Articles by the_suzer

The True Death of Milton Friedman

the_suzer — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:05:24 -0500

With the implosion of the American economy fully underway, the news channels and papers are riddled with a brand new type of expert. The banker/accountant/analyst who has lost his shirt in the collapse of one of the dozens of giant financial instiutions.

Death Penalty for Bike Theives

the_suzer — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:28:19 -0400

So I had every intention of writing a blog about the election results. My guy won my riding, hooray for Paul Dewar, and you know, Conservative minority yadda yadda yadda.

Down the Rabbit Hole of Undecided Voters

the_suzer — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:30:03 -0400

As most everyone knows, the Canadian elections are in 10 days. As a staunch NDPer who loves the incumbant in my riding, I was happy to see yet another campaign in which I was voting for the winner, and I was sure my choice was the right one.

Billion Dollar Buyout

the_suzer — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:31:53 -0400

Is anyone else struggling with this whole idea of spending $700 billion dollars to buy out a bunch of corporations that made some really awful business decisions?