All Blog Posts Tagged 'usa' (121)

Russian Leader Pulls World's New Currency From His Pocket

Russia's President, Dmitry Medvedev, pulled the world's new currency from his pocket at the meeting of G8 leaders in the Italian city of Aquila.

Published: 4:38PM BST 10 Jul 2009

The future of the dollar one of several subjects debated at the G8 summit

The future of the dollar was one of several subjects…

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Added by Sweettina2 on March 9, 2010 at 12:23am — No Comments

Regulators shut down banks in four states, 26 this year.

Regulators shut down banks in 4 states, making 26 US bank failures this year

Source: Star Tribune

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Regulators on Friday shuttered banks in Florida, Illinois, Maryland and Utah, boosting to 26 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year following the 140 brought down in 2009 by

mounting loan defaults and the recession.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took…

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Added by Sweettina2 on March 8, 2010 at 3:44am — No Comments

Top Industries Giving To Members Of Congress

Rank	Industry	Total	Dem Pct	GOP Pct	Top Recipient
1	Lawyers/Law Firms	$27,110,264	82%	17%…

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Added by Sweettina2 on March 8, 2010 at 3:17am — No Comments

Top All-Time Money Donors to Government OpenSecrets.org

Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2010

LEGEND: Republican Democrat On the fence
	= Between 40% and 59% to both parties = Leans Dem/Repub (60%-69%) = Strongly Dem/Repub (70%-89%) = Solidly Dem/Repub (over…

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Added by Sweettina2 on March 8, 2010 at 3:00am — No Comments

Top recipients of the insurance industry money.....

1 Dodd, Chris (D-CT) Senate $258,400

2 Schumer, Charles E (D-NY) Senate $195,100

3 Pomeroy, Earl (D-ND) House $157,900

4 Frank, Barney (D-MA) House $147,499

5 Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR) Senate $147,300

6 Kanjorski, Paul E (D-PA) House $144,200

7 Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) Senate $139,450

8 Cantor, Eric (R-VA) House $130,750

9 Bean, Melissa (D-IL) House $129,700

10 Burr, Richard (R-NC) Senate $127,500…

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Added by Sweettina2 on March 8, 2010 at 2:57am — No Comments

300 Dead in Nigeria: Christians killed

(Reuters) - Nigeria's acting president Sunday ordered the security forces to hunt down those behind clashes involving Muslim herders and Christian

villagers in which more than 300 people may have been killed.

World

The latest unrest in Nigeria's central Plateau state comes at a…

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Added by Sweettina2 on March 8, 2010 at 2:06am — No Comments

Pentagon shooting coincides with Supreme Court 2nd Amendment Case

Kurt Nimmo

Infowars.com

March 5, 2010

The shooting outside the Pentagon yesterday occurred as the Supreme Court considers McDonald v. Chicago, a lawsuit challenging the city’s handgun ban. The new case is a sequel to the 2008 decision in District

of Columbia v. Heller, which placed limits on what the federal

government may do to regulate the Second Amendment. Arguments in the

case, according to…

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Added by Sweettina2 on March 6, 2010 at 3:09am — No Comments

Funny as hell......

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A friend sent this today, its great. Then I just had to tell my little story ((((blush)))). Tina

Think before you speak...

Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak -

the last one is great!

Have you ever spoken and wished that you could

immediately take the words back...

or that you could crawl into a hole?

Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did......

FIRST… Continue

Added by Sweettina2 on March 6, 2010 at 1:35am — 1 Comment

Lesson from Austria

This flag is gonna straighten up and fly right soon!

