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Libya-Owned Bank Got 73 Loans from the Federal Reservre
Post Date: 2011-04-01 21:54:57 by jwpegler
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Arab Banking Corp., the lender part- owned by the Central Bank of Libya, used a New York branch to get 73 loans from the U.S. Federal Reserve in the 18 months after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed. The bank, then 29 percent-owned by the Libyan state, had aggregate borrowings in that period of $35 billion -- while the largest single loan amount outstanding was $1.2 billion in July 2009, according to Fed data released yesterday. In October 2008, when lending to financial institutions by the central bank’s so- called discount window peaked at $111 billion, Arab Banking took repeated loans totaling more than $2 billion. Fed officials say all the discount window loans made during ...
McConnell: All 47 GOP Senators Co-Sponsor New Balanced Budget Amendment
Post Date: 2011-03-31 18:17:24 by CZ82
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McConnell: All 47 GOP Senators Co-Sponsor New Balanced Budget Amendment by Emily Miller 03/31/2011 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.) will announce on Thursday afternoon that all 47 Republican Senators have co-sponsored a “consensus Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,” HUMAN EVENTS has learned exclusively. This year’s budget deficit is projected to be $1.6 trillion, and the national debt is currently $14.1 trillion. The key provisions of the new balanced budget amendment (BBA) are: Congress must pass a balanced budget; the President has to submit a balanced budget; spending is capped at 18% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP); ...
Reid: Country doesn't care about Tea Party
Post Date: 2011-03-31 17:31:39 by CZ82
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Reid: Country doesn't care about Tea Party By Josiah Ryan - 03/30/11 10:27 AM ET Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) encouraged Republicans to stop listening to the Tea Party, saying the country doesn't care about the grassroots conservative movement. "The country doesn't care much about the Tea Party,” Reid said Wednesday. “There is a new CNN poll out today that says this very directly.” Reid was referring to a CNN poll released on Wednesday said that 47 percent view the Tea Party in a unfavorable light. The majority leader made his remarks as part of the update in budget negotiations. Talks have resumed between Senate Democrats and House ...
GOP budget would kill 70,000 children
Post Date: 2011-03-31 17:22:52 by CZ82
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Shah: GOP budget would kill 70,000 children Posted By Josh Rogin Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 1:50 PM As Congress struggles to negotiate a budget deal to keep the government running, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told lawmakers Wednesday that the GOP version of the budget bill would result in the deaths of at least 70,000 children who depend on American food and health assistance around the world. "We estimate, and I believe these are very conservative estimates, that H.R. 1 would lead to 70,000 kids dying," USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah testified before the House Appropriations State and Foreign Ops subcommittee. "Of that 70,000, 30,000 ...
Top Fox Exec Admits Lying On-Air About Obama being a Socialist
Post Date: 2011-03-31 15:59:38 by Godwinson
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Top Fox Exec Admits Lying On-Air About Obama being a socialist In newly uncovered audio, a Fox News executive boasts that he lied repeatedly during the closing days of the 2008 presidential campaign when he speculated on-air "about whether Barack Obama really advocated socialism." http://mediamatters.org/blog/201103290006
Guess where the Wisc. Judge’s son used to work
Post Date: 2011-03-30 18:12:27 by CZ82
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Guess where the Wisc. Judge’s son used to work Posted on March 29, 2011 at 10:22pm by Jonathon M. Seidl This little nugget of information came out last week, but it’s worth noting in light of today’s ruling in Wisconsin. Guess where Judge Maryann Sumi’s son used to work. If you said the AFL-CIO and SEIU, you’re right! From Red State: This is a problem. Judge Maryann Sumi should have recused herself entirely from the Wisconsin battle due to her inability to be neutral in this case. You see, Maryann Sumi has a clear conflict of interest. Her son [Jacob “Jake” Sinderbrand] is a political operative who also happens to be a former lead field manager with the ...
Blacks Voting with Their Feet???
