The U.S. as a Banana Republic?

Plane Ditches in New York River, All Aboard are SafeReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued."We've had a miracle on the Hudson," New York Gov [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:10:00

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The Bush Legacy - gifting Obama with a Muslim world rejecting jihad

The latest NIC Global Trends 2025 Report is out… and it’s not good news for those determined to insure the Bush legacy is portrayed as one consisting of nothing but of utter failure. Download the 120 pg, 8.2MB report here ... , despite events - and having few reporters willing to go out on the limb to report the unthinkable (a Bush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 23:46:27

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting By Brad Johnson on Jan 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm U.S ... tide in Washington. They deserve credit for moving past conservative rhetoric that denies the need ... in a recent report, “A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:46:27

Posts about Tri-State Real Estate (FL, GA and AL) as of January 16, 2009

Foreclosures And The Mortgage Meltdown Continues to Plague America - usreoproperties ... either being foreclosed upon or delinquent. The nation … package aiming to thaw the frozen credit ... 01/16/2009 Toyota is developing a miniature, environmentally friendly car that is powered entirely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:21:19

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009

Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, ... Gaza, the Vatican Raises the White FlagItaly Urges Gaza TruceItaly: Verona to Target Home Sex ... in DemonstrationsGush Katif Expulsion Victim Returns ‘Home’ as SoldierHave Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00

Tyler Thigpen

Dolphins acquire Tyler Thigpen from Chiefs – Newsday With Chad Pennington out for the season, the Dolphins acquired quarterback Tyler Thigpen from the Chiefs for an undisclosed draft pick. …. Miami Dolphins acquire Kansas City QB Tyler Thigpen in trade – MiamiHerald.com Tyler Thigpen , 25, would fill Miami's need for depth at the quarterback position following Chad Pennington's season-ending shoulder injury on Sunday. …. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 23:07:18

Sure, I'm still hoping for the best from the Obama administration, but the hiring of Cass Sunstein and the banishment of Howard Dean aren't good signs

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is introduced by President-elect Obama as the new chairman of the DNC. But wait, isn't there somebody missing? by Ken For all my apprehensions about what we're gleaning about policies of the Obama administration and what's suggested by the people being brought in to staff the administration, let me be clear: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 23:44:15

Why Even Good Credit Might Get Cut

(Photo: Dan Esparza) You can afford your mortgage, you have a high credit score and you pay your bills on time every month. So why did American Express just slash your credit limit? Could be because of where you shop? A combination of the credit crisis and the increasing use of predictive analytic models [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:35:39

It Keeps Getting Better And Better In California

The Daily Press reports from California. “First-time home buyers jumped into the local real estate market in December, pushing sales of existing homes up by 17 percent for the month and 207 percent compared to a year ago, according to new from the Victor Valley MLS compiled by Larry Trombley, an agent in Hesperia [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:46:59

obamessiah: inaugural emergencies & the end of the beginning

'state of emergency' declared for inaugurationfrom nytimes: It is true, President Bush sounded alarms about Barack Obama during the campaign season. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush went one step further: He declared Mr. Obama’s inauguration an actual emergency. The declaration, though, was not a political statement about Republicans being run out of town [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:10:00

Class Action Lawsuit Against The Credit Card Companies

This is an interview with Samuel Deskin of the Deskin Law Firm about the possibility of a class action lawsuit against the major credit card ... ! This is Connie Brooks from Ask Mr. Credit Card.com We’re here today to discuss one of the problems created by the current downturn in the economy. Credit card companies have been unexpectedly lowering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:45:22

Obama to the Rescue!

Word on the Street President-elect Barack Obama is going to back a bank-rescue ... avoid foreclosure. The money may also go to help cities and states with “credit issues” … pun ... are advocating a government-backed “bad” or “aggregator” bank to acquire hundreds of billions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:53:39

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2009

Forget global warming. Hello, global cooling! If the experts are right, we’re in for a new Ice Age.But it’s still the fault of George W. Bush, of course.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fausta, Insubria, JD, KGS, Tuan Jim, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:37:00

Freshwater Day 11: Board's case ends; Freshwater's begins

Today saw the end of the Board of Education’s case and the beginning of the presentation of John Freshwater’s case ... the investigators’ report. She had not. He asked if she had asked her parents if the investigator would ... leaders’ in FAC: to arrange speakers, lead programs, help things run smoothly. Another series [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 07:19:10

Three Gambling Questions

Three Gambling Questions Three interesting questions were recently emailed to me regarding gambling tax issues ... , it's 7%. You are earning that income in California, and California law says that anyone who earns that income ... that you will be able to get a tax credit for. However, if you're an amateur gambler you are just plain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:01:00

TARP Oversight

TARP Oversight January 9th, 2009 by Karina Today, the Congressionally mandated Oversight Panel on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) released its second report. From the Congressional Oversight Panel: “Because the questions we asked one month ago are important as ever, in this second report we lay out exactly what questions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:15:54

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 16-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Outgoing CIA director defends detainee interrogation program (McClatchy) LANGLEY, Va. — Outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden vigorously defended on Thursday the agency’s use of secret prisons and coercive interrogation methods on suspected al Qaida terrorists, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:21:21

President Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

Dec. 8, 2008: President George W. Bush kisses one of the children attending the Children’s Holiday Reception and Performance with first lady Laura Bush in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The reception is for children whose parents are serving in the military and cannot be with them for the Christmas holiday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:47:09

US Energy Tax: How Level Is the Playing Field?

