Archive for March 18, 2010
Christiane Amanpour Leaves CNN — No Reason to Watch Anymore
Christiane Amanpour is moving from CNN to ABC to host “This Week.”
Can’t think of any reason to watch CNN anymore.
Keith Olbermann is Devoting His Entire Show Tonight to His Dad
I feel for Keith Olbermann and the loss of his dad. I lost both of my parents and a brother in fairly long, difficult, drawn-out ways too so I think I know what he’s going through. But Keith, enough. Really.
We’ve all suffered losses. Many of us would love to have a television show that would allow us to talk about our loved ones but we don’t. I think it’s unseemly and inappropriate for you to take advantage of your privileged position in that way.
Donate in memory of Keith’s dad here.
All the best.
Take your time, and come back when you can focus on your job.
XO.
The Clinton/Lewinsky Thing
Gawd. Chris Matthews interviewed some guy (I was too ticked off to hang around to catch his name) this afternoon who wrote a book about the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal. They hashed the thing over again, and again, and again. It was a long interview.
I pledge here and now that for as long as I live, I will change the channel or the dial or whatever the case may be if I ever hear that topic being discussed again. Four, five years was enough!!! (SCREAM.)
Break Time
Wired has a post up titled, “10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World.“ Magnificent and fascinating.
Sneak peek:
Circus Tree
Bret Baier Interviewing Bush v. His Interruptus Interview of Obama Yesterday
Think Progress has video of Fox’s Bret Baier interviewing kissing George W. Bush’s ass which compares to the interview interruptus he did of President Obama yesterday.
Like night and day, of course.
Hey, Glenn Beck, Invite John Ensign on For a Full Hour
Glenn Beck was salivating at the idea of having Democratic Rep. Eric Massa on his show for a whole hour a few weeks ago, even though, as we know, Massa didn’t produce the dirt Beck was hoping for. But hey Glenn, listen up, there’s always Republican Sen. John Ensign. Looks like he’s in a heap o’ trouble.
Oh, that’s right. You only slither around in the “scandals” wrought by Democrats, not by Republicans. Never mind.
From the Uh, Duh File
I would like to know if people in Washington are (1) indescribably arrogant, or (2) if the culture there has been so corrupt for so long that the notion of a conflict of interest doesn’t even enter their mind.
Probably both.
Dodd’s Chief Counsel Bought Financial Stocks During 2008 Crisis:
March 18 (Bloomberg) — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd’s chief counsel in 2008 traded stock in Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Co., American International Group, Inc., and other rescued companies as the panel considered legislation to address the credit crisis, according to her financial disclosure form filed with the Senate.
Amy Friend, 51, who is now leading the panel’s effort to write a bill overhauling Wall Street regulations, bought $1,000- to-$15,000 stakes in four banks, weeks after Dodd hired her in January 2008, the form shows. She also owned shares of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG and other insurance firms, according to the disclosure document, which she signed on June 5, 2009.
(My emphasis.)
The Reconciliation Act of 2010
The House just posted the bill on its website.
The SEC is Probing Jim Cramer’s TheStreet.com’s Finances
Who knows if there a there there but my impression of Jim Cramer is that he’s a sleaze ball and I wouldn’t be surprised by anything.
Now There’s a Thought
North Korea executes a top financial official who was charged “with ruining the national economy.”
American Women 11x More Likely To Die in Childbirth Than Irish Women
Here’s an informative little article by Nicholas Kristof about the state of health and health care in the United States.
Don’t read it if you’re feeling at all depressed, you’ll only feel worse.
