HUFF POST: New York City labor unions are preparing to back the unwieldy grassroots band occupying a park in Lower Manhattan, in a move that could mark a significant shift in the tenor of the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street protests and send thousands more people into the streets. The Transit Workers Union Local 100’s executive […]
Month: September 2011
NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
Mega-billionaire, philanthropist and political activist Geore Soros writes in “Does the Euro Have a Future?”: “…an orderly default and temporary withdrawal from the eurozone may be preferable to a drawn-out agony. A disorderly default could precipitate a meltdown similar to the one that followed the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers…” “…the possibility of an orderly default […]
No one enjoys bailing out banks
The Austrian School [of Economics] is far outside the mainstream and has nothing intelligent to say about modern economies. The financial bailouts were regrettable but anyone with a clue knows that they were absolutely necessary. Banks are not hardware shops.
Lobby location not Brunswick’s problem
I’ve been to a few hotels in NYC and Newark, NJ that have a similar layout as the Liberty Hotel and the Brunswick. One such hotel that I stayed at in Manhattan did have their front desk on the ground level and that was all that was on that level. To get to even any […]
Both men and women need support post divorce
For Emily V. Gordon, a therapist and Huffington Post blogger, it may because men don’t have the sort of support women do post-divorce I call bullsh*t. My best friend went through a divorce- in the stages of trying to save their marriage, they went to their pastor. The pastor spent more time with her future […]
INTELIGENCER NEW ERA
In his column “Obama picks a good fight”, Robert Reich provides the following information: “For more than 30 years, from World War II to 1981, the top marginal tax rate never fell below 70 percent…The top rate is now 35 percent and it applies only to income over $379,000.” “Only just over 1 percent of […]
The photos are for Mayor Gray
The Watchdog (a/k/a Robert Field) and S. Richard Gray (a/k/a “his honor the mayor”) worked together over a decade ago on an important community public health matter and have had a cordial relationship ever since, although not always agreeing.
German parliament approves expanded EU bailout fund
BBC: A large majority in the German parliament has approved expanded powers for the EU’s main bailout fund… Many Germans are against committing more money to prop up struggling eurozone members such as Greece… All 17 countries that use the euro must ratify the commitment to expand the powers of the EFSF and boost its […]
Why Divorced Men Are Quick To Marry Again
From the HUFF POST: …For Emily V. Gordon, a therapist and Huffington Post blogger, it may because men don’t have the sort of support women do post-divorce: “In my experience as a therapist and as a friend, it seems that the majority of the breakup resources available are for women and not men.
War and poverty inescapable?
Actually, we are in the beginnings of a world war. It is a war being waged in many countries against corruption, economic stagnation, and impending recession/depression. In the US the biggest weapon being used is hot air and so I suppose we will lose. Too bad. Millions more will suffer and a new war may […]
Give stimulus checks to the people
Austrian School economists generally advocate a laissez faire approach to the economy and are most frequently associated with libertarianism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School If another Stimulus Bill is brought to the table I hope Congress decides to hand the checks directly to the people; kind of like a dividend check. That way, the fats cats only get richer if […]
Federal retirement plans almost as costly as Social Security
USA TODAY: Retirement programs for former federal workers — civilian and military — are growing so fast they now face a multitrillion-dollar shortfall nearly as big as Social Security‘s, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The federal government hasn’t set aside money or created a revenue source similar to Social Security’s payroll tax to help pay […]
Confessions of a Convention Center “Naysayer”
Those of us who dared to ask serious questions during the inception and development of the downtown Lancaster taxpayer-financed hotel and convention center project were often called “naysayers”, implying that we didn’t know what we were talking about. Time has proven that we were indeed wrong in some ways, while we were quite correct in many others.
EU urged to probe Hungary mortgage move
From the FINANCIAL TIMES: Foreign banks and governments are warning that Hungarian moves to help holders of Swiss franc mortgages amount to “expropriation” that could damage the country’s banking system and economy. … Hungary’s parliament last week passed a law allowing mortgage borrowers in Swiss francs and euros to repay their loans by the year-end […]