Posts in: Politics
- May 2, 2006 link dump: International economics edition
- POST EDITED FOR CLARITY. Jump to update How Bad Is Inflation in Zimbabwe? It’s pretty bad. $6 million Zimbabwe dollars for a funeral. According to Bloomberg.com, that’s about US$60. Puerto Rico government shuts down A US$740 million shortfall + no spending plan = a government shutdown. Only essential services are in operation on the island. I wonder what this [...] [2 May 2006]
- Stephen Colbert roasts Bush
- Via Jackson: Stephen Colbert talks smack about the Bush administration … to their faces. You can also check out part II and part III. I [1 May 2006]
- You mean all this is over pensions for future employees?
- I’m giving the slap up to the M T A’s workers for their strike. You are about to eff up Christmas and Chanukah for 7 million+ — and jack up my holiday travel plans — because of a dispute over pension benefits for future employees? The authority dropped its demand to raise the retirement age for [...] [20 Dec 2005]
- Friday link-dump
- Who’s (suspected of) doin’ Payola? (And an explanation of what Payola is and why it’s a bad thing.) And in record time — one day after Apple’s announcement — we have porn for your ’Pod And who’s really running sh*t in the Bush White House? BlogHer ’06 has been announced. You better be there. Deforestation in Brazil is worse [...] [21 Oct 2005]
- Stuff that’s making me think and/or get pissy
- Scion has beef with rapper over anti-Bush lyrics: Yeah, they can do what they want. But I don’t have to like them for it. America’s consumerist culture is making us batty, will destroy the global economy and is a very, very bad thing. And via the above article, an entire site devoted to the secession of Vermont. [...] [26 Aug 2005]
- ‘Activist judges’ … Maybe the right-wingers have a point?
- The Supreme Court has okayed personal property seizures for private economic development. As Sweetie put it, it’s some Bushit (as opposed to bullshit). From the Associated Press report: The 5-4 ruling represented a defeat for some Connecticut residents whose homes are slated for destruction to make room for an office complex. They argued that cities have no [...] [23 Jun 2005]
