From: Washingtontimes.com Obama team reverses union transparency The Obama administration, which has boasted about its efforts to make government more transparent, is rolling back rules requiring labor unions and their leaders to report information about their finances and compensation. [...] The Labor Department noted in a recent disclosure that “it would not be a good […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Plan to seize control of Turks and Caicos approved by British MPs An influential group of MPs supported the Government’s proposal yesterday to seize control of a group of Caribbean islands, despite angry claims in the region of a return to colonialism. The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee welcomed the plan for a British governor to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From wsj.com WASHINGTON — While Congress has been flaying companies for giving out bonuses while on the government dole, lawmakers have a longstanding tradition of rewarding their own employees with extra cash — also courtesy of taxpayers. Capitol Hill bonuses in 2008 were among the highest in years, according to LegiStorm, an organization that tracks […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
BOSTON (AP) – State officials overseeing the federal economic stimulus program in Massachusetts say they have no idea how the White House came up with one key pledge—the promise to save or create 79,000 jobs in the state. They say they’re not even sure how to measure saved jobs—and fear the jobs figure sets an […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Monroe Free Press (Black newspaper) has just published the following editorial calling out local government. Local black government officials often embarrass our race Do we hold them to a lower standard of accountability? There are some actions by our local black officials that are embarrassing. Three of our local governing bodies are controlled by […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And if you believe that one, I have some Webvan stock I want to sell to you. House Dems Find 13 Bailout Recipients Owe Back Taxes — After Telling Treasury They Didn’t tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com Just when you thought it was impossible to find more proof of the bungling of the bailout … Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you pay taxes in California, you should be pissed. While the state has frozen state income tax return checks because of a lack of money, apparently there was enough money to hire more government employees. California’s state work force grew despite budget woes and cut promises sacbee.com California state government’s full-time work force continues […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
House Democrats Propose $410B Spending Bill WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats unveiled a $410 billion spending bill on Monday to keep the government running through the end of the fiscal year, setting up the second political struggle over federal funds in less than a month with Republicans. The measure includes thousands of earmarks, the pet […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t believe this slipped right by me last week. Where was I when Mandela was released? I believe I was preparing for finials, so I had very little chance to absorb the moment. But what I do remember was South Africa’s first democratic elections which took place about 4 years later. Man, who could […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Bank nationalisation gains ground with Republicans By Edward Luce and Krishna Guha ft.com Nationalisation, long regarded in Washington as a folly of Europeans, is gaining rapid ground among US opinion-formers. Stranger still, many of those talking about federal ownership of banks are Republicans. Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator for South Carolina, said that many of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
How ‘Legatus’ Brought Down Wall Street Apparently, this same guy also predicted back in November 2008 that that market would take a dive on 2/09. I found this on Google Finance.
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