The media coverage of the AIG crisis is completely off the mark. The Fed DID NOT bail out AIG. It did something better and worse. The fed had two choices, 1) bail out AIG or 2) let it go bankrupt. The Fed made both choices. It bailed them out per se with an $85 billion [...]
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As a follow up on a previous story:
http://mwiner.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/letting-the-endangered-cat-out-of-the-plastic-bag/
The demonization of plastic retail bags starts with this 1987 Canadian study:
[Piatt, J.F. and D.N. Nettleship. 1987. Incidental catch of marine birds and mammals in fishing nets off Newfoundland, Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin 18(6B): 344-349]
It found that, between 1981 and 1984, more than 100,000 marine mammals and birds [...]
Star Wars Theme Song plays.
Text “Earth Wars :: Arctic Melt – A Lost Hope” grows larger and larger until out of view.
Announcer
Coming soon to an Arctic theatre near you… Earth Wars :: Arctic Melt – A Lost Hope.
Obi-Wan, Al Skywalker and Yoda observe a glacier where water is seen to be streaming on the surface [...]
Being foreclosed on? No worries if you follow the example of Jerome Daly, a lawyer and political activist of sorts, who successfully had his mortgage declared null and void.
In order for a mortgage agreement to be legal, the bank must put up legal ‘consideration’. That’s a fancy lawyer word for ‘money’ or some such other [...]
The State of The Union – As Seen on TV
Martin C. Winer
But first a word about how this article was written: This article was the result of a ‘cluster’ or a free-word association. This is an exercise which is meant to use the ‘right brain’ to spur creativity and generate writing topics. You can create [...]
