Links: 2010-03-01 – Obama is not FDR, George Soros, gross misconduct and more

| 1 March 2010 15:25

A few words about the last link.  When I checked, there were 600+ comments on the post about the Washington Hospital Center firing nurses for the “gross misconduct” of missing work during blizzard conditions.  The comments were running 9 to 1 against the decision.  I applaud the outrage people are finally showing for the callous way in which corporate employment policy is practiced in the United States. People need to get off the couch, turn off their “American Idol” and “The Bachelor” mind-sucks and take a stand. 

  • FT.com – Kohn to step down from Fed in June
  • FiveThirtyEight: Obama’s No F.D.R. — Nor Does He Have F.D.R.’s Majority
  • Portugal Debt Chief: We Are Not Greece – Real Time Economics – WSJ
  • China better than Barack Obama in handling the global financial crisis, says George Soros | The Australian
  • The American economy: Almost a lost decade | The Economist
  • Fish can recognize a face based on UV pattern alone – Science Daily
  • FT Alphaville – Stacy-Marie Ishmael – Fannie Mae’s insatiable appetite for bailout cash
  • U.S. consumer spending up, savings dwindle – National Post
  • Le Figaro – Sociétés : Warren Buffett augmente sa participation dans Sanofi
  • Argentina-Grecia, clásico en los mundiales y en las crisis – Clarín
  • ROI: When It’s OK to Walk Away From Your Home – WSJ.com
  • Strength of Temblor Doesn’t Dictate Damage – WSJ.com
  • Reuters BreakingViews – Time for Goldman to Come Clean – NYTimes.com
  • FT Alphaville – Izabella Kaminska – GBP under attack
  • Sweden Slid Back Into Recession in Fourth Quarter – Bloomberg.com
  • The Silk Road Roots of the Age of Exploration | Silk Road Gourmet – blog
  • Parenteau: On Fiscal Correctness and Animal Sacrifices (Leading the PIIGS to Slaughter, Part 1) « naked capitalism
  • RBS paid £1.3bn bonuses on profit of just £1bn – Telegraph
  • Debtwatch No. 43: Declaring victory at half time – Steve Keen’s Debtwatch
  • D.C. hospital fires 11 nurses, 5 staffers for snowstorm absences – washingtonpost.com

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