As readers of this blog know, I’m a big fan of Matt Taibbi. Full Article at Dangerous Minds

Sarah Palin talked on the campaign trail about trying to get around the elite media filter, but this week she’s pushed her way straight through it. Full Article at Beltway Blips

OT, but this piece on how the bailouts were selectively applied to entities where Goldman Sachs had exposure is an eye-opener (just wish the author had cleaned up some of his typos): His dad is Mike Taibbi, who is a journalist for NBC and went to... Full Article at Balloon Juice

The always-excellent Matt Taibbi is puzzled as to why our press corps enjoys needling ex-Governor Moose Eater even as it spent years kissing Bush’s ass: What the people who are flipping out about the treatment of Palin should be asking themselves is... Full Article at Sadly, No!

Complaining about the assholes we interact with on a daily basis is the #1 eternal pastime of the human race. We all do it, and we get to do it every day, because the world is full of assholes. Full Article at Charleston City Paper

the world in a window "Sarah Palin sells copies. She's a cartoon combatant who inspires stadiums full of frustrated middle-American followers" Give us 15 minutes of your time, and we will give you everything that matters in the world. Full Article at The Browser

It’s not every day that I say this, but I think Matt Taibbi and Nate Silver are both fundamentally wrong about Sarah Palin. Full Article at Balloon Juice

There’s one person among the wretched, wriggling masses of the political blogosphere whom I clearly do not read often enough, and that’s Matt Taibbi. Full Article at The Moderate Voice

Hi Jerome, (2.00 / 1) Complaining about the assholes we interact with on a daily basis is the #1 eternal pastime of the human race. Looks like you and I are virtually alone in the blogosphere at the moment. Full Article at MyDD

Matt Taibbi shares the Dish's desire to have politics be about arguments about solutions to emergent problems. He's not unaware that the culture war has helped prevent this, which is the core reason I supported Obama in 2007. Full Article at Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Dish

Matt Taibbi has an interesting perspective on Sarah Palin and her bestseller: [Palin] is the country’s first WWE politician — a cartoon combatant who inspires stadiums full of frustrated middle American followers who will cheer for her against... Full Article at Rising Hegemon

Obama knows the long odds against a right-wing populist winning the presidency, no matter how good she looks in a skirt or running clothes, brandishing a gun. Full Article at Beltway Blips

Protesters stand outside of the Goldman Sachs's offices in D.C. Photo: AP About 100 protesters gathered outside the Washington offices of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, demanding the company donate its $23 billion in bonuses to... Full Article at The Politico

Matt Taibbi explains why he hasn't yet written about Lloyd Blankfein doing God's work: "my editors will chop my balls off if I do a blog post on that right now." Don't have an Observer.com account? You can use your Facebook account instead. Full Article at New York Observer

The New York Times Maureen Dowd has a bone to pick with Goldman Sachs. In her latest column, Ms. Dowd takes aim at the recent assertion by Goldman chief Lloyd C. Blankfein that he and the investment bank are just “doing God’s work”. Full Article at Dealbook

The Great Vampire Squid has gotten religion. In an interview with the Sunday Times of London, the cocky chief of Goldman Sachs said he understands that a lot of people are "mad and bent out of shape" at blood-sucking banks. Full Article at Sacramento Bee

The Great Vampire Squid has gotten religion. In an interview with The Sunday Times of London, the cocky chief of Goldman Sachs said he understands that a lot of people are "mad and bent out of shape" at blood-sucking banks. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

WASHINGTON — The Great Vampire Squid has gotten religion. In an interview with The Sunday Times of London, the cocky chief of Goldman Sachs said he understands that a lot of people are "mad and bent out of shape" at bloodsucking banks. Full Article at The Seattle Times

The Great Vampire Squid has gotten religion. In an interview with The Sunday Times of London, the cocky chief of Goldman Sachs said he understands that a lot of people are “mad and bent out of shape” at blood-sucking banks. Full Article at The New York Times