Like everybody else for whom attention to political campaigns is either part of their job or part of their life, I often shake my head at the intellectual disingenuousness of what is for candidates standard operating procedure. About which … [Read more...]
Archives for April 12, 2008
MBTA Pensions
Considering that said pension includes cost of living increases and a spousal death benefit, the actuarial present value of said pension is between 1.1 and 1.2 million dollars, depending on your assumptions. Contrast this in the private … [Read more...]
COMCAST TO BE BOUGHT OUT BY VERIZON ?
Word on the street is that Comcast is in oh so private negotiations to be bought out by Verizon. Verizon is cutting into Comcast's profits across the country and the writing some say is on the wall that Comcast stock will never be worth … [Read more...]
Quick hits
Oh my, I've missed a lot this week ...Some more thoughts on talking with the Gov on Tuesday ... He seemed to me to be a guy simply trying to do his job. He's not that into the game of gratuitous political narrating and leading the … [Read more...]
Friday Joke Revue
From Daniel Kurtzman's Political Humor Blog. Slim pickings this week: things have been pretty quiet on the national scene, except for the Penn-parture. "After Governor Bill Richardson switched his support from Hillary Clinton to Barack … [Read more...]