42 States Lose Jobs in August, up From 29 in July
• APForty-two states lost jobs last month, up from 29 in July, with the biggest net payroll cuts coming in Texas, Michigan, Georgia and Ohio.
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Clashes erupt at Iran mass rally
• BBC NewsThousands of opposition supporters have clashed with security forces during a government-sponsored rally in Tehran. Iran's reformists had been warned not to try to turn the pro-Palestinian Quds (Jerusalem) Day marches into anti-government protests
Bite Mark CSI Found Faulty
• LiveScienceThe science of forensics and criminal psychology has advanced a lot in recent decades. Unfortunately courtrooms haven't kept up. Bad guys go free and innocent people get locked up. As one example, people get convicted on questionable "repressed me
Arizona property-tax bills up despite drop in home values
• Arizona Republic[of course] Many Valley homeowners can expect to see a increase in their property taxes, despite the significant drop in their house's value. Much of the increase is due to the state equalization tax, which is back after a 3-year hiatus.
Fed eyes wide-ranging bank pay rules to combat risk
• ReutersThe U.S. Federal Reserve is close to proposing wide-ranging rules on bankers' pay that would apply to any employee able to take risks that could imperil the institution, a Fed source said on Friday. Public anger at excessive bank pay has boiled up
Video - Jay Leno Ridicules ACORN with Spoof Commerical - "Thank You, ACORN"
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IAEA denies report it is sure Iran seeking atom bomb
• ReutersThe U.N. nuclear agency has no proof that Iran has or once had a covert atomic bomb program, it said on Thursday, dismissing a report that it had concluded Iran was on its way to producing nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency reaff
Insane killer escapes on field trip to county fair
• APAuthorities have put out a statewide alert for a mentally ill killer who escaped during a hospital field trip to a county fair, leading to fears that he'll become more unstable and potentially dangerous the longer he is on the loose with no medicatio
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Another way to do the time even if you didn’t do the crime.
• Slate / David Feige"You mean you can go to trial, get acquitted and still go to the slammer for stuff the jury says wasn't proven?" Indeed, my friends, welcome to our world.
Congress is trapped on a ‘Jackass Carousel’
• Comedy CentralThe Daily Show’s Jon Stewart took a caustic look on Wednesday at the endless Congressional merry-go-round of demands for apologies by members of the opposite party. When the House of Representatives passed a resolution of disapproval against Rep.
The Gay Divorcées
• rescuemarriage.orgA judge in Indiana is refusing to grant a lesbian couple a divorce. This forces gay people to remain together — in violation of traditional values. It prevents them from getting divorced — upholding traditional values.
Vaccine Tracking Bracelets no longer a myth as Boston Mass.begins program today
• Boston GlobeUsing technology originally developed for mass disasters, Boston disease trackers are embarking on a novel experiment - one of the first in the country - aimed at eventually creating a citywide registry of everyone who has had a flu vaccination.
Afghanistan is ‘the gold standard for quagmires’
• Comedy CentralThe Daily Show’s Jon Stewart reminded his audience — in case they’d somehow forgotten — of the Iraq War, with its “lack of a coherent postwar plan [or] a reason to have the war.” “But did you know that we also have this whole other war in Afghanis
Flashback..THE CAMPAIGN: Candidate Carter: 1 Apologize'
• Time via DiggBut he opposes Government programs "to inject black families into a white neighborhood just to create some sort of integration." Said he: "I have nothing against a community that is made up of people who are Polish, or who are Czechoslovakians, or wh
Police Issue Citations Over Posters
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Court Strikes Down Regulations Limiting Nonprofits' Campaign Funds
• Washington PostA federal appeals court has struck down regulations that strictly limited how nonprofit groups raise and spend money for political campaigns.
FCC To Introduce Net Neutrality Rule Monday
• Washington PostJulius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, plans to propose a new so-called net neutrality rule Monday that would prevent wireless companies from blocking Internet applications.
Mass. Gov says Obama discussed Kennedy replacement
• WhizNewsDemocrats changed the succession law in 2004 to create a five-month special election campaign and block then-Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, from naming a temporary replacement if Sen. John Kerry had won his presidential bid.
The Wolfman Movie
• Universal StudiosPreview of soon to be released movie just in time for Halloween...Benneccio Del Torro, Anthony Hopkins...ooh scary!
The Wolfman Movie
• Universal StudiosPreview of soon to be released movie just in time for Halloween...Benneccio Del Torro, Anthony Hopkins...ooh scary!
Putin calls U.S. missile U-turn a good start; Now in addition . . .
• World TribuneVladimir Putin, Russia’s prime minister, on Friday said the Obama administration’s decision to scrap plans for a missile defence shield in Europewas a positive step – but warned that he now expects other concessions by the US to follow.
Taxpayer Funded Serve.gov Filtering Activists to ACORN
• Big GovernmentYour tax dollars at work, America. Living the sweet life on taxpayer dollars while using federal funding to advertise for volunteer opportunities to promote the President’s health care legislation. Pro-Obama activism is the new welfare.
Andrew Napolitano Was Joe Wilson Right?
• Fox via Liberty PulseThere is no question that under the present law, Congress simply cannot pick and choose which “persons” to whom it will afford social benefits and to which “persons” it will not. How could the president not have known that?
The American Resistance Movement responds to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
• ARMThe Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has requested to meet with American Dissidents.In response A.R.M. The American Resistance Movement (a confederation of dissidents across America) has officially contacted the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C. at
CNN Chicken News Network
• Political Lore (HT) Liberty PulseThe days following the rally in Washington, DC on Sept. 12th highlighted obvious bias in the media. The most offensive of all coverage of the “Tea Party” protest that took place on Sept. 12th was by CNN. The outlets that simply chose to ignore the
"Option" mortgages to explode, officials warn
• ReutersThe federal government and states are girding themselves for the next foreclosure crisis in the country's housing downturn: payment option adjustable rate mortgages that are beginning to reset.
Time interviews Ron Paul. Best Interview yet!
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New Demands for Release of Recovery.gov Contract Info
• Pro PublicaLast month, we reported that the Obama administration had released a heavily redacted version of its $18 million contract for redesigning Recovery.gov, the Web site that’s key to the administration’s pledge on stimulus transparency.
Roubini and Taleb: Government's Socialization of Losses Is Destroying the Real Economy
• Washington's BlogThis is a crisis of solvency, not just liquidity, but true deleveraging has not begun yet because the losses of financial institutions have been socialised and put on government balance sheets. This limits the ability of banks to lend, households to
Recession? What Recession?
• Economic Policy JournalBusiness is just fine for those clinging to the flabby skin of expanding government And talk about the Military-Industrial Complex: ....
