January 9, 10, 11 - Unemployment Risies to 7.2% - Highest Yearly Job Loss Since 1945 - Google Rumors - Freightliner Dismisses 2137 - Semitool Chips Away 280 Jobs - Union Pacific Derails 231 - Boeing to Layoff 4500? - Beechcraft Ending 1600 Jobs? - Seagate to Delete More this Month

                                     Mike: Good day to all. Today’s big number is the Employment Situation, which is released at 8:30 EST ... %.             * Breaking news: Yet another sobering government labor report released Friday showed the economy ... jobs report, the unemployment rate rose to 7.2% last month from 6.7% in November and higher than [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:51:10

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The Bipartisan Homeland Security State

Will GriggFor two years, Bart McIntyre was deeply involved in the insignificant, thinly populated white supremacist movement ... criminal syndicates, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, and Persecution ... the agency's immediate ancestor was an appendage of the federal Bureau of Internal Revenue, as the IRS [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:24:00

19 Days After Viciously Attacking Guest Who Called The Economy “Dire,” Hannity Now Accuses Democrats Of Ignoring Catastrophic Economic Problems

Less than three weeks ago, Sean Hannity had a bullyboy temper tantrum when a guest dared to say that the American economy is in “dire straits ... News contributor so he ought to know the kind of reporting that goes on (or not) right ... It was the (Democratic-backed) Community Reinvestment Act that started this ball rolling down the hill [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 09:10:44

Foreclosures linked to 2005 Bankruptcy Reform law

For those readers not familiar with the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act ("BAPCA"), prior to October of 2005, unsecured debt ( ... credit cards, for example) could be discharged under a Chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation) therefore ... of their credit card debt, and that would free up income to pay the mortgage. The new law blocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:03:13

DrumBeat: December 29, 2008

Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling MOSCOW — A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, aspired to be the largest corporation in the world. Buoyed by high oil prices and political backing from the Kremlin, it had already achieved third place judging by market capitalization, behind Exxon Mobil and General Electric [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:06:30

Department of Homeland Lunacy

By Dave Lindorff I am not a terrorist. How can I prove this in these paranoid times? Easy ... agreement with neighboring New York to obtain my new Pennsylvania license), and to ask what the problem might be, I was told that they couldn’t tell me, because the federal report doesn’t say [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 05:33:10

Is 450 ppm politically possible? Part 8

By Joseph Romm A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent to 30 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 ... the risks of dangerous impacts of global warming. That is the executive summary of a new report I have written for the Center for American Progress (Full report here PDF ). I have changed my thinking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:42:02

Golden Globes - Live Post

FINAL PREDICTION TALLIES k - 9/14 DP - 9/14 Live commentary between DP and K during this year's Golden Globes... DP: I just got done emailing k about the SUPREME diss Brad Pitt gave Ryan Seacrest. Having spotted Brangelina, Ryan came down from that dumb podium type thing E! has set up, literally running after them, and Brad and Angie.. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:20:20

Green Ink: OPEC?s Divided, and Wal Mart Gets Greener

December crude oil contracts plunged below $69 as the specter of collapsing demand weighs on markets, Bloomberg reports ... t in such bad shape, notes Earth2Tech, though Tesla is also waiting on Washington for much-needed money. Tom ... for federal investment in a smart grid at an Obama event, in Washington Wire [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 16:07:00

Fed Watch: Bad to Worse

Tim Duy looks at monetary and fiscal policy options in light of an economy that continues to slide downhill: Bad to Worse, by Tim Duy: ... that the limits to US deficit spending are soon approaching? Adding to the dismal manufacturing report early ... to the highest level in 25 years. The all important employment report only added to the gloom – a [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 08:24:00

Obama OKs modest tax changes after seeking ideas

Obama OKs modest tax changes after seeking ideas President-elect Barack Obama speaks about the economy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va ... alter a proposed tax credit for creating jobs. Further, Democrats sought inclusion of relief ... up a small part of a massive economic stimulus bill - expected to reach over $800 billion over two years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 02:39:47

