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Monthly Archives: March 2011

The last refuge is a crowded place, but where’s Barack?

Friday, March 11, 2011

Newt Gingrich left his first wife while she had cancer, even going so far as to go to her hospital room to talk about divorce terms, with which he promptly failed to abide. That was all to clear the decks for wife number two, who he later ditched for his present spouse, who was giving […]

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A grand, taxpayer funded scam

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Huffington Post features an article about Ashford University, a for-profit “educational institution” with a quaint 5 building campus into which, through the miracle of private enterprise, the internet, and a massive dollop of fraud, its owners manage to cram approximately 76,000 students. The entire article is well worth reading, but for the lazy, I’ll condense […]

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Another right wing meme exploded

Monday, March 7, 2011

The right has never had any particular penchant for telling the truth, particularly when it gets in the way of a good storyline that justifies screwing the middle class or poor. So, it’s no surprise that the latest right wing meme-that state worker pensions are driving states into bankruptcy-is basically a lie. Dean Baker (though […]

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Obama flunks Negotiation 101

Monday, March 7, 2011

This is all you need to read to understand why the Republicans have been running the country for the past two years. Obama on the budget issue: “My administration has already put forward specific cuts that meet congressional Republicans halfway. And I’m prepared to do more,” said Obama. Yep. Start by “meeting them half way” […]

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Good Idea

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Something for Jepsen to consider: “Guilford County [North Carolina] Register of Deeds Jeff Thigpen wants an investigation into a service used by major mortgage companies who may have made false statements to avoid fees that cost the county $1.3 million in lost revenue. He wants to sue for the money At first blush, the legal […]

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Sixteen days and counting

Saturday, March 5, 2011

We all know, ” for such a beastly month as February, twenty-eight days as a rule are plenty“, and we can now all rejoice that those 28 days have now blessedly departed. Tis true, the snows have not yet fully melted, and we’ve had trouble stringing two sunny days together, not to mention two days […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, March 4, 2011

This shows how behind the times I am. I had never heard of Corrine Bailey Rae before I saw her perform with Herbie Hancock at the White House. Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t at the White House. I was in front of my Ipad, watching the PBS app. This is from an event honoring […]

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Having it both ways with the unions

Friday, March 4, 2011

This is the second time I’ve read that Malloy claims that he won in November because of the unions, and that the race was as close as it was because of the unions. It’s a clever formulation. Sure, the unions helped push him to victory by busting their asses, but they only needed to bust […]

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A proud record

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Great article at The Big Picture about McKinsey & Co, the firm for which Rajat Gupta worked. Gupta, was recently sued by the SEC for insider trading. It’s the classic modern success story. Massive success through massive failure. McKinsey is a global consulting company, which has managed to make huge amounts of money while achieving […]

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Untitled

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

At the beginning of the year I posted a number of (mostly political) predictions, among which was this one: The Ipad will be updated, and I will find a reason why I absolutely need one, but Lon Seidman will get one first. Well, the Ipad 2 was announced today. I was disappointed to hear that […]

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