Today Sam will finally get caught up on some of the stories that he hasn’t had time for. Stay tuned! Use this post as today’s thread click thru for links to the articles sited in the show.
Lauding Dean Baker’s piece on loser liberals (and critiquing one by Ezra Klein), Sam on why the government always picks winners and losers. Bo Biden calls for action on mortgage fraud in reaction to
the President’s formation of a Financial Fraud Unit; interesting that he doesn’t mention Eric Schneiderman when listing the holdout AG’s. Plus, JP Morgan Chase backs off on collection of consumer debt; could the bank have documentation problems beyond its mortgage unit? East Haven, CT mayor plans for a taco dinner and behind the arrest of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom. Your calls and IMs.
11:44 am
Santorum just announced he is staying in the race@ MSNBC
12:28 pm
Seriously, are these Bloopberg clips for real? Almost sounds like a spoof. Un fucking real.
12:29 pm
Ack, I didn’t realize I had a reply to post window open, meant to post the above as a new comment.
12:04 pm
good opening analysis rant in the first hour for Sam, best in a long time.
yay Sam!
12:11 pm
Here’s the link to Biden’s segment on the Dylan Ratigan show yesterday. Sam is talking about it now:
http://www.dylanratigan.com/2012/01/26/beau-biden-too-big-to-fail-banks-believe-many-of-us-on-the-enforcement-side-are-scared/
12:13 pm
tanks T!
you know where i can access that ezra klein article
12:19 pm
Ezra’s article from yesterday
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-26/thunderdome-election-due-to-rhetoric-not-reality-commentary-by-ezra-klein.html
12:15 pm
Everyone should join. It’s just a couple of lattes a month. Jeese. I just found you a month ago and I’m on a fixed “small” income and I can afford it. I pay for what I use! Thanks for the show. wish I could donate more.
12:24 pm
AriBerman Ari Berman
James Surowiecki on Bain: “private equity surprisingly dependent on government subsidies for its profits” nyr.kr/ArHyoL @NewYorker
8:07 pm
Oh, nice find. One to save for the Romney-ite arguments.
12:28 pm
thanks T! yer the best!
12:30 pm
Dustin Hoffman will star in the East Haven Mayor’s BioPic.
“G’head – I’m Walkin here! I’m walkin’ here. G’Head”
12:30 pm
Bloopberg clips not a spoof, have I got that right? Holy shit.
12:38 pm
Tacos and downloads!
12:38 pm
AP The Associated Press
CIA to pull officer from NYPD; internal probe cited poor oversight of rare police partnership after 9/11: apne.ws/nYZrti -ldh
12:42 pm
“We’ve been on the Moon since the Fifties”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfl05IwpVF0
12:44 pm
UKProgressive DenisCampbell
Missouri House Committee Passes Voter ID Bill, Republicans Hold Near Veto-Proof Majority bit.ly/vYU7Ii #topprog #p2 #tcot #tlot
12:49 pm
Rachel Maddow’s rant on Oilitifact:
HuffingtonPost Huffington Post
Rachel Maddow explodes in epic rant huff.to/ypnGmV
8:24 pm
Oh, the English language. How wonderful it is in it being as streamlined as a turd launched at the speed of sound. Using the two sentences, Rachel’s correct. If you take the explicit claims Obama made two sentences before, you get what the PolitiFact(?) said. But seriously? I think they’re just mad Obama so word-savvy, he could sell them a igloo in the depths of Hell and they wouldn’t be the wiser. Even if his policies weren’t directly responsible, the jobs increase happened under his watch. Go cry to ya-momma, PoliticFak.
1:02 pm
skrspooky sharon
Why is RW Media not calling Jan Brewer an Angry White Lady?
1:04 pm
that’s rhetorical!
1:04 pm
2:23 pm
Well Indiana’s Republicans has passed the dreaded RTW(for less) big corporations and the 1% won again. Min wage heading my way again.
8:31 pm
Moon colony? I think Sam just wants in on the first-here action by being the first moon-based news source (cool cred if the reception to Earth’s worth the salt).
And dude, Sam? Matt’s right. Hoverboard bitches! (if i wanna chance blowing up, i’ll ride a motorcycle)