It’s very early, but this is my favorite candidate gaffe of the 2012 election so far. Mitt Romney last week talking about his economic plan (video below, starting at 2:00): “It’s about 150 pages with 59 different policy ideas. If you don’t happen to get on in your hand, you can go on Amazon Kindle, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Daily Show’
Ron Paul ‘Corn Polled’. Michele Bachman Cornography.
Below is a Daily Show video in which Jon Stewart makes some great comments about the media’s treatment of Ron Paul. And here’s BusinessInsider’s take on the now famous picture of Michele Bachman eating a corndog.
Must Watch: Daily Show on Debt Ceiling
Here are two must-watch videos from last night’s Daily Show. Fans/detractors of Reagan’s legacy should especially watch second video: ‘Tax Cut Religion’.
The Hopeless Future of Financial Media
A new year. Typically the time for a media technique as old as media: recapping last year or predicting this year. But instead of doing that today, below I’m re-posting The Day Journalism Died, a piece I wrote in 2006. It’s not about financial media, but it reminded me what consumer financial media is and [...]
Julian Assange On Mark Zuckerberg As Time ‘Person Of The Year’
“I [Julian Assange] give you private information on corporations for free and I’m a villain. Mark [Zuckerberg] gives your information to corporations for money and he’s man of the year.” This is a cringingly accurate portrayal of Assange by Saturday Night Live’s Bill Hader (video below). Unlike The Daily Show, SNL goes for pure jokes [...]
The Daily Show & Paul Kedrosky On The End of The Recession (VIDEO)
Earlier this week, the NBER was a year late calling the end of the recession. And back in December 2008, they were a year late calling the beginning. The Daily Show video below is a good bit on the end of the recession, but still doesn’t top Paul Kedrosky’s masterful tweet a few days ago: [...]
Daily Show Outlines Madoff’s Prison Handjob Ponzi Scheme
Of all the Madoff ponzi scheme and accompanying credit market madness, this is a fitting end, courtesy of The Daily Show’s John Oliver.
Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer On The Daily Show (videos)
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Lawrence Lindsey on Payroll Tax Stimulus and Recourse Mortgages
Former Fed governor and Bush economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey has been on a campaign this week to discuss a topic seldom heard about in stimulus discussions: payroll tax cuts for both employees and employers. Below is what he said in a WSJ op ed last week. The whole piece is worth a read, and for [...]
