The Senate just passed a stupid bill and called it financial reform. [via CBS Marketwatch] The mammoth legislative package — which passed 59 to 39, with three Republicans voting for the bill — requires “too-big-to-fail” banks to install new capital restrictions and divest their derivatives units, sets up a government board to assign credit raters […]
Today (May 20, 2010) on Wall Street The pounding continues in Asia (9:08 PM, May 20, 2010) What is going on? Sovereign debt crisis, leading to disintegrating Euro, leading to major currency crisis. More on this on Friday, May 21st MMGL.
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Here is the video that Mohan garu mentioned on MMGL
I despise the Federal Reserve Board with a passion. Especially the Fed under Greenspan and Bernanke. The right anger has to be aimed at the Fed. Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida explains why we should audit the Fed, which the Senate is resisting.
A Washington resident was killed in late April after his attempt to sell a diamond ring on Craigslist went terribly awry. Jim Sanders and his wife, Charlene Sanders, posted the ring, a family heirloom, on Craigslist. They were contacted by people, believed to be posing as interested buyers, who told the Sanders they wanted to […]
His name is Bill Halter. He is a Democrat and trying to unseat Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln in a primary fight for the US Senate race. A group supporting Senator Lincoln, put out a racist ad which featured Indians. “Bangalore needs jobs. Thank you, Bill Halter.” See the ad embedded in the midst of commentary […]
His name is Ken Cuccinelli. He hails from the same place where I live. He is the current Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This IDIOT wants Church of Christ to be the lab and Bible to be the book of science.He doesn’t believe in climate change. Now, his is accusing Professor Michael Mann, […]
Sometimes, the news makes me cringe. I don’t know how many of you have read about Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070. This legislation was recently passed, making it legal for the police to stop people and demand a verification of immigration status. The motivation behind this bill is to find immigrants who are in this country […]
Let us pause for a moment on the virtues of free markets, progressivism etc. There is more fundamental problem in this country: the rise of fundamentalist cult and racism. There are a lot of crazies trolling around on the streets of America. Some of them are racists disguised as ‘tea bagging patriots.’ For them losing […]
Watch this news and tell me if you have any faith in the traditional news channels. By faith, I mean, if you trust them to provide any breaking investigative news that is useful for people. Hey Brian – I love your sense of humor. I know you don’t like blog culture. Why would you? I […]
President Clinton chimed in about his administration’s failure to regulate derivatives and restrain Wall Street’s reckless behavior. In that video bit, he essentially said, “It is not my fault. Even if I tried to do something, Republicans would have blocked anyway. Furthermore, Bush made it worse.” The last two lines are essentially true. But, my […]
I’ve been listening to MMGL for a little while now and once heard a conversation between Mohan garu and Chakravarthy garu, on the show where he talked on health care. I’m waiting for the show which is going to be on the economic policies, etc. – the on Mohan garu promised to do 🙂 I’ve […]
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Interesting article on high speed rail and the unwanted and unintended effects it might have. I wasn’t sure if the Teluglobbers ( 🙂 ) will find it useful. Please leave a comment if you do/not. It’s fast, it’s efficient and it is the future of transportation, but will high-speed rail cause sprawl? Yes, it could, […]
