Mssr Krugman:
A bailout was necessary — but this bailout is an outrage: a lousy deal for the taxpayers, no accountability for management, and just to make things perfect, quite possibly inadequate, so that Citi will be back for more.
Amazing how much damage the lame ducks can do in the time remaining.
For details and varied reaction, [...]
Archive for November 28th, 2008
reaction to the citi bailout
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Citigroup bailout, Economist's View, Paul Krugman, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street bailout on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
study finds link between red wine, letting mother know what you really think
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Study Finds Link Between Red Wine and Letting Mother Know What You Really Think, The Onion on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Zheng explained that the 100 women who participated in the study were split into two groups. One group was seated at the end of a long dinner table and subjected to backhanded compliments about their housekeeping abilities while steadily imbibing 8-ounce glasses of Turning Leaf Cabernet. The other group, a control group, was allowed [...]
NYT: new york democrats may skip gay marriage vote
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gay marriage, Governor David Paterson, marriage equality, New York may hold off on gay marriage vote, same-sex marriage on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jesus. Politicking trumps previous promises yet again. So what if they wait and Paterson DOESN’T get reelected? The whole “playing it safe” argument will have been for naught, and a much larger setback could be at hand.
After a pledge from New York Democratic leaders that their party would legalize same-sex marriage if they won control [...]
le thanksgiving francais?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, French Calvinists settle America, Kenneth C. Davis, The first Thanksgiving was French on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another cherished myth debunked. Thanks to the Spaniards, these first colonizers met an ugly fate, wiping out the French Connection, and making way for the English story of the first Thanksgiving. Not that the violence was done with. ”Religious freedom” came at the expense of many a religiously inspired death on our shores. Excerpted from the excellent NYT piece:
To [...]
black friday, indeed: wal-mart worker trampled to death
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Black Friday, shoppers kill employee, Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are a sick, sick nation of material-goods-hoarding savages. For a fucking SALE someone has to die??
By 4:55, with no police officers in sight, the crowd of more than 2,000 had become a rabble, and could be held back no longer. Fists banged and shoulders pressed on the sliding-glass double doors, which bowed in with [...]
