So Jim Cramer when on the Daily Show last night, and the good people at Viacom are sufficiently pleased with the response that they have decided to post the full, unedited interview. So, in three parts, watch out for some naughty words: It’s fun to pick on Cramer. He is a jerk, and he did [...]
Archive for March 13th, 2009
Full Stewart-Cramer Throwdown
Posted in Housing Crisis, Housing Policy, Meltdown, Television on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time and Place for Everything
Posted in Foreigners, Soccer on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First a pro golfer takes most of his clothes off in Florida, then some fan at a local soccer match decides the best thing to do on a cold day is strip down and run on the field. No, it is not: Rochdale fan, Jan Harwood, said: “He was the worst streaker ever. “It was [...]
Should Know Better
Posted in Architecture, Energy Policy on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Surprising exactly no one, New York’s mass transit system is once again out of money. The authority says its board must vote by March 25 on a budget. The Legislature is contemplating a rescue plan proposed by a state commission led by Richard Ravitch, a former authority chairman. A central plank of that plan includes [...]
Swedes
Posted in Golf on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Henrik Stenson decided to play the third hole of the WGC-CA golf championshiop – you know, the one Tiger is playing – in his tidy-whiteys because he did not want to get mud on his clothes: “Because of the mud I couldn’t really afford to play in any of my clothes as they would have [...]
Hobbies, Not Principles
Posted in Energy Policy, Foreigners, Middle East on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How quickly they fall into line when something threatens their business: The Swiss government said Friday it would cooperate on cases of international tax evasion, breaking with a long-standing tradition of protecting wealthy foreigners accused of hiding billions of dollars in the Alpine nation. The government insisted it would hold onto its cherished banking secrecy [...]
Too Late for Your Own Good
Posted in China, Foreigners, Meltdown on March 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Chinese Premier Wen Jinbao addressing US economic policy: We have lent a massive amount of capital to the United States, and of course we are concerned about the security of our assets. To speak truthfully, I do indeed have some worries. So I hope through you to again call on the United States to maintain [...]
