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Offensive Photo Spreads and Insincere Apologies

posted to Beat the Press on Wed 19th Jun 13

Throughout its existence, Vice magazine has attempted to cultivate an image of edgy rebelliousness, with provocative covers and journalism that runs less to "Here are stories you need to know about" and more to "Check out this crazy shit that's happening somewhere!"
Marco Rubio's Broken English Requirement

posted to Beat the Press on Wed 19th Jun 13

AP Photo/Charles DharapakSenator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, has proposed an amendment to the current Gang of Eight immigration bill requiring English proficiency in order to obtain a green card.Marco Rubio wants immigrants to learn Englishand fast.
Three Guiding Principles for NSA Reform

posted to Beat the Press on Wed 19th Jun 13

APImages/Oliver BergEdward Snowden, the Booz Allen Hamilton contractor who leaked the details of top secret National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs could have tried to remain anonymous and avoid the consequences of his actions. That he chose not

There is No Plausible Scenario in Which Social Security Can Not Be Sustained Over the Long Run

posted to Beat the Press on Thu 8th Jan 09

The NYT is doing some serious fear-mongering when it tells readers that Social Security is a program that along with Medicare "threaten to grow so large as to be unsustainable in the long run." Because are children and grand-children are projected to live longer
The NYT Allows Senator Clinton to Lie to Hard-Hit Middle-Class Families and Older Americans

posted to Beat the Press on Mon 28th Apr 08

Senator Clinton joined Senator McCain in calling for the temporary elimination of the 18.4 cent a gallon gas tax over the summer. While the article notes that, "environmentalists and many independent energy analysts" share Senator Obama's view that the elimination
In Just a Decade the U.S. Interest Burden Could Be as High as It Was in 1992!!!!!!!

posted to Beat the Press on Sun 22nd Nov 09

That might not sound scary to most people, but this was the punch line of a front page NYT news story that included all sorts of unsupported assertions about the crisis posed by the government debt. The fourth paragraph asserts that:"Even as Treasury officials

Has the Fed Decided to Fight Inflation Instead of Unemployment?

posted to The Big Picture on Sat 30th Apr 11

Washingtons Blog strives to provide real-time, well-researched and actionable information. George the head writer at Washingtons Blog is a busy professional and a former adjunct professor.~~~William Alden writes in a Huffington Post liveblog entitled “Inflation
More Incoherent Remarks From China on Its Dollar Holdings

posted to naked capitalism on Tue 3rd Aug 10

Dean Baker has regularly made fun of the idea that the Chinese are concerned that they will show losses on their large dollar positions, mainly in invested mainly in US Treasuries. As serious traders will tell you, it’s actually easy to manipulate a market,
links for 2010-04-05

posted to Economist's View on Mon 5th Apr 10

Revaluing China - interfluidityWhats Worse: High Unemployment or Inflation? - Curious CapitalistBreak Up The Banks - Robert ReichThe Rise of the New Paternalism - Cato UnboundResponse to DeLong - Beat the PressDemotivational Posters - scatterplotThe determinants