Is Bush Tanking Stocks to Grab the Remaining $350 Billion TARP? Remember the much decried end-of-Clinton- era pardons, the most controversial of which involved tax cheat and storied trader Marc Rich? Well, if I am reading the tea leaves right, those shenanigans pales compared to the nonsense Bush is trying to pull in his last week in office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:43:00

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Europe Reimports Jew Hatred, by Daniel Schwammenthal

The following article from the Wall Street Journal offers a succinct overview of what one of its editors sees as the ideological currents behind the ... credit for his unintellectual honesty. While most left-wing detractors of Israel claim their animosity toward the Jewish state has nothing to do with anti-Semitism, the head of a small Italian union [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:57:03

Unions welcome jobs action but want more to curb banks

by Chris McLaughlin UNION leaders gave a qualified welcome to the Government’s “bold and pro-active” jobs initiatives this week but called on ... a £20 billion loan guarantee scheme aimed at filling a business credit gap caused by the banks’ ... financial restructuring” of car manufacturers whose bosses and workers have called on the Government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:55:25

Neocons Ask: Who Killed California?

The new neocon publication and successor to The Public Interest National Affairs wonders who killed California . It would be difficult to overstate the magnitude of California's troubles. In economic terms, the state is simply broke: issuing IOUs as payments for goods and services, begging the federal government to back state debt (a request the Obama administration denied), and watching its credit rating plummet. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 16:46:00

Kenya Airways 2009 AGM

Kenya Airways (KQ) is the cradle of blogging for me – one of their annual general meeting's (AGM) is the place it all started, the place where the inspiration for blogging, since then it’s been a ritual to attend because I like planes and investments similarly. This year’s AGM, held on September 25, was the first I’ve attended at Kasarani sports gymnasium; previous ones were at their Embakasi HQ, Carnivore and Bomas grounds. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 09:46:00

Learn About Investment Real Estate Loans

by Arthur Butler It is likely you would have been residing on a different planet recently, if you were unaware of the recent lending crisis. Essentially the catalyst for the global economic downturn, it is only now that recovery is really being seen. However, this does not negate that fact that investment property loans can help you get on the real estate ladder. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 15:47:54

ANNISE PARKER ANNOUNCES BANKING PROGRAM!

IT'S TIME TO PLUG THE LEAK WITH BANK ON HOUSTON!We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the national economic crisis, but many Houstonians are surprised when they hear that, right here in Houston, the predatory lending and check-cashing industry is draining more than $70 million dollars a year out of local neighborhood economies and family budgets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:47:00

Global Bear Market Grips EMU, Threatens Monetary Union

About 12 months ago at a Sovereign Society conference in St. Kitts, I asked the audience if they were bullish or bearish about the U.S ... credit crisis costing the country trillions and massive trade and budget deficits. Just staggering ... poised to unravel this year as the credit crisis comes home to roost in a big way as weaker EMU (European [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:19:03

In Europe, Anti-Semitism is an STD

I don’t quarrel with this story at all—how can one argue with facts?—with one exception: Europe hasn’t re-imported Jew hatred. Like herpes, it never really goes away. Give Giancarlo Desiderati credit for his unintellectual honesty. While most left-wing detractors of Israel claim their animosity toward the Jewish state [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:50:12

Red Ink, Green Proposals, No White Smoke (Yet)

The chatter continues over California's $40 billion budget hole, as Democrats pitch some new economic stimulus ideas, all sides continue to meet in private, and the Republican faithful start ratcheting up the pressure on the issue of a tax increase. Talks continue today between legislative leaders and Governor Schwarzenegger [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:42:50

Time to Refinance?

It’s a good thing I don’t have a job! Or else I’d be refinancing again… I think in the past 7 years, we’ve had 3 houses, and at least 8 mortgages! ... d break even in about 16 months. More about our mortgage is described in The Perfect Ten Year Mortgage. Here’s another good break even calculator. Where to Look for Best Rates If you are shopping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:29:45

Class Warfare

I’ve been writing about this for years, but since most of the top-level bloggers aren’t really familiar with Paycheck World, they didn’t. Oh well! ... in in their paychecks so they were forced to pay for their lives through credit–either plastic or drawing down equity from their homes. There are lots of reasons that this happened–greed, the attack [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:31:45

