Fun stuff in depressing times

Last week, Jon Stewart decided to rip into CNBC. By the end, I was left with more faith in astrology than the talking heads. It's one of his best segments this year ... hilarious!

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CNBC Gives Financial Advice

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Then, Cramer complained. He felt he was taken out of context. Huh? Baiting The Daily Show? Well, here's Jon Stewart's response. Poor Cramer. Why is he allowed on TV again?

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In Cramer We Trust

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On the subject of faith in things that are completely unsubstantiated, like "experts" on TV, here's Joel Stein critiquing the lack of faith in science of liberals. It is hugely entertaining and so very accurate.

Finally, I have been depressed of late of the complete dearth of conservative ideas that address the current economic woes. I was so relieved, therefore, to read David Brooks, finally, critique Obama's policies in an intelligent way. If only conservatives could have adopted such a posture, we might have the response we needed to the crisis instead of the response we settled on, which will probably prove inadequate (I hope I am proved wrong in this).

PS: I must give a shout out to Grain of Sand, who had presciently predicted in November that we would see the type of shocking performance of GM we have witnessed in recent weeks. It might have been cheaper to put the GM staff in the US on a government payroll and start from scratch! Chapter 11 anyone? It's what its there for.