Category Archives: MN Gordon

Europe Doubles Down on Greek Bailout

Hot dry Santa Ana winds blow from the east across the California desert every fall.  They rip and roar their way over and down the mountain passes and rumble their way across the vast Los Angeles basin, pushing the smog … Continue reading

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Broken Promises Broken Dreams

White House and Congressional efforts to reach a Grand Bargain are merely a distraction. The basis for such a bargain – reduce spending so the debt limit can be raised – is fraud and folderol.  Nothing that we’ve seen suggests … Continue reading

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Doomed from the Get Go

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research the Great Recession ended in June 2009.  That means the U.S. economy has been in recovery for over two years. Perhaps, semantically, this is so.  But just what type of recovery is … Continue reading

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Default Now

It is too bad that idiots don’t warn people before they do something really stupid.  Perhaps someone of sound mind could intercept them and redirect their misguided intentions. Instead they seem to attract other kindreds…where they thrash about with self-reinforcing … Continue reading

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