Fed gave out $16 Trillion in secret bailouts

[Neil]

And why the Weather Channel has disaster shows and gives katmai a job.  Or why the History Channel is full of dinosaurs, aliens and Hitler, or, if you like, alien-born Hitler dinosaurs.

Do they even show Hitler anymore?  I thought the History Channel had gone full reality shows and paranormal stuff.

Every once in a while.  I remember they had a show that was like 'Evil Hitler's Evil Henchmen of Evil and Evilness'.

Still, it's mostly reality shows about garbage pickers, petty criminals and the paranormal.  The real interesting shows are on PBS.

[Ed Anger]

And why the Weather Channel has disaster shows and gives katmai a job.  Or why the History Channel is full of dinosaurs, aliens and Hitler, or, if you like, alien-born Hitler dinosaurs.

Do they even show Hitler anymore?  I thought the History Channel had gone full reality shows and paranormal stuff.

H2, Military channel and Military history have taken up the Hitler mantle.

Military channel has a show called Weaponology, and the Waffen SS episode basically blew the SS cock.

[The Minsky Moment]

WTF? How is that even possible?

Stick with your first instinct

The very first page of the GAO report puts the lie to the both claims (the 13 trillion and the secret part).

Bernie may have the best Brooklyn accent in Vermont but his understanding of central bank operations is a little soft.  Not surprising given his committe assignments.

[Razgovory]

Well you're posting from work early this morning.

[DGuller]

CNN is fairly neutral I think.  I genuinely can't stand either MSNBC or Fox.  I don't know which dislike more.

They are fairly neutral, despite the bleating from the right that they're part of the liberal media conspiracy.  The problem is that neutrality does not add to competence, and that's something equally lacking at every cable news channel.

[DGuller]

I think it all these discussions, dollar-years would be a much more appropriate measure.  If you lend $16 trillion for a year at no interest, that's a gigantic bailout all by itself, given that the lender is eating interest and risk premium on that huge amount.  If you lend $16 trillion by lending $50 billion for a day, then it's a little different story.

[Sheilbh]

Oh there is, but nobody wants to watch it.   I don't think people are that interested in a lot of the news around the world.  New policies in China, EU Summits, etc.  All that is boring.  Apparently people want to watch talking heads scream at one another or missing white chicks.  Even violence doesn't always sell.  It's not like there much reporting about civil war in Somalia.  Hell, there's not a great deal of reporting about NATO troops in Afghanistan.  I don't know if it's because people don't care about that or because it's expensive and dangerous for journalists to go over there.

Al-Jazeera's pretty good for breadth of coverage.

[CountDeMoney]

Apparently people want to watch talking heads scream at one another or missing white chicks.

You forgot missing white babies, too.

[CountDeMoney]

Oh there is, but nobody wants to watch it.   I don't think people are that interested in a lot of the news around the world.  New policies in China, EU Summits, etc.  All that is boring.  Apparently people want to watch talking heads scream at one another or missing white chicks.  Even violence doesn't always sell.  It's not like there much reporting about civil war in Somalia.  Hell, there's not a great deal of reporting about NATO troops in Afghanistan.  I don't know if it's because people don't care about that or because it's expensive and dangerous for journalists to go over there.

Al-Jazeera's pretty good for breadth of coverage.

Difficult to score on cable, though.

I prefer BBC America for good international coverage, but much like trying to listen Economist podcasts on the way to work, I fall asleep to droning English accents.  So sedate.

[Razgovory]

CNN is fairly neutral I think.  I genuinely can't stand either MSNBC or Fox.  I don't know which dislike more.

They are fairly neutral, despite the bleating from the right that they're part of the liberal media conspiracy.  The problem is that neutrality does not add to competence, and that's something equally lacking at every cable news channel.

Anything that has not signed Grover's no tax pledge is part of the liberal media conspiracy.  It must be tough being a conservative, what with all the world arrayed against you at all times.  My nerves would be shot if I spent time wondering if the dog catcher was promoting "the gay agenda", or if ACORN had somehow  infiltrated the neighborhood book club.

I agree that CNN isn't really good at news.

[CountDeMoney]

I can't get Al Jazeera on Verizon FIOS, but at least I get BYU Television.  Because the Mormon angle is so much more impactful on Middle East coverage.

[Sheilbh]

The best thing about AJE is that they've got a Middle East bent, and a Qatari bias, but they also cover far more Balkan, African and Asian stories in general.  They've their issues, but for my money they're the best news channel out there.

[CountDeMoney]

The best thing about AJE is that they've got a Middle East bent, and a Qatari bias, but they also cover far more Balkan, African and Asian stories in general.  They've their issues, but for my money they're the best news channel out there.

For shits and giggles, I did a search for Al-Jazeera on Verizon's FIOS page for availability.

Search for: Al Jazeera
No results found for your search.

Search Results

Did you mean "Al Careers" or "Al Jarreau"?

...sigh

[dps]

I prefer BBC America for good international coverage, but much like trying to listen Economist podcasts on the way to work, I fall asleep to droning English accents.  So sedate.

Yeah, when they actually bother to show news instead of endless reruns of Star Trek TNG, Battlestar Galactica, and other American shows.

[PDH]

The Al Jarreau Network has a weak foreign bureau.