…did in fact reject the bill to “tax” bank deposits, even though it had been amended to exclude smaller investors from the levy. The vote was 36 against, 0 in favor, and 19 abstentions. Hundreds of protesters outside Parliament cheered … Continue reading →
…is watching you.
Continue reading →…unlike the EU “leaders” and the Cyprus president who agreed to the reckless trashing of the people’s trust in the integrity of their bank accounts: Cyprus’s Parliament is likely to reject an international bailout package that involves taxing ordinary depositors … Continue reading →
It was a spectacular art heist, memorable even today, twenty-three years later: the theft of thirteen works of art valued at a grand total of five hundred million dollars, but actually priceless because they are irreplaceable. There was this rare … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →The young men in the Steubenville rape case are guilty and responsible for their actions, and need to pay the penalty. However—and I say this without any weakening of my contention that the above sentence is true—the entire incident highlights … Continue reading →
To save the Cyprus banking system, they have to destroy people’s faith in it. Does that make any sense to you? It doesn’t to me. Ah, but they promise they won’t do it again—just this once! But why would anyone … Continue reading →
The propaganda war, that is. I’m actually somewhat stunned by the results of this recent Gallup poll about the war (taken in honor of the tenth anniversary of its start), but not necessarily in the way you might think. After … Continue reading →
…to meet the faces that you meet: Backstage Beauty at The New York City Ballet from Racked.com on Vimeo. Such a contrast between the relatively drab starting point and the very glam finish. And false eyelashes are only a little … Continue reading →
There’s a new study of the costs of the Iraq War. It got some publicity yesterday on memeorandum, among other places. Counting war casualties is almost always fraught with uncertainty and is one of the areas most ripe for exploitation … Continue reading →
That’s the headline of this Politico piece. Pul-ease. “Opens up”? As in, “Gives the usual non-committal, cover-all-bases, completely uninformative answer to a question from a reporter fishing for a story”? …[W]hen pressed about his White House ambitions, the Wisconsin Republican … Continue reading →
I love these stories when they have happy endings: “I had him in my arms and still screaming over and over. Then I ran outside. I saw two boys playing across the street, and I yelled, ‘Go ask your parents … Continue reading →