State Workers Fight Over Cutbacks as States Want More From Obama

As the budget crisis deepens, state employees are fighting each other for survival. Potshots are thrown between management vs. non-management, union vs. non-union, teachers vs. everyone else. In addition, governors want $1 trillion out of a total package of $850 billion Congress is likely to send to Obama to sign. The math does not add up [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:53:00

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NY-Senate: Much Ado About Nothing (Yet)

NY-Senate: Much Ado About Nothing (Yet) Caroline Kennedy listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at City Hall in Buffalo, N.Y. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Kennedy is campaigning for the open Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Don Heupel) An Associated Press report this morning citing two anonymous sources [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 23:00:00

CNN Falsely Claims Governor Paterson is Slashing Spending

In an article outlining the ridiculousness of New York State Governor David Paterson's budget proposal tax hikes, ... .  To its credit, the CNN report does outline these taxes, and highlights the resistance to such massive taxation ... by Gov. David Paterson that would plug budget shortfalls by slashing spending and raising [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:51:27

Baroness Amos - another face of corruption

Iain Dale has more about Craig Murrays new book “The Catholic Orangemen Of Togo and Other Conflicts I have known” here.Dale profiles the corruption of Baroness Valerie Amos who was Britain’s first black woman Cabinet Minister when she was appointed Secretary of State for International Development in 2003 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:14:07

In Case You Forgot, AP Still Reminding Palin's a 'Failed Republican Vice Presidential Candidate'

I don't know. Maybe the Associated Press thinks that no one is aware that John McCain lost his race for the White House? ... report on the latest doings in Alaska is concerned, anyway. After all, right in the middle of a report on Alaska state workers having sent around some race tinged joke emails, the AP helpfully reminds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 08:56:04

Getting To Know Supreme Viceroy Sciortino

Ha! We are having some fun with the headline. It is in partial reference to a certain draft financial agreement:8. The selection of trustee banks or any other professional support for transactions under this Agreement shall be made by the Executive Director of the ICA pursuant to Act 11 of 2004, 53 P.S. 28101 et seq [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 04:53:00

Currencies Range Trade with a Bias to Buy Dollars

Currencies range trade…  With a bias to buy dollars…  Recession deepens in Eurozone…  India cuts rates… And Now… Today’s Pfennig! ... manufacturing index report, indicating that the Eurozone’s recession is deepening. Of course if we compared ... data in a couple of days from the U.S. this report from the Eurozone gets all the attention. Normally [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:41:59

Best Blog Posts of 2008 (Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves)

Last year my compilation of what bloggers chose as their own best posts of the year proved so popular, at least with the participating bloggers' mothers, that I have decided to make it an annual affair. But enjoy it while you can. When the Obama Administration institutes its secret plan to extend the Fairness Doctrine to the Internet, this blog, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:00:00

Dem aide: Obama supports $300B tax cut plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama, commencing face to face consultations with congressional leaders Monday, ... a credit against profits dating back five years instead of the two years currently allowed. Another provision brought to the negotiations by the Obama team would award a one-year tax credit costing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:11:38

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 13-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Our Little Shop of Horrors (by Pat Racimora at No Quarter) ... Credit (The Trail, Washington Post) President-elect Barack Obama will address Senate Democrats ... as negotiations unfold, Obama is expected to drop his least popular proposal, a $3,000 tax credit for companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 06:35:02

Obama’s Transition Team Not So Great On Transparency

Obama’s not as hope ‘n changey as some had hoped. WASHINGTON—The Obama team, pledging the ‘’most open and transparent transition in history, ... ,’’ meetings are not posted on a Web site. I’m giving a ‘’B’’ to the Obama transition report on staff contacts with Gov. Blagojevich. The report was a summary narrative released last week [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 18:08:52

Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections

Editor’s Note: This site doesn’t accept advertising ... about a British family. In the United States, the Bulletin, a weekly in Montgomery County, Texas ... To Plagiarists Sports writer Rick Reilly deserves credit for having produced work of such brilliance that two [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 12:01:30

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 07-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news The Heretik Freedom Rider: Bush Goes Out a Winner (by Margaret Kimberley at the Black Agenda Report) Bush is leaving office in the popularity ... monitoring their sense of understanding. They may in fact be swinging between doubt and closure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 18:33:23

DrumBeat: December 14, 2008

Global oil supply will peak in 2020, says energy agency Global oil production will peak much earlier than expected amid a collapse in petroleum investment due to the credit crunch, one of the world's foremost experts has revealed. Fatih Birol, chief economist to the International Energy Agency, told the Guardian that conventional crude [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:06:53

