At the risk of trolling the rumor mill, this one’s too good to pass. Consider the crushing implications for the uptown lunch bunch’s collective ego and bottom-line if the latest flash bomb to hit BAC somehow proves true. This from 24/7 Wall St.: There is a rumor circulated on Wall St. that JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) […]
The joke in my house when people are tongue-tied or getting things mixed up is: “Someone is getting their merds wixed up!” (if you didn’t catch that, flip the first letters of “words mixed” and you get it.) If you’re looking for definitions to describe the current political soup we are in, good luck! We […]
If you haven’t checked out former MeckDeck guerilla blogger Jeff Taylor’s new venture, The Freelance, now’s a good time to remedy the oversight. Taylor delivers a scathing indictment of the media’s handling of Ron Paul’s campaign, using this piece of arrogance from the Chicago Tribune as a launching pad: “In short, no, [Paul] will never […]
Honestly, I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. First comes news that global warming is a likely contender as the cause for a jump in shark attacks: An apparent increase in shark attacks may well have a human cause, with low-cost air travel but also over-fishing and possibly global warming among the hidden […]
Before taking a seat in Congress, all elected senators and representatives must swear an oath of office. In summary, they are required to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, bearing full faith and allegiance to our nation’s foundational law. Their oath confirms their willingness to bear these duties freely and without reservation. It seems […]
Now that S&P has fired a shot across the bow of the United States in terms of a debt downgrade, maybe it is time for the adults to show up in the room in Washington and dictate the next steps. If there are any, that is. There are many good reasons for being unabashedly for […]
“As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” My mother, who was an excellent seamstress, had a saying satirizing that Biblical phrase: “As ye sew, so shall ye rip.” It was her way of saying when mistakes are made, you will have to rip them out. (Genius, no?) It was also her way of accepting that […]
Vice President Joe Biden sticks his foot in his mouth so often that he’s developed athlete’s tongue. The news flash comes when Biden doesn’t say something eccentric, unpredictable, or just plain stupid. So it was no great revelation to hear he’d accused Tea Party Republicans of behaving like terrorists during the debt limit debate. It’s […]
Downgraded from AAA by Standard & Poor’s, in late action Friday night (i.e. after the markets closed). This from Reuters: “The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration recently agreed to falls short of what, in our view, would be necessary to stabilize the government’s medium-term debt dynamics,” […]
The biggest political fallout from the recently approved debt-deal might still be lurking down the road, with conservative Tea Party Congressional leaders rumbling about lining up primary challenges for Republicans who voted for the deal. This from The Hill: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) might back primary challengers to incumbent Republican senators after all. DeMint had […]
