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The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s endorsement in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s president flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay.
For the $2 million plus, ACU offered a range of services that included: “Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU’s Chairman David Keene and/or other members of the ACU’s board of directors.
"You can't have a bunch of bankers going to congress for example and saying, we can't audit the Fed, because if you audit the Fed we're going to crash the system so we're holding it hostage. You can't allow that"
Steve has a DUI and a bar fight under his belt all while being one of Jack's finest Phoenix cops. Steve is a classy guy - while serving in the honor guard and at another cops funeral he threatened to kill a fellow lieutenant. NICE! He's tried a few times to go back to Iraq (he's a Marine) and they won't take him, but the Phoenix PD keeps him. He also had to serve time in jail, but never told anyone in the PPD. We have blogged about him many times before.
When an Air Force command in north Florida sought new battlefield technologies, Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) steered millions in federal dollars its way to hire defense contractors.
The research effort at the Pensacola Air Force base fell apart, however, when investigators found evidence that it was used to improperly pay a series of companies linked to Murtha. A handful of defense firms were paid for work that was never done or not called for in the contracts. Some of the companies involved, based in Wyoming, Florida and Murtha's district in Pennsylvania, had hidden owners, prosecutors allege; one was secretly owned by the Air Force official who helped approve the payments.
A former Pennsylvania lawmaker who prosecutors said became "drunk with power" in his many years in the state Senate
was sentenced to less than 5 years in prison, a steep
departure down from what the judge was asked to impose for the
corruption conviction.
OeBB-Holding AG, Austria's state-owned railroad company, reported a record 966 million-euro($1.3 billion) loss after writing down the value of derivatives that went awry. OeBB's 2008 loss compared with a profit or 42.4 million euros a year e
Milan's financial police seized 476 million euros($620 million) of assets belonging to UBS AG,Deutsche Bank AG,JPMorgan Chase & Co and Depfa Bank Plc amid a probe into alleged fraud linked to the sale of derivatives.
The top drug prosecutor, two police officers, and a retired circuit court judge in Wayne County, Michigan will be arraigned today on charges that they suborned (or in the judge’s case, knowingly allowed) perjury in a case against two alleged cocaine
According to NY state health records obtained by Policeabuse.com, the Shore Winds has nearly double the number of health code violations to that of other nursing homes in New York (compared to the state wide average).
Attorney Orly Taitz is America's soviet superpatriot!
"It's over — we're officially, royally fucked." MATT TAIBBI for Rolling Stone - The global economic crisis isn't about money - it's about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution
FORT BLISS, Texas — As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investig
The game of Life is a waste of time. The rules are all written to favor the opponents -- because they are written BY the opponents. Trouble is: it's the only game in town.
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If this video doesn't generate STARK-RAVING MAD comments... RRRRR!!! I AM SOOOO PISSED!!!!!!!
Texas financier Allen Stanford, accused of a 9.2-billion-dollar fraud that prompted several governments to shut down his banks and seize assets, was on Thursday tracked down in the US state of Virginia, the FBI said. (no arrest)
Congress members skirt calls from Raw; Stanford Financial PAC gave $128,000 in 2008
U.S. Senator Roland Burris’s statements to Illinois lawmakers about whether he solicited political donations for former Governor Rod Blagojevich before getting named to the Senate are being reviewed by a prosecutor.
Depositors from as far away as Colombia have begun arriving in the island nation of Antigua, seeking to withdraw their money from an offshore bank under investigation by U.S. state and federal authorities.
In what could turn out to be the greatest fraud in US history, American authorities have started to investigate the alleged role of senior military officers in the misuse of $125 billion in a US directed effort to reconstruct Iraq after Saddam.
The US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, the Army’s criminal Investigation Command and the Justice Department are investigating US soldiers and officials in the alleged misuse of a portion of the $125 billion
Illinois Republicans called Sunday for a perjury investigation of Sen. Roland W. Burris (D), who declared that he did not try to mislead state lawmakers about his contacts with associates of former governor Rod Blagojevich.
These are just facts, not conspiracy. 1. The Federal Reserve is a private institution.
And like the man says, we’ll keep this up while we can …
This Youtube rap video makes several good points while having spot on timing.
Chief Justice Roberts has cases on the docket where Obama is the defendant or is the subject of the litigation. Does anyone see major conflict of interest here?
Now that President-elect Barack Obama has begun forming his cabinet, we’re seeing a cadre of more deeply entrenched insiders than any administration that has preceded it.
We have obtained Govt.. Documents that have never been seen by the public, which prove that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and CPS of San Diego California had inside information 6 years ago on 911 and the Siddiqui and Kahns terrorists. We
They (The Fed & Government) are intentionally deceiving the public about the necessity and benefits of these expenditures. A great deal of money is being transferred to persons who should be absorbing losses that they are responsible for.
This year, the Grinch is wearing blue instead of green. On Christmas day, four Washington, D.C. police officers were caught on tape stealing from Toys for Tots, a charity organization that collects toys for poor children. The United States Marines
If you thought Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion investment scheme was audacious, get ready for his alibi. Lawyers for the accused scammer are exploring an insanity defense, we hear.
