Categories: Current Affairs, Legal Nonsense, Mainstream Media Narcolepsy, War on Christmas, Why my God is better than your God (or your non-God)
Why does the CEO of BP still have a job?
by Graham 
This rhetorical question has been popping up all over websites that I frequent, including Facebook.
By any standards, the performance of BP and its CEO Tony Hayward, since the explosion of their sub-contracted deep-water drill-rig and the subsequent ong… more »
06/20/10 11:30:24 pm, What is it with rock and pop stars collecting money from tyrants and bullies?
by Graham
Not very long ago, I was somewhat perplexed when Sting, who I had regarded as one of the smartest men in the music business, agreed to play a concert in 2009 for the family of the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov. Karimov has a reputation for being… more »
Arizona Laws - The confusion and BS in pronouncements by elected representatives
by Graham
AZ State Senator Sylvia Allen has a lengthy Op-Ed in the Tuscon Citizen where she talks at length about SB1070 and why she supported it.
I am going to examine some of her statements in detail below. Here we go:
...Another rancher testified that daily… more »
I received an excellent example of a health-care triggered rant the other day
by Graham
Via another commentary site:
Has is way, we will have time to travel, just not the funds. Now that he has his ObamaCare, next to be fallen by his mighty ax is the Shuttle Program. TX still have cessation from the US? I know Gov. Perry there & 11 oth… more »
Now a member of the landed gentry once more...
by Graham
I closed on a house in Duncanville TX on 26th February. Instead of buying a "project" I went for a house in excellent shape, in line with my approach to eliminating sources of anxiety in my life.
While ferreting out information about mortgages, during… more »
One key underlying cause of the Greece financial crisis...
by Graham
...is a long-standing tolerance and acceptance of tax evasion.
As this article at Bloomberg explains:
Apostolis Rigas took his Opel sedan for a 220-euro ($354) service at a repair shop in northern Athens. When he asked for a receipt, the price jumped… more »
This year's handy-dandy authoritarian populism chart
by Graham
A nice summary of the various resentments that fuel authoritarian populism in the United States in 2010... more »
Another timely article by George Lakoff
by Graham
In which he explains, among other things, why the current GOP campaign of obstructionism on legislative ideas from the Obama administration is perfectly sensible from their perspective, even though logically it is a hypocritical pile of cack...
As Lakof… more »
Legal Try-ons - TV Copyright notices
by Graham
Remember the sternly-worded copyright notice that the NFL always shows during games? That notice is a BS try-on, when compared to current US copyright law. This article explains why the notices are, in part, legal bluster.
The situation is similar to "… more »