Today on the Dish, the collective net worth of American lawmakers jumped 25 percent in two years, Dodd-Frank failed in a comprehensive simulation of a banking crisis, and Silver gave Obama a 50-50 shot at re-election. In our video feature, Andrew made the conservative case against extreme income inequality, 40 House Republicans endorsed tax revenues, and occupiers brought Oakland to a standstill. The Hermanator relapsed, he won Pamela Geller's endorsement, and Pajamas Media uncovered new "details" of a sexual harassment incident (related correction of the day here). Pejman Yousefzadeh called out Cain supporters, the only way past this for Cain is through it, and most of Cain's defenders piped down (some are even taking the charges seriously). Romney leads the field in endorsements and potential support, his foreign policy got worse (as did Perry's), and readers weighed in on Huntsman's hapless campaign.
Greece toyed with a potential exit from the Euro, Andrew was impressed by Papandreou's strategy (others felt differently), Frum blamed Germany, and Italy is too big to fail. We chewed over US strategy in Somalia, wondered if the Syrian opposition could coalesce under a unified organizational umbrella, and marked 100 years of air war. We assessed the latest speculation on Iran as the Israeli military resisted war, a veteran grappled with the impulse to torture, and Bruce Crumley mocked the French satirical newspaper firebombed for caricaturing Muhammad.
Mariah Blake unraveled a doozy of a Ponzi scheme in the Midwest, the Tea Party threat waned, and the death penalty stretches the legal system. Readers reacted to a horrific story of "Texas domestic justice" and shared their stories of abuse, and the hard problem of consciousness is so hard. We appraised college degrees, scientists said that sugar doesn't make kids hyper, but parents begged to differ.
Hathos alert here, app of the day here, correction of the day here, cool ad watch here, MHB here, VFYW here, FOTD here, and amusing profiles in Republican intellectual gymnastics here and here.
— M.A.
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