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ING Bank Totally Screws NetBank Customers in Takeover

A cautionary tale on December 7, 2007 (Pearl Harbor Day)

The White Horse that is ING Bank, galloping valiantly in to save what’s left of the sub-prime-mortgage-defunct NetBank, has mud all over it.

Drawn and Quartered--Destroying American Business, Quarter by Quarter

We are not so much a fault-finding nation as we are a fault-requiring one. Somebody has to take the heat. In the matter of where our manufacturing base has gone and why, I have a nominee.

The Year of the Naomis--Wolf and Klein--Both with Great Messages

If you read two books this entire year before election day, make them books by the Naomis—Wolf with The End of America and Klein’s The Shock Doctrine.

Why a Democrat President Hasn’t a Chance to Save the Nation

Joe Stiglitz is no dummy. He’s a member of the Columbia University faculty (although we can probably forgive him that) and 2001 Nobel Prize winner in economics.

Is There Anything American About America Anymore?

Sometimes I wonder where they took my country when I wasn’t looking. It's been dragged off, sealed in a box and hidden in the basement under a pile of recyclables.

Dressing Up Space Defense in Dominatrix Clothing

Setting aside and ignoring the blather of Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh, we are becoming a sadomasochistic nation when it comes to our foreign affairs. There is no other explanation. Who but a sadist would lead the likes of Pervez Musharraf down the garden path of armaments and praise, to so suddenly get moralistic and yank out the rug we stood him on?

New York Times Editorial on Kids’ Health and Tobacco—Wrong Again

Few things are as disingenuous as trying to sound warm and fuzzy while supporting the status-quo, which is cold and prickly. But the NYTimes has accomplished it yet again. Writing editorially yesterday, BIG TOBACCO DEFEATS SICK KIDS

MAD or NUTS Take Your Pick, It Might be IRRITATE

The opener is pretty much all you need to know in trading off the ‘fair and balanced’ position of this article co-authored by Israelist Louis Rene Beres and his warmongering buddy, Major General Paul (surgical and fast) Vallely, U.S. Army (retarded).

Put On the Cuffs, I’m Guilty as Charged

If you thought, as I did, that some pretty scary legislation was created in the past seven years of this administration, you might want to pay attention.

The Master Liquidity Enhancement Con (duit)

In a stunning editorial leap of faith, the New York Times headlines that “3 Major Banks Offer Plan to Calm Debts in Housing.” What three major banks have actually suggested, with Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson safely in tow, is that someone else sail in to save their considerably-at-risk bacon.