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    Proof that Accounting is Not an Exact Science and the Fall of Rome

    Krugman has an article today, Alice in financeland, that shows how sometimes following accounting rules leads to apparent absurdities.  Because of market to market accounting rules and credit default swaps he says:

    …Citigroup is profitable because investors think it’s failing, while Morgan Stanley is losing money because investors think it will survive. I am not making this up.

    This is part of the [...]



    Sign the Public Letter to President Obama

    GAZA, GAZA STRIP – NOVEMBER 25:

    Dear Mr. President,

    Last year, you were swept into office on the hopeful promise of redemptive change.  You inspired the nation by repeating the phrase, “together, we will change the world.”  For many Americans, your words were not merely the final lines of a campaign speech, but a call to action for a new [...]



    O Happy Day!

    I couldn’t stop crying this morning. Don’t worry. They were tears of joy.

    Amazing Children and I watched the Inauguration of President Barack Obama live on television.

    There were many wonderful moments. I especially loved this part of our President’s speech:

    For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We [...]



    christian men: do you know if your wife is truly female?

    Today is Write to Marry Day, when like-minded bloggers are speaking out against Proposition 8 in California, and all of the other anti-gay marriage constitutional amendments and legislative initiatives past and present.

    While this may come as a shock to the Mormons and Catholics and Evangelicals behind Prop 8, either their god is completely ignorant of biology, or he’s the biggest practical joker [...]



    on patriotism

    I know we are 3 days past the Fourth, but since Patriotism is the cheesy plastic hurdle that gets reset in the mud of every election year, I have to get this off my chest.

    First, as an illustration of my larger point, it is typical – but nonetheless ridiculous – that so many on the right are lionizing Jesse Helms and expounding [...]



    Is Obama Selling Us Out or Simply Selling Himself to the Media?

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    Over at OpEd News in an article titled What’s the Matter in Madison?, the author makes the comparison of the Christian Right being to the Republicans what Progressives are to the Democrats:

    …essential to an election victory, easily rallied and a dependable source of funds, but not to be considered seriously in any policy decisions. As Evangelicals are mocked [...]



    just another bad apple

    Move along folks, nothing to see here:

    BAGHDAD (AFP) — The US military said on Friday it was probing complaints that marines handed out coins inscribed with a verse from the Bible to a group of Sunni Muslims in Iraq, sparking outrage among local residents.

    It said a marine involved in the incident in the former flashpoint city of Fallujah west of Baghdad [...]

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