Jim Pinkerton on the Bush administration’s lack of seriousness about the convulsing economic crisis: If the Bush administration really believed that the Paulson proposal was absolutely vital, it would be accompanied by: a) the President’s prime time speech to the nation; b) the resignations of top administration officials who have been overseeing the situation heretofore;…
This is a picture of Sarah Palin being prayed over by Thomas Muthee, who according to Max Blumenthal and his sources, “gained fame within Pentecostal circles by claming that he defeated a local witch [in Kenya], Mama Jane, in a great spiritual battle, thus liberating his town from sin and opening its people to the…
Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV As previously mentioned, this morning I will be helping to chair a half day conference in the US Senate (Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 124) on the current economic turmoil. We were able to arrange Live Streaming of the meeting.
When John McCain was ahead and many Obama supporters were in the dumps, convinced that Sarah Palin would secure for the GOP four more years in the White House, I said that politics in America never goes in a straight line — particularly lately.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today its roster of 2008 Fellows, each of whom receives $500,000 — no strings attached. Here is the roster. They have some cool folks — a diverse crowd, all sorts of backgrounds and ages. But not a single think tank policy blogger-entrepreneur. Not one.
Live video by Ustream My favorite British barrister, Philippe Sands, will stream here at The Washington Note live at 2:30 pm EST today (7:30 pm UK time tonight). He is appearing at the funky journalists club where I hang out in London, The Frontline Club, which was first introduced to me by journalist Yosri Fouda….
Today, I’ll be up at a forum focused on the economic turmoil in the U.S. and global economies. — Steve Clemons Editor’s Note: Hat tip to BB for the jingle.
PublicMarkup.org has just put up Senator Chris Dodd’s counter proposal on a government buy-out of non-performing and failing mortgages. Thanks to Matt Stoller for sending my way.
Now after reading “Dead Treaty Walking,” I see that the START Agreement with the Russians is nearing expiration with nothing to succeed it other than bluster. I also see an American economy in meltdown mode and wars against Iran and others that many supporters of Sarah Palin are eager to nudge forward.
Below, I just posted a piece by Richard Vague, a finance expert and businessman, on the subject of whether and when the U.S. government should bail out large firms.
