Sunday, November 22, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Dylan Ratigan Explains Audit the Fed Bill - MUST WATCH!!
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
New York Medicaid Fraud May Reach Into Billions
"It has drawn dentists like Dr. Dolly Rosen, who within 12 months somehow built the state's biggest Medicaid dental practice out of a Brooklyn storefront, where she claimed to have performed as many as 991 procedures a day in 2003. After The New York Times discovered her extraordinary billings through a computer analysis and questioned the state about them, Dr. Rosen and two associates were indicted on charges of stealing more than $1 million from the program."
New York Medicaid Fraud May Reach Into Billions
The inefficiency and ineffectiveness of public services...what a waste of resources. The guy had been busted for fraudulent claims before, and it still took them 10 years to figure this out!
New York Medicaid Fraud May Reach Into Billions
The inefficiency and ineffectiveness of public services...what a waste of resources. The guy had been busted for fraudulent claims before, and it still took them 10 years to figure this out!
Health Care: Industry Cash Flowed To Drafters of Reform
At the table on May 26 were about 20 donors willing to fork over $10,000 or more to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, including executives of major insurance companies, hospitals and other health-care firms.
"Most people there had an agenda; they wanted the ear of a senator, and they got it," said Aaron Roland, a San Francisco health-care activist who paid half price to attend the gathering. "Money gets you in the door. The only thing the other side can do is march around and protest outside."
Health-Care Firms Have Supported Lawmakers Debating Reform - washingtonpost.comRegulations are put in place to help individual companies, not to help "us." The only way to prevent this is to minimize the ability to make regulations.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Two Japanese Men Caught Sneaking $134 Billion in U.S. Treasuries into Switzerland
Italian Police Ask SEC to Authenticate Seized U.S. Treasuries - Bloomberg.com
Japanese gov't didn't want to upset U.S. authorities, so tried to sell 'em on the sly.
Japanese gov't didn't want to upset U.S. authorities, so tried to sell 'em on the sly.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says he made up stories to appease his interrogators
Raw Story » Accused 9/11 mastermind: ‘I make up stories’
Torture gets people to say what you want them to say, so the pain will stop.
That's all.
Torture gets people to say what you want them to say, so the pain will stop.
That's all.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
State will allow Madoff victims to write off losses
State will allow Madoff victims to write off losses -- Newsday.com
More welfare for the rich. When you total this sort of shit up, it makes food stamps look like pocket change.
More welfare for the rich. When you total this sort of shit up, it makes food stamps look like pocket change.
Monday, June 1, 2009
U.S. Treasury Secretary Gets Laughed by Chinese When He Suggests U.S. Debt is "Safe"
"Chinese financial assets are very safe," he said, drawing laughter from the audience.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Geithner assures China investors
We are now a laughing stock to China...
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Geithner assures China investors
We are now a laughing stock to China...
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
UK Telegraph: Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape'
"Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq."
Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape' - Telegraph
Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape' - Telegraph
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The Gov't Thinks Some French Journalist Can See the Torture Photos, But We Can't?
“I saw many more pictures than were ever published in the press,
including, I believe, many—if not most—of the photos that president
would now prefer that you don’t see,” he writes.
He can see them, but we can’t.
So Philip Gourevitch Can See the Torture Photos, But We Can’t? | The Progressive
Petraeus Backs Obama, Not Cheney, On Torture And Gitmo
"General David Petraeus said this past weekend that President Obama's decision to close down Gitmo and end harsh interrogation techniques would benefit the United States in the broader war on terror.
In an appearance on Radio Free Europe on Sunday, the man hailed by conservatives as the preeminent military figure of his generation left little room for doubt about where he stands on some of Obama's most contentious policies."I think, on balance, that those moves help [us]," said the chief of U.S. Central Command. "In fact, I have long been on record as having testified and also in helping write doctrine for interrogation techniques that are completely in line with the Geneva Convention."
