For the first time ever, President Barack Obama met Wednesday with progressive bloggers and took their questions. Obama met with Joe Sudbay of AMERICABlog; Duncan Black (“Atrios”), who runs the site Eschaton; Barbara Morrill, who writes for the DailyKos; Jon Amato, who is the founder of Crooks and Liars; and Oliver Willis, of the site [...]
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Christopher Liss: Mostly NFL Thoughts and Observations from a Fantasy Sports Worker – Week 8
Posted by on October 31st, 2010
I bet Ryan Succop had to take a lot of crap for his name when he was a kid. Now he’s the starting kicker on my fantasy team. If Brett Favre were to miss Sunday’s game against the Pats, Peyton Manning would have the longest games-played streak in the NFL. And Eli Manning would be [...]
The Stir: Ten Craziest Reality Stars
Posted by on October 31st, 2010
Trying to narrow down a list of the 10 craziest reality stars is no easy task. After all, wild antics and outlandish behavior are what reality TV is all about. At the end of a long day we tune in to remind ourselves that we’re 100 percent more normal than most if not all of [...]
Robert Auerbach: Why the Federal Reserve’s Contribution to Unemployment and Price Discrimination Continues
Posted by on October 31st, 2010
As I described earlier, the Fed began paying banks interest on their reserves one month after the September 2008 financial crisis struck the United States economy and spread throughout the world. The Fed (actually taxpayers) paid the banks more than $2 billion in 2009 at a small, but risk free, rate of one-quarter of 1 [...]
Sam Isaac Edwards: PIS_ AND VINEGAR
Posted by on October 31st, 2010
(I omitted the last “S” because I know how delicate we all are) Okay, we’re mad already, they’re mad at us, we’re mad at them for being mad at us, and the rest of the country is mad at both of us for being mad at each other. So where does all this anger get [...]
