Wednesday Stuff

(Another questionable posting day tomorrow, by the way...)

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was dead-on right again in proposing capping executive pay at $400G last year, as Rachel Maddow notes, with Obama now on board with a figure closer to $500G (both are still way too damn much money IMHO, but as Sanders says, it's better than nothing).



(Oh, and Sanders has a first-rate idea about investigating all of the bad actors involved here, and while I'm sure Elizabeth Warren is quite good, this is a job where we need all the expertise we can get.

So...let's not forget that this guy, baggage and all, has some time on his hands these days, OK?)...

...and you MUST see this; Dem U.S. House Rep Gary Ackerman of New York of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises (that's a mouthful!) absolutely lays into some SEC reps over the Bernie Madoff meltdown (and Ackerman is referencing the testimony of Harry Markopolos, an independent financial fraud investigator for institutional investors and others seeking forensic accounting expertise, by the way, as noted here)...



...Architecture in Helsinki ("That Beep"; I think someone ought to tie Richard Fuld, John Thain, Madoff et al to chairs and make them watch this video for about 20 hours straight; I'd like to see the result)...



...and as a tribute to Hank Crawford, here's "Don't Cry Baby" on "Night Music" with David Sanborn....



...and one more thing; Amadou Diallo died ten years ago today.