The "Push Back": Jargon 2009

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

The Really: New favorite code word for political pundits is “push back”. Two words or one? It means “getting shit for something” or “backlash”. Sometimes indicted people push back. Sometimes photographers push back too (at 0:13).

Suicide: L’Affaire Madoff

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

The Really: Rich people are as lousy with money as we all are? The 50 billion dollar Madoff ponzi scheme and its disastrous fallout is reaching Jackie Collins proportions. Add a Madison Avenue banker’s suicide and the richest people in the world to this amazing story. The pot boils. The rich are different Fitzgerald is [...]