by Bill Scher | May 13, 2014 | Blog, Climate
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIJORBRpOPM[/fve] Four years ago, West Virginia's Joe Manchin got elected to the U.S. Senate after pinning to a tree the House "cap-and-trade" bill, and shooting it. Now, Manchin is acknowledging that climate is a problem. Politico...
by Bill Scher | May 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
GOP Seeks To Widen Inequality Sen. Marco Rubio today to propose weakening Social Security. AP: "[Rubio] would raise the retirement age for younger workers while protecting those age 55 and over. Older workers could still expect to retire at age 62 or older, depending...
by Bill Scher | May 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Banks Try To Escape Prosecution Banks beg not to be prosecuted. NYT: "To avoid the fallout from pleading guilty — no giant bank has done so in more than two decades — BNP Paribas and Credit Suissemade last-ditch appeals to prosecutors and regulators in recent weeks,...
by Bill Scher | May 9, 2014 | Blog
When the State Department delayed its decision on the Keystone pipeline because the specific route is tied up in the Nebraska courts, pipeline supporters accused President Obama of playing politics, avoiding a polarizing decision before the midterm elections. When the...
by Bill Scher | May 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Geithner Defends His Tenure Geithner defends bailouts in wide-ranging NYT interview: "Elizabeth Warren [wrote] that Geithner 'believed the government’s most important job was to provide a soft landing for the tender fannies of the banks.' ... As for the argument that...
