agrees with Jimmy Carter's assessment of Obama and racism., "Idiot! I told you to exit stage right, NOT stage left!", Michael Collins reports that the ongoing economic struggle of billions of people didn't deter key G-20 figure Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke from announcing that the worldwide recession is "very likely over." Of course, there's a qualifier. It will be a jobless recovery which raises the question, just exactly who will be recovering?, A Photoshop Phunny in honor of NASA's successful bombing of the moon, Via the incomparable Bob Somerby comes this gem written by Joan Walsh, echoing exactly what our founding editor, Jeff Koopersmith, was saying well over a decade ago (Bob's emphases preserved):, Breaking: Republican Scozzafava drops out of NY-23 special election, The failure of a real public option, says Michael Collins, is all part of a "long con" that limits critical debate to unacceptable options advanced by allegedly differing parties. These debates always end the same way. a triumph for The Money Party.