TARP explained visually
This is hilarious. (Scroll down to view all the photos.)
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 February 2009
A French approach to handling electricity usage
In France, you can pay a flat fee for an amount of electricity of your choosing. But if you go over the limit, they turn to power off. Then you unplug enough stuff to drop below the limit. It sounds…
Joel Kovel fired from Bard College for anti-Zionism
His book “Overcoming Zionism” published by Pluto, saw the Zionist lobby mobilise against him and his continuing criticism of Israel has unleashed more persecution. Anti-Zionism even from Jewish anti-racists is labelled anti-semitism and suppressed. He is for many of us…
Stanford, Madoff, and the SEC
But the bottom line is that a guy in the drug trade, with amazing connections to politicians (the latest are Bill Clinton and Nancy Pelosi), was treated with kid gloves by regulators, who could’ve easily nailed him first but… didn’t.…
California finally passes budget
But I’m unclear if the 8 ballot measures to be voted on in an emergency election in May must pass else the whole train wreck starts over again. There’s nothing to cheer about here. The budget cuts will affect the…