Post Date: 2011-03-30 16:43:12 by CZ82
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by Thomas Sowell 03/29/2011 The latest published data from the 2010 census show how people are moving from place to place within the United States. In general, people are voting with their feet against places where the liberal, welfare-state policies favored by the intelligentsia are most deeply entrenched. When you break it down by race and ethnicity, it is all too painfully clear what is happening. Both whites and blacks are leaving California, the poster state for the liberal, welfare-state and nanny-state philosophy. Whites are also fleeing the big northeastern liberal, welfare states like Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as the same kinds of states in ...
Springs birther's claim to have Obama records starts buzz
Post Date: 2011-03-30 15:43:06 by Happy Quanzaa
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A Colorado Springs “birther,” retired Air Force Col. Gregory Hollister, has Internet blogs abuzz with what may be an illegal foray into an online Social Security data base and how he obtained a copy of President Barack Obama’s draft registration from 1980. “Col. Greg Hollister, USAF (Ret.) contacted the Selective Service, falsely impersonated President Obama, improperly registered his own address as President Obama’s address, and by this false impersonation and identity theft he managed to obtain a duplicate registration acknowledgement card with President Obama’s Selective Service information on it,” a blogger posted on gratewire.com last week. ...
April 5th: As Crucial and Close Election Looms in Wisconsin, Unions Double Down Intimidating Local Businesses
Post Date: 2011-03-30 15:41:26 by CZ82
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April 5th: As Crucial and Close Election Looms in Wisconsin, Unions Double Down Intimidating Local Businesses by John Nolte We are less than a week away from Tuesday’s crucial winner-take-all April 5 State Supreme Court election in Wisconsin, an election that will likely set the legislative course of that state for a generation. The stakes are for all the marbles and boil down to a simple choice. Either sitting State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser will be re-elected and the voters, though their elected officials, will be allowed to govern, or Big National Labor, Big Spoiled Public Employees, and the White House Re-election Machine will prevail in electing Joanne Kloppenburg ...
Global warming means more snow and less snow and the same amount of snow
Post Date: 2011-03-30 12:52:40 by no gnu taxes
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In 2000 in the British newspaper The Independent, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU), made what is now a notorious prediction: that within a "few years," winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event," and "Children just aren't going to know what snow is." As more than 10 years have passed and we are not yet seeing any less snow, we can likely throw this prediction in the trash bin of history. Still, the view that a warming globe will create less snow has much support. The advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), in collaboration with 50 experts, developed a comprehensive report called the Northeast ...
Extremely busted: Chuck Schumer caught on phone detailing the Democrat's talking points
Post Date: 2011-03-30 12:12:54 by no gnu taxes
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Moments before a conference call with reporters was scheduled to get underway on Tuesday morning, Charles E. Schumer of New York, the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate, apparently unaware that many of the reporters were already on the line, began to instruct his fellow senators on how to talk to reporters about the contentious budget process. After thanking his colleagues — Barbara Boxer of California, Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland, Thomas R. Carper of Delaware and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut — for doing the budget bidding for the Senate Democrats, who are facing off against the House Republicans over how to cut spending for the rest of the fiscal year, Mr. Schumer told them to ...
Near-record Sierra Global Warming snow good news to parched Calif
Post Date: 2011-03-30 12:01:30 by Happy Quanzaa
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Near-record Sierra snow good news to parched Calif Chris Rivest's father sent him from San Francisco to the family vacation cabin near the Sierra Nevada crest with a seemingly simple chore - clear it and the driveway of snow. Easy for him to say. When Rivest arrived earlier this week at the cabin near Soda Springs, about 90 miles northeast of Sacramento, the snow was so deep it nearly touched the power lines crossing in front of the cabin. Snow was piled at least 10 feet high on top of the deck of the A-frame home. "My dad wants me to clear the deck," the ponytailed 21-year-old said Monday, as he labored to clear the driveway with a snow blower. "How do I even begin ...
