Is This Canada? 5 Banks Now ‘Too Bigger’ – Why Would Anyone Vote GOP?

Is This Canada? 5 Banks Now ‘Too Bigger’ – Why Would Anyone Vote GOP?

May 16, 2012 7:15 pm
Speaker John Boehner and President Obama in WH Cabinet Room We used to worry in the 1980s that the US would become like Canada with just 9 nationwide banks. Now 35-years later...

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Road Trip: Into The Belly Of The Beast

The Monday Line is missing today, replaced by yesterday’s editorial. We’re off on a big road trip to those 24 square miles of fantasy surrounded by reality also known as Washington, DC. We’ll bring you a chance to see the election season madness up close and personal. (Press credential thanks go out to our good friends [...]

Editorial: Kent State 42-Years Later – Could It Happen in Tampa?

04 May 1970 saw four students die and nine wounded when National Guard troops opened fire at Kent State University. “One week later six black men in Georgia were shot by police in the back and two days later two black students were killed at Jackson State by Mississippi Highway Patrol Officers,” said Ron Elding [...]

Op-Ed: Losing Web Privacy: How Many Pairs of Glasses or Mice Do I Need?

A month ago, I bought two pairs of glasses from GlassesDirect.co.uk. I also searched the web two days ago for a Dell wireless mouse. Now? EVERY website I visit (INCLUDING MY OWN WEBSITE USING GOOGLE ADSENSE!), places a banner advert urging me to buy the frames currently sitting on my face and/or a new Dell [...]

Editorial: Election Day in the UK, Why Paper Ballots Rule!

The greatest threat to US democracy is not the current divisive political system. It is the possibility that votes cast by US voters on November 6th may be ‘hacked’ since ballots are scanned into Diebold systems without a paper trail. The pressure on county and city election officials to produce a result for the 11 [...]

The Monday Line: Ryan Seacrest Joins NBC News? I’ll Take the Red Cyanide Pill

Better yet, shoot me. End the misery of watching a respected mainstream US News brand decline into an ever-growing celebrity sinkhole. Ryan Seacrest? The host of American Idol? He’s the one joining a legendary ‘news’ system that brought us Garroway,  Huntley, Brinkley, Chancellor, Brokaw and Williams?  Will the nightly news build suspense by having him [...]

NerdProm 2012 is a Hit!

Annually The White House Correspondents’ Dinner brings out the media glitterati and celebrity political A-listers of Washington, DC. It is an annual affair where The President of The United States cracks jokes at the White House press corps’s expense. It is also a big night for Hollywood A-Listers who traverse the country to see and be seen [...]