"Obama Accepting Prepaid Credit Cards; Contributions Untraceable to Donors"

The Washington Post offers this important report. A key snippet: The Obama team's disclosures came in response to questions from The Washington Post ... , her credit card was never billed for the donations, meaning someone appropriated her name, and made [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 04:12:05

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Freelance Writing Jobs for Friday, October 17, 2008

by Jodee Redmond Good morning FWJ Friends! I decided to add some subheadings to the leads for today ... York (College Credit) Internship at Non-Profit Organization - Washington, D.C. Area (College Credit ... - Edmonton Technical Writer - 2 Year Contract - Fort Saskatchewan, AB Report Writer - Contract [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 12:42:01

U.S. Economy Contracts Most Since the 2001 Recession

From Bloomberg: Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — The economy suffered its biggest decline since 2001 in the third quarter, ... at a 0.3 percent annual pace, less than forecast, a Commerce Department report showed today in Washington ... spending boom ended last quarter as the credit crunch deepened. “The crisis really kicked up in late [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 14:29:04

S&P puts LA/OC home prices off record 26.7%

S&P/Case-Shiller indexes 1 year vs. peak Phoenix -30.7% -36.3% Las Vegas -30.6% -35.9% Miami -28.1% -34.7% San Francisco -27.3% -30 ... raps” for O.C. credit-report firm ... % Washington -15.4% -22.4% Minneapolis -13.8% -17.1% Chicago -9.8% -11.3% Seattle -8.8% -8.9 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 14:16:00

BLS BS Exposed: Commercial Bankruptcies Soar

The McClatchy Washington Bureau is reporting Commercial bankruptcies soar, reflecting widening economic woes ... , tighter credit and a reticence among consumers to part with discretionary income. From April ... in California, which logged 3,141 bankruptcies in the second quarter. Texas fielded the next highest number [more...]

Date: 2008-07-20 20:10:33

U.S. Climate Action Partnership Presents Outdated Climate Plan

From the Wonk Room. Today, in the first hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee under the leadership of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) ... the political tide in Washington. They deserve credit for moving past conservative rhetoric that denies ... indicated in a recent report, “A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:59:04

JPMorgan profit slumps on writedowns

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co’s quarterly profit fell 76 percent as it wrote down underperforming loans and set aside more money to cover credit losses after it acquired the banking operations of failed thrift Washington Mutual ... : report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:23:44

CCI calls for Boycott

by Catholic Citizens of Illinois When the Catholic Bishops of the United States established the Campaign for Human Development in 1970, ... , community-run schools, minority-owned cooperatives and credit unions, capital for industrial ... of the Democrat Party. In a November 4 report in The Washington Time, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 17:21:11

Obama Stimulus Consigns US to ‘Banana Republic’ Territory

The Washington Times reports: The United States will “look like a banana republic” unless it gains control over its budget deficit and federal debt, ... one measure of America’s creditworthiness — credit default swap spreads — already shows some deterioration. The worse a nation’s credit rating becomes, the more its CDS spread rises. U.S. sovereign [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:52:42

On Driscoll and the New Calvinist movement - A response to the NYT article

The New York Times has came up with a hit article on Mark Driscoll, the controversial pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington ... credible with its bias reporting, most especially seen in the coverage of the US election ... to her credit she tries to be factual and objective.We will return to the Calvinism issue later, first focusing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:34:00

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

ThinkFast: January 13, 2009

“Bowing to widespread Democratic skepticism, President-elect Barack Obama will drop his bid” to offer a $3, ... for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington report has found that “17 of 24 former Bush Cabinet members have taken ... 000-per-job business tax credit in his stimulus proposal. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) had called the tax [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:00:16

Eleanor Wants Charter Board Changes

On Sunday, the Washington Post dropped a huge investigative report on the many, ... Chair Tom Nida and credit enhancement committee chair Barbara Hart to resign, and she wants [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 22:51:36

Biodiesel “Home Brews” Popping Up While Ethanol Industry Also Progresses With New Facility

Washington publication Journal Star reports in a series of articles that, ... credit programs for the biofuels industries. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:00:26

Conservatives up in arms over Browner's socialist ties

The front page of Monday's Washington Times features rather explosive lead story: "Obama climate czar has socialist ties," the headline reads ... . The D.C. Examiner had it last week, actually, and the conservative blogosphere is all over the report. To the Times' credit, the story is true -- Carol Browner, who was also EPA head under Bill Clinton [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:01:46

