The Sorensen Monologues

Banks Telling It Like It Is

From the NYT, the financial industry’s response to new regulation of debit and credit card fees paid by merchants:

And this was not an easy vote. Lobbyists for the wounded but formidable banking industry made clear to some senators that this decision would affect future campaign donations, according to people who participated in those conversations.

I guess they aren’t even trying to pretend our campaign finance system isn’t a form of legalized bribery anymore.

Sunday Outing

The cartoonist hard at work avoiding a deadline.

In an unusual move for me, I celebrated Mother’s Day and the 50th anniversary of The Pill by going to my first-ever Seattle Mariners game. While the Phillies will always be my first love (sorry, Seattle, but that moose mascot can’t hold a candle to the Phanatic), I enjoyed watching the Mariners end their losing streak by trouncing the Angels. I’m sure it was my presence that did the trick.

Same Great SlowpokeBlog, New Location!

Welcome to the proto-neo-SlowpokeBlog. I’ve been busy with deadlines and am about to leave for New York, so I haven’t had time to work on design at all. Rest assured, it will eventually look more interesting than this. And yes, I’m allowing comments. We’ll talk more about that later. So, bookmark this space and — well, I’m going to set up Feedburner soon, so you might hold off on subscribing for now. I’ll keep you posted.