Is this contracting thing working yet?
The Center for Public Integrity reports another factor in the Deepwater Horizon response: At least three Coast Guard aircraft and one cutter suffered serious mechanical problems that delayed, cut short...
View ArticleNeoliberal technocrats openly endorse coloniaism
Before, they concealed it behind a veneer of expertise and formal institutions, but their truly stunning failures have apparently given rise to a desire to do things a little more hands on and behind...
View ArticleCorporate welfare and Princes in exotic destinations
Extending the corporate safety net: ARPA-e Recognizing the need to reevaluate the way the United States spurs innovation, the National Academies released a 2006 report, “Rising Above the Gathering...
View ArticleConservative Think Tank Angry About Big Business, Uses Comic Sans to Avoid...
This is a little old by internet standards, but: Something no one cares about called the “National Center for Public Policy Research” has something called the “Free Enterprise Project,” both of which...
View ArticleA little more light on privatized intelligence
The Washington Post has added a new feature on the subject named Top Secret America. It has stories as well as interactive features to see where companies and agencies are located, who they contract...
View ArticleSubscription-based firefighters watch as family house burns to the ground
Don’t pay your dues, lose everything. Welcome to Libertopia. WPSD6 via Thinkprogress: Each year, Obion County residents must pay $75 if they want fire protection from the city of South Fulton. But the...
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More on the “forecosure issue”
As our elected officials have started to come to terms with what they’ve done: The financial services industry is growing increasingly concerned as more politicians get behind the idea of a broad...
View ArticleDeficit commission report 2
Part 1 here. I’m going to consolidate mandatory and discretionary spending into one post so I can deal with the tax stuff separately. Discretionary Discretionary spending is spending authorized or...
View ArticleSo much for Hollywood
Last year, the CFTC decided to allow trading in movie futures, enabling people to bet on how much major films will earn at the box office (either up or down) before they’ve been finished or even...
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Drain Clogs – 06-07-2011
Clarence Thomas is corrupt as fuck, but you’ll never know it because Rep. Anthony Weiner is scummy. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gutted their domestic terror group after Wingnuts went...
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