Petraeus
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
"This confrontation is willed by God..." - Bush
Bush believed the time had now come for that battle, telling Chirac:
Bush's Shocking Biblical Prophecy Emerges: God Wants to "Erase" Mid-East Enemies "Before a New Age Begins" | Politics | AlterNet"This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to use this conflict to erase his people's enemies before a New Age begins".
China warns Federal Reserve over 'printing money'
China warns Federal Reserve over 'printing money' - Telegraph
China is dictating our policies. Do you feel "safer?"
China is dictating our policies. Do you feel "safer?"
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Contrasting Policies: China vs. U.S
3) China has been mobilizing its dollar-reserves by buying an enormous amounts of real assets:
A) China has bought at least 454 tonnes of gold
B) China has been importing 70 percent more copper than they consume
C) China has been filling up its strategic petroleum reserve
D) China has been building up its grain inventory.
E) China has been going around the world making deals for raw materials and acquisitions of small-enough companies that they fly under the radar
4) In contrast, the Federal Reserve has been accumulating debt of insolvent institutions:
A) Making uncollateralized loans to insolvent banks.
B) Swaping banking system’s toxic assets (subprime CDOs squared) for dollars.
C) Buying US treasuries
D) Buying mortgage backed securities
Market Skeptics: *****Have China watchers never heard of a decoy?*****
Which strategy is better the their country's long-term health?
A) China has bought at least 454 tonnes of gold
B) China has been importing 70 percent more copper than they consume
C) China has been filling up its strategic petroleum reserve
D) China has been building up its grain inventory.
E) China has been going around the world making deals for raw materials and acquisitions of small-enough companies that they fly under the radar
4) In contrast, the Federal Reserve has been accumulating debt of insolvent institutions:
A) Making uncollateralized loans to insolvent banks.
B) Swaping banking system’s toxic assets (subprime CDOs squared) for dollars.
C) Buying US treasuries
D) Buying mortgage backed securities
Market Skeptics: *****Have China watchers never heard of a decoy?*****
Which strategy is better the their country's long-term health?
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
The Fed FORCED AIG to Pay Out More than Market Price
"The secret is out; it has long been assumed that the AIG bailout was a
stealth bailout for AIG's counterparties: another way to shovel
taxpayer dollars to Wall Street and European banks without going to
Congress for permission. Aig CEO Edward Liddy admitted as much
yesterday in his testimony before the House Oversight Committee under
questioning from California Republican Darrell Issa. Liddy said he
acted under explicit instructions from the Fed to pay AIG counterpary
obligations at 100 cents on the dollar (par), even though the contracts
were trading at substantial discounts and could have been settled for
much less."
Liddy On AIG Payouts At Par: "The Fed Made Us Do It" (Video) - Home - The Daily Bail - The Bailout News Central Depository. News, Interviews,Videos, Comedy, Songs, Opinion & Analysis
Hmmm, who benefits?
stealth bailout for AIG's counterparties: another way to shovel
taxpayer dollars to Wall Street and European banks without going to
Congress for permission. Aig CEO Edward Liddy admitted as much
yesterday in his testimony before the House Oversight Committee under
questioning from California Republican Darrell Issa. Liddy said he
acted under explicit instructions from the Fed to pay AIG counterpary
obligations at 100 cents on the dollar (par), even though the contracts
were trading at substantial discounts and could have been settled for
much less."
Liddy On AIG Payouts At Par: "The Fed Made Us Do It" (Video) - Home - The Daily Bail - The Bailout News Central Depository. News, Interviews,Videos, Comedy, Songs, Opinion & Analysis
Hmmm, who benefits?
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Former fundamentalist 'debunks' Bible
In Ehrman's latest book, "Jesus, Interrupted," he concludes:
Doctrines such as the divinity of Jesus and heaven and hell are not based on anything Jesus or his earlier followers said.
At least 19 of the 27 books in the New Testament are forgeries.
Believing the Bible is infallible is not a condition for being a Christian.
"Christianity has never been about the Bible being the inerrant word of
God," Ehrman says. "Christianity is about the belief in Christ."
Former fundamentalist 'debunks' Bible - CNN.com
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