Day August 31, 2008

Much of RNC opening canceled

Maybe Republicans are assuming the governmental response to Gustav will be another disaster else why the cancellation of much of day one of the RNC? If they thought the government would respond competently then, seems to me, they could hold…

Alabama county faces bankruptcy

Calculated Risk reports on the imminent bankruptcy of Jefferson County, Alabama, due to their totally clever and complex series of bond transactions that was supposed to save them big bucks, but exploded in their faces instead. barkingtribe writes in the…