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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Geithner and Dodd Oppose Fed Audit Which Could Reveal Billions in Toxic Assets
How much more of these “junk loans” are bring “warehoused” on the books at the Fed? A question to which we may never know the answer if Treasury Secretary Geithner and Senator Chris Dodd have anything to say about it: … Continue reading
Guantanamo Detainee Ordered Released
In another victory for the rule of law and a defeat for the Bush administration’s “war on terror” policies (sadly continued by the Obama administration), U.S. District Judge James Robertson has ordered the release of Mohamedou Slahi, who has been … Continue reading
As The Health Care Reform Turns
In today’s episode of “As The Health Care Reform Turns”: “House Democrats are inching toward the majority they need to pass health care legislation, giving them added confidence as they work out the last details of the bill and gird … Continue reading
Dodd’s Toothless Consumer Protection “Watchdog”
Sen. Chris Dodd’s so-called “sweeping overhaul of the U.S. financial system” creates a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, which is supposed to be “a new, independent consumer watchdog.” You just know there’s a “but” coming here, right? Right: “…the legislation … Continue reading
Posted in bailout, Congress, Democrats, Financial Crisis, financial reform, financial regulation, Politics, Wall Street
Tagged Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, Chris Dodd, Comptroller of the Currency, Elizabeth Warren, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Geithner, independent watchdog, John Dugan, Lehman Brothers, New York Fed, The Nation, too big to fail
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Health Care “Sleight of Hand”
If members of Congress have any question as to why they rank somewhere below used car salesmen on the trustworthy scale, there are 2 shining examples relating to 2 pieces of proposed legislation in today’s news—one on health care reform … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, financial reform, health care, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Chris Dodd, deem and pass, financial reform, health care reform, Nancy Pelosi
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Rove’s Claim Goes Unchallenged By Tom Brokaw
Every time I watch Meet the Press I’m reminded of the magnitude of the loss of Tim Russert. Yesterday’s program only reinforced that as an unprepared Tom Brokaw allowed Karl Rove’s claim that it was not the policy of the … Continue reading
Posted in Iraq, Politics
Tagged cost of war, Iraq oil revenues, Karl Rove, Meet The Press, Paul Wolfowitz, Tim Russert, Tom Brokaw
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Proud of War Crimes?
Proud to be war criminals—the sad, and sadly enduring, legacy of the Bush administration, which the so-called “brain” of that dark period in our history continued to attempt to rationalize and justify in a recent interview with the BBC: “A … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, terrorism, torture, war on terror
Tagged BBC, Convention Against Torture, interview, Karl Rove, Malcolm Nance, Newshoggers, proud, SERE, waterboarding
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Geithner and the Lehman “Stress Tests”
Timmy’s got more trouble. In a newly-released examiner’s report about the bankruptcy at Lehman Brothers, the New York Federal Reserve Bank (NYFRB), which was headed at the time by Treasury Secretary Geithner, is implicated as being in collusion with Lehman … Continue reading
An Earmark Ban That’s Not Really an Earmark Ban
Reading this headline in the New York Times—“Leaders in House Block Earmarks to Corporations”— might give the impression that some serious reform is underway on Capitol Hill, right? Wrong. As usual with our esteemed members of Congress, it’s all about … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Democrats, lobbyists, Politics, special interests
Tagged Boeing, Bridge to Nowhere, defense, earmark ban, for-profit companies, Genaral Dynamics, Lockheed, New York Times, Northrop, Pelosi
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Waterboarding Just “A Dunk in the Water?” New Documents Say Otherwise
See if this sounds like what the Marquis de Cheney referred to as “ a dunk in the water,” and a “well done” technique that if he “had it to do all over again,..would do exactly the same thing.” Judge … Continue reading
Posted in Dick Cheney, Obama, Politics, terrorism, torture, war on terror
Tagged Cheney, dunk in the water, Mark Benjamin, Salon, waterboarding
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