Monthly Archives: December 2010
The adventures of unemployed man
Featuring: WHITE RAGE You wouldn’t like him when he’s ANGRY!!!! White Rage has a right to be angry. The only problem is, his rage is completely misdirected at the very things that would stop his rage.
Filed under Uncategorized, Unemployment
Effective tax rate for private equity firms: 1.42%
Read that again: the effective tax rate or private equity firms was 1.42%. The overall effective corporate tax rate was 16.53% So, the next time these aholes claim that tax rates are too high, we know which end they’re talking … Continue reading
Filed under Tax rates, Tax revenues, Taxes
Prichard, AL showcases our austere future
Teanuts rejoice. On the other hand, the South needs to sacrifice for voting GOP all these years, right? The situation in Prichard is extremely unusual — the city has sought bankruptcy protection twice — but it proves that the unthinkable … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative politics, Corporate communism, Pensions
How not to solve economic crises
But it’s the no labels, centrist way: http://xnerg.blogspot.com/2010/12/false-remedies-to-fix-false-economy.html Why cuts are the wrong cure from False Economy on Vimeo.
Filed under Conservative politics
Orlando Sentinel on teanut economic policies
Orlando Sentinel draws the logical conclusion about why Rick Scott cancelled the Florida high-speed rail project – a badge of honor among conservative governors to reject federally funded rail projects We’ve tried, but we can’t think of another reason. We’ve … Continue reading
Filed under Batshit crazy, Buffoons, Conservative politics, Florida, Infrastructure
What WaPo’s Steve Pearlstein believes about GOP core beliefs
Steven Pearlstein says he doubts the GOP’s primary motivation is not “to help their rich friends” by cutting taxes: “While Republicans have argued recently that it would be an economic catastrophe to raise taxes on anyone now, in the midst … Continue reading
Filed under Corporate cronyism, Corruption, Journalamism, Media, Right-wing nutjobs, Wankers, Wankery
Ngram: socialism v fascism
Went up in 1940s – hmm, what happened then? Went up in 1960 – was it Sinatra? No guesses for what it’ll be in 2010
Filed under Socialism
A preview of the teanut future that awaits us
Compromise away, dude NYT via Atrios: Facing a huge budget deficit when he took office in January, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano did not impose a hiring freeze. .. Instead, Mr. Mangano, a Republican who won one of the … Continue reading
Filed under Buffoons, Deficit, New York, Teabagger, Teabagging
Ireland: “Sensing a wee bit of discontent”
Via C&L
Filed under Crony capitalism, Crooked bankers, Ireland
