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the stupid, it burns…

January 25, 2008 – 7:30 pm

Why will it take until June to get that stimulus mad money out to you?
I.R.S. computer and other systems “are today fully engaged in processing 2007 tax returns,” the committee said Monday in a report. “As a result, it is not practical to contemplate distributing cash rebates until the peak filing season is completed, which [...]

By slim | Also posted in Corporate control | Comments (4)

will greenspan ever shut his fucking trap?

January 25, 2008 – 4:27 pm

He was instrumental in the biggest financial meltdown in history, pushing banking deregulation and “creative” loan products that unwound the U.S. economy, but evidently it was all worth it:
Greenspan said on Thursday that subprime mortgages were risky, but they helped broaden home ownership.
During a speech to a financial audience in Vancouver, Greenspan said subprime mortgages [...]

By slim | Also posted in Corporate control, Fiscal policy, Money Party | Comments (1)

potemkin stimulus

January 25, 2008 – 4:24 pm

Even when you expect a piss-poor stimulus package, our democratic leaders can still limbo lower.
Pelosi and Reid got out their kneepads again, giving the GOP thugs the store while eeking out miniscule help for the working poor and the middle class in an economic stimulus package that will not put money into any individual’s pocket [...]

By slim | Also posted in Congress, Corporate control, Democrats, Money Party | Comments (0)

i ain’t no economist…

January 18, 2008 – 9:32 am

But even I can see gargantuan holes in this plan:
With the economy’s prospects growing bleaker seemingly by the day, politicians in both parties have rallied around the three Ts, the mantra that any stimulus package needs to be timely, targeted and temporary.
One might add the three Bs as well — the ability to deliver the [...]

By slim | Also posted in 2008 Election, Labor, Money Party | Comments (0)

so, you say corporations have no advantage in the courts…

January 15, 2008 – 10:01 am

For years, Braxton Berkley was exposed to chemicals while helping build top-secret military planes at Lockheed Martin’s storied Skunk Works plant. He says those chemicals made him ill — but his case reached a dead end at the state’s highest court.
The California Supreme Court has refused to hear his appeal not on legal merits, but [...]

By slim | Also posted in Corporate control | Comments (5)

and those people in the 9th ward were just too lazy to get their houses out of the way of the flood

January 11, 2008 – 9:12 am

One day after a rare winter tornado cut a 5-mile swath through the center of town, resident David G. Van Auken had this published in the Letters section of the Columbian:
…We constantly hear how compassionate politicians are. Therein lies the problem. To make correct decisions that affect the largest number of people, emotions [...]

By slim | Also posted in Republicans | Comments (9)

scary bastard

January 9, 2008 – 11:16 am

Per Rachel Maddow’s advice, I read this article in the LA Times yesterday, about the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s promise to fuck up any candidate who even thinks of restraining corporate greed:
Alarmed at the increasingly populist tone of the 2008 political campaign, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is set to issue a [...]

By slim | Also posted in 2008 Election, Corporate control | Comments (0)

noblesse oblige

December 26, 2007 – 12:13 pm

Today is Boxing Day, which in the U.K. used to be the day when the servants (who of course had to serve Christmas day) got a rare day off to spend with their families, eating the boxed-up leftovers of their master’s feast. Lucky duckies!
Thankfully, no such outmoded classism gets in the way of the [...]

By slim | Also posted in Corporate control, Culture, Labor, Money Party | Comments (0)

the best gift

December 26, 2007 – 9:00 am

J. has a hard time buying gifts for me. Even when I say I don’t need anything, or ask for something that can’t be bought (this year I asked that we adopt the stray cat that’s been camped out on our front porch for a month), he thinks he needs to get me something. [...]

By slim | Also posted in Katrina | Comments (0)

harvard should sue bush for defaming its m.b.a. program every time he opens his mouth

December 18, 2007 – 11:25 am

The prez-gnat yesterday:
…And so we cut taxes. And I mean we cut them on everybody.
…
And the plan worked. If you think about where we were coming out of 2001 and where we are today, you can’t help but say the plan worked; cutting taxes helped stimulate economic growth. …And so we’ve had a pretty good [...]

By slim | Also posted in Bush crime family, Gov Acctability, Healthcare, Iraq, Military | Comments (3)