A new study has been issued by the Manhattan Institute, called TAXING ENERGY IN THE UNITED STATES: Which Fuels Does the Tax Code Favor? ... call with Metcalf regarding the report. A couple of Metcalf's findings: • The tax code ... Metcalf shows in his report with respect to effective tax rates is this one: The first column shows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:57:59

Laws in Credit Repair

Laws in Credit Repair There are certain laws issued for people that have bad credit and to know these laws is important to protect all those ... and finding a solution to repair your credit. Problems do not go away, rather they add up more problems. Credit repair is a deduction so you do not want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:05:26

ERISA and your 401k; Employee Retirement Income Security Act

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (Pub.L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829, enacted September 2, 1974) is an American federal statute that establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry and provides for extensive rules on the federal income tax effects of transactions associated with employee benefit plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:06:01

This has been an unusual interregnum from President No. 43 to No. 44. Because of the need for urgent economic action as well as continuity, this country, perhaps for the first time, has had two presidents at once, in effect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:38:14

Retard’s guide to dealing with collection agencies

Are you in debt, are you receiving harassing phone calls at work and getting bills saying you owe someone money? If so you need to read the retard’s guide to collection agencies… #headline { margin: 0; background-image: url(http://retardzone.com/uploads/2008/10/lucas/top.png) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:21:02

AP: No Experience in new CIA Chief Somehow Shows Obama’s ‘Clean Break from Bush Administration’?

-By Warner Todd Huston To paraphrase Forrest Gump, Inexperienced is as inexperienced does ... made this pick to show he is making a “clean break from Bush administration.” A clean break? How ... for a clean break from Bush administration policies. If the AP means that by picking Panetta [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:54:10

How to get a Collection Agency to delete your account from your Credit Report

These are a couple of tactics I read up on from a collection agency former manager that might prove successful in getting your account deleted from your credit report. When a collection agency has purchased or been assigned your account ... collection… they aren’t allowed to report it to the credit reporting bureaus. The goal is to convince [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:53:23

How to get a Collection Agency to delete your account from your Credit Report

These are a couple of tactics I read up on from a collection agency former manager that might prove successful in getting your account deleted from your credit report. When a collection agency has purchased or been assigned your account ... collection… they aren’t allowed to report it to the credit reporting bureaus. The goal is to convince [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:53:23

Synthetic man

Susan Crane’s book on Ritual, Identity and Clothing During the 100 Years War has a chapter on “Talking Garments” ... (“FTC”) has identified it as the fastest growing white collar crime; federal and state governments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:37:08

Ku Li repeat call on leadership to face up to global economic reality

.fullpost{display:inline;}Last week, Abdullah snapped on RTM News at Tengku Razaleigh for describing the current leadership as in a state of economic denial. He said Ku Li does not have access to data and is in no position to insist the leadership face up to the reality of a looming recession [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:00:00

DrumBeat: January 6, 2009

The Costly Compromises of Oil From Sand OTTAWA — A major source of oil for the United States must now confront another problem: its carbon footprint. Canada, in large part because of the production capacity of its oil sands, is now the largest oil supplier to the United States [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:47:30

On the one hand - then on the other hand

It has been reported that “U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday she had told Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Ministers ... when asked whether she had protested to Israel’s government after the warehouse bombing”. This report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:58:57

Racist Murder of Oscar Grant: An Update

The BART cop, Johannes Mehserle, who shot and killed an unarmed Oscar Grant in Oakland on New Year’s Day, ... it in the report, “over-stopped, over-frisked, over-searched and over-arrested.” emphasis added    After [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:29:48

AP: No Experience in new CIA Chief Somehow Shows Obama’s ‘Clean Break from Bush Administration’?