Added by Sweettina2 on February 27, 2010 at 12:41am — 3 Comments

ABC: Stack called "hero" by patriot resurgence

Most were shocked by the charred scene of Joe Stack's kamikaze attack on a Texas IRS office, but for an alarmingly growing number of Americans Stack is a hero.…

Photo: Joe Stack Hailed as Hero in American 'Patriot' Resurgence: Expert: Online Cheers for Joe Stack Reflect Growing Anti-Government Movement

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Added by Sweettina2 on February 21, 2010 at 3:48am — 2 Comments

The Che iPhone app

The Che iPhone App

Humberto Fontova

You knew it was coming. Well, now you can carry around Che Guevara's quotes on your iPhone -- as…

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Added by Sweettina2 on February 19, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

FBI knew Austin attack was coming

Date: 2/19/2010 3:53:57 AM

Subject: FBI Knew Austin Attack Was Coming

-..-..-..-------------- Bulletin Message -..-..---------------

From: USA ALERT (200013926)

To: (430058334)

Date: 2/18/2010 9:02:24 PM

Subject: FBI Knew Austin Attack Was Coming

ADD USA ALERT

From: RealLife MadMartigan (50381165)

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Added by Sweettina2 on February 19, 2010 at 7:46am — 2 Comments

Purported suicide note of Joe Stack

Purported suicide note Joe Stack

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If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this

have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has

been coming for a long time. The writing process, started many months

ago, was intended to be therapy in the face of the looming realization

that there isn’t enough therapy in the world that… Continue

Added by Sweettina2 on February 19, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

545 People

545 PEOPLE

By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have… Continue

Added by Sweettina2 on February 17, 2010 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

Letter from ABC Network calling Bible a "book of stories"

Jim Neugent

A Coach In Childress , Texas

Writes To ABC Network

Jim Writes:

My name is Jim Neugent. I wrote to ABC (on-line) concerning a program

called 'THE PRACTICE.' In last nights episode, one of the lawyer's

mothers decided she is gay and wanted her son to go to court and help

her get a marriage license so she could marry her 'partner.' I sent the

following letter to ABC yesterday and really did not expect a reply,

but… Continue

Added by Sweettina2 on February 17, 2010 at 11:55am — 10 Comments

"More Empires Have Fallen Because Of Reckless Finances Than Invasion"

While Eric Margolis' entire comment in the Toronto Sun is a must-read, the following two quotes really hit the nail on the head:

More empires have fallen because of reckless finances than invasion... If Obama really were serious about restoring America’s economic health, he would demand military spending be slashed, quickly end the Iraq and Afghan wars and break up…

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Added by Anti Oligarch on February 9, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

Romania: U.S. Expands Missile Shield Into Black Sea

When Romanian President Traian Basescu disclosed on February 4 that his nation’s Supreme Defense Council had “approved a U.S. proposal that Romania takes part in the anti-rocket shield system” and that “Terrestrial interceptors will be located inside the national territory,” [1] many readers may have been taken by surprise.

They need not have been, though, as the expansion of the U.S. global, layered, integrated interceptor missile system into the Black Sea was… Continue

Added by Anti Oligarch on February 9, 2010 at 3:36am — No Comments

UK: Child Rapists Protected By The State

In the October 2009 print edition of the UK Column, we reported in our article “BBC Hides Truth of Girl’s Sexual Abuse Ordeal” the shocking ordeal of Downs Syndrome girl, Hollie Greig, who was horribly abused by an Aberdeen paedophile ring, over a period of ten years. After investigating and planning a documentary, the BBC abruptly dropped the case, despite admitting that Hollie was a reliable and accurate witness. It is important to stress that both the police and… Continue

Added by Anti Oligarch on February 9, 2010 at 3:27am — No Comments

NY Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Bank of America And Its Top Execs For Deceiving Shareholders And Taxpayers During Acquisition Of Merrill Lynch

"This was an arrogant scheme hatched by the bank's top executives who believed they could play by their own set of rules."

New York's attorney general filed civil fraud charges against Bank of America and former CEO Ken Lewis.

The charges stemmed from the Charlotte-based bank's controversial 2009 acquisition of Merrill Lynch.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo accused Lewis and former chief financial officer Joe Price of misleading investors ahead of… Continue

Added by Anti Oligarch on February 9, 2010 at 2:56am — No Comments