By Mark | November 12, 2011
On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. The legislation, written by Congressman Barney Frank, and Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Chris Dodd, promised to be the most comprehensive financial reform to be undertaken since the Great Depression. As with the Glass-Steagall Act, […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged banking reform, banks, Barney Frank, Carl Levin, Chris Dodd, Christopher Dodd, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elizabeth Warren, financial reform, Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, Glass-Steagall Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley Act, Great Depression, H.R.4173, John Oliver, lobbying, lobbyists, Neal Wolin, Newt Gingrich, Richard Cordray, Schoolhouse Rock, things fucked raw, Treasury Department, Wall Street deregulation |
By Mark | October 11, 2011
Vanity Fair has a great feature on the troubled history of the Customer Financial Protection Bureau, and the forces on Wall Street, in Congress, and inside the White House that ultimately alligned against Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor who had created the ambitious new agency charged with protecting the American people from the predatory […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Coulter, Barney Frank, campaign finance reform, Center for Responsive Politics, Christopher Dodd, Chuck Schumer, Consumer Product Safety Commission, David Axelrod, demonic activity, Dodd-Frank, Elizabeth Warren, get the money out of Washington, Harry Reid, Jonathan Alter, JPMorgan Chase, Kirsten Gillibrand, Molly Erdman, possession, Richard Shelby, Scott Brown, Sean Duffy, Senate Banking Committee, Spencer Bachus, Timothy Geithner, Valerie Jarrett, Wall Street, William Daley |
By Mark | August 12, 2011
Well, it looks like Elizabeth Warren has made up her mind to run for the Senate. She just posted the followning note to progressive message board called Blue Mass Group. Growing up, every decision for my family involved a careful calculation about how we could pay for it—a visit to the doctor, a tank of […]
2:51 AM: Was just chased from a drag show by a screaming woman wielding a cupcake. Not sure what else to say. Seems like a pretty appropriate end to the day, though… Oh, we ended up locating Donald’s laptop, which we’d thought had been stolen. Now we just have to find Patrick Elkins… Thanks again […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alexandra Dietz, Amelia marks, Dirty Brothers, Donald Harrison, Elbow Deep, Elizabeth Warren, Fred Sanford, heart attack, Johnny Apricot, Logan Schaedig, Nervous Dental Patient, Obama, Obamacare, Operation, panic attacks, Patrick Elkins, Pete Larson, Shadow Brew, strange animal, Teacher Patti, VOSKY |
By Mark | November 9, 2010
I’ve been posting a lot of doom and gloom stuff recently, but, truth is, there are some good things happening in the United States for the middle class. For one, we were able to launch the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in spite of a well-orchestrated and well-financed campaign by big business. While we’re still unsure […]
