“As an alternative, the government can “monetize its debt” by borrowing from the US Federal Reserve system, which is nominally under private control but is really just another part of the government. In this...
I feel as young as I ever did.” Robert Benchley (1899-1945). Lately, anyone watching those Wall Street high wire artists demonstrate once again that gravity does indeed matter would understand the irony in Benchley’s...
Over at Bonddad there’s a good summary of the loan package granted to insurance gigantus AIG by the federal government, We now collectively own nearly 80% of AIG! Perhaps we can turn it into...
UMass Amherst Republican Club Lecture ******************************All I Am Saying is Give War a Chance Wednesday, December 12, 2007 • 7:30 pmStudent Union BallroomStudent UnionUMass Amherst CampusHandicap access availableDirections & ParkingFree AdmissionEvent web siteContact: Brad...
Glenn Greenwald on the NIE regarding Iran’s nuclear program: “Somehow, it was decided in our political establishment that being completely wrong about the worst strategic disaster in our country’s history — the invasion of...
On November 21st former Bush “brain,” Karl Rove, in full view of millions of Charlie Rose viewers, summarily dispatched Truth with a blitzkrieg of grisly chops, kicks, and swats. Truth, badly dissipated after many...
At a November 5th news conference, White House comedienne, Press Secretary Dana Perino, fielded questions about Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s imposition of emergency rule and the consequent suspension of constitutional protections it entails. At...
Republican verbal waterboarding just keeps on pouring down our throats with the usual assist from POX News . . . Their October 29th Special Report featured the following reasoned discussion between Mort Kondracke and...
On October 23rd we got to see FEMA’s real world take on that old hypothetical, “What if you gave a ______ and nobody came?” when they populated their California wildfire press conference exclusively with...
