Lance on Oct 02 2008 | Filed under: Economics, Humor, Investing, Lance's Page
A new distressed debt leveraged hedge fund has been launched:
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MichaelW on Aug 20 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Michael Totten has a succinct yet informative post up from the Georgian capital of Tblisi:
And my translator, whose husband works for Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs, made a similar guess that the West helped save the capital. “The night they came close to Tbilisi,” she said, “Bush and McCain made their strongest speeches yet. The [...]
Peg on Aug 17 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
My guess is that if I were a liberal, I would find Obama to be an attractive candidate. Surely the man is well spoken, charismatic - and whatever else you may believe negative about him, Obama is nobody’s fool. Even if I were liberal, I might be a bit concerned about his inexperience. But - [...]
Lance on Jul 27 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Lance's Page, Law
You may not realize this, but the House Judiciary Committee has been holding hearings (of a sort) in an attempt to impeach President Bush. Guys, he is gone in six months. I love this line:
“I am really astonished at the mood in this room,” commented one witness, George Mason University School of Law professor Jeremy [...]
MichaelW on Mar 07 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Glenn Greenwald's Carnival of Fisking, Media, MichaelW's Page
The inscrutable and vainglorious Boi from Brazil weighs in to explain why Republicans find Obama’s candidacy “scary”:
Conservatives love to claim that Obama supporters have excess reverence for their candidate and see him as some sort of transcendent messiah figure. There is a small minority of Obama supporters — as is true for most candidates and [...]
Peg on Feb 03 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Peg's Page
(Cross Posted at Whatif?)
This time, however, blame GWB for something few of us consider.
Rarely in recent American history had a political leader received such a visible testing ground for the character of his leadership. Giuliani projected a profound, steely calm, and an all-encompassing competence—announcing the latest street closings or bus service changes one minute, pledging [...]
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