Obama’s Pick Of Rev. Warren May Be First Big Mistake!

As a candidate, Barack Obama, to some, could do no wrong. But as President-elect, he has backed away from some issues near and dear to his core of early supporters and has now angered California’s gay and liberal groups by his selection of evangelical pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation in Washington.
Warren and his [...]

Cheney Admits He Backed Torture;Is Vice-President A War Criminal?

In a truly stunning admission to ABC Newstonight, Vice-President Richard Cheney admitted he authorized and approved the use of torture and, when asked whether he might have gone too far, said, “I don’t.”
For years there has been speculation how much higher-ups in the Bush administration knew about the harsh interrogation methods (i.e., torture) used against [...]

Yet Another Banking Crisis: US “Fraud” Stings Major Banks

Just when you thought it not possible for banks to have yet another scandal…they have another scandal!
First, of course, came the subprime mortgage disaster, which led to the global credit debacle.
Now, news agencies, such as the BBC, are reporting that banks around the world have been hit by what may be one of the largest [...]

Obama Increasingly In Damage Control Mode As Gov-gate Scandal Widens

The mess involving the apparently (okay, he is) crooked governor of Illinois is increasingly invading the till now surrealistically tranquil world of the Barack Obama transition phase.
In less than a week, we have gone from Obama insisting that neither he nor anyone on his team had improper contacts with the governor who was allegedly (okay,  [...]

Bankruptcy For Tribune; Curtains For Los Angeles Times???

What will happen now to the Los Angeles Times?  
Its parent company, Tribune, buried under a mountain of debt, has filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving the future of the once golden paper murky at best.
Ironically, the Times is still making money, but is being dragged down by the enormous debt load of the Tribune company which [...]

University of California Employees Paid To Leave,Then Re-Hired!

Every now a then a story comes along that shows just how stupid certain institutions can be.  In this case, it is even more troubling because the stupid institution in question happens to be a large university system: the University of California.
According to the Sacramento Bee (a newspaper that still is around…for now) more than [...]

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