AG's short news roundup: bombshell in Iraq plus other stories

News: Aren't you happy that the United States, in its moment of a greatest financial crisis since the 1930's Great Depression, has i...

Time for stalling is over: Government set to spend some SERIOUS tax money now

Treasury's toxic asset plan could cost $1 trillion . WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration's latest attempt to tackle the banki...

Fiscal Crisis and Media Spin: simple explanation part two

Yes, yes, a comment on nakedcapitalism , (one of my favorite blogs and so topical now, wouldn't you say) got my brain working in a tizzy...

Fiscal Crisis and Media Spin: in three sentences

Every article on the fiscal crisis (including ones I wrote) is long, loooooong, and difficult to understand. Basically, it is really simple,...

Democracy: an example

This is an example of how our "democracy" really works in the Yoo Ess of Ey. From the nevergetbusted.com blog: I am the epitome o...

American Foreign Aid in the Age of the Second Great Depression

President Obama has called for more transparency in our government. What, with the whole earmarks hullabaloo (which was bullshit - the earma...

Irony overload- the strange case of Charles W. "Chas" Freeman

Irony overload Chas Freeman resigns from his positon - PDF document on Director of National Intelligence website In case you are in the majo...

How the financial crisis came about

This is the no bullshit explanation. If you want politically correct answers, go watch CNN. One last thing - this is long. If you want a so...