Bonus Coverage
Um, someone explain to me why everyone is so outraged over bonuses being paid to AIG executives? It’s not like this was some kind of a secret that this is how they were going to be paid, and that they… Continue Reading
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Taxing Zima
In a bid to increase revenues, the State Board of Equalization took a look at ultra-sweet “malt liquor beverages” like Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Smirnoff Ice, and any remaining bottles of the clear, oddly-sweet-yet-undelicious alcholoic soda known amongst my law school… Continue Reading
An Effective Tactic Indeed
The British government is worried about economic deflation. Deflation, as in money becoming too valuable as compared to the goods and services for which it is exchanged. And damn, did they find an effective way to fight that. The Bank… Continue Reading
The Purpose Of Prosecutorial Discretion
I heard this story last night on NPR. It started out with a couple of cheerleaders at this high school in suburban Denver. They were goofing off and one thing leads to another and they decided to take a shower… Continue Reading
Washington Moves In The Right Direction
As I’ve previously argued, given that it seems that voters even here in very-liberal California are not yet quite ready to accept the idea of same-sex marriage, those same-sex couples who want to be married and those of us who… Continue Reading
Decline Of Religion In America Much Overhyped
Religious and atheist blogs and websites will have much to twitter about today as the results of the new American Religious Identification Survey is released. This is a telephone survey of a sample size somewhere around fifty-five thousand people, which… Continue Reading
Federal Spending Update
Total money appropriated by the House of Represenatives, as of today: $1.2 trillion. Number of days in Obama Administration, as of today: 38. Spending per day: $31.5 billion. Annual spending per year at this rate: $11.5 trillion. Just-released budget from… Continue Reading
Bipartisanship Manifests
See? It’s not just Republicans who are lying, corrupt scumbags. And I’m not even (directly) talking about Rod Blagojevich, whose scumminess, corruption, and veracity deficiency have been well documented already. Indirectly, he’s in the news again — turns out that… Continue Reading
As It Turns Out Judicial Corruption Is A Bad Thing
Two judges in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, are in serious hot water because it looks like they railroaded juveniles through their system so that they could be shipped off to work camps and be exploited for slave labor. In a lot of… Continue Reading
Not The Cabinet You Want
Citing what amounts to irreconcilable differences on the stimulus bill, Senator Judd Gregg has withdrawn his nomination to be President Obama’s Commerce Secretary. This is more of a relief than a surprise, although the President is likely feeling stabbed in… Continue Reading