good economic news
JPMorgan Chase reported $3.6 billion profits for the third quarter. This is one of those folkloric “good economic news” stories! [New York Times] Now that Obama (& Olympia Snowe!) have defeated Chuck Grassley, Baucus, etc., he must now combat Big Health Insurance Lobby. [Washington Post] There’s a second gold rush, except it’s a rare minerals [...]
Pretty solid sounding suspicions of fraud arose after officials discovered that 23,900 out of 23,900 ballots from a certain area were all cast for incumbent president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai. [New York Times] There is no one left to serve on America’s juries, as the only people who can afford gas and cars are the [...]