Time’s Jay Carney takes Sister Toldjah’s advice

Well, he’s probably never actually heard of this blog, but with news like this, I’d sure love to take the credit for it ;) ... confirmation of the report. Carney had been the magazine’s D.C. bureau head since 2005, and had been on board ... Time magazine Washington Bureau Chief Jay Carney has left that position, reportedly to become [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 01:21:54

Home Sales and Prices Drop in October

From Bloomberg: U.S. Economy: Home Sales Fall, Record Drop in Prices Home resales in the U.S ... by the credit squeeze and record mortgage foreclosures. That may raise pressure on President-elect Barack ... forecast, a National Association of Realtors report showed in Washington. The median price fell 11.3 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 21:53:39

Bob Gainey spoke? It must be the half season report!

credit fanatique.ca So we reach the midpoint of the season and the Centennial team shows a 25-10-6 record placing them third in points in the conference, only one behind Washington with two games [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:58:00

Today’s Science Policy News for September, 23rd 2008

A look at today’s science and health policy news: Overhauling health care: Two divergent visions MSNBC ... Washington Post (Opinion)–Renewal of the production tax credit is a vital piece of a long-term energy policy. Abortion rate is down, but report cites racial disparity L.A. Times–The decline [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 15:20:00

Obama Formally Announces Tim Kaine As DNC Chairman

ABC News' David Chalian and Sunlen Miller Report: President-elect Barack Obama made a quick appearance at the Democratic National Committee ... , Howard deserves enormous credit for helping usher in a new era in Washington,” President-elect ... headquarters in Washington, D.C., this afternoon to announce Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as the next [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 22:48:55

Rip-Off-Sets?

For those interested in cap-and-trade policy, the Wall Street Journal's Jeffrey Ball published a must-read report earlier this week. Taking the lead from the Washington Post, Ball digs into the Chicago Climate Exchange's carbon ... had raised $427,475 alone since February selling credit to the CCX. The Lancaster (Pennsylvania) County [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 16:52:46

Retail Sales Down 2.8% in October

Yet more evidence that consumers are hurting. From the Wall Street Journal: U.S ... reports, Federal Reserve policymakers should have added flexibility to address the credit crisis ... and the biggest since records began in 1992, the Commerce Department said today in Washington [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 13:55:56

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

Death Spiral Financing at WaMu, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup

Reuters is reporting WaMu has $3.33 bln loss, may be cut to "junk". Washington Mutual Inc, the largest U.S. savings and loan, posted a $3 ... posted a $2.04 billion loss. Credit cards generated a $175 million loss, while profit in commercial ... Officer Steve Rotella and Chief Financial Officer Tom Casey will not receive annual incentive [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 05:08:18

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009 Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... in energy prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil ... (Bloomberg) — Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:22:13

US retail sales, eurozone industrial production fall

Wednesday brought yet more gloomy economic data. Bloomberg reports that US consumers are cutting back on spending. Sales at U.S ... of credit led Americans to cut back on everything from car purchases to eating out. The 2.7 percent slump ... in 1992, the Commerce Department said today in Washington... Excluding gas, retail sales fell 1.4 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:21:48

Tales of the Financial Crisis: KKR?s Next Fund Big, but Not Gigantic

Keenan Skelly and Laura Kreutzer, of LBO Wire, file this report on the private-equity fund-raising scene ... . It was 60% invested as of June 30, according to data from longtime investor Washington State Investment ... buyout firms, it has been having trouble dealing with the credit crunch and has had to mark down [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 21:49:54

Canada and the US decline in economic freedom

Each year the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute, Washington D.C's Cato Institute and over 70 other think-tanks from around the world put out a report called ... to sound money; 4) freedom to trade internationally; and 5) regulation of credit, labor and business [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 00:42:28

Case Shiller Report For September 2009

It looks like the next wave of housing price pressure, the credit crunch, is showing it’s full colors ... was down for the year by 31.9 percent. Ouch… Case Shiller Report For September 2009 Metro Area ... 145.53 -3.9% -29.5% Seattle 172.84 -1.4% -9.8% Tampa 171.24 -1.8% -18.5% Washington 189.90 -2.2% -17.2 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 15:32:02

