Of all the possible Supreme Court nominees
Obama choose one with ties to Goldman Sachs who has no experience as being a judge. There wasn’t someone better qualified with no links to the Squid?
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 May 2010
The decline of the West
The real battle now is nation-states vs. the global economic system, says John Robb. The economic system will win. Nation states will hollow out and become mere shells of themselves. The clear and unambiguous message to every citizen of the…
Feds launch civil and criminal investigations of JPMorgan
The probes are centering on whether or not JPMorgan, a top derivatives holder in precious metals, acted improperly to depress the price of silver, sources said. Gosh, it’s looking more and more like our fabled investment banks are just a…
Science magazine photoshops polar bear on ice floe, foes attack
This was supposed to illustrate the dangers of climate change. But what it did was to give climate change foes more ammo to use, “see they faked it again.” I’m staggered at the political stupidity of too much of the…
French Pres. Sarkozy to “confront speculators mercilessly” via secret plan he cannot reveal
Every time officials in Europe start yapping about containing the European debt crisis, the market makes complete fools of them. Indeed. Can speculators and credit default swap traders be merciless and predatory? Absolutely. But they can’t force down something that…