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Written By:2 F-16s along w/VC-25 flew over NYC appx. 10AM this morning. Link:
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Are the Knives Coming Out for Geithner?
• NakedCapitalism.comAn examination of Mr. Geithner’s five years as president of the New York Fed, an era of unbridled and ultimately disastrous risk taking by the financial industry, shows that he forged unusually close relationships with executives of Wall Street’s gia
Are the Knives are Coming Out for Geithner?
• NakedCapitalism.comOf course, if one were Machiavellian, this move may be Team Obama realizing rather late that they have made the success of Obama's presidency contingent on the Geithner program, and now they are trying, even more so than before. to pin the polici
U.S. toxic-asset plan stirs fears
• LAtimes.comNobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University said the program violated so many laws of economics that it was little more than an "empty box."
Chris Hedges: Obama Has Missed His Moment
• Truthdig.comDeflation or hyperinflation will be our nemesis. These are the only two options left. The speculators on Wall Street and in the White House are again rolling the dice. But be assured that no matter what combination comes up we are going to be fleeced
No One Is Above The Law
• tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/No person can lose the right of Habeas Corpus or be confined for an indeterminate length of time - in these cases seven years - without charges being speedily brought against them. What a long "interrogation period!" Seven years?
Obama Passing New Law To Allow Searching of PC's, Laptops, and Media Devices
• AfterDowningStreet.orgThis bill is meant to be a dagger through the heart of the blogging community and all those who share files over the internet.
Letter to Obama
Written By:Dear Mr. Obama, It is so great how you try to deceive the American people and the rest of the world into believing that what you were doing at the G20 summit is Innocent and great, when in reality your agenda is to move this country
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Emanuel Was Director Of Freddie Mac Police investigating death of Freddie Mac chief financial office
• Yahoo NewsDavid Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.
Lewis testified that U.S. urged silence on Merrill deal
• ReutersBank of America Corp CEO Kenneth Lewis testified under oath that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pressured him to keep quiet about losses at Merrill Lynch & Co, which the bank was buying
Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid against torture probe
• RawStory.comThe White House and its top US Senate ally poured cold water Thursday on hopes of creating an independent commission to probe harsh Bush-era interrogation techniques widely seen as torture.
The border for dummies
• National PostCan someone please tell us how U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano got her job? She appears to be about as knowledgeable about border issues as a late-night radio call-in yahoo. In an interview broadcast Monday on the CBC, Ms. Napol
President Obama’s National Intelligence Director: Torture Works
• nytimes.com/President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned by the White House did produce significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with terrorists.
No second term for Obama
Written By:Mr. Obama: I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on your recent trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate representative of the United States of America collectively or of me personally. You are
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Operation ASU UPDATE ( Obama Speaks at Arizona State University May 13th... but first :)
DrewThe Obama Deception DVD distribution to ASU students UPDATE
Of Black Holes and Radio Silence
• TruthoutA former prosecutor examines the special prosecutor debate (torture issue - giving Obama a pass on prosecution of Torturers,... cause he is one ).
TARP Watchdog Calls PPIP A Sham For The Taxpayers
• businessinsider.com/Almost every outside who's taken a look at Tim Geithner' Public-Private Investment Partnership (PPIP) has come to the same conclusion: That it's a sham being foisted on taxpayers for the benefit of the banks and certain select investors.
"Letter to the President" Being Forwarded Around in E-mails
Ed VallejoWhoever wrote it, it is 'hitting a nerve' on both sides of the spectrum - both pro and con.
Obama's Tortured Words: "Love Letter" to CIA Distorts Historical Truth
• AfterDowningStreet.orgIt not only absolves CIA torturers from prosecution on the grounds that they were only following orders, (the same defense employed by Nazi hoodlums at the Nuremburg war crimes trials after World War Two,) but his laudatory statements...
Geithner: "Vast Majority" of US Banks Have More Capital Than Needed
• Jessescrossradscafe.blogspot.comWhen the electricity fails because of malinvestment in the real world economy, the Obama people can have public service community organizers deliver pamphlets door to door telling us how good things are becoming.
Obama Asks Staff To Put On Dog & Pony Show
• APThe thrifty measures Obama ordered for federal agencies are the equivalent of asking a family that spends $60,000 in a year to save $6.
Rahm Emanuel: No U.S. Prosecution of Bush Officials for Torture
• RawStory.comEmanuel said that the president believes Bush officials "should not be prosecuted either and that's not the place that we go." Not that that should surprise anyone: Obama said as much from almost his first day in office....
History in America
Written By:The O'man said he could not be blamed for the Bay of Pigs, this statement was and is the main point of his rise to power. Today World War Two, Korea, Viet Nam and Desert Storm are dry footnotes in history. To the many that swept O'man int
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Rahm Emanuel doesn't see need to take over big banks
• Wall Street Journal OnLine" Noting that he hadn't yet seen any results of the administration's stress tests on banks, Mr. Emanuel said he believes "we have the resources to handle what the results will be."
Mish: Stress Over Stress Test
• Michael Shedlock / MishNo one in their right mind can possibly believe a thing Geithner says. For that matter no one can possibly believe a thing the banks say either.
Obama: 'We are on an unsustainable course'
• RawStory.comThe announcements came after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecast last month the budget deficit could hit 1.845 trillion dollars for the whole year based on Obama's 3.5-trillion-dollar budget plan approved by Congress...
Turley: Torture investigation would ‘go directly to the doorstep of President Bush’
• RawStory.com“It’s very hard to say,” Turley replied. “But what is really disturbing is that … he’s equating the enforcement of federal laws, that he took an oath to enforce … with an act of retribution in some sort of hissy fit or blame game.”
Georgetown U. Says It Covered Over Name of Jesus to Comply With White House Request
• CNS NewsGeorgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”--symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown
President Obama, Slick Salesman For Banksters? by Szandor Blestman
• American Chronicle via e-mail from Mr. BlestmanI watched another one of Mr. Obama´s speech a couple of days ago on television. I felt as if I had answered the door and let a slick talking vacuum cleaner salesman into my home because he seemed like such a charming person.
Joseph Stiglitz Says White House Ties to Wall Street Doom Bank Rescue
• Bloomberg.comStiglitz said in an interview yesterday. The people who designed the plans are “either in the pocket of the banks or they’re incompetent.”
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