The Cable News Problem

As the avalanche of tech money dramatically inflates the value of even sub-par housing stock - and the state's Democratic political hegemony has seven some Republicans in the state's more rural counties rooting for a breakup - residents of the Bay Area are taking off for more affordable areas where they can more comfortably mesh with the local culture.

Republicans have issued so many absurd economic threats that one of them was eventually going to come true.

John Rice, vice-chairman at General Electric Co, believes the 'Make in India' drive would be much more successful if the country had a comprehensive export credit facility. In an interview with ET, Rice also said GE is looking to export locomotives from India and the country will play a key role in the US giant's industrial digital convergence plans. Edited excerpts: How is investment in locomotive plant in India progressing? It's good to see the progress we are making. We are moving quickly.

Glenn Beck is going to be on the Piers Morgan show for a full hour tonight. CNN has released a few clips ahead of time. Hopefully, the whole hour is as entertaining as the clips it's released so far. In the first clip, Beck takes on both the Duck Dynasty debate and the debate about Santa being white. His response: Seriously? Why are we talking about this. 

Kevin Drum: Rubio: Pass Immigration Reform or Obama the Tyrant Will Do Even Worse: Greg Sargent draws my attention to the latest from Sen. Marco Rubio:

Conservative radio host Glenn Beck called President Barack Obama a "full-fledged woman" and ceremonially revoked the President's "man card" for saying in a pre-Super Bowl interview that he'd have to think about letting a son play football.

Glenn Beck’s bizarre Connect Four antics Thursday afternoon were amusing, but the best part of that segment was actually Beck’s thoughts on the relationship between art and politics:

I got to the office a bit before 9AM today and within 20 minutes I felt incredibly agitated. I was pissed off. I also had a feeling of despair about the prospects for health reform. I was mad, and I also felt helpless. What was wrong? Was it just a bad case of the Mondays? Regrets for being back in the cubicle after so many weeks on the road?