Monday, December 08, 2008

credit default swaps (again)

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i've linked an oxdown post to the header, (and here ,) by massacio about our financial crisis and specifically, credit default swaps. i...
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Sunday, December 07, 2008

employee free choice

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tula connell posted a great blog at firedoglake about the employee free choice act and union busting at blue diamond in sacramento. which...
Friday, December 05, 2008

as if...

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regarding alberto gonzalez's role in the firing of seven united states attorneys in 2006, it appears the federal prosecutor's in...
Thursday, December 04, 2008

daily reading

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it is thursday morning, december 4 th . need some reading material? here is a list of what i found interesting today: roger ebert reviewe...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

malvina reynolds

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malvina reynolds is one of those obscure folk singers who knew and worked with pete seeger and earl robinson , married a communist, rece...
Monday, December 01, 2008

sandy dandy

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for thanksgiving at my daughter's pre-school, parents were invited to join the staff and students for lunch, (always vegetarian of cours...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

financial crisis (part what? like, 38?!?)

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you know, i have read countless news and opinion articles and blogposts over the last several months about the financial crisis, bailout an...
Friday, November 28, 2008

kite

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bono says this song is about letting go of someone. he said he wrote it when he was thinking about his dad nearing the end of his life but a...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008

give thanks

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s omething nice happened on the way to thanksgiving. last week as my family began shooting email replies to all on the subject of turkeys, ...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

milk

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gus van sant's epic biopic about openly gay san francisco city supervisor harvey milk opens tomorrow amidst a backdrop of serious...
Monday, November 24, 2008

epoch

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what kind of person are you? as unemployment skyrockets , banks collapse , major industrial giants falter , credit tightens , bailouts are a...
Saturday, November 22, 2008

the return of axl rose

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guns n roses is back, and that sentence would not be complete without the modifier, "finally," attached. much time has passed with...
Friday, November 21, 2008

michael hutchence - r.i.p.

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i miss michael hutchence. there it is for the world to know. on november 22, 11 years ago, he passed away amid the clatter of a world spinni...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

civic literacy

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i came across a civic literacy test today online. it is here if you are interested in taking it. i was slightly aghast to read that the ave...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

job hunt

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well, it's been three-and-a-half months since i was laid-off. some good things have occurred. i have gotten better about managing my bud...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

a crude awakening

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if oil is indeed our god, this movie documents the apocalypse. crude awakening is a fascinating look at the history and future history of o...
Friday, November 14, 2008

socialism for the rich, indeed.

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next time someone tries to sell you that crap about how the financial crisis was caused by fannie and freddie making loans to people who did...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

u.s. subject to imf?

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the article linked in this header is by xiang songzuo, a professor at central china university of science and technology. songzuo is suggest...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

spoon - the underdog

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that is 'the underdog,' by a band from austin, texas, called spoon. the singer, (on this song,) reminds me of a young billy joel or...
Monday, November 10, 2008

eliot spitzer

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so it turns out eliot spitzer will not be prosecuted . do you remember eliot spitzer ? he is the former new york state attorney general w...