Author: BooMan

Someone’s Taking a Piss in the Alley

Here’s a sample of the anti-Occupy “news” stories that are circulating on the border between the right-wing blogosphere and the mainstream news. Lonely Conservative: Florida Occupier Stole Homeowners’ Furniture...

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And Their Heads Explode…

But what will Matt Stoller and Cenk Uygur <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-outpaces-gop-rivals-and-his-own-2008-results-in-small-donations/2011/11/04/gIQANhTJWN_story.html?hpid=z1"say? Even with...

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Something Even a Banker Can Understand

As Matthew Goldstein and Jennifer Ablan report for Reuters, many of the people who work on Wall Street are in denial or simply befuddled about why they are on the receiving end of so much vitriol. Let’s start with a simple...

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Bloomberg Getting Nervous

The corporate media is doing a good job of mischaracterizing the Occupy protesters, as can be seen even in the most balanced of Big Apple newspapers, the New York Times. They seize on and magnify every misdeed of individuals,...

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Casual Observation

It’s interesting to see former Bush speechwriters like David Frum and Michael Gerson try to talk reason to the Republican base. It just strikes me as a lot like Dr. Frankenstein trying to talk reason to his monster. Also,...

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