Banks May Have Illegally Foreclosed On Nearly 5,000 Military Members

Banks May Have Illegally Foreclosed On Nearly 5,000 Military Members: "Ten lenders are reviewing close to 5,000 foreclosures of homes belonging to active-duty service members in an attempt to discover if they were carried out improperly, according to data from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, cited by the Financial Times. The OCC's report is based on projections prepared by the lenders and and their consultants. Bank of America said it is reviewing 2,400 foreclosures of homes belonging to active-duty service members and Wells Fargo said it's looking at nearly 900 cases. Citigroup is reviewing 700 foreclosures, the bank said."

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Proposed Texas map a blow to GOP - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com

Proposed Texas map a blow to GOP - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com: "A federal court-proposed map positions Democrats to gain as many as three congressional seats in Texas, dealing a sharp blow to Republicans who had hoped the state would help solidify their new majority.

Under the plan, Democrats could capture three of the four new seats Texas is gaining in the current round of reapportionment, and would be positioned to compete against one of the state’s freshman Republicans, Rep. Quico Canseco, whose southwestern Texas district would become considerably less GOP-friendly."

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Newt in 2005 Supporting Individual Mandate - YouTube

Newt in 2005 Supporting Individual Mandate - YouTube: ""



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How Pizza Became A Vegetable Through The Magic Of Influence-Peddling

How Pizza Became A Vegetable Through The Magic Of Influence-Peddling: "On Tuesday, Congress decided that pizza is a vegetable. I have to imagine that this news instilled confusion in many Americans, as many Americans are (a) familiar with pizza, (b) familiar with vegetables and (c) sane."

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Just saying!!!

EVERYONE REJECTS INCONVENIENT FACTS

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In 2010, Professor Daniel B. Klein wrote The Wall Street Journal Op-Ed about the results of a study that showed that liberals and progressives knew less than conservatives and libertarians about basic economic policy matters. A year later he did another study that revealed that conservatives and libertarians actually didn't know any more than liberals or progressives on those matters. Brooke speaks with Klein about why everyone fared so poorly.

Rick Perry's Texas gets plenty of money from the feds

The first rule of asking for extra federal dollars in Texas is to never make it seem like you are asking for extra federal dollars.

For Gov. Rick Perry, this is a tricky line to walk. Because as much as the Republican presidential candidate bashes the federal government in his campaign speeches, Texas gets a lot of money from the feds — and a lot of it is going to the health care system he insists Texas can handle on its own.

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Elizabeth Nichols, Occupy Portland Protester Pepper Sprayed In The Face, Identified (PHOTO)

Elizabeth Nichols, Occupy Portland Protester Pepper Sprayed In The Face, Identified (PHOTO): "In recent days pepper spray has become almost synonymous with the Occupy movement.

Most recently this photo, which is quickly becoming an iconic image from the movement, has gone viral. It shows Occupy Portland protester Elizabeth Nichols getting hit directly in the face with pepper spray by Portland police. The shot was taken by Randy L. Rasmussen, a photographer for the Oregonian, during Thursday's protests."

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Some Billionaires Paying Less Than One Percent In Taxes [WATCH]

Some Billionaires Paying Less Than One Percent In Taxes [WATCH]: "The top 400 earners in the U.S. paid an average tax rate of 18 percent, according to a Bloomberg TV report noticed by Think Progress. And though that's a far lower rate than the 26.5 percent that many families making less than $100,000 pay annually in taxes, some of America's super-rich have been able to whittle their tax bill down even more, paying a tax rate as low as one percent, according to Bloomberg."

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Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis–video

University police tore down tents at UC Davis yesterday afternoon, arresting 8 students in the process, Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing reports.

At one point, to clear a path to reach students that they had already arrested, they pepper-sprayed a line of seated, quiet protesters.

This video, which shows the pepper-spraying, is going viral. This comment, from venture capitalist Chris Sacca, sums up what lots of people who watch it are thinking:

Seriously. Right now. Stop what you are doing, watch this video, and reflect on what it means to be American:

Here's the video. The pepper-spraying happens right at the beginning. More context and photos below.