Less taxes means more population growth
Post Date: 2011-03-29 17:13:22 by CZ82
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MOBILE AMERICA By Neal Boortz @ March 29, 2011 8:34 AM Permalink As we learn more and more about our current population, thanks to the Census Bureau, we are also getting a glimpse into the American psyche - Americans are driven to seek places where there are less taxes, less government spending and less union influence. Michael Barone has a few highlights for us. •The lesson is that high taxes and strong public employee unions tend to stifle growth and produce a two-tier society like coastal California's. •The eight states with no state income tax grew 18 percent in the last decade. The other states (including the District of Columbia) grew just 8 percent. •The 22 ...
Another Fine Pension Mess
Post Date: 2011-03-29 17:04:41 by CZ82
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Another Fine Pension Mess By Gary Jason Amidst the raucous squawking occasioned by Obama's Kinetic Military Action in Libya, a story has gone unremarked in the general press. It concerns the pension tsunami that is looming at all levels of government. The story is the flimsy state of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). It is covered magisterially in a new paper written by the fine economist Charles Blahous of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Entitled "The 'Other' Pension Crisis: Options for Avoiding a Taxpayer Bailout of the PBGC," it is easily found on the internet, and is a real eye-popper. The PBGC is an ill-conceived, federally ...
Obama won't toss first pitch at Nationals opening game because he throws like a faggot
Post Date: 2011-03-29 12:25:31 by no gnu taxes
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President Obama will not throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals's opening day game on Thursday. The 44th president participated in the long-standing tradition last year, when he stepped on the mound at Nationals Park donning a Nats jacket and the cap of his favorite team, the Chicago White Sox. Obama's pitch, as the great Bob Uecker would say, was "just a bit outside." The president's participation in sports-related events, like his televised NCAA tournament picks, has led to criticism from opponents, who say he is not focusing closely enough on issues like the unrest in the Middle East and the nation's fiscal woes. The Nationals ...
Donald Trump Punks Obama Sycophants Into Admitting That Obama Hasn't Submitted a Real Birth Certificate, and as Usual, Those Libtards are too Stupid to Get It.
Post Date: 2011-03-29 12:10:33 by no gnu taxes
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Trump's "Birth Certificate" Not Official The "birth certificate" Donald Trump released earlier today to show how easy it was to produce "is not an official New York City birth certificate, but rather a document generated by Jamaica Hospital, where Trump's mother Mary reportedly gave birth in June 1946," the Smoking Gun reports. "Official birth certificates are issued (and maintained) by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Office of Vital Records." Ben Smith: "Trump's mother, it should be noted, was born in Scotland, which is not part of the United States. His plane is registered in the Bahamas, also a ...
Sarah Palin's Confusing Transgender Politics (Sarah Palin is like a tranny which is why closeted gay Repubs love her)
Post Date: 2011-03-29 10:30:47 by Godwinson
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Andrew Belonsky Sarah Palin's Confusing Transgender Politics Sarah Palin's comment about the cojones of a woman governor neuters her feminist pretensions.
Sex outside marriage should be illegal, says Parnell nominee
Post Date: 2011-03-28 20:59:19 by Skip Intro
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Sex outside marriage should be illegal, says Parnell nominee The candidate, Don Haase of Valdez, also admitted under questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that his official resume failed to disclose his leadership role in Eagle Forum Alaska, which advocates for social conservative issues. He most recently was president of the organization, but resigned when he learned of his nomination, he said. Haase, picked by Parnell for one of three public seats on the Alaska Judicial Council, said that he wouldn't let his personal beliefs influence which candidates he'd approve for judgeships. "It would be a very convoluted process to sit on this board to change the ...
Michigan bill would impose "financial martial law"
Post Date: 2011-03-28 19:24:21 by jwpegler
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Michigan lawmakers are on the verge of approving a bill that would enable the governor to appoint "emergency managers" -- officials with unilateral power to make sweeping changes to cities facing financial troubles. Under the legislation, the Michigan Messenger reports, the governor could declare a "financial emergency" in towns or school districts. He could then appoint a manager to fire local elected officials, break contracts, seize and sell assets, eliminate services - and even eliminate whole cities or school districts without any public input. The measure passed in the state Senate this week; the House passed its own version earlier. The two versions of the bill ...
