- What I Learned Today – they’re all gonna laugh at you, they’re all gonna laugh at you – But what you may not have heard was how he was laughed at. Apparently he did not just “elicit some laughter” as the NYTimes cursorily described, he was straight up laughed at. The American press did not necessarily pick up on the importance of this. Instead, they pegged the meetings as successful. But as The Telegraph describes, “US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was laughed at by an audience of Chinese students after insisting that China’s US assets are safe…. The comment provoked loud laughter from the audience…” We’re a laughingstock! A bit disconcerting.
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Jun 09
Daily Links for June 3rd
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Feb 09
Daily Links for February 13th through February 14th
- Daily Kos: Ben and Jerry’s Bush Memorial Flavors [Suggestions] – - Grape Depression – Abu Grape – Cluster Fudge – Nut'n Accomplished – Iraqi Road – Chock 'n Awe – WireTapioca – Impeach Cobbler – Guantanmallow – imPeachmint – Good Riddance You Lousy Motherfucker… Swirl – Heck of a Job, Brownie! – Neocon Politan – RockyRoad to Fascism – The Reese's-cession – Cookie D'oh! – The Housing Crunch – Nougalar Proliferation – Death by Chocolate… and Torture – Freedom Vanilla Ice Cream – Chocolate Chip On My Shoulder – You're Shitting In My Mouth And Calling It A Sundae – Credit Crunch – Mission Pecanplished – Country Pumpkin – Chunky Monkey in Chief – George Bush Doesn't Care About Dark Chocolate – WMDelicious – Chocolate Chimp – Bloody Sundae – Caramel Preemptive Stripe – I broke the law and am responsible for the deaths of thousands…with nuts
