Rod Blagojevich
TPM Even setting aside the primordial level of corruption of trying to sell the senate seat of the President-elect of the United States, I never fail to be amazed at the brazenness and stupidity of some political crooks. I mean,…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month December 2008
Ten thousand charter buses headed to DC for Inauguration
Can you say ‘logistical nightmare‘? The problem isn’t so much where the buses will be parked but how to get people from there to the inauguration area and back again without complete gridlock. As for getting a hotel room, Expedia…
Mortgage default rates and peasants with pitchforks
In the first half of this year, borrowers defaulted on modified mortgages at rates higher than almost every estimate. According to the Office of Comptroller of the Currency statistics released today, 36% of borrowers who had their loans modified in…
Sam Zell. Worse than you thought
He personally has little money in Tribune, and funded the purchase with the employee’s stock ownership plan, something they had no say it. Then he deliberately destroyed any quality journalism. Why is this legal?
Floating offshore wind power
According to a 2006 report by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Electric and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, offshore wind resources on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States exceed the current electricity generation of the entire U.S.…