How convenient for him to say this after the statute of limitations on many applicable laws has now passed… https://t.co/ItpgGxtx62 — David Sirota (@davidsirota) October 4, 2015 From the USA Today, “Ben Bernanke: More execs should have gone to jail for causing Great Recession“: … “I think there was a reasonably good chance that, barring …
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Sunday Night Sports Open Thread: Liz Cheney Approves This Message!
Coca-Cola and McDonalds call on Sepp Blatter to stand down immediately. They are two of FIFA's major sponsors. More on #bbcnews at Ten — Reeta Chakrabarti (@rchak100) October 2, 2015 Not really a fair comparison, since the Lizard’s old man was responsible for so much actual death and misery, but… Per USA Today: ZURICH (AP) …
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Open Thread: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Peeple, because Bullee didn't test well. — Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) October 1, 2015 Per Caitlin Dewey at the Washington Post, “Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’ — whether you want them to or not“: …[T]he most surprising thing about Peeple — basically Yelp, but for humans …
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Open Thread: They Bought You, They Own You
Walker donors thought they knew better than his staff how to run a campaign. In retrospect, they were probably right. http://t.co/348dgZIL8k — Josh Barro (@jbarro) September 29, 2015 It’s like borrowing money from your in-laws — once you’ve accepted their generosity, they feel compelled to give you advice on how you’re spending “their” hard-earned cash. …
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The Donald Steals The JEB’s Tax Plan
Lesson of Donald Trump's plan: say you're soaking the rich, even though you're actually not, and talking heads will repeat your claim anyway — Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 29, 2015 Best headline on the internet today: http://t.co/3LApdPaWoR — Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) September 28, 2015 Trump's tax plan is neither populist nor deficit neutral. Just because …
Late Night Horrorshow Open Thread: JEB Lays Down Some More Bush Klan Markers
Regulatory reform starts with repeal of: Dodd Frank. #DitchTheRule. Carbon Rule. Coal Ash Rule. Net Neutrality. http://t.co/WMZFmGevK6 — Jeb Bush (@JebBush) September 22, 2015 .@bluewhaletail Jeb!: "More coal ash is the key to reaching 4% GDP growth!" — Billmon (@billmon1) September 23, 2015 Brian Fung, in the Washington Post, “Jeb Bush says he’d repeal net …
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Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Encouraging, If True
If u'd like, cheer US Attorney in Brooklyn, who is looking 2 lock up Shkreli, guy who boost AIDS drug price 5500%. http://t.co/sTUALzmK05 — Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) September 23, 2015 From the Newsweek article : The world’s most hated man this week could well be Martin Shkreli, whose pharmaceutical company inexplicably raised the price last …
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