Category Archives: Economy

Video: New French President Francois Hollande Promises an End to Austerity

Recorded at The Bastille, May 6, 2012:

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Today’s Quotes: Loss Leaders Losing and Winning

“Former US President George W Bush, his Vice-President Dick Cheney and six other members of his administration have been found guilty of war crimes by a tribunal in Malaysia.” […] “Transcripts of the five-day trial will be sent to the … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes and Video: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Has Learned Nothing from the 2008 Crash…

…and isn’t likely to, since he seems to exist in an atmosphere entirely consisting of his own onerous emissions and is clueless to the self-made failures supported by taxpayer bailout money he bafflingly thinks ‘The Street’ deserves, without pesky regulation. … Continue reading

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Conservative Sarkozy is Bounced as Socialist Francois Hollande Wins the French Presidency

Something important I neglected to post earlier this week. After a flirtation with conservatism, France and other countries, like Greece, have had it with austerity measures and the other debilitating features of pro-wealth, anti-public rule.  Conservative Party British PM David Cameron … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: How Far Right Can You Lean Before You Fall Off?

“How am I going to fix the economy? I’ll tell you how I’m going to fix the economy. I’m going to look at what Obama has done and do the opposite. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.” — Mitt Romney, … Continue reading

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Ornstein and Mann are Right: Republicans ARE the Problem

Norman Ornstein is a resident scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute — for now anyway.  Good on him for telling the truth, something conservative Republicans like the late Sen. Barry Goldwater used to do before his party was hijacked … Continue reading

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GOP Robotmen of the Lost Cause

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The ‘Duh’ Factor: Would Rubio Be Romney’s Palin?

Sure, on paper, descendant of Cuban immigrants Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) would seem to be Mitt Romney’s perfect pander to the Hispanic community, a group with which President Obama holds a tremendous lead, according to the latest polls. (Although those of … Continue reading

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Priceless: RNC Attacks Obama on Jobs — from a Call Center Located in the Philippines

Yes, the Party of the Job Creators Who Create Jobs Overseas hired a call center in the Philippnes to carp about Obama not creating enough American jobs. This is who the Republicans really are and what they do — cynical, … Continue reading

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Video: Karl Rove’s Obnoxious and Deceitful Anti-Obama Ad…

… that’s actually so unintentionally funny it makes Obama look good. Of course, the shameless snake that was apparently born Karl Rove (should we ask for a birth certificate proving he emerged from the womb of a human woman?), disregards … Continue reading

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