agonist.org - 10/17/2008
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In what little time I have had over the last two weeks to ponder anything other than the difference between adverbs of modification and comparison and the present continuous versus the present simple I've managed to read a bit about the background of the financial crisis (more like review ...
beyondbailouts.org - 10/22/2008
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beyondbailouts.org —
Sign the “No More Bailouts” Petition Bailout of
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - $200 Billion Bailout...
of Bear Stearns - $29 Billion Bailout of AIG - $85 Billion Bailout of money market funds - $50 Billion Bailout of the rest of Wall Street - $700 Billion ...
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BeyondBailouts.org | Real Financial Reform ...
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Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Sa-wah’s fighting depression.
Let’s get fiscal.
What might real financial reform look like?
Former U.S. attorney David Iglesias is "astounded" by the F.B.I.’s ACORN probe, never mind that they leaked it, and he knows a thing or two about it.
Michelle Malkin comes unhinged worrying about Joe the plumber. More wingnut worry here, here, here.
Poor John. He was forced to run an ugly campaign.
WSJ is getting all historical, or ...
Some boring bullet points about financial reform
Corrente —
From Sean Paul. And not from a Senator, any Senator, sigh:
I think an anecdote is appropriate here first. When the Bear Stearns hedge funds blew up last year I asked Bob Geiger, who has impeccable sources in the Senate, if this was on their radar. I pestered him for several weeks and he never got an answer from any of them that I am aware of. This just goes to show you how out of touch our Congress is with reality. Perception is everything and at that time, the wise men all agreed: it’s contained.
Oh well. Go read the whole ...
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