19 Jul
Jim Swanson 11:48 pm (Financial)
By SARAH ELLISON and MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG
The Wall Street Journal Online
German Publishing Heir Cites News Corp. Deal; Net Falls 27% on Charges
Dieter von Holtzbrinck, an heir to a German publishing empire, resigned from Dow Jones & Co.’s board of directors to protest the board’s decision to endorse a [tag]$5 billion offer from News Corp.
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“Although I’m convinced [...]
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19 Jul
QuestionGirl 11:21 pm (Economy)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States should cut corporate taxes to spur economic growth and sharpen U.S. companies’ competitive edge in the world market, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
“The current tax code distorts capital flows, hurting productivity, job creation and our global competitiveness,” Paulson in an opinion piece published in the Wall [...]
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19 Jul
QuestionGirl 11:17 pm (2008 Presidential Election, Mitt Romney)
I really believe he’s going to be the Republican candidate. The guy listed all the reasons we DON’T want a president the likes of him. I mean, other than the fact that he’s a Republican……. and here they are:
Mitt Romney summed up most of his platform in the first 10 minutes, noting that he [...]
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19 Jul
Batocchio 10:30 pm (Club Blue)
[[ Video ]]
Keren Ann - “Lay Your Head Down”
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19 Jul
Jim Swanson 10:13 pm (Analysis, Economy)
By Heather Boushey and Joshua Holland,
from AlterNet.org
cross posted at Alternet
While the rich are getting richer, they’re slashing social security, medicare and other social programs for the rest of us. What gives?
The commercial media is telling us two perfectly contradictory stories about the American economy. The first is how wonderfully rich we are in the United [...]
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19 Jul
Jim Swanson 7:23 pm (Corruption, CrossPost, Dick Cheney)
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Investigative Report
cross posted at Democratic Underground
In-depth investigation shows how Vice President Dick Cheney pressured federal energy regulators to conceal evidence of widespread market manipulation by energy companies during the California electricity crisis in 2001.
In March 2001, while California’s two largest utilities were teetering on [...]
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19 Jul
Jim Swanson 7:04 pm (Bush, Impeachment, Opinion)
by Andrew Bard Schmookler
from OpEdNews.com
AT LAST, IT’S CRYSTAL CLEAR WHAT OUR MOVEMENT MUST DO
Now that the Bushites have made it clear that the only way to defend the Constitution and the rule of law is to impeach them, one other thing has become clearer than it has ever been before: what the anti-Bushite [...]
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19 Jul
Jim Swanson 6:55 pm (Corruption, CrossPost, Sex Scandal)
By Paul Kiel
from TPMuckraker
More troubles for Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). Washington, D.C. watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed an ethics complaint against him, based on his admitted use of the D.C. Madam’s escort service. The basis of the complaint?
Engaging the services of a prostitute violates both District of Columbia and Louisiana [...]
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19 Jul
Jim Swanson 6:39 pm (Bush, Congressional Hearings)
By Thomas Ferraro
The White House chief of staff faced possible contempt charges after a congressional panel on Thursday ruled as invalid President George W. Bush’s bid to limit the probe of the firing of federal prosecutors.
On a party-line vote of 7-3, a Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary subcommittee rejected Bush’s contention that his claim of [...]
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