"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs. Taibbi has a new article about the shadow budget whereby the Fed shovels billions to the already wealthy with no…
The most dangerous icebergs are those that are completely submerged, as ships may not be able to spot them in time. The huge and growing problem of California public pension fund liability has for too long been treated like a…
The US Navy is reporting that floating houses and cars in the ocean are a threat to shipping and that they’ve never seen anything like this. The debris will hit Washington, Oregon, and California by 2014.
Krugman What happened to the inspirational figure his supporters thought they elected? Who is this bland, timid guy who doesn’t seem to stand for anything in particular? Au contraire. Obama fought ferociously hard to give the big banks whatever they…
Natural gas may be a marginally cleaner fossil fuel than coal, but obtaining it through the processing of fracking turns out to be more damaging to the climate than coal ever was. Fracking is a process that splits deposits of…