Whether or not you believe the stock market is a zero-sum game, it is frustrating when you see someone being given an unfair advantage. After all, markets are only open and efficient when everyone has the same information — this is the reason that insider trading is illegal. So it is height of hypocrisy that […]
Sarah Palin, a professional politician with a 17 year career, who recently dissed professional politicians, a creature who was largely created by the right-wing media, but likes to blame everything on the media, has resigned. Of course, even though she saw nothing wrong with spending lots of campaign money on clothes, and raising political money […]
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert discuss Universal Health Care calmly and rationally (not). Jon doesn’t remember how much a full anal probe costs on Alpha Centauri because his memory was erased.
“President Obama throws out the first pitch at the All-Star Game. And people are criticizing him because he had the big baggy jeans on, but Obama says Americans have it all wrong if they want a president who looks great in tight jeans. I think that was Al Gore’s campaign slogan, wasn’t it?” – David […]
Former porn star Nora Baumberger (nee “Dolly Buster”) is upset because her name is on the ballot as a candidate for city council in the German city of Wesel. Baumberger is worried that this could ruin her reputation. “I’ve been nominated by a group whose name I’ve never even heard of. I’m really irritated.” Her […]
“According to a new poll, 42% of Americans say they would vote for Sarah Palin for president in 2012. They also said they’d support her decision to step down in 2013.” – Conan O’Brien “The governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is stepping down from office. Will no longer be the governor of Alaska on Sunday. […]
If we can’t have real health care reform in this country, I would rather that we stick with the current system. I know that sounds crazy. And it isn’t that I like the current system — I hate it — but I don’t want to see some half-assed reform that would (at best) be only […]
Congress is saying that they can’t finish up health care reform before they go on vacation in August. To put this in perspective, what will happen while Congress is on vacation for three weeks? 143,250 people will lose their health insurance coverage. 53,507 people will be forced into bankruptcy because they can’t pay their medical […]
It was bad enough when Goldman Sachs decided to pay out huge bonuses to its top employees, when it wasn’t so long ago that we were bailing them out. But banks are generally now doing well. The exception to this is Morgan Stanley, who just announced their third quarterly loss, and even admitted that it […]
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