Blogging for the New York Times, Stanley Fish slants recent events to support his contention that "You can insult any ethnic group and get away with it, except for the Jews." Fish goes so far as to ascribe French support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn … [Continue reading]
AIG Strikes Again
It is events like this that prompted me to include a section entitled I Told You So in the Askewedview.com website. To wit: only yesterday did I predict that a sizable Goldman Sachs IPO would end its first day at a loss. Today the Treasury sold 200 … [Continue reading]
Rapturous
What is to be done with followers of Family Radio preacher Harold Camping? Having shed all their earthly possessions in anticipation of Saturday's Rapture, they now stand around with blank expressions. Frankly, I'm very disappointed. The Heaven's … [Continue reading]
Linkedout
In an IPO led by Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan, Linkedin sold 7.48 million shares (8% of the company) at $45 apiece. Not bad for a company that earned a paltry $3.4 million last year. Nonetheless, by the end of the day, the shares had … [Continue reading]
Bin Laden
So President Obama accomplished in a year and a half what George Bush couldn’t (or wouldn’t – more about that anon) achieve during two full terms in office. Unfortunately, ordering the Navy to hastily dump Bin Laden’s corpse into the ocean plays like … [Continue reading]
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