Marines are now teaching recruits how to suck cocks and get ass pounded by other Marines (Semper Fudge Pack)
Post Date: 2011-03-28 12:02:41 by no gnu taxes
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Even we didn't think that the repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) would lead to anything like this so quickly. How can even the US Marines be fully on board? Many of you may have seen this recent official announcement video by the Marine Corps on how they intend to do their best to integrate homosexuality into their units. VIDEO: US Marine Corps official video with commanders announcing their cooperation with plans to integrate homosexuality within their units. (NOTE in the video above they talk about the Marines' loyalties--Country, Constitution, Congress, commander-in-chief, etc.--they don't list God anymore. All in all, it's a pretty pathetic ...
Heroic HBO bigwig volunteers for A'stan
Post Date: 2011-03-28 10:54:21 by Happy Quanzaa
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BRAVE: Luis Barragan Ferrer, here with his fiancée, EdenGonzalez, put on hold a career overseeing HBO boxing. He's trading ringside glamour for frontline danger. A rising HBO Sports executive has abandoned the Manhattan high life to enlist in the Army -- and will land in Afghanistan any day now as just another grunt. Luis Barragan Ferrer, 39, left his prestigious position as director of sports programming at the network late last year and set out for a Georgia boot camp. Voluntarily. "I just feel that I owe this country a great deal," Barragan said by phone as he prepared for deployment in the battle zone. "I never believed that my education or professional ...
Why has this site become about a bunch of queers lusting over a poster named "yukon" on another forum and not about the the anti-American Communist asshole coon we have as President? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-03-28 09:20:44 by no gnu taxes
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just wondering
VCU stuns Kansas, advances to the Final Four
Post Date: 2011-03-27 17:14:16 by Happy Quanzaa
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SAN ANTONIO – On Saturday, Virginia Commonwealth’s diminutive point guard, Joey Rodriguez, called the Kansas Jayhawks – winners of seven straight Big 12 titles and at times this season considered the nation’s best team – bullies. On Sunday, Rodriguez and the Rams sent the bullies home to Lawrence. With a 71-61 win over top-seeded the top-seeded Jayhawks, 11th-seeded VCU ensured its astonishing NCAA tournament run will include a trip to Houston to play in the Final Four. Senior forward Jamie Skeen led all scorers with 26 points, and senior guard Brandon Rozzell chipped in 12 points off the bench. The Rams made 12 of 25 shots (48 percent) from three-point range, the ...
Yet another of Obama’s Children gone buck fucking wild
Post Date: 2011-03-27 12:42:32 by no gnu taxes
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A Montgomery woman was arrested after being captured on a cell phone video of a brawl in a Panama City Beach Burger King last Saturday, according to WJHG 7. A bikini-clad Kimesia Smith jumped on the counter and threw a 5-gallon plastic charity jug at employees, which was followed by her three friends throwing napkins, trays and other items throughout the restaurant. Smith was arrested and taken to the Bay County jail on charges of simple battery after pulling a Burger King employee’s hair, the report says. .
UK police investigating signs that call Obama a racial epithet ("How Do You Spell Nigger? OBAMA." )
Post Date: 2011-03-27 12:34:20 by no gnu taxes
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University of Kentucky officials are investigating two incidents in which someone hung signs that called President Barack Obama a racial epithet. On March 15, a professor noticed one such sign hanging on a door to the UK School of Law on South Limestone. He turned it in to campus police, who are investigating, said spokesman Jay Blanton. Early Thursday morning, third year law student Ches Clark said he found a sign affixed to a bus shelter on South Lime near Maxwelton Court. The sign said "How Do You Spell Nigger? OBAMA." The letters looked to be cut out of a menu, glued to another piece of paper and photocopied, Clark said. UK police could charge whoever posted the signs with ...
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