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- rick santelli’s capitalist rant
He’s no Jim Mora (he actually makes sense), but CNBC’s longtime man in Chicago works up the crowd at the CBOT: (via Jeremy H)
20 Feb 2009 
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- quote of the day: israeli election edition
It’s important, the Israelis are told, not to damage Palestinian confidence in the “peace process,” though it is difficult to see how such a process, which is to peace as Velveeta is to cheese, could be further damaged by hard men who have never kept any agreement they’ve made. The Israelis are told to restrain [...]
10 Feb 2009 Politics, War & Peace; no comments. permalink
- biting the hand that feeds you
From the Economist this week: New York state’s comptroller said that BONUSES paid by Wall Street firms to their New York City employees (residents and commuters) fell by 44% in 2008, costing the state $1 billion in lost tax revenues and the city $275m. Finally, an end to the bonuses! The rich no longer getting [...]
29 Jan 2009 Economics, Politics, Telegram Metro (NYC); one comment. permalink
- now the indian gov’t tries to convince others to fail their citizens
Ever in adherence to tradition, India’s government fails to make the distinction between “peace” and “rolling over and taking it”, just as each successive government has done since about the reign of Ashoka: “The Government of India urges utmost restraint so as to give peace a chance as the peace process may well get derailed [...]
29 Dec 2008 Politics, War & Peace; no comments. permalink
- pessimism we can believe in
Yeswecanhopechange, it seems, stops at science’s edge: the New York Times‘s John Tierney notes that his august holiness President-Elect Barack Obama (peace be upon him) has selected Dr. John Holdren as White House science advisor. Dr. Holdren was a key ally of pessimistic entymologist and alarmist Paul Ehrlich during the latter’s famous bet with Julian [...]
25 Dec 2008 Economics, Politics, Science!; no comments. permalink
- uh-oh: another rural reeducation campaign in SE asia
[Nope. Still not ready to post on Mumbai. There are, however, dozens of Indian bloggers who are doing an excellent job of covering it, including our dear friend Shruti Rajagopalan. -ed.] The Thai opposition, which has been staging massive protests in Bangkok since August, and occupied the international airport there last week. They are the [...]
30 Nov 2008 Politics; no comments. permalink
- dear minnesota
I’m sorry, but you’re the new Florida. How many ways can you screw up a scantron ballot? I mean, seriously. . . At this point, I’d rather a representative of the Lizard People entered the Senate from Minnesota than either of the two schmucks who are realistically in contention.
20 Nov 2008 Politics; no comments. permalink
- “partisan red meat” or “what happens when you’re outspent by $300m
This clip, of Obama supporters answering questions on figures and scandals from the past election, has been making the rounds among the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy (TM). It’s part of a wider work, called Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected, and essentially implies that Obama won because voters are uninformed or are otherwise ignorant. (A movie [...]
18 Nov 2008 Politics; no comments. permalink
- obama ’08: the aftermath
Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are (via Nimisha)
07 Nov 2008 Politics; no comments. permalink
- election freebie stores learn about price floors
The Dupont Circle Krispy Kreme is handing out free doughnuts to all comers today (though they’re trying to convince people to show their ‘I Voted’ stickers first, against very stupid, anti-doughnut, federal election laws). And guess what: handing things out for free causes some discomfort: In an almost-too-good-to-be-true foreshadowing of the Obama presidency, the donutistas [...]
04 Nov 2008 Economics, Politics; no comments. permalink
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