Liberal Talk Radio

Somewhat ironically, the best thing to do in a recession (from a macroeconomic perspective, at least) is spend spend spend.
So it’s with that in mind that a friend of mine has started a new Facebook group — Second Christmas (you’ll probably need a Facebook account to access).

2nd Christmas is January 20th, 2009, which is also [...]

Tough times at Philly bars:
At the Triada lounge in Old City where four bartenders and an owner were arrested Friday for serving without a license, police noted that the bar menu listed $200 for a bottle of Absolut and $450 for a bottle of Grey Goose. But in the back room, investigators said, they found [...]

Obama’s economic stimulus, Canada’s coup d’etat and foreign policy in the post-Bush era.
Link’s Mentioned: This week’s Obama address … Chaos in Canada … Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan.

I see that Sound Transit is touting the Mountlake Terrace Freeway Station as a job creation engine:
The new station will enable ST Express buses to provide service to Mountlake Terrace, where Community Transit’s new park-and-ride garage is set to open Feb. 8. This project will give commuters more choices and make our highways and bus [...]

This is exactly what GM should be doing.
In a similar vein, this piece in TNR about how to structure a rescue package.

As another follow-up to this week’s episode, here are some names being bandied about for Labor Secretary:
Labor activist Mary Beth Maxwell has emerged as a serious candidate for Secretary of Labor, Democratic and transition offiicials confirm. The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Maxwell, who’d be the first openly gay cabinet secretary, is being [...]

Regarding the Big 3 CEOs driving to DC (instead of taking private jets), I was pretty much on the same page as Ezra Klein, who wrote, “The industry has lots of problems, but overuse of the corporate jet by busy CEOs is not one of them. This’ll waste 18 hours or so at a time [...]

To follow up on something we discussed on this week’s show, here’s some detail on the relationship between SAM and WaMu:
Left out of the $2.6 million commitment is SAM’s rental agreement with Washington Mutual. SAM financed its 2007 expansion in downtown Seattle by sharing space with the bank. The museum’s tax forms indicate it receives [...]