Poverty for profit

One of the large takeaways this weekend for me was the economics of poverty, not from the side of the poor, but from the side of the 1%. I tweeted:

There is a lot of money to be made off poor people. Follow those economics to solve the issue. #checkcashing…

Another first for the Plate — Seconds!

Sam Seder established another “first” for UP when he went in for seconds from the plate. On Friday night, Sam warned us all that he was going in. And he did not disappoint.

The Supreme Court in presidential elections

On Sunday, the panel discussed the implications of the 2012 presidential election on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) appointments as several of the justices are well into their seventies. Because many recent decisions have been 5–4…

#uppers One year anniversary

Nancy Giles, multitasker extraordinaire

Nancy Giles proved today that you can think, talk and eat all at the same time and look fabulous doing it! Congratulations to our newest #pastriot!

Home Version of the UP Game

Race and SuperPACS

This weekend on UP w/ Chris, the panels covered two topics that are quickly becoming part of a narrative that I think is on the wrong trajectory. The first one is dividing and analyzing the electorate by race. The other is the failure of SuperPAC spending.

Thinking…

I was thinking that sometimes I have thoughts too big to tweet or I would just like to share some photos and such with the #uppers crowd who follows the plate.

Maybe I’ll do this, maybe I won’t. I hate post-production which is good because I get on the table a few minutes to the show…

How Benghazi will unravel on Romney and the GOP

From the moment the Egyptian embassy was threatened by an unruly crowd, the Romney camp was chomping at the bit to beat the President to the microphone. Mitt got it wrong, but doubled down on his story, even claiming up through the last debate…