From Business Insider: Creditors to Chrysler describe negotiations with the company and the Obama administration as “a farce,” saying the administration was bent on forcing their hands using hardball tactics and threats. Conversations with administration officials left them expecting that they would be politically targeted, two participants in the negotiations said. Although the focus has so been on allegations that the White House threatened Perella Weinberg, sources familiar with the
May 5, 2009
“New Allegations Of White House Threats Over Chrysler” [updated, then updated twice more]
The Natural Endpoint of Identity Politics
…is ever more identity politics. From the AP, “On May 5, Mexican dominance irks other Latinos”: With mariachis, tequila and parades, Cinco De Mayo will be celebrated this week in parties across the nation, kicking off a commemoration of Mexican heritage in the United States as a pseudo-holiday that has been adopted by the general population. But for Dagoberto Reyes, a Salvadorian immigrant living in Los Angeles, May 5 is
Adventures of the Starship Goverprise [Dan Collins]
These are the adventures of the Starship Goverprise, whose four-year mission is to seek out and destroy the American economy, to recreate the Constitution in the progressive image, to boldly fix everything that’s great about the United States. (being a Serr8d joint) “Captain, they’re firing up their disruptor beams!” “Send their Commander an iPod with my speeches in it.” “Captain, shields are down to 20%!” “Open more hailing frequencies.” “Captain,
Feliz Cinco de Cinco! [Dan Collins]
On behalf of the Protein Wisdom community, I’d like to join Presidente Barack Obama con Carne in wishing our Mexican readers a muy refrito Cinco de Cinco y muchas cervezas frias! Arriba! Andale! Limon! Provecho! Cronchy! Sabor! Obama! Espejo! Eres un gran pendejo!