19 Days After Viciously Attacking Guest Who Called The Economy “Dire,” Hannity Now Accuses Democrats Of Ignoring Catastrophic Economic Problems Since 2004

Less than three weeks ago, Sean Hannity had a bullyboy temper tantrum when a guest dared to say that the American economy is in “dire straits ... News contributor so he ought to know the kind of reporting that goes on (or not) right ... It was the (Democratic-backed) Community Reinvestment Act that started this ball rolling down the hill [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 09:45:25

Conspiracy of the Lemmings: Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis; Part II

Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie’s Notebook By Jim Simpson Note: I am indebted to the incredible efforts of many bloggers, who did the yeoman’s work of ferreting out many of the hard-to-find facts in this article. I particularly want to thank David Horowitz and his Discover the Networks team, Trevor Loudon of New Zeal blog, Cliff Kincaid, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 14:25:21

Yes, I dumped a post.

Yes, I dumped a post. 01-10-09 12:40 P GMT-08 I dumped a post in which I almost lauded Condi Rice for not making a statement about how the only ... states have been bitching about meeting guidelines on fair voting act rules and want them overturned ... to whites. To it's credit New Haven, Connecticut tried to stop using their racist test, but the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:59:49

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/8/2009

The latest word is that an agreement with Russia has been reached, and the flow through the gas pipeline will resume.Also, look for the storming of the Israeli consulate in Montreal, as well as other Gaza-inspired violence around the world.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, Insubria, JD, Tuan Jim, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:49:00

You Can Stop a Junk Debt Buyer’s Collection of Your Older Credit Card Debt

by Matthew Highlander A consumer with knowledge of existing consumer protection laws can stop a junk debt buyer’s credit card debt collection attempts. Junk debt buyers are companies that buy batches of thousands of discharged credit card accounts from the credit card banks for pennies on the dollar (under 10 to 15 cents per dollar of debt). Junk debt buyers also resell these accounts to each other for as little as less than one cent per dollar of debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 18:47:03

Hamilton’s Counterfeit Capitalism

Daily Article by George F. Smith | As we await Bush’s replacement to straighten our wayward lives, it’s crucial to understand how we got here and why policy makers are so determined to do the wrong thing. Austrian economics explains why their policies are flawed, but no one with a voice seems to care [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:36:00

DrumBeat: October 11, 2008

GPS could save airlines billions in fuel costs CHICAGO - A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning stages for more than a decade [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 13:14:59

Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/8/2008

As of tonight the news feed has been up and running every day for three months (except for when I’ve been away).I’ve received a few complaints about it. Some readers don’t like to have to scroll through the headlines to get to the good stuff, and others don’t want me to waste space on American news stories which are being covered thoroughly [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 03:43:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/16/2008

Don’t miss “Letter From Iceland” under the “General” heading. The most concentrated essence of the financial crisis can be found in Iceland, and the account of recent events there is fascinating — and sobering.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Conservative Swede, Diana West, Insubria, JD, no2liberals, RRW, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 04:57:00

Help! Poor Black People Are Stealing the Election from Rich White Guys

By Lloyd Hart You may have noticed over the last week the word acorn or to be more exact A.C.O.R.N ... practices in minority neighborhoods - a deliberate practice of banks not providing equal access to credit ... loans from mortgage companies and banks who saw the future and were desperate to get rid [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 21:55:03

Around the World, Consumers and Businesses Turn to VeriSign® for Online Identity Protection

/India PRwire/ - As consumers wrestle with Internet security concerns in the face of recent high-profile account break-ins, ... credit-card-format tokens from InCard Technologies (NASDAQ: INVC).American Bankers Association ... Certificate, fraud detection services to monitor anomalies on the back end, and consumer education [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 09:21:11

Hillary Clinton Re-Imagined

Hillary Clinton Re-ImaginedHillary Rodham Clinton will serve in a non-partisan role as secretary of state, which may provide her an opportunity to recast her legacy.Hillary Rodham Clinton's confirmation hearing today in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee marks a turn in the legacy of a family that has dominated Democratic politics for [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:05:21

