Archive for October, 2009
Another Goldman Tendril Infiltrates The Government
(1) Bloomberg: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission named Adam Storch, a 29-year-old from Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s business intelligence unit, as the enforcement division’s first chief operating officer. Storch, who joined the SEC Oct. 13, was named to the newly created post of managing executive in the enforcement unit, charged with making the division [...]
Polanski To Remain In Swiss Jail
Looks like rape does have consequences in the EU, after all: The film director Roman Polanski has lost his appeal to be freed from a Swiss prison. The federal criminal court said today that releasing the director on bail or under house arrest posed a flight risk. The director faces possible extradition to the United [...]
Jewish for the Jokes
Old joke around here, still hilarious: Recently your newspaper published a letter from state Rep. Bakari Sellers attacking U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and his opposition to congressional earmarks. There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars, but instead by taking care of the pennies and the [...]
Josh Marshall Breaks Own Previous Record
This time he manages to pull off five typos in one short paragraph: It is our somber duty to inform you that four Republican members of Congress appear not have (not to have) the courage of their own shameless convictions. You’ll remember, last four (last week four) members GOP members of the House — Reps. [...]
Delay, Define, Derail…And Deny
When Roll Call described the Republican healthcare reform strategy as “delay, define and derail”, they missed one key element: deny. Here’s Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl putting on a fine exhibition of this key element: On “Meet the Press” yesterday, host David Gregory asked Kyl a very good question: “[Y]ou and other Republicans have said [...]
While Republicans Delay, 3 Deaths Per Republican Senator Per Day
Here, according to Roll Call, is the Republican healthcare reform strategy: Senate Republicans, acknowledging they lack the votes to block a health care reform bill outright, have implemented a comprehensive political strategy to delay, define and derail. With Democratic leaders and White House officials holed up in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) office negotiating [...]
Just Saying
Somehow fitting, isn’t it, that in effect the Heene family auditioned for a reality TV show by putting on an elaborate sham? (If you click on that link, and look at the URL, you’ll find that ABC News classifies this as a technology story. How bizarre is that?) Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare [...]
Limbaugh’s Sorry Lying Racist Ass
In a Wall Street Journal op-ed this morning, Rush Limbaugh tries to pretend that accusing him of having made racist comments constitutes grossly gratuitous vilification: The sports media elicited comments from a handful of players, none of whom I can recall ever meeting. Among other things, at least one said he would never play for [...]
Blatant And Unrepentant Bigotry
This story would have left a really bad taste in the mouth even 20 or 30 years ago. But to have this happening today is just unbelievable: A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. [...]
Just Saying…
Remember when the Republican Party used to embrace the concept of “a thousand points of light”? They really haven’t strayed very far from that, have they? Now it’s just “a thousand points of fight”. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend