Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.

Taxes and cuts

by One Salient Oversight If John McCain wins the November election and becomes president of theUnited States, it is likely that he will continue to support Supply sidepolicies that have placed the government so precariously in debt. Withdebt levels already too high, the effects of the Fannie and Freddiebailout, along with declining tax revenue due […]

Roubini and the Bail-in this weekend

Eloquent plea to watch the happenings and interpret the results for today. I cannot say it better….rdan If Lehman collapses expect a run on all of the other broker dealers and the collapse of the shadow banking system Nouriel Roubini | Sep 13, 2008 It is now clear that we are again – as we […]

Barry and the Bail Out this weekend

“As the market falls aggressively, we find that there are further developments from authorities that act as ST supports for the Dow. But the real concern is that each crisis has been followed by a bigger crisis and this just does not feel like the “capitulation blow out”” Big Picture Also here are some observations […]

Militarism and Oil…some thoughts

by reader ilsm Militarism and Oil I have been on the web figuring out what is going on with Palin, who has not had much experience with the North Atlantic, and seems to want Georgia and Ukraine to gain membership in NATO. So I did some googling on Caspian Sea pipelines. Interesting stuff. Seems both […]

Moderation is light

Some questions asked about Angry Bear moderation of comments need answered. What it is not is a careful screening of content. It is not even a screening for ad hominems pretty much, which might be done later if missed, but in public and noted. Since deletion, disemvowelling, or other standard editing was not working due […]

Alaskan Daily News

Anchorage Daily News reports: The abuse of power investigation against Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, took a potentially ominous turn for her party today when state lawmakers voted to subpoena her husband. Republican efforts to delay the probe until after the Nov. 4 election were thwarted when GOP state Sen. Charlie Huggins, […]

One Alaskan’s take on the Palin business

A guest post to Mudflats blog is worth a look: Here’s Rep. Gara’s take on McCain’s spin and interference with the bi-partisan “Troopergate” Investigation. Politicians are good at spin. The McCain camp has brought a whole new level of it to our small state – in what looks like an effort to show they can […]

Quizz

Where is this little island and what is the name of this place of an international contest of wills? I do not understand how people might nod their heads and say “hmmmmmmm’, never thought of it that way!”

Gibson and Palin

Gibson and Palin on first ABC news interview. We can use the transcripts and read the results.

Pending moderation

Moderation is no longer pending, but has a slight delay until technology increases our flexibility to respond to wild statements. Bile free.