Gordon's G20 Plan

Gordon is going to Washington with a few key spin objectives: ... his own. There is obviously an international angle to the credit crunch, but there are also domestic ... covering fire to return to Westminster to cut taxes and bugger the deficit. The Pre-Budget Report [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 08:39:16

Gov’t and Economic Interests as Bedfellows

Recently there have been a number of observers from all corners of the political spectrum increasingly worried about the growing collusion between Washington, DC and the powerful economic interests in our country. The discourse on this issue reminds me of the “governmental support” German economist Wilhelm Röpke spoke of in A Humane Economy : “The market and power do not go well together, and anyone who wished to use his strong position vis-à-vis some buyer or seller to establish a dominating [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 16:44:41

Is the 6-month Stock Market Rally About to End?.

by Bob Chapman Global Research October 1, 2009 The G-20 Pittsburg Summit ended last Friday. Their official statements made for some novel and interesting reading. We were informed that the group could by working together could manage a transition to a more balanced pattern of global growth. Tending to domestic demand as private savings increase. It is obvious to us this cannot work. We are seeing increased savings and decreased consumption. The IMF as well agrees with these policies. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 17:54:55

Unmasking Obama…Obama’s Work Ethic….

It is now abundantly clear that the image of Barack Obama sold to the American electorate was tightly edited, air-brushed, and exaggerated. He has worn a series of masks — eloquent orator, brilliant scholar, centrist, and literary sensation. All of these masks are coming off as he copes with a job for which image will not suffice.  For instance, hiding behind the eloquent orator mask is a guy who says “uhh” a lot when he is winging it, and who makes lots of factual and grammatical mistakes . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 11:18:50

Washington - Distracted Drivers Are a Safety Hazard on King County Highways

During Wednesday morning’s commute an off duty trooper observed an erratically driven BMW passenger car in the northbound lanes of SR-167 in Auburn.The off duty trooper reported the vehicle as he was certain the driver was impaired as he was watching him for over 3 miles drift in and out of his lane, driving on the shoulder, and at times taking up 2 lanes of travel. It turned out that the driver hadn’t had a drop of alcohol, but instead was reading the daily newspaper while driving to his destination. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 19:19:06

Jobless Claims Up More Than Expected!

From the perpetually surprised Associated Press : New jobless claims rise more than expected to 551K WASHINGTON – First-time claims for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week , a sign employers are reluctant to hire and the job market remains weak. And while consumer spending jumped by the most in nearly eight years in August due partly to the government’s Cash for Clunkers program , economists worry whether that rebound can be sustained with U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 11:23:48

Western “Civilization”

Goldstone Report Offers Chance to End Impunity (Geneva, September 30, 2009) – The failure of the United States and European Union governments to endorse the report of the Gaza fact-finding mission sends a message that serious laws-of-war violations will be treated with kid gloves when committed by an ally, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 29, 2009 Justice Richard Goldstone presented the mission’s report on the conflict in Gaza last December and January to the UN Human Rights Council. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 01:13:43

Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of October 1, 2009

Conference call: Tim Pawlenty and the Freedom First PAC - hotair.com 10/01/2009 We had an opportunity to talk with Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty to discuss the launch of his Freedom First PAC.  Pawlenty says that he’s worried that freedom is being corroded by a “tyranny of a creeping bureaucracy.”  Pawlenty wants to re-elevate the principles of freedom and liberty, including an effort to educate people on their value and to impact current policy.  Pawlenty plans a particular effort to [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 12:59:05

Obama’s Work Ethic

Obama’s Work Ethic By Ed Lasky Barack Obama has displayed a disturbing pattern of work ethics: shirking work; claiming success when he was not entitled to do so; hiding his failures; and claiming the work of others as his own — when it was successful. These are not character traits that we should associate with Presidents. Barack Obama won praise for Dreams From My Father , a 1995 memoir of his life that was published when he reached the grand old age of thirty-four. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 13:29:21

Senate Climate Battle Is On

Progressive Breakfast: Senate Climate Battle Is OnProgressive Breakfast10/1/09 7:11 AM Isaiah J. Poole Health Care for All An Economy for All 501c(3) Progressive BreakfastThe legislative battle to lower greenhouse gas emissions is finally getting into full gear in the Senate with Wednesday’s introduction of a comprehensive climate change bill.McClatchy News Service reports:The landmark legislation — called the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act — would force the U.S. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-02 00:03:18

