Month: March 2009

BREAKING!!! The.Sky.Is.Falling.

Congressional Republicans on Sunday predicted a doomsday scenario of crushing debt and eventual federal bankruptcy if President Barack Obama’s massive spending blueprint wins passage. Let’s see the “doomsday...

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A Look at Jane Hamsher’s Argument

I have a few problems with Jane Hamsher’s latest piece on Tim Geithner, where she says, among other things: Timothy Geithner’s new TALF plan, like all his other plans, seems designed to shovel billions into the...

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O’Reilly Stalking Amanda Terkel

Two points: First, we shouldn’t be surprised that the Bill O’Reilly outfit gets off on stalking women because this is a man that sexually harasses his own employees and threatens them with falafel. Second, anyone who...

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This is not hope. This is hope.

Foreign investors have hope, says the New York Times. This reminds me that markets are not rational, not in the short term, anyway: PARIS — Stocks rose Monday in Europe and Asia as investors awaited the details of the Obama...

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Timmy And The No Right Price Problem

Timmy takes to the WSJ today to explain his plan for saving banks.  I’m actually glad to see this, Timmy The Invisible Boy seems to be trying to be visible.  In his own words:The Public-Private Investment Program...

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