Shock As Wall Street Trader Pleads Guilty To Criminal Conduct – Finally!!
I nearly fell of my chair this morning when I read that someone on Wall Street actually plead guilty to participating...
Yearly Archive: 2017
Britain's EU Ambasador Resigns In Protest Over May's Brexit Stance
Theresa May seems unable or unwilling to get a handle on Brexit negotiations. Tuesday, Ivan Rogers, the British ambassador to the...
GOP Wants To Eradicate Obamacare From (Legal) History Books
The inmates are running the asylum. In their apparent demented desire to expunge everything Obama, they are not only going to...
GOP Can Destroy Obamacare Even Without A Repeal Vote
Democrats are plotting on how they might best be able to defend Obamacare with Obama himself meeting with top Democrats today...
Credit Reporting Giants Caught Defrauding Their Customers
Today’s edition of corporate crime comes from the credit reporting giants Equifax and TransUnion. The two have been fined a combined...
College Coaches In Big Bowl Games Showed No Faith In Their Defenses
College football coaches in these bowl games have either an inordinate faith in their quarterbacks or a total lack of faith...
Will North Carolina Ever Have A Real Democracy Again?
Democracy in North Carolinastan possibly took another hit today as Chief Justice John Roberts requested a delay in the last minute emergency request...
Three Lessons From GOP Backing Down On Gutting Ethics Oversight
After an eruption of protest and outrage, the House Republicans have decided to drop their plans to gut Congressional oversight. One...
The Kleptocracy Officially Begins As Congress Is In Session
It was nice to see Republicans in the House make sure their very first act in the new Congress was to...
Driverless Cars Will Just Add To Traffic Congestion
Kevin Drum believes in the future of driverless cars, trucks, and buses. Atrios thinks otherwise. I have my doubts that they...