If anyone has Dan Root's contact info, I'd like to get in touch with him while I'm out here in Seattle. I believe thekeep's address has been dead for a while.

Just check this out. I didn't get it--Kelli did. I suspect they might have seen my name on the Obama donation list ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/27/world/AP-ML-Obama-Mideast.htmlRead more... )

I forgot how freaking bad the busses are when the students come back ( Read more... )

Just FUCKING STOP IT, ALREADY ( Read more... )

Following up on my in-person play in the hotel here in Aruba, here we go:


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http://www.cnbc.com/id/26982338/

At this point I think the economic consequences might be unavoidable, with or without any sort of emergency plan. It is the people's attitudes which needed the most help, and that's not going to happen now, without time.

I'll be editing this message with additional articles in the future, but this first one is extremely important to read now.

http://www.frontlinethoughts.com/printarticle.asp?id=mwo092608

Today, there are many municipal bonds that were originally sold to ( Read more... )

One of the common claims is that no one is going to starve if the bailout doesn't happen. That's probably true, but picture the following situation ( Read more... )

I'm skipping some of the early commentary here, and concentrating on why the bailout is a good idea, probably necessary, and will end up not costing the government anything--in fact it should make money over the long term ( Read more... )