It is fitting that Jon Stewart is the one who gave him so much time since he singlehandedly got the media to stop (blatantly) ignoring him.
Now the ignoring is more subtle.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Jon Stewart - Liberal or Libertarian?
Jon Stewart gave Ron Paul 10 minutes of network time. I think that is the longest on air interview the Daily Show has ever done. (Including webonly parts, it runs 17 1/2 minutes).
It is fitting that Jon Stewart is the one who gave him so much time since he singlehandedly got the media to stop (blatantly) ignoring him.
Now the ignoring is more subtle.
It is fitting that Jon Stewart is the one who gave him so much time since he singlehandedly got the media to stop (blatantly) ignoring him.
Now the ignoring is more subtle.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Political Debates
The political soul also has a sense of humor. This one from last weekend is right up there with their Halloween time candidates spoof from 4 years ago. Both provided for your enjoyment.
Obama se déguise en Obama pour se moquer... von Nouvelobs
Obama se déguise en Obama pour se moquer... von Nouvelobs
Euro Mess - Simply Explained
Nobel Prize winning Economist, Paul Krugman, has a simple way of explaining things. I never understood the Euro mess until I read this:
The introduction of the euro in 1999 led to a vast boom in lending to Europe’s peripheral economies, because investors believed (wrongly) that the shared currency made Greek or Spanish debt just as safe as German debt. Contrary to what you often hear, this lending boom wasn’t mostly financing profligate government spending — Spain and Ireland actually ran budget surpluses on the eve of the crisis, and had low levels of debt. Instead, the inflows of money mainly fueled huge booms in private spending, especially on housing..
The introduction of the euro in 1999 led to a vast boom in lending to Europe’s peripheral economies, because investors believed (wrongly) that the shared currency made Greek or Spanish debt just as safe as German debt. Contrary to what you often hear, this lending boom wasn’t mostly financing profligate government spending — Spain and Ireland actually ran budget surpluses on the eve of the crisis, and had low levels of debt. Instead, the inflows of money mainly fueled huge booms in private spending, especially on housing..
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