every Saturday here.

UPDATE: Temple of Mut has a recap. I had the great pleasure of chatting with Temple of Mut blogger Leslie Eastman as well as Sarah Bond and Dawn Wildman, all founders of the local Tea Party movement. A big thank you to all of them for organizing the buy-cott and I'm looking forward to next Saturday's Tea Party!

And I understand that Dean from Beers with Demo was there, though I didn't get to speak with him. He's all over a lot of my pet issues like the FHA zero-down scam. And right here in San Diego -- how did I miss him before? He's now on my blogroll.

Whole Foods BUY-cott today

La Jolla Whole Foods, 11am - 1pm
8825 Villa La Jolla Dr
La Jolla, CA 92037

Support health care reform and freedom of speech, and meet your friendly neighborhood teabaggers!

Bad Phoenix Cops

This is one for BadPhoenixCops.blogspot.com.

Cops shoot homeowner holding armed intruder at gunpoint.

The laughs just keep coming

Taranto:

Life Imitates 'The Simpsons'

• Sideshow Bob: "Convicted of a crime I didn't even commit. Hah! Attempted murder? Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel prize for attempted chemistry?"--dialogue from "Sideshow Bob Roberts," aired Oct. 9, 1994
• "Rather than recognizing concrete achievement, the 2009 [Nobel Peace] prize appeared intended to support initiatives that have yet to bear fruit."--Associated Press, Oct. 9, 2009

... and over at Ace of Spades HQ, hilarious Obama/Nobel analogies in the comments.

But don't laugh! That would mean you side with the terrorists.