"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Lawrence Lessig, major activist of clean government and founder of Change Congress, on the reformist impulse of the Tea Party and why the left should work towards the same goals. Many of my friends have been puzzled that I have…
This is huge. Even Alan “I heart Ayn Rand” Greenspan is now saying our financial system is infested by criminals. It’s quite possible that Greenspan was such a lockstep ideologue that he actually believed the Randian gibberish he spouted. But…
No, that can’t be, some say. The recession is clearly all the fault of the other political party. They are the evildoers. We are the good guys. Actually, no. When it comes to our economic crisis, which was triggered by…
That’s Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén, alias “Tony Tormenta” on the billboard. He was killed by Mexican Marines after the billboard in the US with a price of $5 million on his head appeared, but this was probably coincidence. From Borderland Beat.…
Shell bribes part of `culture of corruption‘ in Nigeria. US court fines seven companies, closes investigation Corruption will not end until there are criminal prosecutions. Fines are meaningless in preventing it as those responsible suffer no consequences for their behavior.…