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7 Chilling Facts About Retirement in America That Should Make Obama Tremble Before Cutting Social Security and Medicare
Ellie Kesselman
Member (since August 2010)
Risk analysis for finance, healthcare and security
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Statistician
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Data quality, risk management, public health, regulatory compliance, financial fraud detection
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Ellie reviewed this story - May 13, 2013
Ellie posted and reviewed and starred this story - May 13, 2013
Despite the fact that the Associated Press was the subject of the government's seizure of records, the reporting was balanced and objective.
Prosecutors have sought phone records from reporters before, but the seizure of records from such a wide array of AP offices, including general AP switchboards numbers and ... More »
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Ellie posted and reviewed and starred this story - May 13, 2013
Ellie posted and reviewed and starred this story - May 13, 2013
Despite the fact that the Associated Press was the subject of the government's seizure of records, the reporting was balanced and objective.
Prosecutors have sought phone records from reporters before, but the seizure of records from such a wide array of AP offices, including general AP switchboards numbers and ... More »
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Delaware is the legal home to more than half of the corporate entities in the U.S. The state’s favorable tax laws cuts companies’ tax burdens by an average of 40 ... More »
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Post is written with signature Taibbi outrage and editorialized point-of-view. That doesn't diminish the validity of the reporting and analysis. This was well-sourced, with direct quotes from primary sources. It includes a variety of content types for solid factual corroboration.
As a subject matter "adept", I can vouch for the veracity of this post. I commend Taibbi for writing it. Others are not so brave, due to justifiable concern over personally relevant financial repercussions. It is deeply troubling that so many pension and public retirement systems are paying hedge funds to manage employee savings.
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Ellie commented on this review – Apr. 17, 2013
In other words, Loeb has been soliciting the retirement money of public workers, then turning right around and lobbying for those same workers to lose their benefits. ... More »
Ellie Kesselman Comment:
In a word, “YES”. Your assessment is accurate. It isn’t an overstatement, nor exaggerated. Even if one were devoid of moral outrage due to Loeb’s behavior, the hypocrisy and egregiousness would remain undeniable.
Loeb lied about ... More »
Ellie posted and reviewed this story - Apr 15, 2013
We often think of bandwidth as the barrier to the way online services evolve and improve. The message here is that the real bottleneck, looming sooner than we think, may be ... More »
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Ellie Kesselman Comment:
Me neither. I had hoped that it would. Esther Dyson… I really don’t understand.
Ellie reviewed this story - Mar 22, 2013
two very different businesses: content for consumption and real investigative reporting. More »
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A highly-charged opinion piece by Mr. Hans Blix, who was the head of U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq (UNMOVIC) in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The war aimed to eliminate WMD that was 'non existent', but the war ended up replacing 'tyranny with anarchy'. So it was that a few hundred unarmed U.N. inspectors left Iraq, to be replaced by hundreds of thousands of soldiers who began an occupation that have a horrendous cost in lives, suffering and resources. Good piece; enterprising, and shows context.
It’s about perception vs. fact. Though many in the world rightly perceived that Iraq invasion by the U.S., and supported by U.K was based on lies, this story by Mr. Blix confirms that the perception was fact. But it’s also true that his statements and his letters to the U.S. President weren’t the same. Thanks, Mr. Blix. Though late, you’ve told the truth, at last. We understand the connotation of your last sentence: ”I fear there is nothing stopping this kind of tragedy ... More »
Invading a country is easy for great power, but achieving political aims is more difficult. – Hans Blix, head of U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq (UNMOVIC) in the ... More »
Ellie Kesselman Comment:
I just read a very good article from a different source, but similar content. It focused less on the cause of the war, and more on the outcome and consequences, which have not been positive for Iraq.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/03/how-we-forgot-iraq.html
Ellie reviewed this story - Mar 22, 2013
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Ellie commented on this story – Mar. 22, 2013
I read this, ‘Laszlo Bock, SVP of people operations at Google, said this in a statement in January: “At a time when the U.S. economy needs it most, our immigration policies are stifling innovation.”’
and thought, no, I think ... More »
Ellie commented on this review – Mar. 22, 2013
A relatively shallow report on surface politics of lawmaking to destroy the jobs our children and grandchildren are hoping for and paying for. Ignores the big money that is coercing both corrupted parties to form a coalition of, by, and for the big corporations who contribute to elections. Look to the links below to see how false data is used to justify the "need" for importing indentured labor, and a concept of the shear magnitude of the H-1B visas relative to the US citizens in the computer technology field and with degrees. If there was a shortage of such workers, pay would rise to meet the demand. It has not for 10 years.
Ellie Kesselman Comment:
Dwight, you’re right. But no one listens. Lots of people, good people, have written an entire literature of income inequality (I just read a post using that expression in The New Yorker, which isn’t my usual reading material), yet it isn’t heeded. They’re ... More »
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Ellie Kesselman Comment:
Yes, Dwight. I don’t understand how Democrats can be so in favor of privatization and opposed to unions.
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I don't recall that the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner was typically attended by so many Hollywood celebrities (instead of journalists) in the past. This is sad. It is particularly poor timing for watching the rich and famous while the FAA et. al. muddle through sequester, and unemployment endures.