Archive for the 'Farm' Category

Vincenzo Kolchak sent me this piece from the online New York Times.

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

OPINION
Timothy Egan - A New York Times Blog
July 20, 2009, 11:05 pm
Methland vs. Mythland
Like a brief, intense summer squall, a media storm passed over small-town America a few years ago, stripping away what was left of the myth of the rural idyll to reveal a cast of hollow-cheeked white people smoking meth behind the corn […]

Who woulda thunk it? W and Hank are going to help out their socialist pals.

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Wall Street banks in $70bn staff payout
Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10% of US government bail-out package

* Simon Bowers
* The Guardian,
* Saturday October 18 2008

Financial workers at Wall Street’s top banks are to receive pay deals worth more than $70bn (£40bn), a substantial proportion of which is expected to be paid in discretionary bonuses, […]