Author: Steven D

This time Oakland police beat an Iraq and Afghanistan Veteran, a man who is a part ownerof a local Brew Pub. The police who beat him badly lacerated his spleen and didn’t provide him medical attention for 18 hours. And he...

Recently I received a letter in the mail offering me a Capital One credit Card account. Capital One is the banking institution that (1) runs TV commercials with funny “barbarians” in them asking “What’s...

You know the “As old as Ronnie Raygun”/Republican/Tea Party/Conservative/Libertarian/ Ayn Rand Fanboys talking point well by now. “Taxes are too high!” they all proclaim, especially on those loveable...

Also, this post explains why the FDIC is pissed at The Federal Reserve for allowing Bank of America (BOA or BofA) to transfer into BofA’s banking unit all the junk derivatives BOA acquired when they bought Merrill Lynch....

I get asked this all the time: what is the big deal about all these Occupy Wall Street Protestors? What’s their gripe? Certainly our news media seems more than a tad confused. Well, I can explain a large part of it best by...