http://stockstradamus.net So many Dopes, So little time Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:48:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few days before Christmas we get this heartbreaking Frontpage above the fold story about a young mother who just gave birth to a new baby but is struggling to keep her family warm. In a sign of the times twist, it's not some generic evil landlord that is keeping our ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/22/globe-tugs-at-the-heartstrings/ No, not Dennis and Callahan this time. It's 2 Bloomberg reporters who show total ignorance of how Bookies make their money. As I posted earlier, even sports "experts" don't have a friggin clue about this. In case you're not sure yourself, just remember 2 things: BOOKIES DON'T CARE WHO WINS!! BOOKIES MAKE THEIR MONEY ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/21/2-more-dopes-check-in/ It's time to check in on the Housing Bust. Stocky's favorite Economist makes an appearance in a Wall St. Journal article on the "Mortgage Relief Plan". It seems not everyone's thrilled with the plan. Particularly people who played by the rules and don't qualify for any help while their deadbeat ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/19/housing-bust-update/ In that hard hitting interview with Emily Rooney the other night Gov. Do-Nothing said he had the votes right now to pass his casino plan. Oh really? Those meanies at the Globe decided to actually check that claim out. What they found is not surprising.  An informal Globe poll of all 19 members ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/15/delusional-gov-do-nothing/ The Globe's lazy Business reporter Steve Bailey gets the bad timing award of the week with his column today on the new Boston Fed Governor. He sings the praises of Eric Rosengren for being the lone dissenting vote at the last FOMC meeting. Eric wanted a half percentage point cut in ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/14/bad-timing-award/ Emily Rooney did all of her fellow journalist's proud by forcing Gov Do-Nothing to submit to a viscious waterboarding on her WGBH Show Greater Boston last night. As has been documented recently, Emily is renowned as one of the toughest interviewers in the Boston Media. As John Gonzalez from Boston Magazine wrote a ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/14/emily-rooney-waterboards-gov-do-nothing/ Todays Globe and all of Boston.com for that matter contains not a word about this person. Jeanne Assam. Who is she? Some might find her newsworthy. She saved scores of lives yesterday. How did she do it? With her legally owned Gun. That's strike 1 if you're keeping score for the Globe. And she praised ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/11/missing-in-action-at-the-boston-globe/ Gov Do-Nothing gets asked about the piss poor performance of the Commuter Rail service and responds with this, from the Sunday Dec 9th Globe: "You haven't heard me screaming?" Governor Deval Patrick said, only half-jokingly, when asked about the late trains during a recent news conference. Ummm, no Gov. we haven't heard ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/10/yell-louder-gov-its-a-long-way-from-the-berkeshires/ Joan Vennochi gives a nice slap to the dumb voters of Massachusetts in her Sunday Column: BARACK OBAMA is promising to change politics as usual in America. As Massachusetts already knows, that can be one tough promise to keep. Last year, Deval Patrick promised to do the same, when he ran for ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/10/mass-voters-dumb-vennochi-smart/ The Junior Blowhard (John Kerry) from Massachusetts checks in today with a Boston Globe Op-Ed. Planet's fate hinges on our choices. ... This week, Senator Barbara Boxer and I are leading a Senate delegation to Bali. We have been on the front lines of the battle to change America's domestic policies on energy and ... http://stockstradamus.net/2007/12/04/you-first-senator/