New Orleans News reports, partially attributable to banking giant, Wells Fargo, indicate that they are about to face an additional fine of $1 billion dollars from a variety of governmental agencies including the largely de-fanged Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for their high crimes and misdeeds. As everyone should be ceaselessly reminded in the case of …
Month: April 2018
Standing Rock and Veterans Stand
New Orleans Standing Rock seems like yesterday though it was the fall and winter of 2016, when the Standing Rock Sioux were joined by representatives of tribes from throughout the nation and thousands of supporters in an encampment that tried to stop the completion of the Dakota Pipeline. The fight inspired deep support. A …
Facebook Escapes Responsibility
New Orleans The reviews are in on Mark Zuckerberg’s trip to Washington to visit with Congress. Amazingly, he seems to have emerged largely unscathed from two days of hearings. All reports indicate that the political class was befuddled and confused, didn’t really understand social media or grasp the full range of the business model, and let …