Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "My Government Provided Jet Is Not Good Enough for Me"
• Judicial Watch via search starting from e-mailMadame Pelosi wants you and I to conserve our carbon footprint. REALLY!?!
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Corruption
How Moody's sold its ratings -- and sold out investors
• McClatchy NewsAs the housing market collapsed in late 2007, Moody's Investors Service, whose investment ratings were widely trusted, responded by purging analysts and executives who warned of trouble and promoting those who helped Wall Street plunge the country in
Ala. Mayor Accused of Taking Rolex, Other Bribes
• APMayor Larry Langford, who could be tossed out of office and go to prison if convicted of federal bribery charges, recently offered some advice to a new Birmingham City Council member. "The illusion of power is the most dangerous drug on the planet
PURP WALKING Buffett-Greenspan-Geithner-Summers
• You TubeI posted these videos to show the corruption however the speaker's assumptions of how to handle it is something I think we would all totally disagree with. You don't give more power to those who already helped make this disaster!
A Rare Glimpse Into The Fed's Discount Window Courtesy Of The Brewing Lehman-Barclays Scandal
• Zero HedgeWe use this opportunity to pore through a goldmine of just unsealed documentation to present some rare glimpses into the Federal Reserve's garbage laden balance sheet.
Billionaire among 6 nabbed in inside trading case
• YahooOne of America's wealthiest men was among six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in a hedge fund insider trading case that authorities say generated more than $25 million in illegal profits and was a wake-up call for Wall St
Dem officials set stage for corporate-backed health care campaign
• PoliticoNo quid pro quo was involved, they insist, as do the lobbyists themselves.
Bank Lobbyists Are Not Only Trying to Kill NEW Legislation, They Are Trying to Weaken EXISTING Regul
• Zero HedgeEveryone knows that the lobbyists for the financial giants are trying to kill any tough new regulations. But they are also trying to weaken existing regulations.
Reviewing Danny Schechter's "The Crime of Our Time"
Stephen LendmanGrand theft America.
Capitalism: An Apathy Story - by Cindy Sheehan
• OpEd NewsThis Thursday, in a move that would make Baron von Louis Rothschild blush with shame (or burst with pride), Goldman Sachs will announce that it is more than doubling its bonus pool: from 11 billion in 2007 to 23 billion in 2008.
Hedge Fund Scam in Russia
• Guardian(Boze Moy) Thousands of Russians are watching a YouTube video that accuses their government and officials of high corruption. A Russian version of a video by Hermitage Capital, the London-based hedge fund claiming to be victim of a $230 million sca
Behind Montana Jail Fiasco: How Private Prison Developers Prey On Desperate Towns
• TPMWith the unraveling of the deal for the shadowy American Private Police Force to take over and populate an empty jail in Hardin, Montana, it's pretty clear that the small city got played by an ex-con and his (supposed) private security firm
Cop who beat student for untucked shirt jailed on rape charges
• Carlos MillerThe suburban Chicago cop who was caught on video beating a 15-year-old student for refusing to tuck his shirt last May is being accused of raping a woman while holding a pillow over her face. He also killed his ex-wife’s new husband last year by s
Dianne Feinstein: War Profiteer Why a San Francisco Democrat is one of the biggest warmongers aroun
• Anti WarDemocRAT Diane Feinstein, above, demonstrates holding a pencil that one of her husband's defense contracting firms charged the Pentagon $71,735.89.
Baucus's advisors $$$$ Bill Moyers Expose
• BlueLoriBlogSpotBILL MOYERS: You know from the news that early next week the Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote on its version of health care reform. And therein lies another story of money and politics.
Head Of Failed Icelandic Bank With Crazy Commercial Is Suspected Of Fraud
• The Business InsiderSigurder Einarsson, the former CEO of failed Icelandic bank, Kaupthing, is suspected of Fraud, reports The Guardian. With that, he becomes the first European bank chief to face legal retribution since the crisis begain.
WMD - Weapons of Mass Deception
• Eyes Wide OpenHow the U.S. had an obligation to steal Iraqi oil for the good of the people.
The Goldman Bonuses Are Coming! The Goldman Bonuses Are Coming!
• Economic Policy JournalWhat has been going down during this financial crisis is not capitalism. It is rule by the elites who use their power and influence within government to rub out competitors, and then use that same power to fill their coffers.
EDITORIAL: It takes one to know one Ethically challenged lawmakers protect their own
• Washington TimesIf House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pledge to "drain the [congressional] swamp" of corruption actually had teeth, she'd have to boot more than just embattled Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel.
Derivatives Lobby Links With New Democrats to Blunt Obama Plan
• BloombergAs President Barack Obama vowed in a Sept. 14 speech in New York’s Federal Hall to correct “reckless behavior and unchecked excess” on Wall Street, Mike McMahon and Barney Frank sat in the audience discussing how to ease proposed rules for the $592 t
Obama reiterates confidence in Geithner after 80 conversations with bank executives emerged
• Times OnlinePresident Barack Obama has "tremendous confidence" in Timothy Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, even though he has spoken to executives from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other banks more than 80 times in his first seven months in office, the Presi
A ‘Murtha Method’ Encore Lawmakers on House Defense Panel Still Enmeshed in Circles of Earmarks, Lo
• Center for Public IntegrityA review of the 2010 defense appropriations process reveals that most members of a key House of Representatives panel continue to engage in controversial relationships involving ex-staffers-turned-lobbyists, contractors, campaign cash, and earmarks —
The SEC as a Political Agency, Nothing More, Nothing Less
• Economic Policy JournalIt's clear to see that the SEC is really going after Cuban because of his in your face attitude in battling the SEC, in addition to his high profile.
A Rare Earth Mine, Goldman Sachs and a $3m Grant
• MetalMinerThe mine was owned by Chevron until last year when it sold the mine, facilities and name to an investment vehicle called Rare Earth Acquisitions LLC, owned in varying degrees by Goldman Sachs,
Corruption: FHA Is Dying, Will Anyone Stop It?
• The Market TickerLet's cut the crap here with the claims that the "FHA is making sound loans:"The idea the FHA needs a rescue is “just plain wrong,” Stevens said in an Oct. 6 letter to the Wall Street Journal.
Piracy on Treasure Island Congressional land grab for developers?
• Washington TimesPoliticians with ties to land developers are trying to force the Navy to hand over one of the most valuable pieces of property in the country for free.
Rep. Waters: 'Many members' suffer from disclosure problems like Rep. Rangel
• The Hill"Many members" of Congress suffer from the same disclosure issues as Rep. Charles Rangel (D.N.Y.), one of his allies said Wednesday. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) downplayed the seriousness of allegations against Rangel that he failed to disclose
Ethics Now Tops Economy As #1 Issue
• National Legal & Policy CenterWhen former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was heard on FBI wiretaps selling President Obama’s Senate seat, Obama first called for a special election. When it looked like a Republican might win, Obama acquiesced to Blagojevich’s appointment of lau
E-mail inquiry yields 2d computer Machine may hold most of Menino aide’s data
• Boston.comBoston officials acknowledged yesterday that they have discovered a second computer used by chief mayoral aide Michael J. Kineavy, a hard drive tucked away in a sixth-floor office that may contain the bulk of the e-mail subpoenaed by federal authorit
ACORN hired people still in prison, convicted of IDENTITY THEFT!
• FireanddreammitchellNevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, a democrat, told FOX News that not only was ACORN turning in bogus voter registrations but that they were hiring prisoners for their voter registration drives. (according to Big Government): Ross said that
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