ACORN’s Illegal Alien Home Loan Racket

ACORN’s Illegal Alien Home Loan Racket By: Michelle Malkin Monday, September 21, 2009   There’s one thing more shocking than the illegal alien smuggling advice. There’s one thing more shocking than the illegal alien smuggling advice that an ACORN official in San Diego gave undercover journalists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles. It’s the illegal alien home loan racket that ACORN has already been operating with the full knowledge of the U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-21 13:31:51

Latest News in Goverment Grants and Debt Relief - Jan 06, 2009

Obama supports $300-billion tax-cut plan - Globe and Mail 6 Jan 2009 at 4:29am Fake Name from Canada writes: ... As the global financial crisis deepens, Report on Business writers examine and explain the turmoil in credit and stock markets. Here, we answer your questions daily, with the most recent at the top [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:26:07

Solve The Credit Crisis From The Bottom Up Through Social Lending

VOTE NOW! From the site: The credit crunch currently crippling America’s economy is not due to a lack of available funds. It is caused by dysfunctioning credit markets and by the banks having adopted an overly conservative credit policy in the wake of the subprime meltdown. After very permissive lending practices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:03:05

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - December 16, 2008

GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for December 16, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, ... to investigate gov. - Charles Thomas http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6557529 -- Impeachment hearings to begin today Treasurer: State's credit rating hurt due to scandal [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 15:45:06

FRIDAY JANUARY 16, 2009

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Date: 2009-01-16 14:29:00

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

The Best Gubernatorial Campaign of 2008

The Best Gubernatorial Campaign of 2008 Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels handily defeated his Democratic opponent despite a tough landscape for incumbent Republicans and the fact that Obama carried the state. (AP Photo/ Indianapolis Star, Frank Espich) Yesterday we started our year-end awards by naming state Sen [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 15:30:35

Underwater with the Riverside Sheriff’s Department dive team

The Riverside County Sheriff Department’s Underwater Search and Recovery Team would like to remind the public that anyone close to the water should be wearing a personal flotation device (PFD). Additionally, caution should be taken when around bodies of water during this time of year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 06:53:05

Isaiah, World Can't Wait, Third

Monday, Monday. Sometimes it just works out that way. :( Mondays. Bleh. Let's get a smile on. Here's Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts "Princess Brat's Big Plan"And in other good news, Kat has already done her first album review for the year, see "Kat's Korner: The really best of Janis Ian [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:00:00

No Shame Crowd Deserves the Gulag

Good Evening: The news flow that affected our capital markets today actually started last night when Fed Ex and Texas Instruments posted negative ... is of the opinion the report revealed continuing weakness in housing demand (see MER report below). Another [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 02:00:12

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

The [Monday] Papers

BREAKING 3:05 P.M.: Reports say Roland Burris has been accepted by the U.S. Senate. - I'm already desperately behind this week. Damn you, Blagojevich! Here are a few appetizers, the rest of the column will follow shortly. * Putting Blago To The Test. * The Many Moods of Dick Durbin [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:39:45

IOU's Instead of Tax Refund?

California taxpayers may get IOU instead of tax refundBy JUDY LINASSOCIATED PRESSsourcePublished: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 5:41 p.m.Last Modified: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 5:41 p.m.SACRAMENTO — In just a few weeks, California is expected to begin issuing state refunds to more than 10 million taxpayers — a welcome injection of cash into [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:48:00

Senseless

.fullpost{display:inline;}Everyday no one is spared by reports about children killed by preventable diseases, natural calamities, traffic accidents, ... (i.e. ZTE deal, overpriced rice imports, fertilizer scams, credit programs for the few) that takes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:29:00

New break in Obama Illinois Senate seat sale scandal

... due out today or Tuesday is Obama's staff report on its contacts with the governor over the Senate vacancy, a report that was reportedly completed a week ago but held back at the request of U.S. Atty [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:19:01

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. At least that is what comes to my mind when hearing that Barack Obama has picked the inoffensive, completely inexperienced and unqualified Leon Panetta to be the new director of the CIA. Really. Leon Panetta? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:47:47

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. At least that is what comes to my mind when hearing that Barack Obama has picked the inoffensive, completely inexperienced and unqualified Leon Panetta to be the new director of the CIA. Really. Leon Panetta? [more...]

