Archive for June, 2010
The Quiet Coup
Monday, June 21st, 2010Simon Johnson for The Atlantic: From 1948 to 1982, average compensation in the financial sector ranged between 99 percent and 108 percent of the average for all domestic private industries. From 1983, it shot upward, reaching 181 percent in 2007. The great wealth that the financial sector created and concentrated gave bankers enormous political weight—a [...]
Republicans Block Oil Spill Liability Bill Again
Sunday, June 6th, 2010Bird on the beach at East Grand Terre Island, LA. Photo source: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, Thursday, June 3, 2010. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) on Tuesday blocked a bill Democrats have put forward to raise the liability cap from $75 million to $10 billion. He said on the Senate floor he agrees the cap should be [...]
Little Big Computer
Sunday, June 6th, 2010The computer made in-game using Little Big Planet’s development system. Crazy.