Aug 8th, 2010 at 11:21 am by susie
Remember how the politicians solemnly explained to us we couldn’t prevent Wall St. bonuses in the wake of the bailout “because a contract is a contract”?
They meant to say “except if you’re a government worker and we promised you a pension.” Clear now?
Oh, and by the way: Are we seeing any politicians clamoring to cut into their own retirement largesse?
Aug 8th, 2010 at 11:04 am by susie
Russia burning. Pakistan, China, Europe are flooding. Huge chunks of icebergs breaking off, oysters disappearing. Hmm. Is there a common thread here?
Historian and journalist Tony Judt, 62. Notable for his leadership and courage in talking about the Israel lobby and, despite his ALS, continued to publish until shortly before his death.
This has appeared in so many places in the past week or so that I assumed you all saw it, but maybe not:
Aug 8th, 2010 at 9:31 am by susie
“These absurdly rich people do not deserve admiration. They are spending half their fortunes buying themselves pleasure and influence. If the Gateses, von Furstenbergs and Bloombergs want top ranking in the pantheon of benefactors they have to give away something really important. How about giving the poor the chance to decide the fate of the wealthy? How about delegates from the poorest 100 countries deciding how much of the world’s wealth they want to allocate to software developers, dress designers, film producers etc and how much to eradicating poverty?”
Aug 8th, 2010 at 6:32 am by susie
Michael Franti:
Aug 7th, 2010 at 10:27 pm by susie
Oh well! In another million years or so, something else will take their place.
My friend took me out for crabs tonight, and you know, you could hardly taste the Corexit!
Aug 7th, 2010 at 4:06 pm by susie
John Hiatt:
Aug 7th, 2010 at 2:21 pm by susie
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