The Next Financial Crisis Is Coming, And There's Only One Way To Stop It. The world of high finance is an astonishingly complicated one, but the rules that govern it (or fail to, as is currently the case) are critically important to the future of the United States. In this video, Bill Moyers and former TARP special inspector Neil Barofsky give us a rare inside look at the hidden war for America's financial future. The whole video is worth a watch, but here's the highlight reel for those in a hurry: At 2:39, we learn that the Bush and Obama administrations have more in common than many Americans would care to admit.
At 5:11, we learn how the banks became "too big to jail," and at 9:11, we find out why this attitude makes the next financial crisis "inevitable. " The toll the pressure to "play ball" with Wall Street is taking on our democracy is highlighted at 12:49, and the surprisingly simple solution to everything is revealed at 19:13. Chris Rock - Message for White Voters. 'My Party Is Full Of Racists' Says Colin Powell's Former Chief Of Staff. 25: The State of the States. Thursday was a busy day for the polls, with some bright spots for each candidate. But it made clear that Barack Obama maintains a narrow lead in the polling averages in states that would get him to 270 electoral votes. Mr. Obama also remains roughly tied in the polls in two other states, Colorado and Virginia, that could serve as second lines of defense for him if he were to lose a state like Ohio. The day featured the release of 10 national polls, but there was little in the way of a consistent pattern in them.
On average, the polls showed a tied race. Mr. This tally exaggerates the lopsidedness of the polling a bit, since the state polls released on Thursday were something of a Democratic-leaning bunch, some of which had shown strong numbers for Mr. Mr. Among the 10 polls that provided for a comparison to another poll conducted after the Denver debate, Mr. Whether Mr. At the same time, Mr. In addition, the outcome is more certain when the polls are more consistent with one another.
Foreign Policy: President Obama's Strong and Steady Leadership vs. Romney's Blunder and Bluster. BILL MAHER: Todd Akin's Magical Thinking.
Vagina is a 6 Letter Word « Margaret and Helen. Margaret, for the life of me I cannot understand how Republican politicians can be so fixated on telling women what we can and cannot do with our bodies but then be so incensed that we would actually use the medically correct term to describe our front butt. Yes. Front butt is what my granddaughter called it until her mother instructed her to call it by the more appropriate term, pee pot. I, of course, corrected both of them and called it her num num. Of course I’m being silly Margaret, but this war on women that the Republican Party has waged has risen to the level of absurdity. It’s a vagina. Sometimes we call it a hoo ha, but really if Representative Brown had said hoo ha when discussing a piece of Republican legislation written to limit a woman’s access to a safe, legal abortion, I think women everywhere would have been embarrassed for her. For the record men don’t have one. For the record, my vagina pays taxes.
I’m sorry Margaret. You’re not making me uncomfortable dear. Like this: World Bank's Zoellick: Eurozone is worldwide problem. Encore: How Do Conservatives and Liberals See the World? BILL MOYERS: This Week on Moyers and Company. JONATHAN HAIDT Politics is really religion. Politics is about sacredness. Politics is about offering a vision that will bind the nation together to pursue greatness. And Republicans since Ronald Reagan have been really good at that. BILL MOYERS: Welcome. This is pledge time for public television, when we remind you that there are programs here unlike anything else on TV – such as this one. People I meet on the left, on the right and in the middle agree on one thing: our country is in a mess, and our politics are not making it better. But as the ship of state is sinking, the crew is at each other’s throats, too busy fighting to plug the holes and pump out the water.
On that cheery note, listen to this fellow. JONATHAN HAIDT: Suppose that two American friends are traveling together in Italy. If you know about this trait you can understand a lot of puzzles about human behavior. Welcome. JONATHAN HAIDT: Thank you, Bill. JONATHAN HAIDT: No. The Common Denominator of Right Wing Policy: Lost Lives « Art on Issues.
Looking back at my research and writing on conservative special interest-driven policies, a common denominator emerges – without exception. Regardless of the area (opposing reform of our gun markets while expanding public exposure to weaponry; opposing healthcare reform; continued support for financial deregulation and supply-side tax policies; discriminatory treatment of the LGBT community; and another to be included in this article, science denial regarding global warming), all are continuing to be pursued despite the well-documented, and often substantial, loss of American lives. And in some cases, e.g., our gun market and global warming, the loss of life extends beyond our borders. A synopsis of each of the above mentioned special interest-driven areas follows.
Links to previously posted, referenced, articles are provided for each issue and have been supplemented, where appropriate, in the text. Special Interest-Driven Areas Gun Laws (ref) (ref) Healthcare Reform (ref) Global Warming. The One Percent.