Dimwittedness At The Fed. "Experts" Get The Little Stuff; Miss The Big Stuff
Alan: Government is good at incrementalism; poor-to-lousy at epochal change.***Fed misread crisis in 2008, records show. "On the morning after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 2008, most Federal...
View ArticleFannie Mae's Paybacks Now Exceed Amount Borrowed In "Bailout"
Yep. They brought out the big guns.Fired scattershot...And it worked!***American "conservatives" will have no comment on the following news item:Fannie Mae payments to U.S. to exceed bailout. "On...
View ArticleNYT: Your Ancestors And Your Fate
Alan: In 762 B.C. you had direct lineal ancestors living somewhere on earth. Ever wonder who they were?***Your ancestors, your fate. "[M]y colleagues and I estimate that 50 to 60 percent of variation...
View ArticleExecutive Orders: Obama Has Issued Fewer Than Bush, Reagan, Clinton And Carter
Obama needs to do more, not less, on his own. "Take the matter of executive orders. According to the American Presidency Project at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Obama issued 147...
View ArticleWhy The Bible Belt Is Delusional
Got to be kidding me interludeHalf the South believes the Civil War was about states' rights.***"The Bible Belt Is A Weapon Used Buckle End...
View ArticleCourt Rules Against Notre Dame In Contraception Case
No longer "The Wheel of Fortune"***"United States Government Forced Mormonism To Renounce A Central Religious Belief"And Christians...
View ArticlePentagon Unveils Plan To Shrink Army To Pre-World War II Level
"Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel plans to shrink the United States Army to its smallest force since before the World War II buildup and eliminate an entire class of Air Force attack jets in a new...
View ArticleA Homeowner Forecloses On Bank Of America Branch
Role reversal interludeA homeowner forecloses on a Bank of America branch.
View ArticleSupreme Court To Consider EPA's Authority To Regulate Greenhouse Gases
The Greenhouse Effect was accurately described in 1896http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-danger-of-carbon-dioxide-as.html***Supreme Court to consider EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse...
View ArticleSame Sex Marriage Advocates To Push For Repeal Of States' Legal Bans
"Fox News Uses Photo Of Same Sex Marriage To Promote Traditional Marriage"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/fox-news-uses-photo-of-same-sex.html***"Supporters of same-sex marriage have had...
View ArticleNew Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, March 3, 2014
I don't care what the ref says. That last one was not a field goal!
View ArticleBelieve It Or Not, January Was Full Of Big, Warm Climate Anomalies
This story first appeared on the Atlantic Cities website and is reproduced here as part of theClimate Desk collaboration.—By John Metcalfe| Mon Feb. 24, 2014 Much of America is about to be overrun by...
View ArticleIt Takes How Much Water To Grow An Almond?!?
California, supplier of nearly half of all US fruits, veggies, and nuts, is on track to experience the driest year in the past half millennium. Farms use about 80 percent of the state's "developed...
View ArticleSlamming Obamacare Isn't Enough For GOP To Take Senate
"Voters need to hear that Republicans have real ideas."Alan: And obsessive-compulisve slamming of Obamacare is not one of them.***Excerpt: Obamacare may not pack the electoral punch many Republicans...
View ArticleTed Nugent: "I think Obama really wants to destroy America."
Alan: Let's be clear: Obama is a Rockefeller Republican. To accuse him of "really wanting to destroy America" is like saying Martin Luther really wanted to destroy Christianity. The allegation is so...
View Article9 Year Old Dutch Singer, Amira Willighagen
Amira Willighagenhttps://youtube.googleapis.com/v/qDqTBlKU4CE#&autoplay=1
View ArticleAre There Any Real Obamacare Horror Stories?
byJoan McCarterFollowAfter the latest debunking of an Obamacare horror story, the LA Times' Michael Hiltzikadds them up, and wonders why the Right insists on manufacturing these extreme...
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