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After a two week hiatus, the Fed has dumped another $100B into the financial system.
This is like George Bailey getting a loan from Mr. Potter every week to keep Bailey Brothers' Building and Loan afloat, but instead of drawing on existing deposits, Mr. Potter prints money in the back office and gives it to George.
It means the big banks are so mismanaged that the only thing keeping the economy from going into a death spiral is printing money – which itself leads to a death spiral.
Although exceptionally under-reported, Iraqi parliament did vote to eject the United States on January 5.
Esper's position that we will not leave is just another slap in the face of Iraq's sovereignty.
We may as well start dressing the military in red coats and waxing their moustaches.
California passed a bill in September intended to force companies to convert contractors to employees – but it does not force companies to keep contractors. Hundreds of Vox freelance writers were released prior to the law taking effect in January and only nine full-time positions were created to pick up the slack.
All is well though, Vox property SB Nation Executive Director John Ness invited the recently-shafted to continue contributing content sans remuneration as 'community insiders'.
Because it's the work that matters, not the eating or the light bill.
The Mayans may have gotten 2012 wrong, but they had no way of knowing that the movie version – or Island of Dr. Moreau version – of Cats wouldn't be released until 2019.
There's that word again: Coup (as in coup d'état).
People are insistent that the impeachment proceedings amount to a legalistic overthrow of the government, but somehow overlook the niggling detail that the person who becomes president in the case of a conviction is the man whom Trump hand-picked to succeed him!
For all we know, this whole thing was orchestrated by Melania because she hates being First Lady.
If you follow my posts, you have probably concluded that I am a Jack of all Tirades.
Doctors: Nutritional supplements don't work.
Also doctors: You have low vitamin D, take some vitamin D.
