These tweets say everything you need to know.  No comments are necessary by me here.  The Secret Service will be visiting ALL of these people soon.  #SMH H/T to Public Shaming Tumblr

I know that look.  And it’s not good.  Unlike President Obama who can still play nice with Republicans who vilify him on a daily basis – Michelle Obama’s poker face isn’t exactly at pro level. She doesn’t exactly look happy and I doubt it has anything to do with President Obama.  Ha ha.  Do NOT [...]

It’s business as usual in Congress for so-called conservatives who save their philosophical discourse to limiting civil rights and civil liberties – and no limits on the kickbacks they take from corporate America. Just two weeks after pleading guilty in a major federal fraud case, Amgen, the world’s largest biotechnology firm, scored a largely unnoticed [...]

It should be noted that all of the reports I have been able to find on this case refers to Krolikowski as a male. Because Krolikowski’s own attorney, Andrew Kimler, and the various news reports I have seen regarding this story use male pronouns when referring to Krolikowski, I have done the same. A New [...]

A 14-year old boy accidentally shot and killed his 15-year old brother with his mother’s gun on Saturday n Henry County, Georgia, according to reports. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that charges may be brought against the teenager and his mother, who have not yet been named.  Though the mother left the handgun unloaded, the brothers were apparently still [...]

 “The fix is very simple repeal the Commodities Futures Modernization Act and suddenly this becomes like every other financial instrument.” ~Barry Ritholtz, CEO at Fusion IQ  Chris Whalen, Senior Managing Director at Carrington, and Barry Ritholtz, CEO at Fusion IQ have a fascinating discussion about derivatives with Bloomberg Law; you should watch it.  Here’s the [...]

As much as Republicans would like to decry President Obama as the 2nd coming of Liberal Satan whose sole mission is to wreck the U.S. economy via some sort of socialist Jihad, the reality is that on some issues President Obama is actually more inline with that of a moderate Republican.  Granted moderate Republicans rarely [...]

 “Because access to information from other countries is critically important to the full and fair enforcement of U.S. tax laws, information exchange is a top priority for the United States’ tax treaty programs.” ~Manal Corwin, the deputy assistant Treasury secretary The Obama administration has been on a mission to prevent wealthy Americans and corporations from [...]

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) went on Meet the Press with Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to talk with David Gregory.  At one point – he was asked if he supported the House Republican plan to extend the debt ceiling for 3 months.  He essentially gave a non-answer, then pushed blame to the Senate for failing to [...]

Though I would prefer it, we do not need a change to an elected parliamentary form of government to get rid of the overwhelming influence of money – and whose money it is – in our government. Simply limiting campaign time to the 60 days before an election, severely limiting the amount of money that [...]