I heard a comment once that stereotyped Alaskans. Basically it said something along the lines of Alaskans generally have a dark side. Why else...
One side is misleading people and blinding themselves to evidence in an all out effort to win. One can participate in a debate, misrepresent...
True the Democrats have shown themselves to be as Arnuld observed a bunch of girlie men. Kerry should have been able to destroy Bush in a...
From the Washington Post Fact Checker: "Obama has no background in economics. Who advises him? The Post says it's Franklin Raines, for...
There is a name for that kind of political system: anarchy. I wonder if you'd have enjoyed living in the Wild West. Considering there aren't...
On what is this idea of futility based on? There are successful precedents for massive government intervention helping out in a financial crisis....
If the brother-in-law was an isolated case, maybe the evidence that he was dangerous and Palin's eagerness to have him gone is understandable....
I've always found the idea of linking an amount of charitable giving to one's morality or character and using it as a scorecard repulsive. Many...
So what's the general sentiment? Was there a short selling cabal of hedge funds in existence? If so are people here sympathetic to them? Or did...
The press is too dumb to understand and needs its sources to spell everything out for them.
It will be interesting to see if this will help or if the theoretical drop in liquidity will merely make the trading even more volatile.
No one put a gun to the head of financial institutions and told them to buy Fannie's and Freddie's debt. They did that of their own volition....
How about after factoring in devaluation vs most of the major world currencies? After 8 years one expects prices to have gone up so it isn't...
Ah the FDIC. A great thing ain't it? Anti-big government people complain relentlessly about the Fed but not the FDIC yet the FDIC was created...
I don't know. As has been said this is a once in a generation kind of situation we have here. I do not know if the normal rules apply. Some...
Incredible. There are people here trying to compute intrinsic value based on share price. I suggest some of you hit the books or examine your...
How did their sworn enemies become our sworn enemies? Can you explain that again?
Is the value of one dollar the same to someone who earns $50,000 as it is to someone who earns $50,000,000? Depends on your measure....
As I understand it the immediate reason for bankruptcy isn't that they don't have net assets it's that they don't have net current assets....
I remember when Paul Krugman was the lone wolf in the wilderness criticizing G.W. Bush for his policies. Now the majority of Americans seem to...
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