Club Blue

Published March 11th, 2008 - 8:23 pm

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Little Walter & Hound Dog Taylor
“Wild About You Baby”
Harmonica player Little Walter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week, along with Madonna, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five and songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
How many harmonica players does it take to change [...]

Ashcroft: No Conflict in Former Employee Giving Me $50 Million Contract

Published March 11th, 2008 - 5:16 pm

Posted by QuestionGirl in Just Plain Wrong, Sick of This Shit

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Well of course he says there’s no conflict! WTF did they think he’d say? This is wrong? There is a conflict? Geezzzzzz. These crooks do any damn thing they want, legal or illegal, conflict or no conflict and they get away with it time and time and time and time [...]

Fallon Out, Next Stop Iran

Published March 11th, 2008 - 3:11 pm

Posted by QuestionGirl in Military

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Adm. William Fallon has resigned as chief of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia after more than a year in the post, citing what he called an inaccurate perception that he is at odds with the Bush administration over Iran.
Fallon, the head of U.S. Central Command, was the subject of a [...]

8 U.S. Casualties in Iraq Yesterday

Published March 11th, 2008 - 11:48 am

Posted by QuestionGirl in Iraq

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8 yesterday, 10 so far this month. While this administration is boasting how violence is down, the violence continues.

The U.S. military said Tuesday that three soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, bringing to eight the number of troops who died that day.
Meanwhile, in southern [...]

How the Government Controls the CPI

Published March 11th, 2008 - 11:11 am

Posted by QuestionGirl in Economy

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Do read this………

Inflation, as reported by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is understated by roughly 7% per year. This is due to recent redefinitions of the series as well as to flawed methodologies, particularly adjustments to price measures for quality changes. The concentration of this installment on the quality of government economic reports will [...]

Fed Dumps In Another $200 Billion

Published March 11th, 2008 - 11:06 am

Posted by QuestionGirl in Economy, Financial

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But they can’t make them lend……..

Scrambling to ease the strain on the credit market, the Federal Reserve announced a $200 billion program on Tuesday that would allow financial institutions, including the nation’s major investment banks, to borrow ultra-safe Treasury money by using some of their riskiest investments as collateral. Wall Street responded with a rally, [...]