Tag: politics
All the articles with the tag "politics".
Best of luck Obama
Best of luck, Obama. You are going to need it to deal with the mess that has been left for you. Marketplace has some ideas on what will happen on the economic side when Obama comes into office. Horizo…
Sanders Priorities
Quoth the UT : "Mayor Jerry Sanders warned of deep, imminent budget cuts and water rationing across San Diego yesterday, while also stressing the importance of a new City Hall and an expanded conventi…
King Henry
Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency. You ha…
Gore's new slide show at TED
I've been working my way though the many wonderful talks at TED and was happy to see a new one pop up with Gore showing his new slide show: New thinking on the climate crisis . Do yourself a favor, an…
Game theory wiz kids
Just in case I didn't already think Nixon and Kissinger were complete mental bastards: The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon's Secret Plan to Bring Peace to Vietnam Nixon decided to try something new: t…
Bailouts
This makes my blood boil: Bush to outline 5-year rate freeze plan "...sources, who are familiar with details of the trade group's pitch, said the plan envisions covering subprime loans taken out betwe…
Sanders Turns Blue
When I first moved near down town, I had no access to recycling. This was a pain in the ass, as I would always end up dragging it to someone else's bin, or to a center somewhere. But most people in th…
China flexing
This is hardly surprising: Two Chinese officials at leading Communist Party bodies have given interviews in recent days warning, for the first time, that Beijing may use its $1,330bn (£658bn) of forei…
Fed bubble bailout
Hillary, check your head. " Mrs Clinton proposed expansion of the groups among measures to tackle weaknesses in the mortgage market and support homeowners. She vowed to clamp down on “unfair lending …
The ethanol scam
RollingStone has a great article called Ethanol Scam: Ethanol Hurts the Environment And Is One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles . If you aren't familiar with the subject, this article is a g…