It’s Money In The Bank: BillShrink Now Helps Choose Your Ideal Savings Account

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 by Steven 0 Add a CommentWe all like the idea of setting aside a nice chunk of money in a savings account and putting it to work for us, but it’s a bit easier said than done — if you want the best rates, you have to choose from one of hundreds of CDs and savings account products offered by various banks, each of which has its own rates and restrictions. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 09:11:22

Bush Thankathon Begins

And a final opportunity for Bush haters to vent! Air Force One, with U.S. President George W ... One. All this week we’ll be sharing our memories of the Bush presidency. Since the “news” media only covered the bad ... wrong during the past eight years and deny him any credit for what went right. Two examples [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:08:04

Re-coupled Vengence: From Downturn to Implosion Risks ?

We've spent a bunch of time on the US economic outlook and the news, as you'd expect, continues to move from bad to worse ... the shallowness of the analysts involved grasp. But that's no longer the problem. Accelerating worldwide ... for the European schadenfreude that this was "just" a US problem. Developing Countries They also issued [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:20:15

Business idea 17. Babysitting Agency

Description of Job • Manage a team of responsible, carefully checked babysitters who are available on call. • Work with area hotels, resorts, and convention centers to provide babysitting services to visitors. The Need Every parent knows the feeling: trapped at home with a child night after night [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 07:31:16

Harriet Miers, Monica, etc.

Hump day, hump day. Almost made it to the weekend. Hold on, everybody. We'll get there. :DI got seven e-mails saying they enjoyed Isaiah's comic yesterday and encouraged me to highlight another one. Beau actually had one picked out. "A Flunky Scorned."That's Harriet Miers punking out the Democrats. They should have forced her to appear [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:47:00

A Labor Secretary in Obama's Own Image

In our continuing effort to build a bullpen of talented conservative writers here at America's Right, I'd like to introduce you to Nathaniel Givens. For a long time now, I have been following his reasoned and well-researched writings at his Kiriath-Arba blog and, while I may not agree with him all the time, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:42:23

Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of September 25, 2009

Obama’s Competing Waterloos - brownpelicanla.com 09/25/2009 David Limbaugh, TownHall.com, Friday, September 25, 2009 Sen. Jim DeMint predicted that Obamacare would be President Barack Obama’s Waterloo. While that’s certainly a strong possibility, Obama has other Waterloos in the wings competing for the prize, such as his monstrous deficits and his disastrous foreign policy. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 13:01:42

JUDGE HAIGHT’S RULING ON THE NEW YORK CITY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS “REQUEST SYSTEM”, which lets contractors pick and choose which carpenters to hire off the out of work list

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ————————————————————————J( UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Plaintiff, 90 Civ. 5722 (CSH) ... this Court, held that the District Council (also referred to as “the Union”) was in contempt ofthe ... Referral Rules required union members on the out-of-work list(”OWL”) to be “referred to jobs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:19:43

Ann Coulter Proves She's Not Afraid To Take On Opponents

GIRLS & SQUIRRELS Despite Open Hostility, Ann Coulter Takes On All Foes Even those who don't agree with Ann Coulter have got to give her credit for utter fearlessness in confronting political foes. Who else could take on the The View's ... Obamas we elect. "Global warming doesn't exist!" "Labor unions are evil and corrupt!" "Liberals [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:09:57

New GMAC Correspondent Unit to Focus on Community Banks

GMAC Financial Services created a new unit in its Ally Bank subsidiary to promote correspondent lending at community financial institutions. The Correspondent Community Bank Team will serve local banks, thrifts and credit unions by purchasing closed residential mortgage loans and offering table funding services. In table funding transactions, a third party — in this case, Ally Bank [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 15:12:48

3.80% 60-Month CD at PrimeWay Federal Credit Union in Houston - Local Only

PrimeWay Federal Credit Union is offering two competitive long-term certificate rates: 3.80% APY for a 5-year term and 3.29% APY for a 4-year term. Minimum deposit is $500. These are also available in an IRA certificate. Elite and Premier Checking Account holders receive an additional 25 basis points on certificates. These rates are listed in the credit union's rates sheet (pdf) as of 9/25/09.More details on these CDs are available from the credit union's disclosure. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 14:23:00

