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VIDEOS- Bill Maher on Leno re: Afghanistan, Banking Rates, Tiger Woods
By GottaLaff "I thought the whole cowboy-liberator dreamworld was over, but this is more sameness I can believe in." Ouch. On Tiger Woods, The News, and Afghanistan Decision: On Banks, Credit Cards,...
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VIDEO- Suze Orman: "It's not all the president's fault"
By GottaLaff Embedded video from CNN Video Suze Orman is unAmurkin! Doesn't she realize everything is Obama's fault? “In my opinion, bankers,” Orman continued, “you are serving your own bottom lines...
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VIDEO- 60 Minutes: President Obama talks Afghanistan, economy, more
By GottaLaff Watch CBS News Videos Online From tonight's interview: In his first extensive interview since his speech announcing his troop build-up in Afghanistan, President Obama talks about his plans...
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Ben Nelson to oppose reconciliation package, cites student lending
Hmm, I wonder why he'd do that? Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said Monday he would vote against a reconciliation package that included changes to healthcare reform and student lending legislation. Nelson...
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VIDEO: Bank Lobbyists Huddle For Another Secret Meeting With GOP Senators
By GottaLaff This will play well politically. At about the same time President Obama was giving his Reform Wall Street speech today, GOP Senators were having a little rendezvous with, yep, bank...
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GOP +1 block financial reform bill for third time
By GottaLaff Here's all you really need to know: The Party of No, plus Nelson. Third Senate Test Vote on Financial Overhaul Bill Fails 56-42 Between meeting in back rooms with the Big Bankers, and...
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Senate Approves Fed Audit: Sanders Amendment to End Fed Secrecy Passes
Via BuzzFlash, here's the latest: The following is a press release from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). In a major victory for transparency at the Federal Reserve, the Senate today passed an amendment...
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The Wall Street Bank Conspiracy: "The whole investment process was rigged"
Wow. Years of collusion, massive taxpayer rip-off... another day, another scandalpalooza, another reason to be astounded that the GOP still insists on siding with Wall Street: The secret conversation...
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Next stop for WikiLeaks: a major American bank: "It’s like the Enron emails."
Forbes's Andy Greenberg interviewed Julian Assange. If anyone can leak about leaks, it's Julian. Next stop for WikiLeaks: a major American bank: “It will give a true and representative insight into...
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VIDEO: Make Wall St. pay so teachers can be rehired
Think Progress has a must-read post up about the blatantly obvious pigginess of Wall Street. If only they'd do the patriotic thing and pay their fair share of taxes, it would-- ready?-- add jobs....
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German bank that fired 300 Britons pays Janet Jackson £11,000 a minute
See, our American Corporate Overlords aren't the worst tone deaf greedy bastards. By the way, how did we get in this global financial mess anyway? Oh, that's right, the banks. A German bank that shed...
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Cartoons of the Day- The Banks
Via. The post Cartoons of the Day- The Banks appeared first on The Political Carnival.
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Video- Bill Moyers on Making Banks Play by the Rules
Byron Dorgan on Making Banks Play by the Rules from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. Via @BruceJudson. The post Video- Bill Moyers on Making Banks Play by the Rules appeared first on The Political Carnival.
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Map: Mitt Romney's holdings in overseas bank accounts
Oh snap: Via barackobama.com (click on image to enlarge) Mitt Romney has invested his money around the world, from the Cayman Islands to Ireland to Australia. We don’t know if he’s using these...
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Video- President's Weekly Address: Congress Should Join the President to Help...
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Cost of Getting Screwed
Ever wonder what the heck they're talking about when you go to buy a house, lease a car, finance some other sort of purchase or get a loan? You're presented with a gobbley-gook of terms, PR, FHMR,...
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Where Does the U.S. Stand on Corruption List?
Down with corruption. We don't allow it here in the US. It's forbidden in our very constitution. Wait a minute, no it's not. There's nothing about it in our constitution, at all. There's nothing about...
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Who's Asinine?
The Merriam-Webster definition of the word "asinine" is" "extremely or utterly foolish." Pretty clear, if you ask me. I'll know something's asinine when I see it. And I have. So has Senator Bernie...
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If Corporations Are People Too, Why Do They Get Taxed Differently Than People?
Perhaps the easiest way to put the argument to bed as to whether or not "corporations are people, too, my friend," is to pass a clarification law stipulating that corporations are in deed people. (I...
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Government = Protection Racket for the 1 Percent
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, left, and Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein leave the White House in Washington in 2009 following a meeting between...
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