Always a fan of beer commercials – why are they so much better than, say, car commercials – and saw this oldie last night on TV. Chuck Norris jokes pitching a terrible product – I’ll drink to that…
Archive for March, 2009
Stay Thirsty
Posted in Miscellaneous, Television on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Liar Loans and Liar Books
Posted in Corruption, Housing Crisis, Meltdown on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jamie Galbraith is onto the scam:
Shared Sacrifice
Posted in Meltdown, Miscellaneous, Obama on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chuck Todd has received plenty of grief for suggesting that if this a crisis Americans should be asked to sacrifice. I didn’t think it was that strange. The president could make clear that, for example, going forward not everyone is going to be able to live in a 6,000 square foot house. That the government [...]
Great Article
Posted in Meltdown on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s a week old, but I just got around to this piece in Rolling Stone: “There’s this notion that the regulators couldn’t do anything to stop AIG,” says a government official who was present during the bailout. “That’s bullshit. What you have to understand is that these regulators have ultimate power. They can send you [...]
Orange County
Posted in Miscellaneous on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Had to expect this to happen in the OC: Pampellonne acquired her new body, allegedly, whilst impersonating someone else. She is wanted for purportedly stealing another woman’s identity in order to pay for the makeover – to the tune of at least $12,000 It’s not as uncommon as you might think,” police Det. Brian Pitcher [...]
Interesting Letter
Posted in Corruption, Meltdown on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Jake DeSantis, head of AIGFP’s commodities division, resigning in the Times today: As most of us have done nothing wrong, guilt is not a motivation to surrender our earnings. We have worked 12 long months under these contracts and now deserve to be paid as promised. None of us should be cheated of our payments [...]
Banks and Non-Banks
Posted in Meltdown, Obama on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Obama was on TV addressing the Administration’s request for more authority to take over non-bank financial institutions (begin at 6:15): The new meme seems to be that there is some regulatory impediment to resolving a large bank holding company such as Citigroup or, for that matter, AIG. Even James Kwak at Baseline is wondering about [...]
Hey Paul Krugman
Posted in Hillary Clinton, Meltdown, Miscellaneous, Obama on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When this guy makes more sense than the Administration, you know how far we are from this time last year, when Obama was the one guy standing strong against Hillz’ notion of a gas tax holiday:
Going Rate
Posted in Miscellaneous on March 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Marie Douglas-David married the CEO of United Technologies in 2002. She quit her job at Lazard and began spending $200,000 a week of his money: This is a problem? Yes, it’s a problem, says the socialite wife in a bizarre Connecticut divorce trial with $100 million at stake. In gripping testimony yesterday, svelte Swedish countess [...]
Ballpark Food
Posted in Baseball, Miscellaneous on March 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The West Michigan Whitecaps have decided to kill someone:
