Either we: Shred the regulatory state and enable actual capitalism Tell the Federal Reserve to pack sand and to restore the safety of capital by "allowing" the market pricing mechanism to function: mark financial assets to actual market prices, not to self-serving fantasy accounting estimates claw back bailout money anywhere and [...]
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Germany and China plan to conduct an increasing amount of their trade in euros and yuan, the two nations said in a joint statement after talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing on Thursday. Remember, Germany's the economic engine of Europe, and China is the economic [...]
"The government is the only thing we all belong to." http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6gLa9Te8Blw
Did someone need more evidence that we are fast becoming a third world country? Secret Service U-Haul stolen from Detroit Hotel DETROIT - A U-Haul being used by the secret service for Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the Labor Day Rally in Detroit on Monday was stolen out of a hotel parking lot Sunday [...]
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Thousands of years ago the Egyptian pharaohs had people sacrifice their lives to build them pyramids...today, I think the way the 401(k)'s are now is actually a greater travesty than that. Click for Video
It is a popular and oft-repeated canard among the leftists, one Mayor Michael Bloomberg being chief among them, that "only the police should have weapons." Well, we all know that criminals, even in very restrictive jurisdictions and countries, have access to plenty of firepower (some of it thoughtfully provided by our very own Justice Department). [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFQe9Fz9Dg&feature=player_embedded Update: RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A judge on Thursday ordered the release of a former Marine who was detained for psychiatric evaluation after posting strident anti-government messages on Facebook. Prince George County Circuit Judge W. Allan Sharrett said at the end of a one-hour hearing that the involuntary commitment order issued by a magistrate against [...]
Nationwide, 18.2% of Americans so far in 2012 say there have been times when they could not afford the food they needed, on par with the 18.6% who had trouble affording food in 2011. (GallupWellbeing, by Alyssa Brown) Another sign that the economy is not recovering quickly enough: A significant number of Americans are still [...]
How about getting your boot off the neck of capitalism and letting some job creation happen? Or do you like the votes too much? Over 100 Million Now Receiving Federal Welfare Food stamps and Medicaid make up a large--and growing--chunk of the more than 100 million recipients. "Among the major means tested welfare programs, since [...]
From Lizzy Davies with the guardian.co.uk : Olympics spectator with Parkinson's wants 'exoneration' after arrest Mark Worsfold, 54, says he was handcuffed by Surrey police officers 'for not smiling' while watching men's cycling road race A man with who was arrested during the Olympic men's cycling road race while sitting beside the route has [...]
...as long as either they, or SCOTUS, call non-compliance a "tax." According to uber-conservative Bush II appointee Roberts: The Affordable Care Act describes the “[s]hared responsibility payment” as a “penalty,” not a “tax.” That label is fatal to the application of the Anti-Injunction Act. It does not, however, control whether an exaction is within Congress’s [...]
