Category Archives: Bidness

Happy Labor Day from Michigan Republicans

Posted on September 4, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s like they wake up every morning and ask, “How can we be complete assholes today?” Seriously, this rhetoric about paid family leave is cartoon villain grade stupidity (boldface mine): That quote was courtesy of a “Messaging Points” memo aimed … Continue reading →

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Professional Democrats Suck at Their Jobs: The Brooklyn Democratic Party Edition

Posted on August 22, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Fortunately, it’s not like rank-and-file Democrats care about abortion (boldface mine): Brooklyn’s Democratic Party tapped a candidate for a New York judgeship who previously wrote about her opposition to Roe. v. Wade. Now, she could be asked to rule on … Continue reading →

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CEOs and Landlords Need to Learn to Embrace Technological Change

Posted on August 8, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Those of who are not young will remember, in the 1980s and 1990s, how American workers were told that their job losses, especially in manufacturing, were due to technological changes and that these workers therefore needed to Embrace Technological Change … Continue reading →

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One More Reason Why We Need Postal Banking

Posted on July 13, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

So when there’s another crisis requiring shovel large amounts of money out the door, we can do so without lots of fraud. Rolling Stone has a long article about the massive fraud that resulted from various COVID relief-related efforts. It … Continue reading →

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The Office as Idea Bubbler

Posted on July 5, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

This is NOT an idea bubbler. One of the dumbest reasons for returning to the office is the notion of the office as an idea bubbler (boldface mine): The engineers reminded him of their commutes. The working parents reminded him … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts About That Indictment

Posted on June 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Bed, bath, and beyond a reasonable doubt In no particular order: Upon further reflection, I’m concerned that Judge Aileen “Loose” Cannon is the judge, not so much because she is a partisan hack (though she is), but because she is … Continue reading →

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Justice Thomas and the Chevron (Un)Defense

Posted on May 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

One of the sort-of defenses of Crow Holdings LLC attorney and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ inappropriate financial relationships with billionaire Harlan Crow is that Thomas believed this crapola anyway. Well, hold your horses, Sparky, because it appears Thomas went … Continue reading →

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Yes, SVB Was a Bailout

Posted on March 23, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Just not of the people many people thought it was. Last week, some asshole with a blog noted this about the Silicon Valley Bank takeover: What I can’t wrap my head around is how stupid the venture capitalists who backed … Continue reading →

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Brown M&Ms and the SVB Bailout

Posted on March 15, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

And, yes, higher bank FDIC fees (which will be passed on to customers) constitutes a bailout. But I digress. What I can’t wrap my head around is how stupid the venture capitalists who backed these startups were. I don’t expect … Continue reading →

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It’s Like Über, but for Deposit Insurance

Posted on March 13, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

In light of the Silicon Valley Bank bank run and subsequent rescue, David Dayen points out there’s a solution for businesses, known as Insured Cash Sweep, which chops up your money into FDIC-insurable units of $250,000. That would mean these … Continue reading →

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