Sunday, June 20, 2010

Signs of the Times

Despite the breathless flurry of approving statements provoked by the English-language pledge issued by the prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu that the blockade of Gaza would be ‘eased,’ in fact , Haaretz reports, the Hebrew text of the communique does not indicate that the cabinet made any such decision, and there has been no change at the border checkpoint.

  Juan Cole

Fresh off apparently being taken off Gulf Spill duty, BP CEO Tony Hayward isspending today on the Isle of Wight watching his yacht "Bob" participate in the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.

  TPM

Dino Rossi is keeping his day job while he runs for Senate in Washington. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. But Rossi's day job entails very publicly helping rich people profit off the misfortune of those unlucky enough to have obtained a mortgage in the last four years or so.

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Rossi has decided stay on as the headline speaker for a series of seminars advising real estate speculators on how to profit off the collapsed mortgage market.

  TPMDC

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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