NEWS DISSECTOR IN MOTION: FROM YANKEE STADIUM TO PAKISTAN FROM FALUN GONG TO BEANTOWN DEBATING THE CREDIT SQUEEZE There is a famous song about the city I am writing from, a show tune really. The memorable lyric is, “The Bronx us up and the Battery’s down and New Yorkers ride in a hole in the [...]
Bob Pleznac writes: “With over 30 years in the trenches. Morality in the credit system comes exclusively from debtors. If Congress or even a scattering of state legislatures gave half a damn about usury, the poor and middle class might have a fighting chance. IMHO, when the card companies put “universal default” provisions into their [...]
Details on Dissector Screening in Boston Tomorrow; Tribeca Film Festival Report; Bonus Track: Neil Young’s Lyrics INTERNET: GOING, GOING, GONE? WILL ROVE BE INDICTED AT THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL I usually play media news second to the latest and the greatest in the daily headline hit parade. But today, we reverse the order because we [...]
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