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Oct
21
2009

Stories we all need to read;

Very good oversight of the situation;
Death of ‘Soul of Capitalism:’ Bogle, Faber, Moor
About the “great stock market” they are hawking;
The Stock Market Has Never Been This (Intermediate-Term) Overbought
S & P too:
Pay No Attention to the 140 P/E Behind the Curtain
And as for the derivatives, w-e-l-l-l-l those supposed safe investments were never what the crooks claimed [...]

Sep
11
2009

Not enuf snark to cover this one;

Newt Gingrich’s dog also has an award to give Allison Vivas….

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Karma certainly has a funny way of exposing people at times;
Newt Gingrich Accidentally Names Porn Exec ‘Entrepreneur Of The Year’
Newt Gingrich’s 527 group sent a letter to porn exec Allison Vivas Wednesday telling her she’d won their “Entrepreneur of the Year” award and [...]

Aug
21
2009

the worst mistake

If George W Bush were willing to open up and admit his thoughts after leaving office, I have a sneaking suspicion that his answer to a question he was asked during his presidency, and failed miserably in his answer, would surpires many. I think his response would be completely different today.
In April 2004 a reporter [...]

Aug
11
2009

it is truly this simple:

As long as the greedy health care CEO’s can quadruple their profits every seven years like they have done from 2000 to 2007,
IE 428% rise in profits while the population which lacks health insurance rises from 35 to 47 million, the profit motive seems to be the main problem in both costs and access.
Those profits [...]

Jun
26
2009

Sanford isn’t the only republican governor trying to hide his indiscretions;

Gov Sanford isn’t the only republican governor trying to hide his sexual indiscretions;
Judge rules governor must hand over phone records

Gov. Jim Gibbons’ phone records will be handed over to the woman who accused him of assault in the run-up to the 2006 gubernatorial election, a federal judge ruled this week.
Federal magistrate judge Peggy Leen [...]

Mar
13
2009

Why have republicans like Paul Weyrich worked so hard to deny the right to vote to so many Americans?

To the reich-wing trolls Paul Weyrich died in December and may he ROT IN HELL;
Paul Weyrich – “I don’t want everybody to vote” (Goo Goo)
Weyrich is the father or reich wing republican anti-american voter suppression so they can steal elections instead of fairly winning them within the RULES
He just didn’t give a speech, he [...]

Feb
17
2009

The truth is bypassing the reich-wing spin machine again.

David Faber; “The real housing boom began in 2002″

Which means the reich wing lie it is all Clinton and the democratic party’s fault.
David Faber; “well over half of sub-prime wasn’t low income mortgages BUT cash out refinancing”
Which means taking cash out of the equity to put in a pool or buy a car.
So the reich-wing [...]

Jan
6
2009

Leon Panetta has been chosen as CIA Director under Barack Obama

Hey, what’s that sound coming from the current CIA offices under George Bush? Oh that’s right! It’s this….

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I guess having someone like Leon Panetta coming in as the new CIA Director, you know, a guy who is against the use of torture and is an outsider, so the sound of paper shredders has got to [...]

Jan
3
2009

Uh oh, looks like Levi Johnston & Sarah Palin have admitted to violating federal regulations

Remember recently when Sarah Palin was trying to convince us that Levi Johnston, who is the father of Bristol Palin’s baby, Tripp, was the Teenage Dad of the Century, because he was taking correspondence courses while working on the North Slope as an apprentice? Well, turns out, to work on the North Slope, ONE MUST [...]

Dec
15
2008

Did Rush Limbaugh lose a ton of money because of Bernard Madoff?

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Alright, I admit it. I didn’t listen to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show in it’s entirety today, but I did happen to be listening when he was talking about Bernard Madoff (who is a money manager and whose hedgefund just went belly up costing investors in his scheme $50 billion dollars). Rush Limbaugh sounded a bit [...]