chuck-grassley
Adam Weinstein · 12/10/13 11:17AM
The 15 Most Powerful Chuck Grassley Tweets of 2012
Max Read · 12/24/12 11:30AMHackers Briefly Make Sen. Chuck Grassley's Twitter Feed Readable
Jim Newell · 01/23/12 04:35PMIowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is an incredulous old coot who likes to tweet unreadable shorthand nonsense, constantly, and then lash out at those who would make fun of him. Whenever the federal government gets around to killing off the dumb Internet once and for all, they should leave Grassley's Twitter page up as a memorial to fun times lost. Here's a useful perspective for considering how unorthodox Grassley's feed is: When hackers broke into it today, their tweets were instantly more professional than the graffiti that one of our most senior Senators usually vomits out from his phone.
Old Iowa Senator Shows Off Twitter Skills in New Ad
Jim Newell · 09/13/10 02:06PMSEC's Porn Aficionados Still Hard at Work
Jeff Neumann · 04/28/10 04:15AMThe SEC Was Watching Porn While You Lost Your Job
Max Read · 04/23/10 03:05AMDid pornography cause the recession? According to the AP, the answer is: Probably! Over the last five years, the SEC has conducted 33 separate probes into "employees looking at explicit images"—explicit porno images. Let the "SEC/SEX" jokes begin!
Are We Going to Get Financial Reform, or What?
Max Read · 04/22/10 01:31AMHappy Birthday
cityfile · 09/17/09 06:36AMDirector Baz Luhrmann turns 47 today. Gossip Girl's Matthew Settle is turning 40. Joe Bastianich, the restaurateur and partner of Mario Batali, is 41. Russian supermodel Eugenia Volodina is 25. Supreme Court Justice David Souter turns 70. American Idol contestant-turned-Broadway star Constantine Maroulis is turning 34. One of the Miller sisters, Princess Marie-Chantal, is 41. Rapper Doug E. Fresh is turning 43. Lakers head coach Phil Jackson is 64. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley turns 76. And Paula Jones is 43, although she probably shouldn't expect a birthday card from Bill Clinton.
Newt Gingrich Could Really Use an 'Edit' Feature on Twitter
The Cajun Boy · 07/05/09 10:08PMWill Obama's Firing of an Inspector General Evolve Into a Major Scandal?
The Cajun Boy · 06/16/09 05:15AMIowa Senator Chuck Grassley Uses Twitter to Exhibit Insanity, Illiteracy
The Cajun Boy · 06/08/09 02:14AMThe Outrage Over AIG Continues
cityfile · 03/17/09 05:33AM• The epic fallout from AIG's decision to pay out bonuses enters a second day: Andrew Cuomo says he plans to subpoena company execs, the Obama administration is scrambling to cool emotions, but clearly his influence is limited. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has suggested that AIG execs follow a "Japanese model" and choose between "apology or suicide." [NYT, ABC, WSJ]
• Given the new restrictions on Wall Street bonuses, banks are now looking for loopholes and planning to boost base salaries to offset lower bonuses. [WSJ]
• Goldman Sachs is bailing out its own employees: It's offering to lend money to more than 1,000 employees who've been squeezed by the crisis. [NYT]
• Mortgage fraud is at an all-time high, but you probably figured that. [CNN]
• Unsurprisingly, banks are raising interest rates and cutting credit lines. [BN]
• Housing starts surged in February from a record low the month before. [BN]