I just listened to this great podcast on This American Life which ran on NPR stations this weekend.
It is called Take the Money and Run for Office.
I highly recommend it to you. Continue reading
Daily Archives: April 3, 2012
Federal appeals court challenges Obama
I know this is off topic but it was too much fun to pass up. Canadian politics are never this exciting.
Judges order Justice Department to clarify following Obama remarks on health law case
A federal appeals court is striking back after President Obama cautioned the Supreme Court against overturning the health care overhaul and warned that such an act would be “unprecedented.”
A behind-the-scenes look at how a government might work at connecting an activist group with a terrorist one, by Chris Hedges
Guilty by association, even when the association is allegedly created by the government itself:
Someone You Love: Coming to a Gulag Near You
Financial Repression
Merryn Somerset Webb has just posted a big-picture piece at Money Week – Why every bank will soon be a tax collector for every government everywhere. Bottom line? Financial repression is a government tool to force a broad population to hold debt that loses them money in real terms. This is outlined as the context for FATCA.
Let the spin begin…
US regulators sue RBC. “You’re constantly doing things that in hindsight someone can come along and conclude differently,” says one bank analyst.
