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Wall Street Madam : Bankers Used Corporate Credit Cards for Sex
Shown here at a court appearance last fall, Kristin Davis pleaded guilty to charges of running a prostitution business that used more than 100 women. In an ABC interview Feb. 6, 2009, she tells how Wall Street CEO’s paid her … Continue reading
Corn Flakes and the Phelps Flap : Just Say No
Garbage in, garbage out. Photo by Bill Narum / The Rag Blog. I support freedom of choice, Kellogg’s doesn’t have to sponsor Phelps and I don’t have to eat their products. By Bill Narum / The Rag Blog / February … Continue reading
Jim Hightower : Stop Taking Bull From Wall Street
‘As a consequence of their avaricious grab for outrageous personal enrichment during the past decade, these arrogant titans of financial gimmickry have caused a vast economic collapse…’ Why Is the Government Hell-Bent on Rewarding Greed, Incompetence and Narcissism? By Jim … Continue reading
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Tagged Congressional Bailout, Corporate Corruption, Economic Stimulus, Jim Hightower, Wall Street
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Obama’s Bailout Bunch : Sure Seems Like More of the Same
President-elect Barack Obama with Vice President-elect Biden and a group of economic advisers at a news conference in Chicago on Nov. 7, 2008. Photo by Damon winter / NYT.‘Almost half the people on Obama’s economic advisory board have held fiduciary … Continue reading
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Tagged Congressional Bailout, Corporate Corruption, Economy, Obama Presidency
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Larry Ray : Post-Election Kibbles ‘n Bits
‘A presidential campaign produces a mother lode of ideas. One learns to keep a pad and pen handy.’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2008 Every reporter or writer has story ideas and scrawled words left in … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Oil Companies, Wall Street Bailout
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Jim Hightower : The Five Most Wanted Men from Wall Street and Washington
Our economy didn’t melt down, it was taken down by ideological extremists.By Jim Hightower / November 3, 2008 What the hell’s happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money? Even … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Corporate Corruption, Economic Collapse, Economy, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Jim Hightower, Wall Street
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Salary Bonuses Constitute 10% of the Bailout
Demonstrators protesting in New York before the $700bn Wall Street bail-out earlier this month. Photograph: Nicholas Roberts/AFP/Getty imagesWall Street banks in $70bn staff payoutBy Simon Bowers Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10% of US government bail-out package Financial workers … Continue reading
Palin’s Pipeline : Rigged from the Start
‘This deal smells like the same old Republican policy of enriching their friends at the expense of American citizens.’By Ted McLaughin / October 27, 2008 Sarah Palin has repeatedly referred to her approval of a $40 billion natural gas pipeline … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Alaska Pipeline, Corporate Corruption, Political Corruption, Sarah Palin
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Towards Market Fascism : America’s Political Cannibalism
Even got too hot for John: McCain takes the microphone from a woman at a rally Friday in Lakeville, Minn., after she said: “I don’t trust Obama. … He’s an Arab.” Photo by Jime Mone / AP. This should be … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Economic Collapse, Fascism, Free Market, Right Wing
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AIG Proves Corporate America Has No Shame
AIG execs planned SECOND resort trip after bailoutBy Helen Kennedy, Daily News Staff Writer / October 8, 2008 Even as the White House on Wednesday branding it “despicable” for bailed-out AIG to spend $443,000 on a swank company junket, honchos … Continue reading
Bill Moyers: "Communitainment" and Other Media Wonders
Is the Fourth Estate a Fifth Column? Corporate media colludes with democracy’s demiseBy Bill Moyers / July 14, 2008 I heard this story a long time ago, growing up in Choctaw County in Oklahoma before my family moved to Texas. … Continue reading
Iraq Electrocutions : Shoddy Work by KBR?
At a 173rd Airborne base in Shin Kay, Afghanistan, in 2005, an outdoor, 200-ampere breaker panel, above, was uncovered and wired from the top. Photo courtesy NYT.After Deaths, U.S. Inspects Electric Work Done in IraqBy James Risen / July 1, … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Corruption, GI's, Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Military Contractors
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