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Too Good to Check: Baguette Shuts Down CERN
Posted by JAZZ SHAW, Assistant EditorNov 7th, 2009 | Comments
The world’s largest particle accelerator / collider (The Large Hadron Collider, for those of you keeping score) has run into yet another setback. After being plagued by coolant leaks, faulty magnets and a host of other technical difficulties, operations have again ground to a halt. The culprit? A bird smuggling a baguette over their air space.
The bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant over heating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was...
Policewoman and Mother Kimberly Munley, Engaged Major Hassan, Shot Him Four Times, Returning Fire Even After He Shot Her in Both Legs
Posted by DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS, Deputy Managing Editor, ColumnistNov 7th, 2009 | Comments
Miss Kimberly Munley, the mother of a three-year-old daughter, and a civie policewoman, is in stable condition, with injuries to the upper leg and thigh. General Cone said her fearless response to gunman at Fort Hood, had saved countless lives. Trained in active-response tactics, she rushed into the building where Major Nidal Malik Hasan began firing on comrades as they prepared to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq. Officials confirmed that she had continued firing even after being hit.
You can read...
Jayson Blair’s Mindset
Posted by JOE WINDISH, Technology EditorNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Jayson Blair, who resigned from the New York Times in 2003 after he was caught plagiarizing and fabricating elements of his stories, was the featured speaker at Washington and Lee University’s 48th Journalism Ethics Institute this afternoon. That got him on NPR this morning, and Fox News Sunday this weekend.
I’ve not found what he said in the speech but, from the story on NPR, his could be construed to be a typical celebrity comeback. One difference… it’s a redo:
Blair hasn’t...
Love Is Free
Posted by KATHY KATTENBURGNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
I am longing for the rational, the creative, the imaginative, and the loving. Can’t find it in the news right now, but I can always find it in music.
Here is Sheryl Crow, singing “Love Is Free” with The Malloys:
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Will There be a Vote on Health Care Tomorrow?
Posted by JAZZ SHAW, Assistant EditorNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Nancy Pelosi has assured us that there will be. Of course, the job of House Speaker is much like being a bookie for organized crime… you never take a bet when you don’t know how the game will end. Byron York explains how this is putting a lot of Democrats under the gun.
The House is in the final rush toward passage of a national health care bill, and there’s one thing Speaker Nancy Pelosi absolutely, positively does not want her Democratic lawmakers to do: Go home.
One Democrat...
Cantor Criticizes Limbaugh (Take Bets On Apology Date Now)
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-ChiefNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Get ready for another apology. GOP House bigwig Rep. Cantor has criticized conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh and says the party needs more inclusive rhetoric.
(”He must be a RINO!!”). Quick: calll your bookie and make your bets on when Cantor will apologize now:
Eric Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said his party needs to be inclusive and criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate.
“The Republican Party in its roots is...
Street Talk
Posted by MICHAEL SILVERSTEIN, Wall Street ColumnistNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Yesterday the Dow rose 203 points on news about employment. A “mere” 512,000 more Americans lost their jobs last week, the 51st consecutive week that weekly job loses exceeded 500,000, This number nonetheless not only beat analyst expectations, it was a bit lower than some previous months job loses. It thus convinced traders that today’s non-farm jobs report for October would show that “only” 150,000 more people were collecting unemployment insurance last month and the...
The Fox In The Hen House
Posted by JERRY REMMERS, ColumnistNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
I’ve given President Barack Obama a long leash in his efforts at governing and now must concede his biggest mistake in changing how Washington works is his staff’s petty feud with Fox News. This running story has legs and they must be chopped off at the knees. This dog must sit, lie down, whacked on the behind with a rolled newspaper and attend obedience school.
The latest bark from the White House is troubling because the source of the story is a third party who works for Fox and claims...
American High Noons
Posted by ROBERT STEINNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
The TV screen today looks like the vision of a demented performance artist. You can click from images of wildly cheering crowds in a Manhattan canyon celebrating what 25 young man did on a baseball field to talking heads and replays of a massacre of other young people in Texas and then suddenly to an Orlando, Florida office building for the familiar confusion in the first moments after another shooting spree.
This is a portrait of 21st century America, light and dark, torn by high emotions in a new...
In Afghanistan, Troop Numbers Should Be Based on Strategy
Posted by Guest VoiceNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Guest post by Jared Stancombe
Jared Stancombe is a 2009 graduate of Indiana University, where his studies focused on peace and conflict studies in Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. His other academic interests include counterinsurgency and complex military operations. He is currently an analyst for a U.S. government agency responsible for national security and is in the officer selection process for the United States Marine Corps. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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Critics...
