Archive for March, 2008
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Shades of 1825
My brother over on his blog has put forth the scenario of the Democrats having both Obama and Clinton running in the general election, preventing a majority in the Electoral College, thereby throwing the election into the House of Representatives.
How wild would that be? But according to the 12th Amendment, each state’s delegation gets [...]
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Anybody know where I can score a copy of Monday’s Financial Times?
FT.com / Comment & analysis / Letters - Premature to say US is in recession:
Premature to say US is in recession
Published: March 17 2008 02:00 | Last updated: March 17 2008 02:00
From Mr Joe Carl White.
Sir, In the first sentence of your report “Dollar plunges to record low” (March 14), you say that “retail sales [...]
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Why bailouts are a bad idea
Free Association: Privatized Profits, Socialized Losses:
The free market is a profit and loss system void of privilege. When businesses fail, they are supposed to actually fail, not turn to the taxpayers.
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
I expect better than this from the Financial Times
FT.com / World / US & Canada - Dollar plunges to record low:
The dollar plummeted to record lows and the price of gold touched $1,000 on Thursday as retail sales figures confirmed that the US is in recession and concern intensified about spreading distress in the hedge fund sector.
The retail sales figures to which the [...]