Zachary A. Goldfarb of The Washington Post: At the same time, regulators offered a prescription aimed at curbing excessive market volatility. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that in coming weeks it would require that exchanges pause trading in a stock if it declines more than 10 percent in any five-minute interval. Will the government […]
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So let me get this shit straight. Greece, a country full of “where’s my check at?” fucktards spends its way into utter bankruptcy, riots because government “gives in” to outside demands to cut spending as the only condition to receive its bailout loan (which is sure to only drag out the inevitable), and now they […]
Aren’t drug warriors awesome? In a report by Radley Balko of reason magazine detailing the very shady practices of the NYPD and their has-to-be-fucking-unconstitutional “stop and frisk” program, he writes, While only about one tenth of 1 percent of the stops yielded a gun (at present it’s nearly impossible to legally carry a gun in […]
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I’ve been wondering how it is that the Demotards were able to claim that we would save money by taking a health care entitlement program that covers some people, and turning in to an exponentially larger health care program that covers everyone. I’m no mathematician or economist, I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express […]
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Eric Lichtblau of The New York Times: If President Obama has his way, loans at auto dealers would be put under the purview of a new federal consumer protection authority to guard against fraud and abuse. The prospect of increased regulations, Mr. Berscht said, “could force us out of the financing business,” and it has […]
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Carlotta Gall via The New York Times: Farmers from the district of Marja, which since February has been the focus of the largest American-led military operation in Afghanistan, are fleeing the area, saying that the Taliban are terrorizing the population and that American troops cannot protect the civilians.The departure of the farmers is one of […]
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Ilya Shapiro of The Cato Institute: Mississippi homeowners sued 34 energy companies and utilities operating in the Gulf Coast for damage sustained to their property during Hurricane Katrina. The homeowners alleged that the defendants had emitted greenhouse gases, which increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which contributed to global warming, which accelerated […]
Despite the fact that California has been in dire financial straights for at least the last 3 years, is currently in the fiscal shitter, in the midst of a $19.1 billion budget gap with one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, has been compared to the failed euro zone states, is looking to […]
When Afghan terrorists get more consideration than American civilians, it’s pretty evident we have a problem.
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Alex P. Kellogg of The Wall Street Journal: Even when the demolitions are complete, Detroit will still have a huge problem on its hands. The city has roughly 90,000 abandoned or vacant homes and residential lots, according to Data Driven Detroit, a nonprofit that tracks demographic data for the city. But here’s the real kicker: […]
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