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Rep. Barney Frank To Announce He Won’t Seek Re-election | Here & Now

Rep. Barney Frank To Announce He Won’t Seek Re-election | Here & Now: "Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, one of the nation’s leading liberal voices, will hold a news conference Monday, where he’s expected to announce that he will not seek re-election next year.

Frank, who’s served in the House of Representatives since 1980, was one of the first lawmakers to announce that he’s homosexual. Last year he co-authored and helped pass the Dodd-Frank law to overhaul the U.S. financial system."

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Get our 2011 Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet to rebut your Republican relatives

Get our 2011 Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet to rebut your Republican relatives: Get our 2011 Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet to rebut your Republican relatives: https://www.dccc.org/pages/tcs2011

First Lady Michelle Obama Gets Booed at Nascar Event - COLORLINES

First Lady Michelle Obama Gets Booed at Nascar Event - COLORLINES: "NASCAR fans recently booed first lady Michelle Obama and the vice president’s wife, Jill Biden, after they were introduced as grand marshals for a race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The women were there to promote a campaign to support U.S military families.

That campaign was the Joining Forces project, which will helps military families gain opportunities for better wellness, education and employment. "

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Rush Limbaugh Tells 'The True Story Of Thanksgiving'

Rush Limbaugh Tells 'The True Story Of Thanksgiving': "The story comes from a book Limbaugh wrote in the 1994, "See, I Told You So".

Limbaugh explains that the system disincentivized work ethic and "was as costly and destructive to the pilgrims as that first harsh winter." It was soon abolished. Limbaugh warns countries "experimenting with socialism" that they ought to take a leaf from the pilgrims.

"It didn't work, they nearly starved. It never has worked," he says."




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Romney ad misleads its way to desired result - The Washington Post

Romney ad misleads its way to desired result - The Washington Post: "Did former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s campaign just make its first real blunder of the 2012 presidential campaign? Or is the reaction to its new ad exactly what the campaign was banking on?

The campaign’s rollout of its first TV ad in New Hampshire on Monday night was marked by a controversy over its use of an out-of-context quote by President Obama."

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Herman Cain: 'I'm Not Supposed To Know Anything About Foreign Policy'

Herman Cain: 'I'm Not Supposed To Know Anything About Foreign Policy': "Herman Cain: 'I'm Not Supposed To Know Anything About Foreign Policy'"

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Dorli Rainey, 84-Year-Old Occupy Seattle Protester, Pepper Sprayed In The Face (PHOTO)

Dorli Rainey, 84-Year-Old Occupy Seattle Protester, Pepper Sprayed In The Face (PHOTO): "Dorli Rainey, the 84-year-old, pictured in the photo below, has been an activist since the 1960s and even ran for mayor of Seattle in 2009, according to the Atlantic Wire. She ultimately dropped out of the race saying, "I am old and should learn to be old, stay home, watch TV and sit still.""

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A Toxic Century: Mining Giant Asarco Must Clean Up Mess : NPR

A Toxic Century: Mining Giant Asarco Must Clean Up Mess : NPR: "The American Smelting and Refining Company, known as Asarco, will pay a record $1.79 billion to settle claims for hazardous waste pollution at 80 sites in as many as 20 states.

Cleanup will begin this year on one of Asarco's most notorious properties — the copper smelter in El Paso, Texas."

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EPA Takes Action Against Toxic Arizona Copper Plant : The Two-Way : NPR

EPA Takes Action Against Toxic Arizona Copper Plant : The Two-Way : NPR: "The Environmental Protection Agency has taken tough enforcement action against a copper smelter in Arizona that has drawn complaints about toxic pollution for years.

The unpublicized "finding of violation" issued against the Asarco copper smelter in Hayden, Ariz., claims the company has been continuously emitting illegal amounts of lead, arsenic and eight other dangerous compounds for six years."

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Marcus Bachmann In Dispute With Gay Rights Activist Over Unpaid Therapy Bill

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Marcus Bachmann In Dispute With Gay Rights Activist Over Unpaid Therapy Bill: "Though Marcus Bachmann denies that his Christian counseling clinic practices so-called "pray away the gay" reparative therapy, one prominent LGBT activist feels otherwise -- and now, he says, he's got the voicemail messages to prove it.

