Day March 25, 2008

Auction rate securities still frozen

Most brokerages are refusing to buy them back which means the investors can’t get any money out of what was sold to them as a cash equivalent. Ouch. Who buys auction-rate securities? It’s not just “the rich.”‘ I’ve heard from…

The litany of resistance

With governments that kill… …we will not comply. With the theology of empire… …we will not comply. With the business of militarism… …we will not comply. With the hoarding of riches …we will not comply. This Litany of Resistance was…

And his sacrifice was…?

Bush: War’s outcome ‘will merit the sacrifice’ 4,000 US troops are dead. That number doesn’t include US civilians in Iraq, members of private military corporations, or Iraqis who have been killed or the probable millions on all sides who have…

Northeast NIMBYs

The state of New York wants to shut down a nuclear plant. They and Connecticut currently oppose an offshore LNG platform in Long Island Sound. Electricity and heating costs in the northeast US are already extremely expensive. Development of alternative…