"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
This is part of an email response Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is sending to constituents who contacted her opposing the bailout. Californians are frosted by the absence of controls on executive compensation. Virtually all of the 50,000 phone calls and…
From Naked Capitalism (and indeed, it doesn’t get much more naked, greedy, and self-serving than this.) Gretchen Morgenson in the New York Times reports that Goldman and no other Wall Street firm was involved in the AIG rescue talks and…
The long lines and closed pumps seen across the South this week are a warning: inventories are way too low. The problem is that Hurricane Gustav and Ike knocked out refinery production that is still not back online, and supply…
John Robb says local communities need to act now to delay or eliminate foreclosures, else the coming tsunami of foreclosures triggered by the financial crisis will create crime-ridden ghost towns and the collapse of local governments. He cites a Philadelphia…
Led Zepplin is doing a reunion tour! People who were at the one-off show they did in December said Zep knocked the ball out of the stadium, that it went beyond great and into the realms of historic.