Betzee said...

Betzee at 08:44 PM JST - 2nd October

One economist has come up with this modification:

"The cost of the bailout should be borne by the people who are being bailed out," he says. "Not by taxpayers. One small change could solve that problem."

Only an academic would call this idea "small": [this] plan—shared with some other forward-thinking…

Posted in Bailout passes Senate; House opponents soften at 08:44 PM JST - 2nd October
Betzee at 12:20 PM JST - 2nd October

Just like an American to be always putting the UK down.

In fact something very similar happened in Seattle in 2001, when a woman was preparing to judge from a bridge which prompted passersby whose commute she had slowed to encourage her. Worse, *[o]ne Seattle radio station appeared to poke…

Posted in Jeering crowd goads suicidal jumper to his death in England at 12:20 PM JST - 2nd October
Betzee at 10:35 AM JST - 2nd October

How many calories is in a Mac shake? I'm addicted to those...

Sorry, Sarge, can't help you with that. Now, if you want to know how long the bones were boiled to give a beef soup its specific depth of flavor, that I can reliably tell you after a taste.…

Posted in Calif restaurant chains required to list calories at 10:35 AM JST - 2nd October
Betzee at 11:11 PM JST - 1st October

Schwa-chan is one hell of a Republican, that's for sure . . . (???)

He's also a fitness guru. Living in China when it was still a poor country gave me an appreciation for the health related ills of our diet which is heavily based on dairy products and animal…

Posted in Calif restaurant chains required to list calories at 11:11 PM JST - 1st October
Betzee at 10:25 PM JST - 30th September

This debate will occur at the end of a two-week period where the modern conservative movement essentially unraveled. The party rebelled against its president on an issue of central ideological importance: the role of government in the market.

Heading the ticket is an old guy, who's reversed himself to endorse…

Posted in Palin, Biden a lively pairing for VP debate at 10:25 PM JST - 30th September
Betzee at 10:10 PM JST - 30th September

It's Rosh Shashanah, the two-day Jewish New Year, during which Congress is typically not in session although Wall Street is open, and trading is traditionally brisk. I think we may see another vote later this week, but passage will be contingent on the Republicans coming up with more votes. Perhaps…

Posted in Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill at 10:10 PM JST - 30th September
Betzee at 10:00 AM JST - 30th September

I had no idea anybody manufactured chocolate bars in China because cocoa beans overwhelmingly come from the Ivory Coast. But if it's largely for the "Greater Chinese" market maybe it makes sense.

Posted in Cadbury withdraws Beijing-made products over melamine fears at 10:00 AM JST - 30th September
Betzee at 09:50 AM JST - 30th September

Gee, and I thought John McCain had galloped into town on his white horse only last week to put a deal together. No doubt his campaign was set to run such a commercial, awaiting only a licensing agreement to use Gioachino Rossini's "William Tell" opera overture....

Seriously, I find it…

Posted in Dow plunges after Congress rejects bailout bill at 09:50 AM JST - 30th September
Betzee at 11:00 PM JST - 29th September

why didn't we take any action against the SPDC?

Very few people know the SPDC (State Peace and Development Council) is the military junta which came to power Burma in 1962 and has remained there through repression and forced labor. Truly one of the most deplorable regimes in the world,…

Posted in Taliban kill Afghanistan's most high-profile policewoman at 11:00 PM JST - 29th September
Betzee at 07:40 AM JST - 29th September

The essential weirdness of this campaign is difficult to digest. Only earlier this month the McCain people were fretting that Sarah Palin was proving more popular than the aging Sentator. Members of the audience would leave joint appearances after she spoke, not waiting around to hear what he had to…

Posted in Obama, McCain attack each other's performance at debate at 07:40 AM JST - 29th September