John Becker, who videotaped a therapy session at Bachmann's clinic that allegedly promised to cure his homosexuality, has released a voicemail recording via his group, Truth Wins Out, said to be from Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann's husband, demanding $150 for two sessions that Becker had scheduled, but then canceled."

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Nearly 70% Of Super Rich Kids Take A Job At Daddy's Firm

Nearly 70% Of Super Rich Kids Take A Job At Daddy's Firm: "Writes Corak:
All parents want to help their children in whatever way they can. But top earners can do it more than others, and with more consequence: virtually guaranteeing, if not a lifetime of high earnings, at least a great start in life."

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Econ Calendar

Liking the numbers.

 

House GOP Classifies Pizza As A Vegetable To 'Prevent Overly Burdensome' School Lunch Regulations | ThinkProgress

House GOP Classifies Pizza As A Vegetable To 'Prevent Overly Burdensome' School Lunch Regulations | ThinkProgress: "The spending bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable, as it is now. The department’s proposed guidelines would have attempted to prevent that.
The changes had been requested by food companies that produce frozen pizzas, the salt industry and potato growers. Some conservatives in Congress have called the push for healthier foods an overreach, saying the government shouldn’t be telling children what to eat."

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Tennessee State Rep. Rick Womick Calls Allah A 'False God,' Warns Of A Muslim Immigrant 'Population Jihad' | ThinkProgress

The bad thing is he says it with such conviction!!



Tennessee State Rep. Rick Womick Calls Allah A 'False God,' Warns Of A Muslim Immigrant 'Population Jihad' | ThinkProgress: "WOMICK: Now you explain to me the more radical point. We have a whole culture who outright comes out and says, ‘we are authorized, we are commanded by a God, a false God, to kill everyone who won’t convert.’ Versus one nutjob over in Norway –
CLIFTON: Sorry, you said Allah is a false God?
WOMICH: Yep, absolutely. Absolutely he’s a false God. There’s only one God: Jehovah. And the son, Christ Jesus who died on the Cross. Now because I believe that, I have a Fatwa on my head. I will never convert to Islam. Allah is not a real God."

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Federal Prosecution Of Financial Fraud Falls To 20-Year Low, New Report Shows

Federal Prosecution Of Financial Fraud Falls To 20-Year Low, New Report Shows: "Public mistrust for banks may be at an all-time high, but federal prosecution for certain financial crimes is down to a 20-year low.

The federal government is on track to file just 1,365 prosecutions for financial institution fraud in fiscal year 2011, according to a new report from a watchdog group. That would be the lowest number of such prosecutions in at least two decades.

The report, from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, comes at a time when the protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street has gained nationwide visibility -- and no small degree of public support -- by criticizing what its members see as a close relationship between big banks and the federal government."

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Obama boosts U.S. military in Australia, reassures China | Reuters

Obama boosts U.S. military in Australia, reassures China | Reuters: "The U.S. deployment to Australia, the largest since World War Two, will start next year with a company of 200-250 marines in Darwin, the "Pearl Harbour of Australia," Gillard said.

More bombs were dropped on Darwin during a surprise Japanese raid than on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii.

A total of 2,500 U.S. troops would eventually rotate through the port city. The United States will bring in ships, aircraft and vehicles, as well as increase military training."

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Don't Settle: NoSurprises2012.com - YouTube

Don't Settle: NoSurprises2012.com - YouTube: "With Michele Bachmann, there are no policy flip-flops. There's no need to compromise on one of the issues that matters to you. She means what she says, and she says what she means."

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Warrant is issued for suspect | POLITICO 44

Warrant is issued for suspect | POLITICO 44: "The suspect, Oscar Ramiro Ortega, 21, is charged with carrying a dangerous weapon in connection with the episode, which the police say involved shots being fired on Constitution Avenue near an entrance to a Secret Service-guarded parking area used by White House staff members. The vehicles involved in the shooting sped west, before one was abandoned at 23rd and Constitution with an AK-47 inside, the police said.

Photos released by the Park Police show a large, cursive “Israel” tattoo on Ortega’s neck. He’s also reported to have a rosary tattoo on his chest."