Commodity Currencies Rebound Versus the Dollar

Well… Instead of a “turn around Tuesday”, we’re seeing a whiplash Wednesday! And for once the Big Dog (euro) ( EUR ) didn’t lead the other little dogs (currencies) off the porch to chase the dollar down the street! No… This time it was the currencies of Australia ( AUD ) and New Zealand ( NZD ) that led the charge versus the dollar. The euro has taken up the charge since opening the doors to a new day of trading in Europe, so… It looks like it’s a “take the dollar to the woodshed” day. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 14:55:33

Commodity Currencies Rebound Versus the Dollar

Well… Instead of a “turn around Tuesday”, we’re seeing a whiplash Wednesday! And for once the Big Dog (euro) ( EUR ) didn’t lead the other little dogs (currencies) off the porch to chase the dollar down the street! No… This time it was the currencies of Australia ( AUD ) and New Zealand ( NZD ) that led the charge versus the dollar. The euro has taken up the charge since opening the doors to a new day of trading in Europe, so… It looks like it’s a “take the dollar to the woodshed” day. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 18:55:42

Loose Lips Daily

As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. Mornin’ all ... Cheh said.” Biz Journal also weighs in. In happier developer news: Forest City Washington’s building ... that vision becomes reality is unknown, particularly with the credit crunch and fluctuations [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 14:25:19

In The News Today

Dear Extended Family, Well here we go again. The Wave of Fear is breaking but one more and unnecessary time. The Gold banks do everything possible to hammer gold on even a hint of an intraday dollar rally. Under $1000 she goes and off goes the community into deep depression. You need to understand you did nothing to put it above $1000. Most of the community are observers only, but make sure you understand what you are observing. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 20:12:00

William Blum: Anti-Empire Report, Number 74 Ridding the world of the sickness of pacifism

29 September, 2009 — Anti-Empire Report, Number 74Picture the scene: Afghanistan, two hijacked tankers filled with highly inflammable fuel, surrounded by a crowd of Afghans eager to syphon off some for free … What’s the last thing you want to do? Right — drop bombs on the tankers. That’s what a German military commander signaled an American drone airplane to do September 4. Kaboom!! At least 100 human beings incinerated. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 09:52:55

Credit Crisis Sequel, Global Bank Bailout, Emerging Markets Still a Buy?, Gas Wars and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Ghosts of the fourth quarter haunt global financials… so begins the second act of the credit saga Even the ... -Ukraine gas dispute not yet over… a reader provides firsthand account And… action ... $30 billion to stay afloat, analysts at Morgan Stanley predicted today. According to Morgan’s report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:36:46

This is what a ‘Work Horse’ does

In the midst of an economic crisis of historic dimensions and increasing urgency — as new President-Elect Obama surrounds himself with a swarm of ... this national emergency lest his new Hope-Change Adminstration be deprived of any credit…. Senator Hillary ... Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: Our economy has lost more than one million jobs [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 20:27:20

Mainstream Journalism, RIP

Last week’s WSJ carried an op-ed from SEC Chair Christopher Cox, “We Need a Bailout Exit Strategy ... , the exact pattern was repeated. Bernanke and Paulson say there’s a “credit freeze,” that the financial ... up to any critical scrutiny. If high officials say credit markets are frozen, that only “bold action” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 22:01:01

Reinventing America

America faces serious challenges to maintain its storied status quo. Hurdles include a sinking economy, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rising cost of education, global warming, a crumbling infrastructure and American workers with uncertain futures. Trendwatchers are more acutely aware of these issues than most, but they’re also more hopeful [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:40:59

Collins, Blow and Herbert

Ms. Collins, in “The Leaves Have It,” says the Bush White House so totally regarded senators as potted plants that it was a wonder that senior aides ... ’s Biggest Challenge,” and says that with credit tight, savings depleted, the stock market ... said issue is as large as the Gaza crisis (only one president at a time) or as small as Roland Burris [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 12:06:39

Seattle Times… stupid or dishonest?

There’s yet another Republican campaign finance scandal brewing in Washington state, one with the potential to lead to felony charges, ... his TV ads on credit, an arrangement that now appears to amount to at least a half a million ... . But Reichert’s media credit card, that’s a clear violation of FEC rules: If you loan money [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 16:14:04

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