My new favorite podcast is from Greg Proops. You may remember him from Whose Line Is It Anyway? where he used to rip it up with Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady.
His podcast, The Smartest Man in the World (yes, the title is a joke) is loads of fun. He can switch from bashing Reagan (while still acknowledging his very few good points) to giving a rundown of ’70s funk masters to deconstructing postmodern masculinity all within one sentence. I wish someone would make a blog with links after each show because he references lots of stuff I’d like to follow up on. (As if I have the time.)
He also has a few comedy albums out, but I haven’t listened to them yet. If they’re anything like his podcast, they’re well worth a giggle.
He’s not for everyone — Diane finds his voice annoying and the show less amusing than I. But at least give him a try. Someday he’ll come to Madison and I shall drag Diane kicking and screaming to see him live.
TimeWaster™
Wow, it’s been a while since I included one of these. Wayne Brady seems appropriate. (I have no idea why the image is inverted.)
[Soledad] O’Brien asked him to clarify his remarks saying, “There are lots of very poor Americans who are struggling who would say, ‘That sounds odd.’”
Romney continues, “We will hear from the Democrat party, the plight of the poor…. You can focus on the very poor, that’s not my focus….”
You know what? This is good. At least he’s being honest.
The biggest loophole of all, though, is capital gains. There are a number of economic arguments used to justify a lower capital gains tax rate, particularly the belief that it boosts savings, investment, and economic growth. Problem is, the economic studies are ambiguous at best. Louis Johnston, economist at College of Saint Benedict/St. John’s University, notes that when capital gains taxes were cut in 1998 and in 2003, savings rates did not pick up and the GDP growth rate declined. “Nobody has been able to show any relationship across countries and within countries over time between capital gains taxes and economic growth,” says Joel Slemrod, economist at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. “It’s one of a million things that affect economic growth, and if it were huge, we’d be able to pick it up out of the data.”
My new favorite podcast is from Greg Proops. You may remember him from Whose Line Is It Anyway? where he used to rip it up with Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady.
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