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Donald Fitzpatrick Sex Scandal: Former Boston Red Sox Manager Preyed On Boys Decades Ago

Donald Fitzpatrick Sex Scandal: Former Boston Red Sox Manager Preyed On Boys Decades Ago: "Long before revelations that former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky had allegedly sexually abused a number of at-risk youth, another high-profile predator used the cover of athletics to molest young boys.

Between 1971 and 1991, Donald Fitzpatrick, a long-time Red Sox clubhouse manager, systematically molested and abused nearly a dozen African-American boys in their hometown of Winter Haven, Florida, where the baseball team held their Spring training."

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Ohio Voters Have Nearly Enough Signatures To Block Gov. Kasich's Anti-Voter Law | ThinkProgress

Ohio Voters Have Nearly Enough Signatures To Block Gov. Kasich's Anti-Voter Law | ThinkProgress: "Earlier this year, Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) signed a sweeping voter suppression bill which shortens the state’s early voting period, bans in-person early voting on Sundays, and prohibits boards of election from mailing absentee ballot requests to voters. In 2008, four in 10 votes in Ohio’s capitol city were cast using methods that would be eliminated by this anti-voter law."

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Here's Rick Perry's Audacious Plan To Completely Reinvent The U.S. Government

Here are the highlights:

• Cut Congressional pay in half and make Congress a part-time job. If they don't pass a balanced budget by 2020, Perry would cut Congressional pay in half again 
• Bring spending down to 18% GDP
• Criminalize "insider trading" by members of Congress
• Pass legislation requiring a two-thirds Congressional majority to pass any tax increases
• End life-time appointments of federal judges
• Pass a Constitutional amendment setting 18-year terms for Supreme Court justices
• Issue a moratorium on pending federal regulations
• Eliminate the Department of Commerce, Department of Education, and Department of Energy
• Overhaul the Department of Homeland Security and privatize airport security
• Downsize the Environmental Protection Agency "so it no longer torments job creators or gives an official stamp to phony science."
• Privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
• And of course, end federal funding of Planned Parenthood

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Chevron's Oil Spill Off Brazil Could Be 10 Times Bigger Than Official Estimates

Here we go again!!  Way to go Texas oil company!

We've been tracking the oil spill reported off Brazil a few days ago, in the Frade field operated by Chevron in the Campos Basin, Brazil's most productive area of offshore production, and a place where many deepwater technology milestones have been made for offshore oil production.
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And Just Like That We Are (Almost) Back To $100

Crude oil futures for December delivery settled over the $99 per barrel mark on the NYMEX, reaching $99.84 per barrel at their highest.

Strong retail sales and better than expected manufacturing data drove oil futures, on signs that the U.S. economy is expanding and could increase oil consumption.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/oil-stays-just-under-100-mark-2011-11#ixzz1doVewdqL

Racial Pattern Found In Harris County, Texas Death Penalty Sentencing: Report

Racial Pattern Found In Harris County, Texas Death Penalty Sentencing: Report: "Of the last 13 men that have been sentenced to death in Harris County, 12 of them are black, according to an analysis of prison and prosecution records by the Houston Chronicle. The discovery has prompted some local lawyers to ask for an investigation and calls for more debate around the administration of capital punishment.

"The more the defendant looks like you the harder it is to kill him — human nature being what it is," said Robert Murrow, one of the county's capital defense attorneys. "It's something we have to be thinking about. It's an issue we never should get too far out of the front of our consciousness.


The role of race in death penalty sentencing became a major issue in the county when the U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of Duane Buck, after reviewing the testimony of a psychologist who said during the trial that black people were more likely to commit violence. Buck's appeal of his pending execution was rejected last week. Although the inmate's supporters pleaded with Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos, she told The Chronicle she has not yet made a decision.""

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Irony: Walker turns to publicly-held Packers to save himself from union backlash : The Reid Report

Irony: Walker turns to publicly-held Packers to save himself from union backlash : The Reid Report: "Like Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, who dislikes himself some public sector unions, turning to ads in an NFL game featuring his state’s publicly-owned, Socialistic football team, to try and save himself from a recall due to his ramming through of an anti-union bill with the help of his Republican legislative friends."

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Herman Cain stumbles badly on Libya question - - CBS News

Come on Cain. You're making brothers look bad.


