Dems begin tinkering "up" economic stimulus plan
January 30, 2008
From the article Senate Democrats adding to stimulus:
Senate Democrats will move to add to a $150 billion economic stimulus package rebates for senior citizens living off Social Security and an extension of unemployment benefits, setting up a clash with the White House and House leaders who are pu…
Candidates and media suffer from congenital hypocrisy
January 30, 2008
Just a few excerpts on Cybercast News Service you might not see in mainstream media.
According to recent reports, the cost of Massachusetts’ health insurance mandate will rise 85 percent, or $400 million, in 2009. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), meanwhile, has been on the presidential ca…
Zound Bite: French Trader Arrested in France
January 30, 2008
Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader blamed by Société Générale for massive fraud, was taken into custody in France.
If he had really been a supercriminal, I would have thought he would have a couple new identities and left for some fun in St. Kitts. Tags: luxor, mandalay bay, imperial palace, elv…
Sales of existing homes worst since the Great Depression?
January 30, 2008
From Biggest Drop in Existing Home Sales in 25 Years in the New York Times:
Sales of existing homes fell in December, closing out a horrible year for housing in which sales of single-family homes plunged by the largest amount in 25 years. The median home price dropped for the entire year, the first …
French Banker Pulls Off $7.1 Billion Fraud
January 30, 2008
The French bank Société Générale said Thursday that it had uncovered “an exceptional fraud” by a trader that would cost it 4.9 billion euros, or $7.1 billion, and that it was raising about 5.5 billion euros in fresh capital to shore up its finances.
The company, one of t…
"Heavy Hitter" Skips Murder Trial
January 30, 2008
From Cox.net: The “Heavy Hitter” is facing the wrath of a judge for missing the first day of his client’s murder trial. The “Review-Journal” says Glen Lerner left a message for Clark County prosecutor Roy Nelson over the weekend, saying he was in Pennsylvania “on sabbatical,” and told him, quote, “i…
U.S. still the "big dog" on the planet
January 30, 2008
When we crash, everybody follows. Proof that we still wield the most impact on the whole world.
From the L.A. Times (also suffering from its own little meltdown as the Tribune monkeys with it).
Stock markets worldwide on Monday suffered one of their worst routs since the 2001 terrorist attacks on …
Republicans’ Great "(fill in the blank*)" Hope finishes as Great Big Dud
January 30, 2008
*Conservative, Dull, Reaganesque, Lazy, Slow to Go, etc.
Republican Fred Thompson, the actor-politician who attracted more attention as a potential presidential candidate than as a real one, quit the race for the White House on Tuesday after a string of poor finishes in early primary and caucus sta…
Steve Miller on Hillary’s Nevada support group
January 30, 2008
Steve Miller reports in CFP that although the Nevada caucus is over, “several issues emerged that help define the woman selected to be the state Democratic Party’s nominee.
First and foremost, it took dozens of translators stationed in the caucus locations to help the majority of Clinton supporte…
Beacher: Donald Trump hates midgets
January 30, 2008
The other day I wrote approximately how former Miss USA Tara Conner pulled out of the nightclub event at the Mirage crowning her as Miss Jet 2008. I had assumed the problem was that Conner’s people (and, yes, apparently even…Tags: luxor, flamingo, viva las vegas, las vegas strip, lounge acts, hote…