It's not often. Usually I'm really happy when I'm right. But, I am of the temperament that I'd much rather be happy than right. This is definitely one of those times...

Back in February I wrote about credit default swaps. Last night our bank, WaMu, was seized by the Feds and then sold to Chase. It's not like we didn't see this coming (it's ( Read more... )

I could go on about how the US Congress caved when it passed the FISA bill legalizing wiretapping on international communications to the USA and how surprised I was that Obama decided to vote for it after saying last year that he would filibuster it. (donate to the EFF or ACLU to help stop the madness as they sue the government.) I could wonder at ( Read more... )

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