Official: Obama wants shareholder say on exec pay
By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writer The Associated Press
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:58 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — "An Obama administration official says it will appoint a "special master" to oversee executives' compensation at U.S. companies receiving large amounts of government aid, with the power to reject pay plans deemed excessive."
Soon YOU will be assigned a "Special Master" to oversee your every… Continue
White House had long planned GM and Chrysler bankruptcies
by Jerry White
Global Research, June 9, 2009
World Socialist Web Site
While the Obama administration publicly claimed it was seeking to avoid bankruptcy filings by Chrysler and General Motors, behind the scenes the White House was determined to throw the two Detroit automakers into the bankruptcy courts.
Documents filed with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New… Continue
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2009
How Can Cyberspace Be Defended?
Last month, President Obama unveiled his long-awaited "Cyberspace Policy Review." The 60-plus-page document is the first step toward a strategic, national plan to protect and defend the Internet, which is now the backbone of global commerce, communications and our basic way of life. Obama made clear he knows how vulnerable our networked world has become. He said that his own campaign computers had been hacked, that the rate of… Continue
Richard Gage is the founding member of Architects and Engineers for 9-11 Truth. He discussed the destruction of the three World Trade Center high-rises on 9-11, and why nearly 700 architects and engineers have found evidence for explosive…
At this rate, your share of the load will be $155,000 in a decade. How chronic deficits are putting the country on a path to fiscal collapse.
By Shawn Tully, senior editor at large
(Fortune Magazine) -- Normally Paul Krugman, the liberal pundit and Nobel laureate in economics, and Paul Ryan, a conservative Republican congressman… Continue
Added by bob on June 10, 2009 at 12:39am —
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I knew this would happen. Will the officers be brought up on charges or just fired or perhaps just given a desk job? Hmm wonder if it's happening in the US?
London's Metropolitan Police accused of waterboarding suspects
Sean O’Neill, Crime Editor
Metropolitan Police officers subjected suspects to waterboarding, according to allegations at the centre of a major anti-corruption inquiry, The… Continue
Added by bob on June 10, 2009 at 12:30am —
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Although the video is not yet on Youtube so I can post it I did watch it on LiveLeak.
When the police feel it's necessary to Taze a 72 year-old grandmother pulled over for speeding it's simply unconscionable. I don't even know what to say except that I no longer go out much. What the fuck kind of society do we live in?
They've transferred trillions of dollars to the bankers.
They've bankrupted GM and Chrysler.
They've eliminated health care and pension rights… Continue
The congressional panel investigating what happened to all that bank bailout money has issued a subpoena to the Federal Reserve, asking them to hand over all documents relating to the takeover of Merrill Lynch by the Bank of America.
La Grande man vividly recalls attack on U.S.S. Liberty
June 08, 2009 03:34 pm
Bob Schnell of La Grande was one of 254 men aboard the U.S.S. Liberty when it was attacked by Israel 42 years ago today. The Observer/DICK MASONBob Schnell was wounded but did not have time to feel pain.
Forty-two years ago this afternoon Schnell was… Continue
A healthy rivalry between the branches of government is the soul of our republic, so when the Senate's proposed ban on releasing photos and videos of torture fell short of completely covering things up, the White House proposed allowing prisoners to plead guilty to capital crimes and be executed without actual trials that might reveal evidence. Preemption being the technique of the hour, I'm going to preemptively fill you in on the next move from Capitol Hill. You will have read it here… Continue
Added by Jeff on June 8, 2009 at 12:45pm —
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According to information from within the World Health Organization in Geneva, the UN organization supposedly monitoring global health dangers, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan plans to declare a Phase 6 Official Pandemic Alert in the coming days. This bizarre act if… Continue
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