Laughter: The best medicine (an Open Thread)

Well, I’ve cleaned up after my bleeding ears and was ready for a laugh. Where better to go than the New York Times? Health Insurers Ease Stance on Pre-Existing Conditions WASHINGTON —The health insurance industry said Tuesday that it was willing to end the practice of charging higher premiums to sick people if Congress adopted [...]

Live Blog: Presidential Prime Time Press Conference

Should we start calling him “President Prime-Time?” The Prez has been everywhere on TV lately, making questionable “jokes” on Jay Leno, giggling uncontrollably on 60 Minutes, and making one policy announcement after another in his ongoing quest to put Wall Street in full control of the U.S. Treasury and turn American workers into indentured servants. [...]

Who’s Zoomin’ Who?

On a day when Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary, Turbo Tax Timmy Geithner, tax cheat (TTTG,tc) appear before Congress seeking unprecedented power to further loot manipulate regulate the financial industry, including non-banking entities like AIG, the company whose bonuses they’ve been called on the carpet to address, perusal of the [...]

It’s Hard Out Here For An Obot

What a difference a year makes.  At this time last year Obamanation was telling us that Teh Precious was the greatest thing since sliced bread.  They boasted and bragged that they weren’t just supporting a political candidate, they were part of a once-in-a-lifetime  movement led by a “game-changer” who was going to permanently alter the [...]

Tuesday: It’s official. Obama gave the country to the bankers

He had a choice.  He could have upheld the Constitution with all of the pretty language on promoting the General Welfare or he could take the easy way out and let the private investors have taxpayer funded sweetheart deals to bail out the bankers.  The bankers come out of this relateively unscathed.  The private equity [...]

Tim Geithner Could Get Some Assistance at Treasury Soon

This is so exciting! Tim Geithner may get some help at the Treasury Department soon. President Obama has just announced three new Treasury appointments. From Reuters a short time ago: President Barack Obama moved to fill three of the four most senior Treasury Department positions on Monday, including announcing his intent to nominate former department [...]

Obama’s 60 Minutes Interview and that Odd, Inappropriate Laughter

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Monday: Why doctors of thinkology don’t get it.

Paul Krugman is in despair. He simply cannot understand why Obama and his economics team are taking the country off a cliff in order to protect bankers and investors from absorbing their losses.  It’s a puzzlement why taxpayers are subsidizing the private investors who will gladly take bad assets off of the bankers hands for [...]

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Don’t miss this great hour and a half of PUMAtastic Radio: CLICK HERE For more information on Hedge Fund Short Selling: Hedge Funds and the Global Economic Meltdown Part 1 Hedge Funds and the Global Economic Meltdown Part 2 Hedge Funds and the Global Economic Meltdown Part 3 Comments Closed until 9:30pm EST.  Meanwhile, check [...]

Sunday: Did Jon Corzine have a conflict of interest?

Early last year, Jon Corzine, governor of NJ and superdelegate, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.  But something happened between his endorsement and the convention that changed his mind about Hillary.  Here’s Jon giving the lamest excuse I’ve ever heard for rejecting Hillary for VP: “Seed themselves into public policy”?  I think we have the answer [...]