(1) Why all the fuss about the unequal treatment of GM CEO Rick Wagoner and, say, Vikram Pandit of Shittygroup? Didn’t we always know that all CEOs are equal but some CEOs are more equal than others? Which pigs was George Orwell writing about if not the proverbial capitalist pigs? (2) The thoroughly inestimable Charles [...]
On CNN‘s “Situation Room” yesterday, John Boehner made one of the stupidest and most dishonest statements he’s ever made (and that’s saying something): BLITZER: Because he (President Obama) seemed to be talking — to me — to me, as I heard him say that, he seemed to be saying, all those Republicans who want a [...]
The TARP Congressional Oversight Panel has released a report which puts a number for the first time on how many billions of our money Hank Paulson managed to lose right up front when he pumped capital into mismanaged banks. By way of background, recall this Bloomberg article from four weeks ago: Henry Paulson may be [...]
You and I know this, that if you own something, you have a vital stake in the future of our country. The more ownership there is in America, the more vitality there is in America, and the more people have a vital stake in the future of this country. – George W. Bush (6/17/04) I [...]
Shortly after I moved to the Bay Area, my then-girlfriend, mocking my east coast tastes, wanted to show me what real Mexican food was. She took me to a little hole-in-the-wall joint famous for the cooking of some region or another with handwritten menus and, a real rarity, actual Mexicans in the kitchen. Looking over [...]
Dr. Nick will see you now. The free market at work: In an unusually candid admission, the federal chief of AIDS research says he believes drug companies don’t have an incentive to create a vaccine for the HIV and are likely to wait to profit from it after the government develops one. And that means [...]
“…niggaz are coastin’ the SL but can’t post bail…” – Jay-Z / “Dead Presidents Pt 1“ As many questions as the President’s bicycle trip during a red alert evacuation of the White House and Congress raised, perhaps the most important is “On what other issues is the President out of the loop?” In presenting the [...]
Posted by Munee Cashilini Ordinarily, I wouldn’t share my investment strategy with the general public, but I read about this one in a magazine, so it isn’t really mine. Those know-nothing know-it-alls Matt and Jason would probably have you invest in some namby-pamby socially conscious fund that puts money in environmentally friendly, non-sweat shop, pro-worker [...]