America’s political right wasted no time turning the subprime mortgage crisis into a political football. Their argument, in essence, is that “the financial crisis was the result of government pressure to make subprime home loans to those at the lower end of the income scale.” Here[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Corporatism’
January 15th, 2015 - 1:42 am § in America
REVLON”S CEO “hates living among Americans” … Jews and Blacks and the rest of the dirty Americans.
Revlon CEO rips blacks, Jews, hates ‘dirty’ Americans: suit By Leonard Greene (NY POST) The CEO of Revlon is a bigoted bully who hates “dirty” Americans, thinks Jews “stick together” and believes he can “smell” black people when they walk into a room, according to a new lawsuit. The[...]
Radical Republicans: Attack on the General Accounting Office
Why the House GOP wants a new accountant (MSNBC Steve Benin) Imagine your family puts together a budget. Once you and your loved ones have made financial plans for various expenses and long-term needs, you show it to your family accountant to see if you’re on the right track. The accountant, much [...]
January 8th, 2015 - 2:14 pm § in America
Freedom Of Speech . in the 21st Century
Chairman Tom Wheeler didn’t say so directly, but he left little doubt that he and fellow Democrats on the FCC will stand up to cable and telco Internet providers next month by adopting net neutrality rules that redefine broadband as a regulated, communications service. ISPs have said that such a [...]
January 4th, 2015 - 11:35 pm § in The Ave Scene
Bill Gates Thinks He Is Too Exceptional to Pay Taxes
William Gates III on the left. Alfred E. Newman on the right. French economist Thomas Piketty says the world’s richest man loves everything about his 2014 book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, except for the part about how the rich should pay more in taxes. According to the Huff Post: Bill to[...]
December 24th, 2014 - 11:29 am § in Uncategorized
SONY Cashes In. APPLE sides with North Korea
Apple reportedly nixed a deal to bring “The Interview” to iTunes despite a request from the White House. This adds support to reports here on The Ave that Cupertino and North Korea have been discussing collaborations including joint branding, development of products in North Korea. ̵[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 9:42 am § in Uncategorized
Alstom pleads to record bribery fine
Although President Obama, whose presidential campaigns were largely financed by Wall Street, has refused to prosecute either the crooked bankers who wrecked the economy or the Bush administration’s fiendish tortures, his Justice Department has racked up billions of dollars in fines, mostly fro[...]
December 21st, 2014 - 9:13 am § in Politics
Thinking about North Korea at Xmas Time
CLICK THE IMAGE FOR MORE POSTS ABOUT NORTH KOREA The infamous hacker collective Anonymous has announced that they’ll be responding to North Korea for the Sony hack. The hackers known as #GOP, or Guardians of Peace, who are believed to be a North Korean group, have been compared to Anonymous, and A[...]
December 19th, 2014 - 12:35 pm § in Hypocrisy
European Union complains to WTO about Washington Boeing subsidies
The European Union has filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization objecting to the billions of dollars in state tax subsidies that Washington State has given to Boeing. The EU contends the subsidies are illegal because they discriminate against foreign suppliers by requiring Boeing t[...]