We’ve spent the last few decades shoveling money at the rich like there was no tomorrow. We abandoned the poor, put an economic stranglehold on the middle class and all but bankrupted the federal government — while giving the banks and megacorporations and the rest of the swells at the top of the economic pyramid just about everything they’ve wanted.
Crazy drives crazy and real ideas are collateral damage. Real ideas don’t sell. We’ve got a Crazy Bubble on our hands.
cold press coffee:
made cold-brew coffee in the french press last night.
Virus Is Found in Many With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
So, this blog isn’t being very useful. I only post here every couple months, and there’s a lot of thoughts that never make it here, and when I write longer things I feel like this isn’t quite the…
These two leaders have begun giving voice to the increasing number of experts who worry about “overcriminalization.” Astronomical numbers of federal criminal laws lack specifics, can apply to almost anyone and fail to protect innocents by requiring substantial proof that an accused person acted with actual criminal intent.
I think I need to diversify my quote-sources a bit. Too many NYT quotes here. At least they’re not all Krugman and Friedman.
How so many people could make so much money on a company that has been driven into bankruptcy is a tale of these financial times and an example of a growing phenomenon in corporate America.