Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Post about Council Pleading Guilty to Open Meeting Charges http://electkevin.blogspot.com... electkevin.blogspot.com/2008/09/post-about-council-pleading-guilty-to.html … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2008
Senate will vote on (and almost certainly pass) a revised bailout bill tomorrow
NYT reports: Senate leaders scheduled a Wednesday vote on a $700 billion financial bailout package after agreeing to add tax breaks and a higher limit for insured bank deposits in a bid to attract enough votes to reverse a shocking defeat … [Read more...]
The death of reagan – thacher economics
Smack-on stuff here from HuffPost. All the things that big government can't be blamed for (Fema failures/Katrina, economy in the tank, Iraq war failures, loss of privacy, erosion of our constitutional rights, etc., etc. Does McCain Still … [Read more...]
Breaking news: Boston Herald OpEditors endorse McCain
Article http://www.bostonherald.com/ne... … [Read more...]
John Kerry and the Road to 60. Gives $1million to Dem Senate Candidates
He's also made this a challenge to the rest of us to contribute. ("Mom can I have a couple of mill? Please? Jeanne needs a little love up in New Hampshire") We have a chance to get a filibuster-proof majority at 60 (add another one or two … [Read more...]
And the hits just keep on coming. Yet another Palin fiasco
What more is there to say? These are soft questions. My grandmother is a tougher interviewer than Katie. Think what Mike Wallace or Dan Rather would do to her. Edward R. Murrow would turn her into a puddle in seconds. Merv Griffin could … [Read more...]
Have your pet blessed and help end Greyhound racing
Blessing animals (and all of Creation) is nothing new for the churches. St. Francis of Assisi was known for his love of all living creatures and respect for the earth. The annual tradition of inviting animal owners to bring their pets and … [Read more...]
Stiglitz Talks Sense
In an essay in the Guardian Columbia University economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz talks sense: The holes in financial institutions' balance sheets should be filled in a transparent way. The Scandinavian countries showed the … [Read more...]
Can someone explain why this 20% profit skimming is in the bailout bill?
TRANSFER OF A PERCENTAGE OF PROFITS. DEPOSITS. Not less than 20 percent of any profit realized on the sale of each troubled asset purchased under this Act shall be deposited as provided in paragraph (2). USE OF DEPOSITS. Of the amount … [Read more...]
Read a Banned Book — CORRECTED
... or at least this illustrated history of book banning in honor of Banned Books Week, which is now, Sept. 27 - Oct. 4. Here, too, is Ban this Booklist, a top-50 from the ACLU of books that touch on civil liberties themes -- and which have … [Read more...]
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