Telstra strike could hit this weekend

Telstra's main union has signalled that this weekend could see further industrial action dog the telco if enough employees have come back from their Christmas break. (Credit: On Strike by Seth Anderson, CC2.0) Communications, Electrical ... on Telstra's business processes, Husic believed, adding a week to the company's fault repair schedule. As [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:57:01

Card Check Loses Support, but Threat Isn’t Over

Today in The Wall Street Journal, Kimberley Strassel dissects the shifting political prospects for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) ... , but the political ground is already shifting under Big Labor’s card-check initiative. The unions poured ... that would allow them to intimidate more workers into joining unions. The conventional wisdom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 22:16:41

Milk, labor and love

A redesign of the California State Flag worth bringing back. Click on the flag for a larger version. (Graphic: mine) Harvey Milk once said to Allan Baird, the local Teamsters Union representative and director of the Coors Beer boycott in California, who had asked Harvey to support the union’s strike against six [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:42:18

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/6/2009

Tuan Jim sends an string of important news articles about the gas pipeline crisis caused by the deadlock between Russia and Ukraine. He notes that the affected countries are dusting off alternative sources of energy — fuel oil and nuclear reactors — for electricity generation.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:50:00

For Strong Banks Mortgages Are Good Business - Example Navy Federal Credit Union

2008 saw a huge shakeout in the mortgage industry as those banks that profited off of subprime loans disappeared or merged with ... , banks that have a strong balance sheet are looking to loan. The profits subsidized by the government ... Dawson, CEO of the Vienna, Va.-based credit union, in a statement. “As a result, we saw a strong ‘ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:44:19

Couldn’t Help But Comment (011309, Morning)

The New York Times wouldn’t be in serious financial trouble if, instead of inventing stories to hurt people it didn’t like, it had employed more on-the-scene reporting like this (HT Taranto at Best of the Web) over the past seven years (bolds are mine): A car arrived (at Shifa Hospital in Gaza) with more patients [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:13:07

ACORN voter fraud, Obama, US House of Representatives report, Voter Registration Fraud, Widespread deceit and corruption, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Is ACORN Intentionally Structured As a Criminal Enterprise?     A report was prepared for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, dated July 23, 2009, on ACORN fraud, widespread deceit and corruption. Because the emphasis in recent months has been on the moral degradation and monetary corruption, this article will present exerpts that relate to voter fraud. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 14:21:35

He Gets Credit For Candor

He Gets Credit For Candor Jennifer Rubin - 12.18.2008 - 2:56 PM Pro-business groups and conservatives aren’t the only ones, ... . McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told editors ... when the FBI linked a competing union to Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s effort to sell Illinois’ U.S. Senate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:56:56

Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of September 26, 2009

HCHR - Senator Baucus has Pushed Back the Vote on the Public-Option Amendments - nhinsider.com 09/26/2009 Developing Story: Senator Baucus has pushed back the vote on the Public-Option amendments propsed by Senators Jay Rockefeller and Charles Schumer from today to Tuesday, September 29, 2009.  Baucus used time constraints to delay the vote back.    Read the developing story ObamaCare’s Choice: Get an Insurance Or Go To Jail - poligazette.com 09/26/2009 No joke . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 13:00:29

MICROCAPITAL STORY: US Secretary of State Designate Hilary Clinton Refers to Obama’s Mother, Ann Dunham; Implies Microfinance Would be an Important Part of her Agenda

At a confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, US Secretary of State designate Hilary Clinton, ... firsthand how small loans given to poor women to start small businesses can raise standards ... with civil and business communities in promoting microfinance for the past nearly 30 years. The USAID [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:00:23

Further signs of a public sector under pressure

Following on from their piece on Monday about the impact of the recession on Council services, ... councils are reporting huge increases in the number of people seeking help for debt counselling, housing advice, employment services,” said Dave Prentis, the general secretary of Unison. “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:55:00

Massive Surge In Municipal Bankruptcies Coming

John Moorlach, the accountant who predicted the 1994 Orange County bankruptcy sees Up to 10 Municipal Bankruptcies in Coming YearThe accountant who ... the $2.7 trillion U.S. market for state, county and city debt next year as public finances worsen amid ... , Rio Vista, with a population of 8,000, and Isleton, a 10th as large, have said budget gaps and deb [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 11:20:00

