Top down or bottom up economics--what’s good for the President’s run for re election or what’s good for the man in the street
Obama's economist pick seen as sign of new agenda
Obama's choice for top economic adviser will be closely watched for signs of new agenda
The administration now believes the relationship between Obama and the business community has started to thaw. For example, both sides praised each other following Obama's meeting with CEOs earlier this month. The White House has grown more willing to find another prominent job for a private sector appointee while leaving the council post to an economic heavyweight who can coordinate the advice Obama is receiving from throughout the administration.
"To get a business person in there, it seems like an odd place," said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. "And if he does need someone from business, I don't think he would want someone from Wall Street."
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Eagles workers leave pile of snow in governor's seat
By Chris Chase
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell lamented that the delay of the Philadelphia Eagles game due to this weekend's blizzard was another example of America turning into a "nation of wussies." On Tuesday night, the staff at Lincoln Financial Field did its best to ensure that Rendell doesn't join the unmanly masses.
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Sometimes SPCA and Fox go ga ga over animal rights. Is there such a thing? Check movie The Deer Slayer for answer.
Tucker Carlson: Vick ‘should have been ‘executed’
PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Fox analyst Tucker Carlson says Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick(notes) “should have been executed” for his role in a dogfighting ring.
Carlson was guest hosting for Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News Channel on Tuesday night when he made the remarks. He led a panel discussion about President Barack Obama commending the owner of the Eagles for giving Vick a second chance after his release from prison. Vick served 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring.
Carlson says, “Michael Vick killed dogs, and he did (it) in a heartless and cruel way.” He added, “I think personally he should have been executed for that.”
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End of world not at hand. Another mania--but no shortage of perps
Father, Sons Face Sex-Abuse Claims - WSJ.com
Fri Dec 10, 2010
The former rabbi of a Brooklyn school for boys is believed to have fled to Israel after police identified him and three of his sons as suspects in the sexual abuse of the rabbi's four daughters, authorities said Friday
Reader responds to a story on Yahoo about Belgian priest/activist
Yahoo never ran the story last month that was all over the New York City papers about the sex abuse Rabbi and his kids and incest.
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A matter of feeding the hungry or the greedy?
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Secret United States diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks detail efforts to promote genetically modified (GM) crops and biotechnology across the globe, including the Vatican, where US diplomats pushed the Roman Catholic Church to support biotech food in developing nations. Cables from embassies in Spain, Austria and even Pakistan reveal the US diplomats have clearly sided with the biotech industry, even as court cases and public debates over GM food raged in the US and abroad."
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International companies have only one goal, make money, the workers of their home country be damned
Where are the jobs? For many companies, overseas
Pallavi Gogoi, AP Business Writer, On Tuesday December 28, 2010, 5:39 pm EST
Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn't anyone hiring?
Actually, many American companies are -- just maybe not in your town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat.
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Business associates take a crack at going after the thieves
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Allstate Corp has sued Bank of America Corp, its Countrywide lending unit and 17 other defendants for allegedly misrepresenting the risks on more than $700 million of mortgage securities it bought from Countrywide
Bank of America also is among banks including Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Wells Fargo & Co to face SEC subpoenas as the regulator examines how mortgages were packaged for sale to investors, people familiar with the probe said.
The SEC accused Mozilo of misleading investors about Countrywide's health and risk-taking, and generating roughly $140 million of improper gains from insider stock sales.
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Top down or bottom up economics--what’s good for the President’s run for re election or what’s good for the man in the street
Obama's economist pick seen as sign of new agenda
Obama's choice for top economic adviser will be closely watched for signs of new agenda
The administration now believes the relationship between Obama and the business community has started to thaw. For example, both sides praised each other following Obama's meeting with CEOs earlier this month. The White House has grown more willing to find another prominent job for a private sector appointee while leaving the council post to an economic heavyweight who can coordinate the advice Obama is receiving from throughout the administration.
"To get a business person in there, it seems like an odd place," said Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington. "And if he does need someone from business, I don't think he would want someone from Wall Street."
_______________________________________
Eagles workers leave pile of snow in governor's seat
By Chris Chase
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell lamented that the delay of the Philadelphia Eagles game due to this weekend's blizzard was another example of America turning into a "nation of wussies." On Tuesday night, the staff at Lincoln Financial Field did its best to ensure that Rendell doesn't join the unmanly masses.
_________________________________________
Sometimes SPCA and Fox go ga ga over animal rights. Is there such a thing? Check movie The Deer Slayer for answer.
Tucker Carlson: Vick ‘should have been ‘executed’
PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Fox analyst Tucker Carlson says Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick(notes) “should have been executed” for his role in a dogfighting ring.
Carlson was guest hosting for Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News Channel on Tuesday night when he made the remarks. He led a panel discussion about President Barack Obama commending the owner of the Eagles for giving Vick a second chance after his release from prison. Vick served 18 months in federal prison for running a dogfighting ring.
Carlson says, “Michael Vick killed dogs, and he did (it) in a heartless and cruel way.” He added, “I think personally he should have been executed for that.”
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End of world not at hand. Another mania--but no shortage of perps
Father, Sons Face Sex-Abuse Claims - WSJ.com
Fri Dec 10, 2010
The former rabbi of a Brooklyn school for boys is believed to have fled to Israel after police identified him and three of his sons as suspects in the sexual abuse of the rabbi's four daughters, authorities said Friday
Reader responds to a story on Yahoo about Belgian priest/activist
Yahoo never ran the story last month that was all over the New York City papers about the sex abuse Rabbi and his kids and incest.
__________________________________________
A matter of feeding the hungry or the greedy?
Mike Ludwig, Truthout: "Secret United States diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks detail efforts to promote genetically modified (GM) crops and biotechnology across the globe, including the Vatican, where US diplomats pushed the Roman Catholic Church to support biotech food in developing nations. Cables from embassies in Spain, Austria and even Pakistan reveal the US diplomats have clearly sided with the biotech industry, even as court cases and public debates over GM food raged in the US and abroad."
__________________________________________
International companies have only one goal, make money, the workers of their home country be damned
Where are the jobs? For many companies, overseas
Pallavi Gogoi, AP Business Writer, On Tuesday December 28, 2010, 5:39 pm EST
Corporate profits are up. Stock prices are up. So why isn't anyone hiring?
Actually, many American companies are -- just maybe not in your town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat.
___________________________________________
Business associates take a crack at going after the thieves
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Allstate Corp has sued Bank of America Corp, its Countrywide lending unit and 17 other defendants for allegedly misrepresenting the risks on more than $700 million of mortgage securities it bought from Countrywide
Bank of America also is among banks including Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Wells Fargo & Co to face SEC subpoenas as the regulator examines how mortgages were packaged for sale to investors, people familiar with the probe said.
The SEC accused Mozilo of misleading investors about Countrywide's health and risk-taking, and generating roughly $140 million of improper gains from insider stock sales.
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Inspirational--a man with a mission and a dream
The system in Gustavo Dudamel's magic
The Venezuelan wunderkind conductor is intent on his mission to bring his musical revolution to the youth of the world
From Times Online
June 7, 2010
Richard Morrison
The world’s most celebrated young conductor is in full exuberant flow, rehearsing his orchestra. Correction. He is rehearsing one of his three orchestras — and it’s the one that people usually forget about. The whole world clamours to welcome Gustavo Dudamel with the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. After all, they are the most famous products of the Venezuelan Sistema, the remarkable 30-year project that has turned thousands of street urchins into virtuoso instrumentalists.
"...an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of society - cooperative, peaceful, egalitarian." -Howard Zinn,
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