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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Priorities

Thursday, July 9, 2009

In Yesterday’s New London Day the first three pages were full of stories about a man who abducted his ex-wife. The next couple were about Michael Jackson’s funeral. You had to get to page 5 or 6 before you hit any real news. In today’s paper the front page is again all about the same […]

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Here we go again, even before we’ve cleaned up the first mess

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

From Bloomberg (via Josh Marshall): Morgan Stanley plans to repackage a downgraded collateralized debt obligation backed by leveraged loans into new securities with AAA ratings in the first transaction of its kind, said two people familiar with the sale. … Two years after the credit markets began to seize up, costing the world’s biggest financial […]

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Finally

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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First Fruits (or nearly so)

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Some garlic from our garden. Not quite the first of the harvest. They looked good in color, but I thought they looked even better in black and white. (Click on the picture for a larger view). Speaking of pictures of the black and white variety, I recently had a birthday, and my son gave me […]

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The best health care in the world, not counting the rest of the world

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

It never ceases to amaze me how often some (usually) Republican politician repeats some variant of the claim that the U.S. has the best health care system in the world. It seems to me that at least two things should follow from that claim: 1. People all over the world should be clamoring to have […]

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Baucus set to sell out women?

Monday, July 6, 2009

If this report is true, Max Baucus (D) will, in the vain hope of attracting Republican support for health care legislation, agree to mandate exclusion of abortion services. The idea that you will ever get a bipartisan bill is a chimera. Even if Baucus manages to buy one or two Republican votes, it will not […]

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Sarah

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Via Andrew Sullivan

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Scott Bates column in today’s Courant

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Our own Scott Bates (State Committee person from our district) has a column in the Courant this morning about his experiences in Iraq, where he is, according to the Courant, “working with officials to strengthen democratic institutions”. I’m not sure exactly what that means, though I know Scott has been spending a lot of time […]

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The lady doth protest too much, methinks

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Via Colin McEnroe by Politico: Ratcheting up her offensive against the news media, Gov. Sarah Palin’s attorney threatened Saturday to sue mainstream news organizations if they publish “defamatory” stories relating to whether Palin is under federal investigation. Not great legal strategy in my opinion. The folks receiving these letters can now report on the letter, […]

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Miscellaneous observations

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Some random observations Actually, two random observations. First, I know it’s the 4th of July weekend, and there’s plenty else to do. But make a note to read this article in today’s Times, detailing yet another way in which bankers have put their banks, and our economy, at risk for short term gain. Banks get […]

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