Jon Stewart Does Glenn Beck
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-ChiefNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
A spoof bound to be considered a satirical classic (but not by Rush, Sean, Glenn or those who love Rush, Sean and Glenn):
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Our Veterans: Frozen in Time, but Not Forgotten
Posted by DORIAN DE WINDNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
November 11 is Veterans Day. A day—a celebration—to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.
This is the first of three articles honoring those men and women.
Two months ago, in “Leave No Man Behind—65 Years Later,” I praised the spirit and culture of our military as reflected in the creed that you don’t leave anyone behind—whether captured, injured or dead.
I also acknowledged the risks...
8 Shot In Orlando Florida Highrise
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-ChiefNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Is there something in the water, is this a coincidence…or what? Yet another mass shooting…this time in Florida:
One person was killed and at least seven others were wounded in a shooting incident inside a downtown Orlando high-rise building Friday morning, authorities said.
Quoting emergency dispatchers, NBC station WESH-TV of Orlando reported that the incident began about 11:30 a.m. ET on the fourth floor of the Gateway Center at 1000 Legion Place near Lake Ivanhoe.
All patients were...
Nothing Stops Political Demonization In America
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-ChiefNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
There is seemingly no rest. No tragedy where people can put politics aside, even for a minute. I mean, REALLY…
CIA Agents Convicted of Kidnapping; Italian Officials Walk Free: Corriere Della Sera,Italy
Posted by WILLIAM KERNNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro has done something no one else has: He has obtained the first convictions involving the CIA practice of ‘rendition.’
For those interested in reading the Italian coverage of yesterday’s first ever convictions for the U.S. government’s practice of ‘renditioning,’ this is the write-thru from the Corriere Della Sera, which includes a number of interesting quotes and details not found in the wire reports.
After the verdict that found...
Contending for Joy
Posted by Doug BurschNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
It is important we do our best to catalogue moments of joy. We must write joy down and proclaim joy to those who will listen. We need records of joy, monuments of joy, places of joy we can revisit. We must contend for joy, or the bitter water will overwhelm us all.
Last night my two little boys turned joy into a dance. Nathaneal is seven and Samuel is three. Each boy has his own personality. They are not opposites, but they are by no means the same. Rather, they express wildly unique...
In the Last 24 Hours …
Posted by PETE ABEL, Managing EditorNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
The massacre at Ft. Hood.
A pipeline explosion in the Texas Panhandle.
A grain processing plant explosion in western Missouri.
What the hell?
I’m certainly not suggeting these events are related; nor am I suggesting the explosions are comparable to what happened at Ft. Hood — not at all. It just seemed to be a disproportionate morning of bad news, and from such disparate places.
UPDATE: And now this.
Brooks: Independents are Meandering Cats
Posted by PETE ABEL, Managing EditorNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
The money line from Mr. Brooks’ column today:
Independents are herds of cats who find out what they think through a meandering process of discovery.
While that’s probably not fair to say about all independent voters, it’s a shockingly accurate description of the independent voter writing this post.
Of course, despite my decision to headline the “meandering cats” part of Brooks’ column, his primary argument is not about meandering. It’s about how independents...
Details Emerging About Accused Fort Hood Massacre Shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-ChiefNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Photo Credit: Ben Sklar/Getty Images
Investigators and journalists are now slowly fleshing out some details about yesterday’s Fort Hood military-base massacre that left 13 people dead and dozens wounded — and about accused shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. The big question is “why” — a question increasingly asked as more tidbits slowly emerge.
The detail that is and will get the most attention: witnesses say he yelled “Allahu akbar!” before opening fire in...
TMV blogger wins race, may be first female to go from blogging to political office
Posted by JILL MILLER ZIMONNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Alan Rosenblatt is helping us determine just how many and which bloggers have gone from blogging to winning elected office, but as of yesterday, it appeared that I might be the only female political blogger in the country to have done that so far. I have a hard time believing that, but if it’s true – wow. Especially since the last thing I did was run “as a blogger.” Great war stories about that in fact.
Editor’s Note: Due to some requests, I’m inserting a...
It’s Droid Day
Posted by JOE WINDISH, Technology EditorNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
And Michael Arrington has posted a love letter:
In just a few hours Verizon stores will open and the first customers will get their hands on their very own Droid. [CNet covers the midnight Droid madness last night in Manhattan.]
And I promise you, if you are one of the people waiting in line, you will have a much lower than average amount of letdown. That’s because, in my humble opinion, the Droid is the coolest mobile phone to exist to date. It is as close as we’ve come to the Platonic...
