Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Final Uncalled House Race Update: NY-1 Remains a Democrat Hold

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The Republican challenger has conceded to the Democrat incumbent. The story is here . The net gain for Republicans in the US House in 2010 r...

Bob Sellers Joins The New American Nightmare

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This is the American workplace, 2010. No loyalty, and a cavalier consideration for the life changing consequences of treating people and the...

On the Fourth Gospel

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"The Fourth Gospel portrays a Jesus who is, simply, unparalleled." -- Imam John
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

If You Want Fewer Poor People in America, Tax Them Already!

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Here's Rush Limbaugh, with his whole brain tied behind his back, today: "Nobody in this society is undertaxed, so why applaud an ex...

The Tax Elephant in the Room: The Poor Don't Pay Their Fair Share

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Once again, the Republicans are about to blow it. What's needed for the country right now, attempting to leave politics out of the discu...

On Insanity

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"You know you are insane if you've listened to Glenn Beck for fifteen minutes and you're not embarrassed yet." -- Imam Joh...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Caroline Baum Says "There Isn't Anything Government Can Do" For Housing

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It's right here : Owners’ equity in household real estate, or the value of assets minus liabilities, fell from a peak of $13.1 trillion ...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

George Will Notices That Sarah Palin Will Never Be A Ronald Reagan

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What took you so long, George? This was all pretty clear already in January, here and here . “After the 2008 campaign she had two things sh...

Global Warming? Better Luck Next Year. Britain 2010 The Coolest Since 1996.

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As reported here by The UK Daily Mail: [A] remarkable climbdown that has huge implications . . . for debate over climate change as a whole[...

$9 Trillion in Fed Bailouts Saved the Elites, But $50 Billion for Unemployed Will Bankrupt Us?

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Here's an excerpt from " The Con of the Century ," by someone worth reading who gets it: [U]nemployment insurance will cost ro...
Friday, December 3, 2010

Man Gets 13 Years Instead of Castration

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Is there no justice in this world? Polanski didn't even get jail. The story is here .

Another Reason Not to Use Your Credit Card: The Feds Track You Without a Warrant

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As reported here at wired.com: Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards...

Tyrannies Desire to Know Everything You Say and Do: Feds Violate FISA

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From The Washington Post: The federal government has repeatedly violated legal limits governing the surveillance of US citizens, according t...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Is Ron Paul the Republicans' Dennis Kucinich?

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He was one of just three Republicans in the US House to vote with the Democrats today to send a bill to the Senate which extends the Bush ta...

Come On, Come On, Come On, Do The Mussolini With Me!

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Here's Why Your Government Stalled on the FOIA for Two Years

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Because the American taxpayer has bailed out the whole world, that's why. We're now the biggest suckers in history. And the followin...

Stupid Shit I Read at Washington's Blog

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Here : Since there's only 300 million of us, I guess when this is prefaced by "polls show that" it means that 1) nearly everyb...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Federal Reserve Emergency Lending Round Up of Stories at Naked Capitalism

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Lots of reaction pouring in on today's data dump, nicely pulled together by nakedcapitalism.com, here .

Chris Whalen Explains How the Taxpayers Bailed Out the Shareholders

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They don't teach angry at church. You'll just have to go here .  The Federal Reserve is a wholly owned subsidiary of the financial s...

TSA Thinks Sanitary Napkins are Suspicious

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Imagine having to submit to a search for that. One woman actually did. Story here .