Author Archives: mcblogger

Flowers, Rainbows and Pretty Things…

Posted on January 21, 2016 by mcblogger

In 2004 I could not have been more derisive toward the campaign of Rep. Kucinich who, while being a nice guy, wasn’t ever going to win and whose supporters were really annoying. I viewed the whole thing as a colossal … Continue reading →

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401k, IRAs, and Bernie’s plan for a ‘financial transactions tax’

Posted on January 16, 2016 by mcblogger

Dear Team Clinton… kudos on your attacks on Bernie’s health care plan. They’ve done so well that you’ve turned almost every single media outlet into a real font of actual journalism by forcing them to point out just how disingenuous … Continue reading →

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WTF Hillz?

Posted on January 13, 2016 by mcblogger

While Bernie vols in Texas are making hundreds of thousands of calls (and this is confirmed from multiple sources) to voters in Texas, Hillary vols are making calls… to Maine and Delaware. I don’t know what kind of delegate math … Continue reading →

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I give you The Dumbest Thing You’ll Read In January On Wages

Posted on January 9, 2016 by mcblogger

Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, wrote what has to be one of the worst counterarguments to increasing the minimum wage in the history of ever. Honestly CKE’s board should be looking to fire him with cause for A) Being … Continue reading →

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What may be the best line I have ever written (to date)…

Posted on January 7, 2016 by mcblogger

(Senator) Ted Cruz is smarmy, just like Dubya Bush, but without that ineffable ‘I want to have a beer with that fella’ quality. Cruz is actually most like Eddie Haskell and no one likes Eddie Haskell, except mothers who couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Macro view on oil… it’s still the demand

Posted on January 3, 2016 by mcblogger

Yardeni’s year end report on the oil macro picture is out, and on it’s face it should be encouraging for bulls short term. Long term, it’s clear that absent extraordinarily low prices, demand growth would have fallen in 2015. Producers … Continue reading →

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Reality Check… Clinton V Sanders

Posted on January 3, 2016 by mcblogger

Honestly, articles like this usually make me laugh… In addition to the 14% of Democrats who won’t support Clinton, 27% would “support her with some reservations” and 11% would “only back her because she is the nominee.” Based on the … Continue reading →

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Cuban Peers Dispute Ted Cruz’s Father’s Story of Fighting for Castro – The New York Times

Posted on November 11, 2015 by mcblogger

So, Ted Cruz​ learned how to lie from this ‘revolutionary/not so much a revolutionary’ father. Apparently, old Rafael is about as mendacious as you would expect someone running a scam church to be. Source: Cuban Peers Dispute Ted Cruz’s Father’s … Continue reading →

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The Financial Crisis: Lessons for the Next One | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Posted on November 2, 2015 by mcblogger

The massive and multifaceted policy responses to the financial crisis and Great Recession — ranging from traditional fiscal stimulus to tools that policymakers invented on the fly — dramatically reduced the severity and length of the meltdown that began in … Continue reading →

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Greenland Is Melting Away – The New York Times

Posted on November 1, 2015 by mcblogger

Amazing article on research being done to determine the rate of melting in Greenland. Source: Greenland Is Melting Away – The New York Times Share on Facebook

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