Sunday, July 08, 2012
Those Other Countries And Their Corruption
Not sure I agree with everything in this piece, but it makes the not made often enough point that we love to point our figures out other countries and their corruption, imagining that our Randian Paradise is free from such things.
In America, banks rob you!
In America, banks rob you!
Sunday Bobbleheads
The WaPo tells you the important parts.
Dancing Dave's Meet the Press has tennis from England.
Face The Nation has AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MCCAIN MUST CREDIT FACE THE NATION, Dick Durbin, and Haley Barbour.
This Week has O'Malley and Jindal.
Document the atrocities!
Guests on this week’s Sunday political talk shows include Sen. John McCain on Face the Nation, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal on ABC’s This Week and Sen. Mitch McConnell on CNN’s State of the Union.
Dancing Dave's Meet the Press has tennis from England.
Face The Nation has AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MCCAIN MUST CREDIT FACE THE NATION, Dick Durbin, and Haley Barbour.
This Week has O'Malley and Jindal.
Document the atrocities!
Saturday, July 07, 2012
July The 7th
About 4 months until the election season nightmare will be replaced with newer more exciting nightmares.
Just What Do They Get Paid The Big Bucks For Again
I always like it when the people who run the world get all Sgt. Schulz, knowing nothing, when bad things happen. Isn't it their job to know? Aren't they in charge?
Would've, or at least should've...
A former senior Barclays employee today exposes the “culture of fear” that operated at the bank and claims Bob Diamond would have been aware of his traders' activities.
Would've, or at least should've...
Friday, July 06, 2012
Friday Night Movie Recs
Keeping with the occasional 80s black comedy theme, we have... Repo Man!
Been thinking about this a bit lately, though I'm sure someone has written about it and my deep thoughts are not original. There was something about the 80s and a certain kind of black comedy that came out of that era. I'm not sure any of the made any money, but a reasonable number of them were produced. Even in the more mainstream teen comedy genre there was a bit of a dark edge. Not gonna claim it was overall a great movie decade, but around the edges there were some interesting things going on.
Been thinking about this a bit lately, though I'm sure someone has written about it and my deep thoughts are not original. There was something about the 80s and a certain kind of black comedy that came out of that era. I'm not sure any of the made any money, but a reasonable number of them were produced. Even in the more mainstream teen comedy genre there was a bit of a dark edge. Not gonna claim it was overall a great movie decade, but around the edges there were some interesting things going on.
I Have Not Seen The Newsroom
But Scott inspires me to suggest that Jeffrey Tambor is our most underrated actor, and he should be cast in basically everything.
Obama Destroyed The Economy With High Taxes And More Regulation
No that isn't true, but these sorts of political narratives drive coverage. Of course Democrats raise taxes and increase regulation, and Republicans cut taxes and spending. The truth of such things is unimportant. They're truthy. Democrats are bad for the economy and Democratic ideas (lefty ideas anyway) are bad for the economy. The lesson of the Great Depression is that we should put Megan McArdle in charge of everything. Or something.
Our elites have completely failed. We can quibble about who precisely deserves blame - the Fed, the president, Congress - but there were pretty simple solutions to the problems. Spend money, hire people, give people free money, build stuff, etc. Not that complicated, really. But such ideas emanate from Teh Left, and everyone knows Teh Left is bad for the economy, because communism, so they must be wronger than the most wrong thing ever.
Our elites have completely failed. We can quibble about who precisely deserves blame - the Fed, the president, Congress - but there were pretty simple solutions to the problems. Spend money, hire people, give people free money, build stuff, etc. Not that complicated, really. But such ideas emanate from Teh Left, and everyone knows Teh Left is bad for the economy, because communism, so they must be wronger than the most wrong thing ever.
Criminal Enterprises
Maybe if we give them just a little bit more free money they'll behave.
(Reuters) - A U.S. judge has ordered JPMorgan Chase & Co to explain why the court should not force the bank to turn over 25 internal emails demanded as part of an investigation into whether it manipulated electricity markets in California and the Midwest.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) filed a petition in federal court in Washington on Monday asking the court to order the bank to show cause as to why it would not comply with a subpoena issued by the commission as part of its investigation into the bank's power trading.
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