http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/01/08/the-line-is-open Comments On: The line is open: UAMS and Facebook on the closeout by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Iceland ignored advice (demands) from IMF, the EU, and the U.S.. They let their banks fail and Iceland is better off than all of those countries that valued banks more than people.
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"Becoming more disciplined and lowering state expenses, while at the same time keeping the welfare system strong, is what needs to be done to have wide support from the public for such measures," said Sigurdardottir, an airline flight attendant and union activist turned politician.

"We cut the budget but we preserved as much as possible in education, health, social security and infrastructure like law enforcement," Sigurdardottir said. "In the years leading up to the crisis, the gap between the richest and the poorest in society widened and our measures in the crisis focused on diminishing this gap, with more equality."

"The lesson that could be learned from Iceland's way of handling its crisis is that it is important to shield taxpayers and government finances from bearing the cost of a financial crisis to the extent possible,"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/12/…
http://reut.rs/L3yBbo
Posted by YossarianMinderbinder]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:37:58 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Sellercreek]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:08:48 -0600 Arkansas Times
"being poor and Republican is like being a cow and pro-leather"
Posted by the outlier]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:35:33 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/green/?ref=t…

And it's summer in Australia and they are burning like Texas was last year. "According to the current model, the forecast for next Monday will bring a "Tasmania-sized" area of heat in excess of 50 degrees to South Australia."

50°C = 122°F

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/a…

And Nobelist Joseph Stiglitz says that climate change is the biggest issue facing our economy today.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/j…
Posted by the outlier]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:31:07 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:27:51 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:25:05 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://crooksandliars.com/tina-dupuy/how-s…
Posted by Cato]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:21:13 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by joanimal]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:19:23 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://tinyurl.com/ajcfsvx
Posted by Cato]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:24:10 -0600 Arkansas Times When governments become banks

http://coppolacomment.blogspot.fr/2013/01/…

Plus
Financial Fraud Conviction Scorecard:
http://dailybail.com/home/convicted-bush-1…
Posted by Sunshine]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:21:41 -0600 Arkansas Times
They predicted for every dollar in cuts, there would be a fifty cent reduction in economic growth. It turned out to be a $1.50 loss in growth for every dollar cut. Are you reading this Saline?

And isn't it special that the shock-doctrine policies they have been inflicting on third world and developing countries for the last 50 years are suddenly deemed wrong when it's the white folks of the "civilized" west who are hurt by them.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longr…

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/whe…
Posted by the outlier]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:15:05 -0600 Arkansas Times
"Democrats Now Trusted More on Economy"

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Following the “fiscal cliff” deal, voters trust Democrats more than Republicans to handle the economy for the first time in just over three-and-a-half years. Now Democrats are trusted more on 10 out of 15 key issues tracked by Rasmussen Reports. Republicans lead on two, and the parties are tied on three others.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_con…
Posted by eLwood]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:00:21 -0600 Arkansas Times
Boy that free money spends easy.
Posted by FullThrottle]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:21:52 -0600 Arkansas Times >MORE ON UAMS AND THE GOODHAND FAMILY: Melony Goodhand

Look, it's a goddamned fiefdom. Nothing's going to come of all these inquires, nothing at all. A few 'gotcha games' is about all that will come of it.

It's the same as Game & Fish, UA Athletics, Highway Dept, State Police, Lottery etc, etc. Pump in a ton of public money and just maybe a pound of public good will come it.

Work on changing the fiefdoms into a servant class.
Posted by eLwood]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:21:31 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Self Appointed Arbiter]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:17:58 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Self Appointed Arbiter]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:16:43 -0600 Arkansas Times
"Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Signing off
Friends, it's with a heavy heart that I post my final entry to Under the Dome this afternoon. I received an offer on the domain that I just can't turn down, and I'm selling the website. Plus, now that I've returned to private life, I don't have time to opine on state issues as much as I have in the past. I'm still fascinated with Arkansas politics and will continue to watch from afar.

http://www.underthedome.com/2013/01/signin…
Posted by eLwood]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:14:01 -0600 Arkansas Times