Thursday, Janyary 15, 2009

(NOTE: There will be no update of the news Friday, instead,  we will be covering a most interesting story – an untold one about US POWs captured at the Battle of the Bulge, then sent to concentration camps as slave laborers) The day’s top political news: Bush Bids farewell President George W [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:35:07

another world is possible, and Stinchcombe is its prophet

The recent and abrupt end of that whole “shareholder capitalism” fad that swept the US indicates that we are at an interesting turning point in the organization of the economy.  Surprisingly, this may be an opportunity for organization theory to have a place in creating a more humane society in the US. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 01:10:28

PIGS? omg! (FT/Aplphaville)

If it wasn’t so serious, this would be amusing. Except - it isn’t ... , a public service union leader has warned members that the International Monetary Fund could be brought ... . From FT/Alphaville What happens when a triple-A rated sovereign government’s credit rating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:54:13

Is Fred Barnes Homophobic Or Just Out Of Touch?

During the “Up and Down” segment of the December 20th Beltway Boys show, Rick Warren (not surprisingly on America’s “Christian” network) ... he disagrees. To his credit, Mort referenced Warren’s offensive statements about gay marriage being [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 20:26:33

Words from a Christian radical

It’s hard to write about a minister without talking about what the man believes, in terms of the Christian faith ... Party can take credit, but the Democrats didn’t do it. God did it. God was in the plan. Nobody else ... What does Lowery mean by that? How does his faith in Obama line up with his faith in Jesus Christ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:04:02

One more reason California is circling the drain

Institutional malfeasance? As regular state workers braced for unpaid two-day-a-month furloughs, ... . The deal provided two years of extra service credit to anyone who was at least 50 years old ... why the public isn't taking the state's budget crisis seriously or why state worker unions seem [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:29:02

Ireland Won’t Be Going To The IMF

This is very reassuring news. I slept a lot better last night after reading it ... will need IMF financing, after an Irish broadcaster reported that the country may need IMF help ... will default on its sovereign debt, jumped close to record highs before Dublin’s denial. The government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 07:44:58

When Should I Start to Debt Consolidation Firms for Help?

When Should I Start to Debt Consolidation Firms for Help? Financial problems aren’t always the result of poor money management ... the rates of interest on your loans, or credit cards. Some people believe that non-profit debt ... about debt consolidation. Regardless of which firm you seek to obtain credit repair or debt relief [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:31:22

Advantages of Online Banking

We set aside some time this weekend to pay a visit to our elderly Aunt Jane* and Uncle James ... of various aspects of life like accounting, finances, debt and more. She is content with Uncle James handling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:38:47

Small Biz Owners Beware!

NBCPhiladelphia.com: Stacey Pace runs a small florist in New Castle, Delaware ... pace. But Pace became suspicious and asked for the credit card number first. Pace checked the card ... . He wanted the items shipped to Ghana. The shipping company demanded Pace pay up front by Western Union — [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:08:00

Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday

From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... Inbox (1) I was at Dunkin' Donuts sitting in what I call 'The Fishbowl'---a little glass-enclosed alcove that ... of life---finances, health care, worker’s compensation, parental rights, employment benefits and taxes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:50:20

Get Your Tax and Financial Questions Answered for Free

We’re back! Our imaginary vacation was great. It was fun to take some time off from writing and enjoy the holidays ... Year (20 Tips Inside) New Years Resolution One: Downsizing Our Home DON’T Set Any Resolutions A Plan to Be Debt Free in 2009 This Could Be The Day 7 Tips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:57:55

It was the best of times… it was the worst of times…

Well, okay, not literally… but some of us might, I think, ... that it may cut Ireland’s triple-A rating for its sovereign debt due to the sharp deterioration in the public finances. This warning of a credit downgrade was followed up some days later by the agency [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:06:44

Task force considers fingerprinting, credit checks for all federal workers

By Ian MacLeod, The Ottawa CitizenJanuary 13, 2009OTTAWA — Federal bosses are contemplating mandatory credit checks and fingerprinting for all ... credit checks and “automated fingerprint verification” for all employees who hold the minimum “ ... federal public service employs about 250,000 people and those with reliability status are believed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:22:00

Fairtrade or Free Trade in 2009?

This article appeared in the Birmingham Post in January 2009. Written by John Higgins It might have been a Credit Crunch Christmas this year but we still gave ... are wages a good deal less but you might not have the right to join a trade union or expect health [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:38:17

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