Friday Open Thread [5.18.12]

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  1. John Manifold says:
    May 18, 2012 at 12:16 pm

    The real “job creators” are the Middle Class:

    http://www.nationaljournal.com/features/restoration-calls/the-1-percent-solution-20120517

  2. Greg Wilson says:
    May 18, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    Payday lobbyist Dave Swayze keeps saying the 1981 Financial Center Development Act will be destroyed by HB 289, Rep. Helene Keeley’s modest anti-payday lending bill. Watch Swayze spin for predatory lenders in this WHYY “First” report by Shirley Min.
    bit.ly/Lf6gZP

    http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/component/flexicontent/item/38731-the-payday-debate

    Or watch the show tonight, right now.

    Also, check out this TED talk on true definition of job creators by Nick Hanauer
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/nick-hanauers-ted-talk-on-taxes/2012/05/17/gIQAXCncWU_blog.html

    Then check out this one on income inequality by Ted Wilkinson
    http://www.ryanlouiscooper.com/2012/05/ted-and-economic-inequality.html

  3. Joe Cass says:
    May 18, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    Love the Phillies? Me too. Remember Curt Schilling? Me too. Do you remember him for pitching or for exposing himself as a GOP shilling? Me too. TPM has a great story about how IOKIYAR.

  4. puck says:
    May 19, 2012 at 9:02 am

    Angela Merkell’s not going back.

  5. puck says:
    May 19, 2012 at 9:04 am

    Angela Merkell joke:

    Angela Merkell arrives at Athens Airport and goes to Passport Control

    SHe is asked her Nationality

    “German” she replies

    Next question is “Occupation?”

    “No” She replies “I am only here for the Euro meeting”

  6. MJ says:
    May 19, 2012 at 9:11 am

    Puck, where are you appearing next? Love the jokes.

  7. Liberal Elite says:
    May 19, 2012 at 9:40 am

    Sarkozy comes to the inauguration of Hollande.
    “Oh, Welcome Nicolas. Coming for swearing in the French…?”
    “Who told you I was still swearing in French ?!?”

  8. Liberal Elite says:
    May 19, 2012 at 9:55 am

    “Hello, I’m Panagiotis Pikramenos, the new leader of Greece.”
    “Oh. Welcome to the Euro meeting.”
    “Pleased to be here. I hope there’s food.”
    “Of course… So what are your big plans for the future. Everyone here is talking about you.”
    “Oh. I don’t know. I’ll probably be job hunting next week.”

  9. socialistic ben says:
    May 19, 2012 at 11:32 am

    President Romney, President Obama, and Santa Clause have a chugging contest…. who wins?

  10. Liberal Elite says:
    May 19, 2012 at 11:53 am

    That’s an ambiguous one.

    1. Wouldn’t that depend on the definition of ‘chugging’ that you want to use?
    2. Wouldn’t it depend on what’s being chugged?
    3. And what’s with that extra ‘e’? Do you mean the stupid character from the Santa Clause movies, or the traditional Santa Claus, or perhaps even the original Saint Nicklaus?
    4. Might it depend on what ‘wins’ means?

  11. SOCIALISTIC BEN says:
    May 19, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    trick question. Obama wins. the other 2 dont/will never exist.

  12. Jason330 says:
    May 19, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    Told pucks Merkle joke to a bunch of finance geeks and it killed.

  13. Jason330 says:
    May 19, 2012 at 7:37 pm

    FWIW, tons of Romney ads on the air down here in North Carolina.

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