Green Shoots Bustin' Out All Over: How Much More Awesome News Can One Economy Take?

Was Vice President Joe Biden just off by a year when he predicted summer of 2010 would be the Summer of Recovery? 

Get all the stimulicious economic news you can handle:

Green lightbulb company saves or creates or funds 3 jobs at $1.7 million in stimulus money per job. 

More than 2.7 million mortgage deadbeats are still living in homes they have not made a payment on in more than a year. Average time from first missed payment to foreclosure is now 565 days. 

Number of Americans renouncing citizenship is growing. 

Actual good news: More homeowners are moving into 15-year fixed mortgages to build up equity. Bill McBride digs up great mortgage-burning ad for Miller High Life. 

Lost half-decade: Start date of economic slump earlier than previously thought. 

First indication that UK made right call in eschewing further stimulus: Unemployment across the pond is dropping at fastest rate in 10 years. 

IMF lowers forecast for U.S.A. 

College degrees don't just cost more than ever; they're also worth less than ever. 

More actual good news: European Parliament tells Geithner to go fuck himself. 

Obama shooting even more Blanks with his economic brain trust. 

Larry Summers rises from piano-case coffin, calls for more stimulus. 

Repatriate overseas profits from Benedict Arnold corporations, spend it all on green infrastructure: What could possibly go wrong?