Looks Like Today Will Be Black Tuesday as Futures look awfully like a 500 point drop.

Nader to Join Bloomberg as Spoiler Candidate? The ex-Green Leader is contemplating another run for the White House. This time he is hoping for minus one percent of the vote.

Sweet Dreams? Bill Clinton cannot stay awake when he is not the center of attention.

UN to Condemn Israel. In other news: sun rises, sky is blue.

Huckabee in Trouble. The Huckster is cutting budget and trimming staff. Why has God forsaken him?

His name is Kid: and his Israeli flag was at the cleaner's.Kid Rock, Zionist: "[Israelis] unload on anybody. ‘Fuck with us? We’ll fuck you up,’” he said. “That’s my motto in life. ‘Be nice to everybody, but if somebody fucks with you, fuck them up.’”

Mitt Romney: Whiter than the whitest shade of white. 

Worldwide Stock
Crash, yet since it is MLK Day, we have been spared. What’s not to love
about this holiday?

Hillary
Wants to Control the Economy. (Maybe she has read Liberal Fascism?)

Hugo Chavez
goes after the Jews. Now will Hollywood
stop supporting him?

Palestinians
Protest Gaza Shutdown, yet no protests to stop the daily rocket attacks that prompted it.

Obama, Huckabee and God: Blogger asks: is there a difference between the two candidates' religious proclamations?

The FBI Covering Up a Nuclear Spy Ring? What is it with the Feds? They are turning into the gang that could not shoot straight.

Human Rights Activist Murdered in Venezuela, after being branded a traitor on state TV. Will the Hollywood left drop Chavez?

Surprise – Sunni Allies of U.S. are being Targeted

 Update: Daniel Koffler adds:

The University of Sheffield in the UK commissioned a study on coulrophobia:

The study, reported in the Nursing Standard magazine, found all the 250 patients aged between 4 and 16 they quizzed disliked the use of clowns, with even the older ones finding them scary.

Two questions spring to mind: Have attitudes about clowns changed over the years? And especially if not, how is there still a clowning market? (Via Kerry Howley.)

Chris Matthews vs. Uppity Women: Hardball host Chris Matthews gets an earful from NOW, the Feminist Majority and Gloria Steinem over his anti-Hillary remarks. Although Matthews's statements were certainly insensitive, was his apology really "a victory for all women"?

I Heart Huckabee, Huckabee Heart Slavery: Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee told South Carolina voters that residents of other states have no business judging their retention of the confederate flag, which many American view as a symbol of racism. "[I]f somebody came to Arkansas and told us what to do with our flag, we'd tell them what to do with the pole, that's what we'd do," Huckabee said.

$$$: The president is considering a tax rebate of $800 for every American in order to stimulate the economy. All we need to do is borrow $320 billion from China first.