If Pastor Rick Warren can say ”Half of America Pays no Taxes, Zero”- you better believe it! But Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Beast has helped to uncover some data that refutes this notion easily. The Pastor is beginning to sound like Senator John Kyl of Arizona who was caught damning Planned ParentHood(“90% of its services are...
News Corp International is the name of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire that stretches from his native Australia thru Europe with many interests based in England [including Harpers Collin Book Publishing, Sky Italia and other Sky TV networks, several newpapers including the Sunday Times and the just now...
Update as of July 16,2011: See the resignation of Les Hinton as WSJ CEO due to his role as head of Murchoch’s News of the World during its most scandalous period of phone hacking and police bribes which Les claims he was unaware of. Also see NYTimes Joe Nocera with his own mea culpa...
What is long over due from John Q. Public is a revolt against the Banksters But there are signs that the public is doing “a Network” against the Elite Powers That Will Be Damned Until John Q. Says No!”. Here is what is happening in the Capital 1 takeover of ING Direct banking. First...
The Republican Party directs often shrill attacks on so-called “intellectuals” or “Liberals”. And Republicans have a very loose definition of a liberal, probably close to “any non-engineer, non-business person with a graduate degree from any Ivy League-like School who maintains their academic or scientific relationships” . Thus, it is a surprise...
Ye Editor has been following Republican intellectuals like George Will, Charles Krauthammer, and David Brooks wondering how could they tolerate the extraordinary flip-flops and utter political nonsense emanating from the Republican Party for the last decade. Start with the Republican’s treasonous “Starve the Beast” policy and the takeover of Republican messaging by the extreme...
Why is Marketwatch’s David Weidner calling Peter Diamond and Paul Krugman Sissies? Is he envious of their respective Nobel Economics Prizes or has the Partisan Congressional Rancor and Name-calling spilled over into the Financial Press? Is Marketwatch becoming the Fox News tough guy affiliate for New Corp common parent? Does David want Jon Friedman’s...
Why is Pimco boss Bill Gross, manager of trillion dollars in assets Pimco Funds, under fire from the Wall Street Journal? The WSJ published a report today which examines in great detail how Bill Gross lost over $3billion on Lehman Brothers bonds going bankrupt in September 2008 tripping off the Financial meltdown which the US is...
David Brooks at the NYTimes has said about unlimited campaign funding and lobbying allowed by the Supreme Court in January 2010 – “What?, Me, Worry?” . But in describing the gridlock over climate change and broader legislation, Felix Salmon at Reuters describes the consequences of the Supreme Court’s sheer blundering...
There is a tsunami of mindless pap that permeates the Media Beacon – call it the Shrill Shills. These dual edge headlines perched atop every story are designed to capture attention for 15 seconds or however long it takes to imbibe 140 characters of mass communications. But the shills are craving more than attention...
Both fascinating and frustrating reading. The story of Joseph Needham collecting together the history and legacy of China's technological triumph's is utterly fascinating. But frustrating is the failure of Winchester to shed clear light on why a)China did not already have such a hitorical trove in Beijing and b) why did China miss out on the Industrial Revolution while Japan, even more reclusive, did not.
