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More or less, anyway. Somewhere, his old buddy Ayn Rand is frowning disdainfully.

This essay by Andrew Lahde is so good, I just had to link to it again. Lahde — a former hedge fund manager — announces his intention to retire from the business of managing other people’s money.  He rips into the supposedly “smart” MBAs from top schools who rode American capitalism into the ground like [...]

My God, don’t you know what the Internets can do? Methinks the person who monitors this is going to be rather busy.

You can hear John Edwards’s haircut crying in the corner. The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August. The miracle quote: Spokeswoman Maria Comella declined to answer specific questions about [...]

You think Grease is subtle?

Colin Powell gets his groove back, bankers gets antsy and we debate … musical theater?! Links Mentioned: Andrew Lahde in the Financial Times … Biden does Tacoma … Spring Awakening in Seattle.

You know what? Fuck Joe the Plumber! Do you know how much plumbers make nowadays? In places like metropolitan New York City, plumbers are at a premium! They certainly make more than I do!

Maybe Major League Baseball agreeing to push back the start of the notional Game 6 of the World Series so that Obama’s 30 minute feature won’t conflict with it? (h/t Atrios)

A month ago a tax calculator went around the internets (I talked about it here) showing how much better the typical family would do under an Obama administration. A month later, the calculator has been absorbed into the Obama borg. Nice.

The Presidential campaign gets nasty while the banking crisis goes international. Links Mentioned: The coveted Buckley endorsement … and the Brooks non-endorsement … the European banking bailout vs. the U.S. bailout redux … Frank Rich … GM and Chrysler get cozy.