9 of the 15 wealthiest American counties are where?

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Friday December 17, 2010 · 12:50 PM PST

2010/12/17 · 12:50

This is a short diary. It doesn't need to be very long. It should make it pretty obvious to all but the most gullible dullard as to what is really happening to the financial structure of this country. It was prompted by an offhand remark from some talking head who glibly tossed out that nine of the wealthiest American fifteen counties are located within a certain geographic area in this country. Can you guess where that is?

Travis Bickle

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Thursday January 14, 2010 · 2:10 PM PST

2010/01/14 · 14:10

Because it has neat graphics and up to the minute market information I keep the set tuned to CNBC during the day. Most of the time I keep the sound off because the stupidity and corporate propaganda is maddening to the extreme. Occasionally, I'll turn up something if it seems interesting or involves an individual who might have somethng valuable to offer. Today, CNBC's Erin Burnett interviewed Barney Frank for a wide ranging chat that contained most of the predictable nonsense expected from a Wall Street shill in attempting to undermine the new tax on banks relative to bonuses. Barney was practically laughing at her as he shredded this nonsense. More below...

Travis Bickle

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Friday September 04, 2009 · 6:02 PM PDT

2009/09/04 · 18:02

Short Diary. I am always amazed at how corporate media routinely blurts out "facts" that even the most uninformed would understand to be ridiculous. Check out this sentence from a Time Magazine article discussing the Obama education "speech":

"When Barack Obama won Florida last November — the first Democrat to take the Sunshine State since FDR — many saw it as a sign of centrist GOP Governor Charlie Crist's moderating influence."

http://www.time.com/...

Travis Bickle

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 9:07 AM PST

2008/11/03 · 09:07

Any one of the facts on this list would have doomed Barack Obama. When the inevitable post election yammering begins that "liberal media bias" played a prominent role in this campaign and the media was "in the tank" for Obama, this list should provide evidence that traditional media was far too lenient in analyzing John McCain. Yes, some of these issues have been mentioned in this community before but most Americans will go to the polls mostly unaware of the many unseemly aspects of a man who after 26 years in Congress and a lengthy presidential campaign has avoided any appropriate scrutiny. With a tip of the cap to David Letterman, here's the list.

Travis Bickle

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 1:02 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 13:02

Yesterday's recd diary on the Wall Street Journal's blatant lying re:Phil Gramm banking legislation struck a nerve. My wife got a free WSJ subscription via airline miles and we have gotten the paper every day for about a year. We;ve never paid them a dime which will give you an idea of how desperate they are for subscribers. The op-ed page of the Journal has gotten so dishonest and misleading that it makes one feel like a citizen of the former Soviet Union reading Pravda. Blatant lying about energy issues, politics, global warming, foreign policy that any twelve year could debunk in a manner of minutes. Yesterday, Bret Stephens supplied a perfect example of jaw dropping historical revisionism in his op-ed column entitled "Palin and the 'Experience' Canard". Basically, Stephens took three Presidents and compared them with Sarah Palin.

Travis Bickle

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Thursday August 28, 2008 · 9:25 PM PDT

2008/08/28 · 21:25

Right wing dirt bags trashing Obama's speech on Larry King right now. Go here to vote in Larry's poll, central part of the page:

http://www.cnn.com/...

These guys are horrible. Ben Stein, Larry Elder et al even Larry King can't even understand them.

Travis Bickle

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Friday May 23, 2008 · 5:16 PM PDT

2008/05/23 · 17:16

Before anyone begins with a "we have to be nice to them" blanket condemnation or a diary deletion based on a provocative title, please hear me out.

More below

Travis Bickle

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Friday April 25, 2008 · 8:24 AM PDT

2008/04/25 · 08:24

This diary was prompted by a conversation I had with my wife when some talking head reiteraated the "Clinton double digit win" story again this morning. When I said that was not true, my wife responded "she did win by ten per cent". I figured I'd check it out. On Tuesday my recollection was that the margin was somewhere between 9 and 10 per cent. Checking both the official Pennsylvania website and CNN revealed a fascinating anomaly. An anomaly that CNN needs to explain. More below.

Travis Bickle

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Saturday March 01, 2008 · 3:34 AM PST

2008/03/01 · 03:34

These are the types of stories that fly way underneath the radar. As a citizen of both Ireland and the United States I have an interest in issues relative to the continuing conflict in Northern Ireland. The Bush adminstration has harassed and denied basic civil liberties to numerous individuals involved in the Irish struggle for freedom. That's fine, but here is an individual arrested 100 miles within the USA for no other reason than lapsed paperwork.

http://www.irishecho.com/...

Travis Bickle

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Saturday October 20, 2007 · 9:39 AM PDT

2007/10/20 · 09:39

I first became aware of Pete Stark shortly after the invasion of Iraq. These were heady days of mainstream media manufactured euphoria in which few Americans were even thinking about the long term consequences of this incredibly stupid policy. One morning, seemingly out of nowhere, I saw Congressman Stark on CNBC, interacting with a bunch of pompous, gloating talking heads who were practically orgasmic over the "victory" in Baghdad. Stark got highly indignant and correctly predicted the disaster to come. He went as far as to call George W. Bush a "jerk". CNBC's Steve Liesman responded: "I resent that remark". Stark practically laughed at him and told him to resent it all he wanted. I practically stood up and cheered. Ten more reasons to love Pete Stark are below.

Travis Bickle

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Saturday June 30, 2007 · 5:56 PM PDT

2007/06/30 · 17:56

I have waded through countless impeachment diaries in the last weeks, months and years and I have always been struck by the remarkable disconnect between the wonderfully idealistic yet completely delusional aspect of the composition of these various entreaties. Almost all of these dissertations, even one that I read today which was a reasoned and analytical dissection of why impeachment ain't gonna happen (impeachment is now seen as a partisan ploy) omitted the real basic strategy behind the Democratic party approach to impeachment and the next 18 months of political warfare. There is a basic component that most folks here either don't grasp or ignore. That component is discussed below.

Travis Bickle

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Tuesday June 05, 2007 · 4:24 PM PDT

2007/06/05 · 16:24

All due respect, I love this show more than anyone but I'm wondering if anybody else has been a little bit bummed about how the show marched in place for two years and now seems content to just deal with every character in a five minute summary. And are we going to be left without answers to some very burning questions over the years? Namely...

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