DRAFT EVERYONE
Posted by MARC PASCALNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
In 1960, President Eisenhower warned us of the growing influence and power of the Military Industrial Complex. He was right and we ignored him. Today our country has the world’s largest total annual Military Budget of over $650 billion, additional defense-related spending of over $350 billion, more than 1.5 million people serving in its Armed Forces in over 100 countries around the globe, and is currently involved with two major wars and occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan, both now lasting more...
Is Denmark Recovering from Fossil Fuel Addiction?
Posted by MARK DANIELSNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Here are two recently broadcast reports on the development of wind power and other alternative energy sources in Denmark. Steep energy taxes seem to be helping the northern European nation to both end its dependence on foreign oil and do its part to clean up the global environment.
[This is being crossposted at my personal blog.]
Glee
Posted by PATRICK EDABURNNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
For those who *still* need a reason to watch Glee, check out this amazing 80’s retro.
Quote of the Day: Rebirth of a Republican Moderate Path?
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-ChiefNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
Have most of the “old” media and the new media (including some here at The Moderate Voice) gotten it wrong? Did Tuesday’s elections, in fact. show that the GOP is now on a more moderate path than many would believe if they listen to Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, or watch cable political shows or read many conservative blogs on the Internet?
Time Magazine’s Ramesh Ponnuru makes a good case for the fact that the real story here may be how the two candidates who grabbed Governor’s...
RIP Sheldon Dorf
Posted by PATRICK EDABURNNov 6th, 2009 | Comments
The founder of the ultimate international nerd fest aka Comic Con has died at the age of 76.
Speaking as a grade AAA nerd and someone who would seriously consider going to Comic Con, I still have to say there is something oddly fitting that the founder of the event is named Dorf.
GOP Shoots and Scores
Posted by CAGLE CARTOONSNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune
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Swine flu vaccine – the appearance of favoritism towards the wealthy
Posted by JACK GRANT, Assistant EditorNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
This MSNBC.com headline certainly won’t help the feeling that many Americans have that the wealthy get taken care of and the rest are left to hang:
Amid shortage, big NYC firms get swine vaccine Rules allow company docs to request vaccine, distribute to high-risk groups
NEW YORK – Some of New York City’s largest employers – including Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs and big universities – have started receiving doses of the much-in-demand swine flu vaccine for their...
‘Here Are Two Sides of the Truth’
Posted by KATHY KATTENBURGNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
“An Uncommon Love,” sung by Carole King and K.D. Lang
Why was the U.S. Embassy in Tehran Captured in 1978?: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iran
Posted by WILLIAM KERNNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
Pro-regime demonstrators lampoon President Obama at the site of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran on the 30th anniversary of the storming of the facility.
Continuing with our coverage of the 30th anniversary of the storming of the American Embassy in Tehran, this editorial from the state-run Web site of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting responds to the question of why it occurred. Laying out it’s position on the event, the regime depicts the embassy takeover and hostage-taking as an act...
Possible Terrorist Attack at Ft. Hood TX (UPDATES)
Posted by HOLLY IN CINCINNATI, Copy EditorNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
There have been multiple shooting attacks at Fort Hood according to MSNBC, KCEN-TV and KTVT-TV. At least 7 people are dead and 30+ are wounded. One shooter is in custody and 1-2 more are being sought. FBI is on the way. Both the shooters and victims are believed to be military rather than civilians, at least the shooters were wearing military fatigues.
4:30 pm EST: More shots just reported according to MSNBC-TV.
4:40 pm EST per MSNBC: “Two suspects were captured and four swat officers were...
Crist: Oh No I Didn’t
Posted by PETE ABEL, Managing EditorNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
Eric Zimmermann reports that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is distancing himself from the Feds’ stimulus plan:
“I didn’t endorse it.”
Um … I think you did.
Both Parties’ Purity Push
Posted by PETE ABEL, Managing EditorNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
Earlier, Joe linked to RNC Chair Michael Steele’s ominous warning to GOP Members of Congress who might be thinking about “going rogue” against the party line.
Meanwhile, in Palm Beach, Fla., the County Democratic Party organization has practiced its own brand of purging someone who bucks the preferred party line.
Granted, the latter case hardly compares to the former, although it starts to resemble a trend when it’s combined with a Democratic punditry that seems to be actively...
Odd Couple: Dowd and Limbaugh
Posted by ROBERT STEINNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
In the annals of sexual politics and odd couples, none could ever match the possibilities of mating Maureen Dowd and Rush Limbaugh, a power pairing that would have made Mary Matalin and James Carville look like America’s Sweethearts.
The image comes to mind from Dowd’s column yesterday, recounting a four-hour dinner at Manhattan’s 21 Club back when she was “a reportette” and El Rushbo’s puss had not yet been carved on the Mt. Rushmore of the Rabid Right.
