September 2010
54 posts
“The sheer severity of the slump after the 2008 housing bust means, however, that...”
– The Way Out of the Slump by Paul Krugman and Robin Wells | The New York Review of Books
“This is so true. I remember in the late 90s, early 2000s when the tech bubble...”
– Outsourcing Labor and the Loss of American Identity | The Seminal
“I’m proudly wearing tinfoil again. It was out of fashion, but only for a couple...”
– Obama Invoking “State Secrets” to Assassinate an American | The Seminal
KryssTal : Writing - Runic →
Andrew Beahrs: Twain's Feast: America's Vanished... →
Bits of News - The Great Strike Wave of 1946 →
could the next frew years mirror the anger in 1946?
“The Boehner plan, step 1: Cutting funding by 22.7% The Boehner plan calls on...”
– Andrew Fieldhouse: How to Lose Over a Million Jobs
“in all honisty anny woman not in full burka hijab is a discrace and should be...”
– Sesame Street Pulls Controversial Katy Perry Duet with Elmo • videosift.com
Bob Herbert — The Deepening Crisis Among... →
Herbert writes about the fact that homicide is the leading cause of death for young black men. He talks about widespread criminality and how commonplace incarceration is for black males without a high school diploma. He points to the fact that 70% of African-American children are born out of wedlock and that too many of these children are being brought up by relatives or are in foster care.
“When Congress is too craven and cowardly to impeach someone or isn’t sure what...”
– Clogging and Facilitating | The Seminal
“When Congress is too craven and cowardly to impeach someone or isn’t sure what...”
– Clogging and Facilitating | The Seminal
“It is impossible for a coward to be moral. MK Gandhi”
– Why? | The Seminal
“The building of any organization takes years. And for the last thirty of them,...”
– Doing the Work of Electing Genuine Progressives | The Seminal
“The truth of what’s going on here is that I’m dying,” says...”
– At MadCon, an ailing Harlan Ellison will say goodbye - Isthmus | The Daily Page
“Washington’s Iran Policy Challenged
As China’s third biggest supplier of...”
– Dilip Hiro: America Is Suffering a Power Outage … and the Rest of the World Knows It
Dilip Hiro: America Is Suffering a Power Outage... →
Michael Russnow: Can AT&T Stay in Business?... →
Secret revealed about the Titanic sinking -... →
“Jason Ditz at antiwar.com reports that the United States has substantially...”
– United States Kills at Least 28 in Pakistan Drone Attacks | The Seminal
Interview with Arundhati Roy | The Progressive →
The precise moment when a bubble pops - Imgur →
George Soros Predicts Stagflation →
Bill Moyers Journal . Transcripts | PBS →
BILL MOYERS: Are you saying that the banking industry trumps the president, the Congress and the American government when it comes to this issue so crucial to the survival of American democracy?
Guest Post: The Curse of Fiat Money | zero hedge →
DEBT REDUCTION AFTER CRISES | PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM →
removal power: Information from Answers.com →
Preacher Terry Jones who vowed to burn Koran on... →
He should have thought of the consequences that his bid for his 15 minutes of fame would have. In fact he should be fined as well for possibly putting all of us at greater risk from people who would have retaliated had he burned their holy book.
“Despite these precautions, it is still estimated that 5,000 accidental lye...”
– Caustic Ingestion and Foreign Bodies in the Aerodigestive Tract
“The next day Inspector Vargas told me Johnny Boi was in jail. A couple weeks...”
– My relentless pursuit of the guy who robbed me - Life stories - Salon.com
But, you may ask, how can this be? In the kind of competitive financial markets envisioned by Adam Smith, competition should create multiple gateways to these capital markets. What’s more, price competition should prevent massive overcharges by the underwriters of big financial deals.
On Friday, Aug. 20, Washington Post financial columnist Steven Pearlstein published an insightful article...
Robert Creamer: Another Reason to Break up Big... →
Obama’s Infrastructure Plan Criticized | The... →
“Meanwhile, this same rapid rise in the cost of bread made little difference to...”
– charles hugh smith-Weblog and Essays
Think Progress » Texas Skateboarder Stops... →
“As usual, it sounds vaguely logical. Except, the lore relies on the assumptions...”
– The neoliberal bait-and-switch - Education - Salon.com
“This is the same Hillary Clinton who has spent much of her term as helmswoman of...”
– CounterPunch: Tells the Fact, Names the Names
“The idea of watching Bob Corker vote for the Sessions amendment!” Dodd said...”
– Filibusters and arcane obstructions in the Senate : The New Yorker
“Machine politics is always bipartisan.” It is because it has to be (p. 31)....”
– A Few Caveats to Consider before November | The Seminal
“The Dems are the ones in for a rude awakening this fall. The LEFT has understood...”
– Participation Crisis: The Left is in for a Rude Awakening this Fall | The Seminal
“equire them to spend money. “The one time we did go, we stopped at a...”
– John Wands, Unemployed New Jersey Man, Struggles To Support Family
“Debate is emerging on how much of the surge in unemployment is structural. My...”
– FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - Obama was too cautious in fearful times
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