Andrew C

I love this woman's sense of colour. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"Floyd Norris has the details. Under the guise of helping small businesses, the accounting requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley are being watered down to near nothing." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

As Ritholtz points out, though, the banking scandals were aided by explicit waivers from certain regulations. - Andrew C

"Computer graphics distract the eye./ Downloading music distracts the ear./ Browsing the web disturbs one's taste./ Video games obsess the mind./ Ordering online disrupts one's judgement." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"Therefore, the Consultant/ cultivates his intuition, instead of distracting himself:/ by avoiding the one, he chooses the other. " - Andrew C

"Truly, only fiscal conservatives like the Blue Dogs would argue that we can't afford to reduce the deficit." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

Blue Dogs live in an incoherent shadow land, not quite conservative enough to be truely Republicans and certainly not liberal enough to be Democrats The problem is without a coherent frame they flay about from issue to issue trying to hang in their shadow land of muddled mddle but mostly not making sense - WarLord

"Ten years ago today, they repealed [Glass-Steagall]." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

Whoa, John Reed steps up. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps... "Lawmakers were wrong to repeal the Depression-era Glass- Steagall Act in 1999, Reed said. At the time, he supported overturn of the law, which required the separation of institutions that engaged in traditional customer banking services from those involved in capital markets. "We learn... more... - Andrew C

"Pensioners, otoh, are subject to "moral hazard." Believing their contracts were viable, reasonable, and negotiated by people who were working in the best interest of the firm--that is, people who were not writing a check with their mouth that their pockets couldn't cash--clearly causes them not to do enough to save. Because they don't understand that mismanagement of their pension is their fault, and that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation will only ensure that their pensions will be paid "up to certain limits," no matter how much extra Roger Smith or Michael Eisner or Jack Welch took from the company for performing almost as well as the rest of the stock market." - Andrew C

"So, let us say to Mr. Brown and the rest of the workers who depend on their pensions being funded: Don't worry about being treated the way AIG was. You're going to be dealt with as a "moral hazard" problem for believing that the contract you negotiated will be enforced." - Andrew C

"Yesterday, my longtime friend and mentor Kathy alerted me to Deadly Viper Character Assassins: A Kung Fu Survival Guide for Life and Leadership, a "kung fu-inspired" Christian book/dvd series on leadership integrity published by Zondervan. It looks like it draws heavily from Eastern imagery and Asian martial arts... for no apparent reason. I mean, it lays it on thick." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

Zondervan is a major Christian book publisher. It is (through Harper Collins) part of the Rupert Murdoch media empire. How did such a ridiculous concept get all the way to publishing? - Andrew C

I would totally buy this if I could. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

Man, I hope this site is satirical. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

Whoa, the AM95/Dunk hybrid doesn't look that bad. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"But in the face of continuing [H1N1] vaccine shortfalls, the prospect of thousands of doses of vaccine being doled out to patients at for-profit medical clinics doesn't sit well with some. Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews said on the weekend that she hoped to look into whether giving the vaccine to private clinics was ultimately a good use of resources." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

@Cecily: *laugh* Yeah, I couldn't believe it when I read that even more outrageous story, that private clinics were being turned down in favor of NHL teams. ( http://pacificgazette.blogspot.com/2009... ) - Andrew C

"The plea would be the latest twist in an epic fall for Mr. Kerik, who rose from police detective to briefly become the Bush administration's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security. " - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"Integrity requires carefully developing and upholding a set of inviolable beliefs. People of integrity are not inflexible, but their decisions are made in the context of strongly held values. Principled leaders must not only set a moral compass, but also effectively communicate a code of conduct to those they lead. They are obligated to remain faithful to their core convictions in... more... - Andrew C

"In short, the problem isn't that your insurance costs too much or that you might lose it or anything like that. The problem is that you /have/ insurance, especially insurance through your employer. Ideally you wouldn't have insurance at all or at least you'd have much less of it." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"That's the essence of where Republicans want to go. And why Democrats aren't making that a lot more clear is a very good question without any good answers. The problem is that you go to the doctor and agree to take the tests the doctor recommends. Shadegg and Hoekstra want a system where if your doctor suggests a biopsy for a suspicious lump you think about the pros and cons. Is it... more... - Andrew C

"Goldman, you may recall, was saved with taxpayer money when the panic spread last year. A naïve person might think such a company would see a patriotic virtue in paying taxes. Fannie Mae is currently a ward of the government. So this boils down to a proposal to pay Uncle Sam perhaps 15 cents to avoid paying 20 cents to Uncle Sam. The gall involved in even proposing such a thing is awesome." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"It also points out one reason companies pay so little in taxes. These tax credits exist as a nonbudgetary way of stimulating investment in low-income housing. It would be a lot cheaper for the government to simply subsidize that, but instead it offers tax credits so there is no "expenditure" for foes of big government to criticize." - Andrew C

""The freedom to buy health insurance on your own," and choose your own doctor, he said." ... so apparently the GOP plan for opposing health care reform is based entirely on lies and ignorance. I suppose that's one way to run a country, but I think I would prefer the alternative. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

if anything it gives them even *more* free will as their choices have been increased. >.< And still I always notice they have no problems with the biggest socialist money pit in the US... the military. - alphaxion

"That's your grassroots teabag movement that allegedly has the Republican establishment running scared. It /is/ the Republican establishment. They and like minded corporate interests like News Corp are wisely infiltrating and investing in this "grassroots" organization. They don't leave anything to chance. If Marco Rubio wins in Florida, he'll know who his daddy is. They all will." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens. This is a huge win for conservatives. "Whaaaa. . . ?" you say." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

The clown show keeps on getting larger and more ridiculous, though. - Andrew C

"[updated:] Local police are not willing to confirm it was a tire slashing and say it could be that the poll watcher ran over a bottle." - RedState is funnier than anything I could make up. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

I love that wording. It's ridiculous - Christopher Chung

Uprock clip. Man, I'm forgetful; I clicked this link to open in a new tab and almost immediately forgot who pointed me to it. So frustrating. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

"It's been said that the difference between the truth and fiction is that fiction has to make sense. After its third season, Battlestar Galactica steadily failed on both counts." - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

Roy Edroso reads this stuff so you don't have to: http://alicublog.blogspot.com/2009... - Andrew C

Via Gizmodo. Eric Testroete's Halloween costume was a giant version of his own head, in low-poly form. - Andrew C from Bookmarklet

Come to think of it, Keith Knight (of the comic strips Th(ink) and The K Chronicles) used to have a papier-mache version of his cartoon head. I think he said in a strip a friend made it for him... he appears on the back cover of one of his books wearing it. It's pretty awesome. - Andrew C