Herman Cain stumbles badly on Libya question - - CBS News: "Herman Cain struggled to explain his position on President Obama's handling of Libya in an interview with the Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee released Monday, at one point asking if Mr. Obama supported the uprising and suggesting he was having a hard time articulating an answer because he has "all this stuff twirling around in my head.""

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Mark Cuban Just Demolished A Major GOP Talking Point

Mark Cuban Just Demolished A Major GOP Talking Point: "Taxes are at the center of political debates on the economy, but Mark Cuban suggested on CNBC this morning that this hype is a lot of hot air.
While tax considerations may affect earnings per share in some respect, Cuban alleged that tax consequences are "so far down the list" when CEOs make business decisions. That is, he suggests that taxes are not what's really stopping companies from hiring right now. Therefore, cutting them won't do very much."

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Forget Pelosi, Here's The Most Stunning Detail From The Congressional Insider Trading Report

Forget Pelosi, Here's The Most Stunning Detail From The Congressional Insider Trading Report: "But the most shocking revelation actually concerns a lesser-known Congressman, Rep. Spencer Bachus, who shorted the market as the economy collapsed in 2008, at the same time that he was the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. 
The 60 Minutes report just touched on the Bachus trades. Luckily, the new book on which the broadcast was based has more details."

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Congress: Trading stock on inside information? - CBS News

Congress: Trading stock on inside information? - CBS News: "Washington, D.C. is a town that runs on inside information - but should our elected officials be able to use that information to pad their own pockets? As Steve Kroft reports, members of Congress and their aides have regular access to powerful political intelligence, and many have made well-timed stock market trades in the very industries they regulate. For now, the practice is perfectly legal, but some say it's time for the law to change."

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Ohio Issue 2: Election Day Robocall Instructs Voters To Go To Polls Tomorrow

At 9:37 a.m. on Tuesday, a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) staffer in Ohio received a robocall message inaccurately telling voters the election was "tomorrow."

"Hi, I am calling to remind you that tomorrow is Election Day," said the voice on the message. "It is critically important that you go vote and protect the future of our country. Tomorrow, please go to the polls and vote YES on Issue 2, and vote YES on Issue 3. Paid for by American Future Fund and not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee. 866-559-5854."

Voting yes on Issue 2 means voting in favor of SB 5, Gov. John Kasich's anti-collective bargaining law.

Federal employees make average 26 percent less than private workers, Labor agency reports - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post

Federal employees make average 26 percent less than private workers, Labor agency reports - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post: "The federal government reported Friday that on average its employees are underpaid by 26.3 percent when compared with similar non-federal jobs, a “pay gap” that increased by about 2 percentage points over the last year while federal salary rates were frozen."

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The GOP's 'Uncertainty' Talking Point, Debunked

 

With the economy in a slump for nearly four years, corporate executives and conservative politicians have repeatedly invoked "uncertainty" as a major barrier to American job-creation. The "uncertainty" jab is a go-to talking point for any congressional Republican looking to tag President Barack Obama as a tax-raising, regulation-obsessed foe of American businesses.

The Arizona hate-monger goes down!

Most coverage of Tuesday’s night’s recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce (R) in Mesa, Arizona has focused on the fact that Russell authored the state’s controversial immigration legislation.

Pearce was defeated by Republican Jerry Lewis, a charter school executive, in a Republican primary that many may see as a referendum on a harsh immigration law similar to the one signed by Gov. Jan Brewer (R) and challenged by the Obama administration in the courts.

Immigration was a factor in his defeat — in large part because the Mormon Church decided that it should be. But an ethics scandal and under-handed campaign tactics also played a role.

O’Malley: Obama faces ‘obstructionist’ GOP - POLITICO Live - POLITICO.com

Wow! Took him a long time to figure that out!


O’Malley: Obama faces ‘obstructionist’ GOP - POLITICO Live - POLITICO.com: "Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said Sunday that President Barack Obama’s efforts to create jobs are constantly being blocked by an “obstructionist wing of the Republican Party.”

“What’s becoming clear over time as the president puts forward proposals [is] we have a very obstructionist wing of the Republican Party who’s been very successful at keeping the president from accelerating this jobs recovery as quickly as he would like,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”"

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WWII Vet Andy Rooney dead at 92

Andy Rooney dead at 92 - Associated Press - POLITICO.com: "Andy Rooney so dreaded the day he had to end his signature “60 Minutes” commentaries about life’s large and small absurdities that he kept going until he was 92 years old.