“He...
So Much For Any Chance of Bipartisan Compromise
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-ChiefNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
This says it all, doesn’t it?
Same-Sex Marriage Setback in Maine, Hope for the Future
Posted by MICHAEL STICKINGS, Assistant EditorNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
Washington voted for domestic partnerships, but Maine, a similarly blue state (despite having two Republican senators), voted against same-sex marriage.
There is no denying that the vote in Maine is a setback for gay rights. Simply put, the anti-gay forces of the right mobilize well, as they showed in California last year, playing to lingering bigotry and fear, and they did again here. Furthermore, there was little support for the same-sex marriage law in rural, more conservative parts of the state....
Pakistan: Of Terrorism & Tipplers
Posted by SWARAAJ CHAUHAN, International ColumnistNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
Pakistan, rightly or wrongly, is generally described as an “exporter” of terrorism. Now it is trying to export something different – its famous Murree beer produced at the nearly 150-year-old Murree brewery, Pakistan’s sole producer of beer.
“Understandably, making beer and whiskey in a Muslim country, where 97 per cent of the population is officially banned from enjoying your products, has never been an easy business,” reports The Independent.
“And amid...
“V” for Vilification: Liberal Paradise, Obama Nightmare (Guest Voice)
Posted by Guest VoiceNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
“V” for Vilification: Liberal Paradise, Obama Nightmare
by
Rick Moran
Want to piss off the left? Everybody watch every single episode of the new ABC mini-series “V.” Drive the ratings through the roof. Make the show the hottest cultural happening since Seinfeld. Copy the hairstyles. Ape the fashion. Start bidding up the action dolls on Ebay.
And most especially, actually tell people you believe that this is a show about Obama and the left. It isn’t,...
Time to Stop Deciding Who “Won”
Posted by NED LIPSNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
The one thing that is clear from the most recent elections and those that occurred a year ago is that the people of this country want our elected officials to stop playing the political game, to stop worrying about whether the Democrats or Republicans “won” or “lost” and start to solve the critical problems that they care about.
I for one abhor the constant discussion on TV, radio, blogs and in print about which side is winning on this or that issue, election or policy debate. The issues,...
Stating the Obvious, Acting on It
Posted by PETE ABEL, Managing EditorNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
“When our party is united, whether you run in a Northern state or a Southern state, our party can win,” said the House Republican whip, Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia. “But when you are divided, you can lose a seat that has been in the Republican column for quite a long time.”
The Virginia GOP, at least, seems to have gotten the message.
Google Dashboard: Transparency, Choice and Control
Posted by JOE WINDISH, Technology EditorNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
Google announced today:
In an effort to provide you with greater transparency and control over their own data, we’ve built the Google Dashboard. Designed to be simple and useful, the Dashboard summarizes data for each product that you use (when signed in to your account) and provides you direct links to control your personal settings. Today, the Dashboard covers more than 20 products and services, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web History, Orkut, YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts, Latitude...
NY 23 From the Horse’s Mouth
Posted by JAZZ SHAW, Assistant EditorNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
For those around the country who somehow thought that they understood the politics of New York’s 23 district (or, “The North Country” as we call it) and feel they had a grasp on how “awful” a choice Dede Scozzafava was, they should read this editorial from the local paper. Here’s one of the key portions, explaining just how she wound up as the nominee from what I fully admit is a flawed selection process.
North country Republican leaders could have tapped Scozzafava...
DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?
Posted by MARC PASCALNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
I didn’t vote on Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona, my residence for almost the past 4 years though I voted in the National Elections last year. I was pleased to see that the local school funding and bond issues all passed with comfortable margins across the metro area. Had I voted, my other choice would have been for a city council position wherein I did not know either candidate.
ARIZONA
Heavily Democratic yet generally non-partisan Phoenix has been well-managed for years, unlike the wholly mismanaged...
Teens Cited for “Disorderly Conduct” For “Rapping” Their Order At McDonald’s Drive Thru
Posted by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-ChiefNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
Some teens got in cited for “disorderly conduct” for “rapping” their order at a McDonald’s. Details:
So you can get in trouble rapping your order at McDonalds (because the person to whom you’re rapping may feel their life is at risk — but if it’s rap, isn’t it that their EARS are at risk?)..and you can order a wrap at Subway.
It sounds like the teens got a bum…rap.
Election Thoughts
Posted by PATRICK EDABURNNov 5th, 2009 | Comments
I had planned to publish a more detailed review of the elections but I ended up spending two hours in the dental chair today getting a filling replaced. I’ve got one more filling to go plus a deep cleaning so I was pretty distracted today getting ahead on work.
