Alan Grayson and Eliot Spitzer take aim at the Fed
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"The Federal Reserve has more power than the CIA" says Alan Grayson on MSNBC. WRH permalink
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Should a Banned Broker Become a Journalist?
gary-weiss.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I was being bombarded with word of the ongoing BusinessWeek slaughter , when I heard of the squabble between Felix Salmon and Henry Blodget . The question is whether it's kosher that Blodget (and other banned securities industry people) should take away jobs from out of work journalists--like the ones being tossed out onto Avenue of the Americas today. Blodget isn't actually the main focus of Salmon's...
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A Geithner gimmick
MyDD (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The spintasic idea of using the remaining TARP money to payoff a part of the deficit is being laid at Geithner's feed, as his idea. Dean Barker points out that this is a gimmick: Arghhhhhhh! TARP is a loan program, not a spending program. Let's explain the difference so that even a Washington Post editor can understand it. A loan is expected to be paid back. When Congress appropriates money for a...
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Kicked out of finance, and into journalism
felixsalmon.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Up until yesterday, Michael Whitney was a presenter on Bloomberg TV; he would occasionally get his byline on Bloomberg News stories. Whitney was fined $55,000 last year by the CFTC and is subject to a permanent injunction, after being charged with false reporting and attempting to manipulate natural gas prices. Is it OK for a financial services professional who has run into major trouble with the law...
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Sexy Politicans
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Viewing politicians through the lens of their physical attraction is not limited to women. John Edwards got it far worse than Sarah Palin. In November 2000, People magazine named John Edwards as its choice for the "sexiest politician alive." A sampling of news and blog post titles: 51 Thoughts on the Apparent Sexiness of John Edwards John Edwards, Sexy Beast? JOHN EDWARDS IS TOTALLY HOT...
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Saturday Night Payback?
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The venerable "Saturday Night Live" has relished in its buffoonish portrayal of Gov. David Paterson as an aimless, blind womanizer who hates New Jersey. A sharp-eyed Capitol observer pointed out an interesting point this morning to DN Capitol Bureau Chief Ken Lovett that could help explain why Paterson is such a target: SNL creator and head honcho Lorne Michaels is a long-time friend of...
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Smith Breaks With Paterson On Terror Trials
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Senate President Malcolm Smith today sharply rebuked his erstwhile ally, Gov. David Paterson, for criticizing President Obama over the decision to try the alleged 9/11 plotters in New York City. Smith flatly declared Paterson "wrong" on the issue, and clearly stated: "I support the president." The Queens Democrat went out of his way to put himself on the same side as Mayor Bloomberg...
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Are Obama's policies working?
felixsalmon.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The iq2us website is rather horrible, all flash-based and white-on-black and lacking permalinks, but tonight's debate was well worth attending all the same. The motion was “Obama's economic policies are working effectively”, and the interesting thing about it was that it wasn't a left vs right thing at all. Proposing the motion we had old-fashioned lefty Larry Mishel, who was joined by...
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Who Can Resist the Cuomo Slate?
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Eliot Spitzer infamously dubbed himself "a f------ steamroller" in his early days in office - a description that didn't exactly hold up as the legislature stared him down and his popularity waned in the ensuing months. But as a candidate for governor in 2006, Mr. Spitzer absolutely was a steamroller, powered by untouchable, sky-high-popularity that forced his fellow Democrats to give him...
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Even A Blind Man Sees WhaT Obama Doesn't....Paterson Rips White House For NYC 9/11 Trial
Chicagoray (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Paterson Rips White House For NYC 9/11 Trial wcbstv.com : "Gov. David Paterson openly criticized the White House on Monday, saying he thought it was a terrible idea to move alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists to New York for trial. 'This is not a decision that I would have made. I think terrorism isn't just attack, it's anxiety and I think you feel...
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Eliot Spitzer, Mark Zandi and Others Debate Obama’s Economic Policies Tonight at Skirball
NYU Local (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
In the second to last Intelligence Squared U.S. debate of the year, more high-profile panelists will be debating the motion “Obama’s economic policies are working effectively” at the Skirball Center from 6:45 – 8:30 p.m. tonight. Tickets are $12 for students ($45 for non-students). Arguing for the motion is Moodys.com founder Mark Zandi with economists Steve [...]
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Eliot Spitzer, aka Mr. Ethics
Track-A-'Crat (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
If Eliot Spitzer were a Republican, he would be such a wreck of a man after the media had got through with him that he would be afraid of even flushing the john, out of fear that someone would delve into the waste to see what could be divined from it. Every aspect of his life [...]
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Ethics and Politics Featured in Variety of News and Opinion Pieces
Ethics Newsline (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Ethical issues were prominent in the week's top political news. Among the stories: Eliot Spitzer back in spotlight with speech on ethics; New York Times editorializes about role of redistricting in creating "culture of corruption"; both sides tread carefully in opening of corruption case against Baltimore mayor....
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AIG e-mails come back to haunt Spitzer
Times Online (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
WHAT is it with Eliot Spitzer? Can’t he pass his own petard without trying to hoist himself? First he got caught with a hooker in his hotel room. Now the disgraced former New York governor and attorney-general may be in trouble with e-mail, the tool he once used to beat up Wall Street.
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Eliot Spitzer Talks Financial And Personal Crisis In BBC Interview (AUDIO)
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Carrie Gracie , former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer discusses crashes -- both personal and financial. After eighteen months out of the spotlight, following his resignation amid a sex scandal, Spitzer is once again engaging in public discourse about the origins of the financial collapse. During his tenure as New York State Attorney General, Spitzer gained...