Even then, he said he wasn’t retiring. Writers never retire. But his life after the end of “A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney” was short: He died Friday night, according to CBS, only a month after delivering his 1,097th and final televised commentary."

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Is George Soros Thinking About Shorting Hong Kong?

Is George Soros Thinking About Shorting Hong Kong?: "Some days ago, there has been some reports in local newspaper that perhaps George Soros is thinking about how to make money from Hong Kong.  Specifically, from the property market.  I believe Apple Daily first broke the story that Team Soros has been meeting real estate developers, agencies and other people in Hong Kong, gathering data and information, although it was not clear whether they are really thinking about betting on anything, and if they are indeed betting, whether that will be on the bullish side or bearish side."

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Army veteran Kayvan Sabeghi injured by police during Wednesday's 'Occupy Oakland' strike | abc7news.com

Army veteran Kayvan Sabeghi injured by police during Wednesday's 'Occupy Oakland' strike | abc7news.com: "There are fresh charges of police brutality against a war veteran arrested near an Occupy Oakland demonstration.

The veteran, 32-year-old Kayvan Sabeghi, underwent surgery on Friday for a ruptured spleen. Before he went into surgery, Sabeghi told his sister that he was walking to his home near Frank Ogawa Plaza when he was stopped by police, hit in the abdomen four times and then arrested and taken to jail where he could not receive medical treatment."

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Now Veterans Are Marching On Wall Street -- They're Mad About Scott Olsen, Benefit Cuts And 20% Unemployment

Now Veterans Are Marching On Wall Street -- They're Mad About Scott Olsen, Benefit Cuts And 20% Unemployment: "Veterans are coming together to beef up their presence and stature at Occupy Wall Street following last week's injury of one of their own.
Scott Olsen's head wound, suffered in Oakland last week, has caused vets ranks to swell in the Occupy protests. In response, organizers have planned a march from Vietnam Veteran's plaza to Zuccotti park in New York today. At the park, veterans will voice their concerns over declining benefits, lingering postwar trauma, and unemployment rates of over 20 percent for 18 to 24-year-old vets."

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Ann Coulter On Herman Cain: 'Our Blacks Are So Much Better Than Their Blacks' (VIDEO)

 

Ann Coulter continued the conservative criticism of Politico for its article on Herman Cain during an appearance on Monday's "Hannity."

Politico drew swift right-wing fire for its Sunday article on Cain, which alleged that two female employees had accused him of sexual harassment in the 1990s. (The article also initially drew a fair amount of criticism from some journalists, who said that Politico's piece was flimsy.)

Jon Stewart Mocks Herman Cain's Sexual Harassment Scandal (VIDEO)

Given all the parodies of pornography that involve a pizza delivery guy, it's only natural that Jon Stewart would get some material out of presidential hopeful and former pizza empresario Herman Cain's sexual harassment allegations in the news this week.

Census: D.C. is country's wealthiest area - MJ Lee - POLITICO.com

Census: D.C. is country's wealthiest area - MJ Lee - POLITICO.com: "The average household income for residents of the Washington metro area was $84,523 in 2010, when the nation’s median household income was $50,046, Bloomberg reported in an analysis of census data.

According to the new data, — Bloomberg reports that San Jose had an average income of $83,944 in 2010, dropping from $84,483 in 2009. The average household income for Washington last year also fell from 2009, when the average was $85,168."

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Rush Limbaugh: Herman Cain Harassment Story 'Unconscionable, Racially Stereotypical Attack' (AUDIO)

Rush Limbaugh: Herman Cain Harassment Story 'Unconscionable, Racially Stereotypical Attack' (AUDIO): "Rush Limbaugh tore into Politico on his Monday show, denouncing the web site for what he called a "hit job" on Herman Cain. Limbaugh said that the story was an "unconscionable, racially stereotypical attack" on Cain.

Politico posted an explosive story about Cain on Sunday. The story alleged that two women accused Cain of sexual harassment during his tenure leading the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, and that there was a financial settlement with the women in order for them to drop the story."

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