Confessions Of A 30 Year Old Wall Street Wiz. "For The Love Of Money"
"In my last year on Wall Street my bonus was $3.6 million -- and I was angry because it wasn't big enough. I was 30 years old, had no children to raise, no debts to pay, no philanthropic goal in mind....
View ArticleKrugman: The Problem Is Not The Undeserving Poor. It's The Undeserving Rich
Alan: In my 30's I was unexpectedly admitted to a financial nexus where all I had to do was bend over and pick up 100 dollar bills. This largesse lasted only a few days but the experience informed me...
View ArticleThe New American Federalism: A Re-Emergence Of "Renaissance" City States?
It's happening in my town:Hillsborough, North Carolinahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough,_North_CarolinaFor more details on "The City State of Hillsborough," check out the links below.***"[T]he...
View ArticleMusical Savant Syndrome: Head Injury Turns Non-Piano Player Into Virtuoso
"Musical savant syndrome.""Sudden Savant" (NPR)http://www.npr.org/2014/01/17/263364530/sudden-savant
View ArticleBen Bernanke And Obama's Restoration Of Health To A Bush-Ravaged Economy
"As Mr. Bernanke completes his service, here's the picture: a financial system restored to health; an economy on the way back and doing better than those of Europe and elsoewhere; one of his top picks,...
View ArticleObamacare: The Tremendous Boon Of Expanded Medicaid
Peace of mind is first benefit for many getting Medicaid. "Sharon Mills, a disabled nurse, long depended on other people's kindness to manage her diabetes. She scrounged free samples from doctors'...
View ArticleChris Christie's Egregious Lie In His First Successful Campaign For Public...
In Chris Christie's first successful campaign for public office, he sat down next to his wife and baby, looked into a camera and told voters something that wasn't true. It was 1994, and Christie was a...
View ArticleThe Borowitz Report: Obama To Force All Americans To Buy Pot
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—President Obama is about to issue an executive order that would force all Americans to purchase a monthly supply of marijuana, the Fox News Channel reported...
View ArticleFact: Unbeknownst To Most Conservative Americans, The Deficit Is Plummeting
Most people prefer being wrong if it means they don't have to change a benighted view.Conservative Christians are better at this mental jujitsu than most.The Dark Side's appeal is nearly...
View ArticleThe Long Conversion of Oscar Wilde, Deathbed Catholic
Oscar WIldeWikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde***by ANDREW MCCRACKENhttp://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0010.htmlOscar Wilde is widely celebrated as an artist persecuted for...
View ArticleObama, Race And The Affordable Care Act
The South forgave itself much too quickly for the sins of centuries.Essentially, the Red State, Blue State conflict is a continuation of The Civil War.***President Obama gave a series of comments to...
View ArticleA Good Question For Republicans About The Affordable Care Act
As I noted earlier today, the New York Times has a terrific piece on the “surge in sign-ups” that is happening in West Virginia, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The Times reports that some 75,000...
View ArticleThe Civil War Never Ended. "Before-And-After" Maps
"Before""After"150 years after.The Bible Belt was wrong then...... and it's mostly wrong now.
View ArticleCapitalist Pig Kevin O'Leary Clarifies The Vility Un-Socialized Capitalism
We should celebrate 3.5 billion poor because it's good motivation for everyone to aspire to be in the one percent.***"Globalization has made the world a more equal place, lifting the economic fortunes...
View ArticleBill Gates: ‘Capitalism did not eradicate smallpox’
Bill Gates on the myths holding back the poor.BY EZRA KLEINJanuary 21, 2014On Tuesday, Bill Gates released his annual letter commenting on his foundation's work. This year's edition takes particular...
View ArticleAt A Bare Minimum, The Great Recession Cost $20K Per American. Maybe $120K
"Miss me?"***"How much did it all cost? In July, three economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Tyler Atkinson, David Luttrell and Harvey Rosenblum, gave it a shot, at least as far as the...
View ArticleRepublican Icon, Ted Nugent, Calls Obama "Subhuman Mongrel" In Pressing Treason
Conservative rocker Ted Nugent said recently that he wouldn’t rest until President Barack Obama — who he called a “subhuman mongrel” — and of the all “liberal Democrats” had gotten the “just due...
View ArticleHannity Discovers Crucial Difference Between Unsullied Principles And Compromise
Like colicky children insisting on "fairness," conservatives think "Impossibly Pure Principles" are a good thing.In real life, they are not.Here's why..."The terrible thing about our time is precisely...
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