The Stars My Devastation, Part 1

Who was it that asked for a Marnie Masterson story? I honestly don’t remember the clever ending to the one I started on thisisby.us and never finished, but this one came to me out of a dream. I’m posting it here because I’m not satisfied with the results of TIBU, and it’s not going to be frequent enough to merit its own site [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 02:26:00

The White House

YESTERDAY PRESIDENT BUSH MADE HIS LAST PRESS CONFERNECE AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Tapper. We have been through a lot together. As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton. Just seemed like yesterday that -- that I was on the campaign trail and you were analyzing my speeches and my policies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:04:00

Senate 'Bailout' Opens Door to Ending 'Fair Value' Accounting

Among the 451 pages of provisions contained in the Senate-approved Emergency Economic Stabilization Bill of 2008, which the House will debate today, ... , which allow companies and financial institutions to report the value of their assets on the price ... that have no market value have worsened the credit crisis, and changing them has been a priority for [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 20:00:00

Credit report: check yours

Checking your credit reportAccording to the Federal Trade Commission, one in six Americans will be a victim of identity theft this year. It’s more important than ever to make sure you check your credit report often to make sure you are not a victim. It is also easier than ever to check your credit report and the best part, it’s free.A few years ago, Congress passed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act). [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 19:27:34

Senate, Once August Body - Mired in Muck!

Watch this and you will understand, perhaps, if you are objective why terrorists dig tunnels under homes,attachments:HamasCivillians.wmv (1992KB) also,India understands. So does a Cuban born Spanish author. (See 1 below.)How about this for proportionality - every IDF soldier killed is equivalent to 50 plus of ours. (See 2 and 2a below.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:29:00

History This Week

Valerie Hart: The Woman at the Heart of the Rupununi Uprising Introduction According to declassified Department of State Documents “At 8am EST Valerie Hart contacted US Ham radio operator and broadcast appeal for help from U.S. ‘or any other country listening’ on behalf Guyanese rebels. Mrs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 09:01:30

Are 8,000 Bosnia Massacre Victims Just Like Gazans?

-By Warner Todd Huston These sort of nonsensical comparisons, filled to the brim with hyperbolic foolishness, ... claim that Israel is perpetrating an act no better than the ethnic cleansing in the 1990s in Serbia ... goal all along. The report originates from Sarajevo where survivors of the ‘95 massacre of Bosnian [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 15:30:48

The Warning Signs Were There

Everyone knew that this was a possibility, but everyone - Democrats and Republicans - went along with the idea, ... those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good enough ... more loans to so-called subprime borrowers. These borrowers whose incomes, credit ratings and savings [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 12:45:00

Erasure poetry

Poetry seems to be an emerging thread here at The Daily Beat (see the post on 1-12-09 about cleave poetry). To me (uneducated poet that I am) ... ). The article cited someone who did an erasure poem using the 9/11 Commission Report!I wanted to try ... a policy from work. Or the fine print that comes with a credit card statement. Or language [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:00:00

Boston Tea Party Presidential candidate Charles Jay answers Obama-McCain debate questions

Posted at cj08.com (I wasn’t invited to Friday night’s presidential debate, but you knew I was going to weigh in anyway. My “participation” comes in the way of interspersing my responses into the actual text of the debate, which you will see below. All of those responses to the questions asked by moderator Jim Lehrer are in bold type [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 18:49:05

Friday wrap

Dem Congress to pump raw sewage into nation's workplaces ... The AFL-CIO advanced an argument detailing why a "majority sign-up" is the best option for preserving "the freedom of working people." Below is a syllogism that encapsulates an argument found on the AFL-CIO website.1. The workplace environment has been poisoned by browbeating employers.2 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:30:00

Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин

Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00

How to Resolve Credit Bureau Reporting Errors

Photo courtesy of neoliminal A couple months ago my wife and I started a passive search for a new home ... idea to check your credit report to make sure things are being reported correctly.  Inaccuracies ... on a new home. Skeletons In Your Credit Closet? Often times consumers have legitimate, negative [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 11:00:30

Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and War

Once again the great Professor Peter Dale Scott comes out with a definitive analysis of the perils of these most dangerous and uncertain of times, of the deep state and the decline of empire. We are posting this here and strongly recommending all of the fine the work by Professor Scott as well as the other fine contributors to Global Research to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:31:00

Combating Abuse: A Model That Works

Abuse, especially of children, continues to be the elephant in the Orthodox room. The news stories won’t go away. The cynicism won’t go away ... . Aleinu is the Orthodox unit of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles. It provides a gamut ... it with one of successful partnership. A huge amount of credit goes to Debbie Fox, a licensed clinical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:24:36

Lawmakers report progress on financial rescue deal

WASHINGTON — Nervously eyeing the markets' next trading session, key lawmakers in both parties and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson worked late into the night Saturday trying to close an agreement on a multibillion-dollar government bailout of distressed financial companies. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 03:01:41

First Draft Of Stimulus Package

SUMMARY: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT Action and Action Now! The economy is in a crisis not seen since the Great Depression. Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months the country has lost 2 million jobs and we are expected to lose another 3 to 5 million in the next year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:03:30

DrumBeat: December 18, 2008

Oil drops 9 pct as demand outlook overshadows OPEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices dropped more than 9 percent to $36 a barrel Thursday as slumping demand and swelling U.S. inventories offset OPEC's record supply cut agreement. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to cut output by 2 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:42:11

Perspective; Brothers in arms - Israel’s secret pact with Pretoria (Israeli apartheid)

During the second world war the future South African prime minister John Vorster was interned as a Nazi sympathiser. Three decades later he was being feted in Jerusalem. In the second part of his remarkable special report, Chris McGreal investigates the clandestine alliance between Israel and the apartheid regime [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:39:07

Guest Post by Miriam Lyons: What does an Obama win mean for Australia?

Director of the Centre for Policy Development Miriam Lyons writes: Barack Obama’s victory represents a watershed in American history, ... with the Green Jobs Act, and elements of the President-elect’s energy and environment policies look ... on cheap credit.” But the days of easy credit are over, Obama said, “because there is too much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 10:04:25

Choosing a Credit Repair Firm

Credit repair is a million dollar industry with a lot of scams. Finding a loan with poor credit isn’t hard, getting a decent interest rate can be. When you clean up your credit report you end up saving hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars ... guide and your 3-in-1 credit report; Whichever way you decide to go, here are just a few tips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:49:38

THE BEAST 50 MOST LOATHSOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA, 2008

side note: I found this late last night and I enjoyed it so much it kept me up later then I wanted…but was well worth it! Enjoy with your morning coffee! http://www.buffalobeast.com 50. Barack Obama Charges: Beyond a few token acts of bipartisan marketing, Barry’s major duty in the Senate was to avoid legislating, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 09:06:30

Hey Governor, what about bikes? [Updated]

Libby Tucker [Editor's note: This is the first article in our new section, BikePortland.org: In-Depth ... emissions and slash the state budget, Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s proposed Jobs and Transportation Act of 2009 ... tax credit toward the purchase of plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars. “The word “bicycle” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 05:43:37

FP Marketing: Brands and the mother-child bond

On today's FP Marketing page, Hollie Shaw looks at a study suggesting how people react to brands relates to their level of secure parental ... payment of US$12.1-million and credit the Army US$3.4-million in work performed, but not billed ... . The Bessies are organized by the Television Bureau of Canada in conjunction with the Broadcast [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:23:00

Forecast for 2009

Introduction       There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57

Inhofe Plays while the Boxer’s Away

It must be that time of year again. Just like last year, the Minority on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Commitee (read James Inhofe (R-Exxon)) has just released another "report" somehow proving ... about it anyway. DIGG. Let's make some things clear, we should be outraged about this report. But, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 00:00:10

Chambliss Skips Vote On Unemployment Benefits While Giving A Campaign Speech On Unemployment

On Thursday, Georgia’s Department of Labor announced that the state’s unemployment levels rose to 7 percent in October, the highest in 16 years; ... liquidity, integrity and confidence back in the financial marketplace so that we can see the credit ... on the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008, which extended unemployment benefits “by 13 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 22:10:46

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