tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post5117636428907252985..comments2024-02-29T00:46:38.800-08:00Comments on Washingtons Blog: There's No Recovery Because the Government Made it Official Policy Not to Prosecute FraudUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-19570046262742283072011-07-13T07:12:53.760-07:002011-07-13T07:12:53.760-07:00Remember JFK? When the powers that be (monied int...Remember JFK? When the powers that be (monied interests in this case) don't like what a president is doing, they will get him out one way or another. Maybe I'm a wacky conspiracy theorist but I think this president knows this and that is why he is kowtowing.Mother Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14107955917739567510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-39326018358628502952011-07-10T14:10:24.106-07:002011-07-10T14:10:24.106-07:00Before posting articles suggesting there is hope f...Before posting articles suggesting there is hope for 'new, improved' forms of nuclear energy, you should do a little more research. This is a good place to start: http://www.nirs.org. It would appear that Dr. Josephson's e-cat reactor is some variety of a thorium-fueled reactor, a technology which MAY be slightly better than uranium-fueled reactors - but nowhere near good enough. Here is the NIRS take on thorium: http://www.ieer.org/fctsheet/thorium2009factsheet.pdf<br /><br />Time is getting very short to deal with the energy problem. The technology for real, cost-effective solutions in the form of energy conservation, renewables exists now. And if it isn't already, it would be vastly more cost-effective than nuclear energy - or for that matter fossil fuels - if all the hidden subsidies were removed and all the un-paid external costs were counted.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318606256987700262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-49169174894943414552011-07-09T06:31:00.986-07:002011-07-09T06:31:00.986-07:00Just to emphasize the priorities of the Justice De...Just to emphasize the priorities of the Justice Department: The perjury trial for the "oh so vital and important to all Americans" Roger Clemens steroid matter will be kicking off within days.<br /><br />The perjury committed by various Goldman Sachs executives in testimony in front of Congress is minor in comparison and apparently not worth pursuing.the Mentally Ill Columnisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12092713941303224588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-74781849738608212372011-07-09T05:53:09.751-07:002011-07-09T05:53:09.751-07:00We have a similar situation over here in the UK wh...We have a similar situation over here in the UK where our governments make a big point of hunting down social security fraud, (at a cost variously described as between £500,000 - £900,000 for every £65,000 defrauded), supposedly because such costs are warranted by their deterrent effect, and because social security fraud shouldn't be seen to pay.<br /><br />Yet their approach to high finance fraud - operating at monumentally greater scales and therefore at monumentally greater cost to the country - is not only the exact reverse to that of social security fraud, but seems almost intended to encourage it.borkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042275165058229970noreply@blogger.com