To paraphrase Forrest Gump, Inexperienced is as inexperienced does ... that Obama made this pick to show he is making a “clean break from Bush administration.” A clean break? How ... s intention for a clean break from Bush administration policies. If the AP means that by picking Panetta [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:46:04

Only Rats Get Fat as Misdirected Bailout and Stimulus Funds go Down the Rat Hole

By Dave Lindorff Congress should do now what it should have done back in the fall: kill the Wall Street bailout program ... of the damning report by the Minneapolis Fed’s plucky trio of economists, is that banks aren’t lending [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:33:04

Financial innovations: A history of scams

Business StandardFinancial innovations: A history of scamsDevangshu Datta / New Delhi January 17, 2009, 0:22 ISTRamalinga Raju cooked his books - and his goose - but India's history of scams is long and innovative.Until Ramalinga Raju made his confessional statement, his 2009 travel calendar had "Davos" marked on it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:33:00

Financial innovations: A history of scams

Business StandardFinancial innovations: A history of scamsDevangshu Datta / New Delhi January 17, 2009, 0:22 ISTRamalinga Raju cooked his books - and his goose - but India's history of scams is long and innovative.Until Ramalinga Raju made his confessional statement, his 2009 travel calendar had "Davos" marked on it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:33:00

Financial innovations: A history of scams

Business StandardFinancial innovations: A history of scamsDevangshu Datta / New Delhi January 17, 2009, 0:22 ISTRamalinga Raju cooked his books - and his goose - but India's history of scams is long and innovative.Until Ramalinga Raju made his confessional statement, his 2009 travel calendar had "Davos" marked on it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:33:00

Financial innovations: A history of scams

Business StandardFinancial innovations: A history of scamsDevangshu Datta / New Delhi January 17, 2009, 0:22 ISTRamalinga Raju cooked his books - and his goose - but India's history of scams is long and innovative.Until Ramalinga Raju made his confessional statement, his 2009 travel calendar had "Davos" marked on it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:33:00

Financial innovations: A history of scams

Business StandardFinancial innovations: A history of scamsDevangshu Datta / New Delhi January 17, 2009, 0:22 ISTRamalinga Raju cooked his books - and his goose - but India's history of scams is long and innovative.Until Ramalinga Raju made his confessional statement, his 2009 travel calendar had "Davos" marked on it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:33:00

Financial innovations: A history of scams

Business StandardFinancial innovations: A history of scamsDevangshu Datta / New Delhi January 17, 2009, 0:22 ISTRamalinga Raju cooked his books - and his goose - but India's history of scams is long and innovative.Until Ramalinga Raju made his confessional statement, his 2009 travel calendar had "Davos" marked on it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:33:00

Financial innovations: A history of scams

Business StandardFinancial innovations: A history of scamsDevangshu Datta / New Delhi January 17, 2009, 0:22 ISTRamalinga Raju cooked his books - and his goose - but India's history of scams is long and innovative.Until Ramalinga Raju made his confessional statement, his 2009 travel calendar had "Davos" marked on it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:33:00

Ecuador is Dying: Incoming Soros-Obama Team Helped

January 15, 2009 Ecuadorean president Correa has foolishly abandoned a multi-layered economic strategy for Ecuador and focused GOE's GDP almost ... bad ideas, George Soros's own FOREIGN POLICY Magazine wants to tell you just how many of his own [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:51:51

This Day in Geek History: January 17

1882 Leroy B. Firman receives the first patent for a telephone switchboard. (U.S. No. 252,576 ) The invention will play a fundamental role in the success of the telephone industry. Thomas Alva Edison is issued a patent for the carbon microphone for the telephone. (US No. 252,442) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:00:45

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented 5B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a ,500 tax credit; local school districts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:07:28

Sunday Reading: Broder Hammers Obama

Sunday Reading: Broder Hammers ObamaPresident-elect Barack Obama's popularity ratings may still be sky high but the Post's David Broder -- dean of the political press corps in Washington -- isn't happy with the performance of the former Illinois Senator in recent weeks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:15:00

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - January 6, 2009

Articles of interest to Illinois Republicans recently posted by ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Daily Herald, Suburban Chicago News, Suburban Life, Pioneer Local, Southtown Star, Rockford Register Star, Bloomington Pantagraph, Peoria Journal Star, Springfield State Journal Register, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:05:29

Obama's first plan

Obama's first plan The House Appropriations Committee introduced its version of the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan ... Depression. Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:25

the assault on gaza continues

the assault on gaza continues tonight, i'm going to open with this editorial from workers world: How to help Gaza Published Jan 15, 2009 8: ... to their credit, some left-wing Greek parties that oppose the Greek government plan to hold protests Jan. 15 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:17:28

Palin: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?

Palin: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's interview for a forthcoming documentary about the way in which she was covered during her bid for the vice presidency in 2008 has once again catapulted her into the middle of the national political conversation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:25:00

Cumberland on Currencies; Gartman on Geithner; Kotok postscript on Geithner.

Cumberland on Currencies; Gartman on Geithner; Kotok postscript on Geithner by David Kotok January 14, 2009 David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. He holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:30:30

Thailand and Refugees : An UPDATE

UPDATE: It is the lead news item on ThaiPBS evening news - they focus on the BBC story and give a reasonable accurate summation of the BBC news ... , but it was about 10 minutes in length.First, credit should go to PhuketWan who from what BP [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:00:00

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