O! Confidence Fairy, Reward Me!

So the next time you hear serious-sounding people explaining the need for fiscal austerity, try to parse their argument. Almost surely, you’ll discover that what sounds like hardheaded realism actually rests on a foundation of fantasy, on the belief that invisible vigilantes will punish us if we’re bad and the confidence fairy will reward us if we’re good. And real-world policy — policy that will blight the lives of millions of working families — is being built on that foundation. Link

AZ & Phoenix!

I want to make sure that everybody stays the hell away from Phoenix and Arizona. As everybody knows, Phoenix has the highest rate of kidnapping in the whole entire Universe, and the crime rate in Arizona is so high that it can't get no higher. Just in case you doubt this warning, check out any conservative comment on Arizona -- they all say the same thing. So, Stay Away!

Baby car

I stopped at the neighborhood tire shop and finally ordered some summer tires for my baby car. The downside is that I think the front brakes are heading south too.

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