As a result I’ll post my more technical analysis this weekend, for those who are geeky enough to enjoy. However in the meantime I thought I’d offer a few comments.
I certainly agree that there is a large degree of history...
Will Global Television Foster World Peace?
Posted by JOE WINDISH, Technology EditorNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
You wouldn’t think so based on what the world is watching. The biggest television series ever, worldwide, was Baywatch. Broadcast in 142 countries its peak audience surpassed a billion people. House is tops today, with 82 million people watching last year in 66 countries. CSI and Desperate Housewives come in close behind.
That from an interesting Foreign Policy piece by Charles Kenny. In it he argues that Television is a Revolution in a Box. While acknowledging that “a world of couch...
The Storming of the U.S. Embassy: ‘A Day that Shook the World’ – Kayhan, Islamic Republic of Iran
Posted by WILLIAM KERNNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
Two of the 53 American Embassy workers being held hostage with the approval of the Iranian regime, after the facility was stormed on November 4, 1979.
Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was stormed by followers of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. It is a day that the current regime commemorates every year as a celebration of victory over what the leaders of the country like to call ‘The Great Satan.’
So what is Iran’s rigidly state-controlled press saying...
Putting The Elections In Perspective
Posted by JERRY REMMERS, ColumnistNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
While Americans tuned into the political gyrations of a handful of elections yesterday and political operatives pontificating what it all means today, it remains dwarfed by what happened in Afghanistan.
Five British soldiers embedded with locals were shot and killed by an Afghan policeman with whom they were mentoring at a security outpost in Helmand Province. The embedded NATO troops were carrying out a key part of the counter-insurgency strategy to train Afghan army and police. The assailant escaped...
New York Mag Profile of Nancy Pelosi: Follow-Up
Posted by KATHY KATTENBURGNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
Yesterday, I received a note (on my Facebook page) from Vanessa Grigoriadis, author of the Nancy Pelosi profile in New York Magazine that I critiqued here. The note says:
Feeble French Justice Lets Scientology Off the Hook: Die Welt, Germany
Posted by WILLIAM KERNNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
Eric Roux, a ‘legal representative’ of the Church of Scientology in France, seems relieved after the Criminal Court of Paris returned a verdict of fraud against the church – without imposing dissolution.
Days ago, a long-awaited verdict was handed down in the French criminal trial of the Church of Scientology. In the opinion of German columnist Dietrich Alexander of the newspaper Die Welt, the French branch of Scientology got off easy.
For Die Welt, Dietrich Alexander explains why...
Not Right-But Still Angry (Guest Voice)
Posted by E.J. DIONNE, JR., WASHINGTON POST COLUMNISTNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Tuesday’s elections were a rebuke to the right wing and a warning to Democrats.
They were also a timely reminder that President Obama needs to tune up his celebrated political organization and find a way to make Americans feel hopeful again.
The night’s biggest loser was the national conservative political machine — the wealthy tax-cutters at the Club for Growth and the Palin-Limbaugh-Beck complex. The Beltway Right shoved aside local Republicans...
Hyundai’s Happy Ending is the Media Industry’s Ticket To Succes
Posted by JOE WINDISH, Technology EditorNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
You may have seen the viral video of the worst parking job ever. 1,684,803 views since the Thursday Oct. 22 incident. While we gawk and guffaw, the owner of the crushed 2004 Hyundai Elantra (the one in the foreground) had just finished paying off his car loan!
The 62 year-old woman driving the BMW was arrested for leaving the scene. The crushed Hyundai owner was left looking to replace his car. So what did Hyundai do? They surprised him with a new Elantra Touring:
“We wanted to help the guy,”...
The man who predicted the financial crisis, Part III
Posted by DAVID ADESNIKNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
I’m not an aggressive consumer of financial journalism, so it has to be something of a coincidence that I’ve come across three separate items that chronicle the dark predictions of three separate men who warned of an impending financial crisis.
The first two are discussed below. The third is Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. The Black Swan was published in 2007 and written in the preceding years. Here are a few quotes that jumped...
Congress Set to Delay Health-Care Bill
Posted by MICHAEL STICKINGS, Assistant EditorNov 4th, 2009 | Comments
President Obama may think he’s getting a bill to sign soon, or at least this year, but it looks like Congress will postpone legislation until the new year:
Senior Congressional Democrats told ABC News [yesterday] it is highly unlikely that a health care reform bill will be completed this year, just a week after President Barack Obama declared he was “absolutely confident” he’ll be able to sign one by then.
“Getting this done by the by the end of the year is a no-go,”...
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