A four-month investigation by the Brooklyn district attorney found no evidence that the local ACORN office had engaged in any criminal conduct, despite the hype conservative media gave to tapes of a fake prostitute asking for help from the organization. From Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office – War Room – Salon.com The whole ACORN… Continue reading Brooklyn prosecutors clear local ACORN office
System FAIL
“GOP member: ‘I’d like this in the bill.’ "Dem member response: ‘If we put it in, will you vote for the bill?’"GOP member: ‘You know I can’t vote for the bill.’ "Dem member: ‘Then why should we put it in the bill?’ From System FAIL – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan This is… Continue reading System FAIL
Soros on Gold
everyone at the lunch wanted to know what bubbles the billionaire might be investing in at the moment, given his theory. Soros dodged the question when I asked him but subsequently noted, “The ultimate asset bubble is gold.” I’m not sure if he meant that gold has been a bubble since the beginning of recorded… Continue reading Soros on Gold
Worthwhile Canadian Example
Those who blame the Fed for keeping interest rates too low too long have to explain why Canada, which basically had the same interest rate experience we did, didnt have anything like the same problems. So whats Canadas secret? Regulation, regulation, regulation. Much stricter limits on leverage, much stricter limits on unconventional mortgages, and an… Continue reading Worthwhile Canadian Example
One odd thing about health care reform
If people are against the health care bill because it is too progressive, why did it get less popular as it got less progressive? And why is the version of the bill with the public option more popular than the bill without it? If people are upset that it does too far, shouldn’t it have… Continue reading One odd thing about health care reform
the spending freeze
In his State of the Union address Wednesday night, President Obama will unveil a three-year freeze on non-military discretionary spending, according to a senior administration official. The spending freeze is exactly what the GOP has been asking for. So what do you think are the chances that they will be positive about this? What are… Continue reading the spending freeze
Lessons not learned in the health care debate
One of the meme’s going around is that if Obama didn’t waste time on health care reform and instead spent that time doing something else, that seat in Massachusetts wouldn’t have been lost. Absent from this theory is any list of things that Obama might have worked on that the GOP wouldn’t have tried to… Continue reading Lessons not learned in the health care debate
Dinosaur Piggyback ride
Dinosaur Piggyback ride, originally uploaded by karmakazesal. In our home, dinosaurs ride trains, cars and airplanes. They eat pocky. And they give each other piggyback rides. It is a magical place.
Op-Ed Columnist – The Big Zero – NYTimes.com
Id suggest that we call the decade past the Big Zero. It was a decade in which nothing good happened, and none of the optimistic things we were supposed to believe turned out to be true. From Op-Ed Columnist – The Big Zero – NYTimes.com
Tie CO2 Tax to Temperature
John Tierney relays today what seems like a very sensible idea from economist Ross McKitrick, tie a carbon tax to the temperature. If the temperature rises the tax goes up, if the temperature does not rise (as McKitrick, a climate change skeptic thinks) the tax will stay at a low level. Temperature of the troposphere… Continue reading Tie CO2 Tax to Temperature