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

The constant stream of Ultraseek redirects to malware

I’ve been tracking a steadily increasing amount of redirects, often from legitimate .gov, .edu or major corporations ... that the Coca Cola Credit Union is currently redirecting to malware.  An example string is as follows: http://search.creditunion.coca-cola.com/creditunion/cs.html?url=//marker2009 com%2Fin.php%3F%26n [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:07:56

Media & Politics (one section only today)

Media & Politics (one section only today) 06-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Quote of the Day (Political Wire) ... is a Professor of Law at Indiana University, a former OLC official in the Clinton administration (as well as a former ACLU counsel), and a graduate of Yale Law School.  She’s become a true expert on executive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:43:24

Big Sugar deal approved

By Curtis Morgan Miami Herald Water managers on Tuesday narrowly approved a $1.34-billion deal to buy a sprawling swath of sugar fields, a landmark purchase with promise to dramatically reshape Everglades restoration and surrounding farming communities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 00:12:49

GovGuam Can't Afford $1,000,000 a Week for New Landfill

Cruz: We can't trim: Camacho weighs cuts to pay for landfillBy Agnes DonatoPacific Daily NewsJanuary 16, 2009 Acting Speaker Benjamin J ... . We have not paid tax refunds in 15 years," said Cruz.The administration of Gov. Felix Camacho said ... dump and open a new landfill. The solid waste receiver in a report Wednesday said the dump [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:57:00

House starts impeachment, blocks special election

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/12/second-chances.html -- House starts impeachment, blocks special election - Fran Eaton (FROM THE ARTICLE: IR learned this evening that the nine Republicans who will serve on the impeachment committee are: State Reps Jim Durkin, Jim Sacia, Chapin Rose, Roger Eddy, Bill Black, Mike Bost, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 03:56:54

Wednesday Items

The Rothenberg Political Report has put out new 2010 Senate Ratings ... Party," Rothenberg sees four more Republican-held seats (North Carolina, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania ... seats (Iowa and Kansas) and two Democratic seats (North Dakota and Wisconsin). It is interesting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:40:49

Friday Digest - Vol. 09 No. 01

Friday Digest — Vol. 09 No. 019 January 2009THE FOUNDATION"A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever." --John AdamsPATRIOT PERSPECTIVE2008 in review: Top questions Barack Obama did not answerBy Mark AlexanderPerhaps you've noticed an abundance of "Top Ten" [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:19:00

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil and gas ... (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:55:13

SharonsPlea_Objection CitySt.Paul Agenda 14Jan09

Photo - BuzznetJRHomeless_17Scarrella221NW2d562Justice.jpg (image)Medical Records of the Andersons Falsified Big TimeBull_MN-FranceWed.14Jan09TO:State of MN, Legislature,All Agencies,Political Subdivisions,Municipalitys,Media et alWe the undersign concur with the Republican Gov. to combine with Wisc to save moneyin these Economic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:25:00

John Paulson Investing in Distressed Debt - 2009 Outlook

John Paulson, founder of $36-billion hedge fund company, Paulson & Company, ( ... in (long) opportunities in the distressed credit market. Reuters says: John Paulson, who runs the $36 ... Advantage Plus, has risen about 38 percent through Dec 19, the agency said, citing the undated report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 14:16:46

MONDAY JANUARY 12, 2009

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Date: 2009-01-12 00:45:00

THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & DEER LOCATIONSNEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY VIDEO CAMERASNew Brunswick Weather: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:46:00

TUESDAY JANUARY 13, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & DEER LOCATIONSNEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY VIDEO CAMERASNew Brunswick Weather: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:39:00

Barack Obama Supports $300M Tax Cut Plan

President-elect Barack Obama, commencing face to face consultations with congressional leaders Monday, ... . For businesses, the plan would allow firms incurring losses last year up to take a credit against ... to the negotiations by the Obama team would award a one-year tax credit costing $40-50 billion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:52:52

Ecuador Defaults & Currency Devaluation

Jump to CommentsOn December 12th, Bloomberg.com reported:“Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) ... money” advocates will also win.“A debt commission Correa formed last year said in a 172-page report ... $55 trillion. The US annual GDP is about $14 trillion. That means that while “irresponsible” Ecuador [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:28:40

Media & Politics (one section only today)

Media & Politics (one section only today) 08-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Class Warfare (by Susie at Suburban Guerrilla) rom Daily Kos…: “If the lines had continued to track closely together as they did prior to the 1970s, the MINIMUM WAGE would be more than $19 an hour. THE MINIMUM WAGE!!! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 19:07:20

How Serious Is the World About Stopping an Iranian Bomb?

The announcement at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh by the U.S., France, and Great Britain that Iran has been secretly constructing a smaller version of its nuclear enrichment plant at Natanz is a clear indication that those who have been concerned about [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 19:16:49

News and Political Commentary

Obama to Propose Huge Tax Cut: Democratic AideReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan will propose business and middle class tax cuts of about $310 billion dollars, or 40 percent of the package, a senior Democratic aide said on Sunday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:29:00

Republican Study Committee Proposes Ineffective Tax Cuts, Destructive Spending Reduction For Stimulus

yesterday, which Matthew Yglesias noted is a “barrel full” of permanent tax cuts. Today, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) ... there is no demand in the economy, asset prices are highly volatile, and credit is hard to come [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:20:45

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