Sept. 17, 2007:
Euro could replace U.S. Dollar as favored foreign exchange currency, says Greenspan| |
Excerpt: Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said it is possible that the euro could replace the U.S. dollar as the reserve currency of choice.
Comment: Such a development could make for bigger changes in our world than the average American realizes.
America will lose a ton of clout and flexibility once the dollar is no longer the favored reserve currency. Our government would have far less freedom to print money, and problems which are merely tough today could become impossible to fix tomorrow.
This is why Bush-Cheney are wanting to somehow put stricter rules on investors. But it's hard to imagine how they could stem this tide (which they themselves helped mightily to accelerate with their incompetence, greed, and belligerence).
And much good could come of America being humbled this way. For instance, we could be forced to shrink our military spending down to something much more fitting to the modern world. But we average Americans sure won't like the extra suffering it'll entail at street level for a generation or two!
And if we come to feel TOO humiliated and impoverished along the way, we could end up ripe for dictatorship, much as happened to Germany after WWI (paving the way for the rise of Hitler). But don't take my word for it: read the history books! JR Mooneyham PERMANENT LINK |
August 16, 2007:
Politicians preach calm as fear, panic sweep markets| |
Excerpt: Shares plummeted worldwide on Thursday, although U.S. stocks staged a late-session comeback, while politicians weighed in to calm financial markets swept by fears that years of runaway credit growth will end with a big blowout.
Comment: It might take more than a few days of preaching calm to overcome the years of general fear-mongering politicians have subjected us to since 9/11.2001 -- and continue to do today, in election campaigns and other times when it suits their purposes. ... MORE ... JR Mooneyham PERMANENT LINK |
Aug. 4, 2007:
Mortgage market teeters near meltdown| |
Excerpt: No-one wanted to buy mortgage backed securities this week. And only "conforming" loans can be offloaded by the originating banks. What this means, until the situation changes, is that banks might only loan what they themselves want to keep on their books. |
April 18, 2007:
Wal-Mart skips out on $2.3 billion in state taxes| |
Excerpt: Wal-Mart appears to be skipping out on its fair share of taxes that most Americans have to pay to help support state governments. New research conducted in part by a leading non-partisan, non-profit tax organization reveals that Wal-Mart avoided $2.3 billion in state income taxes, cutting its payment to state governments almost in half between 1999 and 2005:
Over those seven years, Wal-Mart reported $77.4 billion in pretax U.S. profits to its shareholders. But it reported a total state income tax bill of only $2.4 billion, just 3.16% of those profits.
Had Wal-Mart paid taxes at the statutory state corporate tax rates for the same period, it would have paid $4.7 billion in state income taxes. |
Dec. 5, 2006:
Wealthiest 2% own more than half the world| |
Excerpt: Two percent of adults have more than half of the world's wealth, including property and financial assets, according to a study by the U.N. development research institute published on Tuesday.
Comment: Don't you wonder sometimes what the world might be like, if the rich gave the poor a chance? If the world were run by people who believed the religious rhetoric they'd rehearsed and recited all their lives, or just by people who gave a damn about people other than them selves and "their kind"?
And I say to myself, what a wonderful world ... Helen & Harry PERMANENT LINK |
Sept. 20, 2006:
Scientists ask ExxonMobil to stop lying about climate change| |
Excerpt: Britain's leading scientists have challenged the US oil company ExxonMobil to stop funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change.
In an unprecedented step, the Royal Society, Britain's premier scientific academy, has written to the oil giant to demand that the company withdraws support for dozens of groups that have "misrepresented the science of climate change by outright denial of the evidence".
The scientists also strongly criticise the company's public statements on global warming, which they describe as "inaccurate and misleading". |
Sept. 18, 2006:
When spinach becomes a matter of life and death
by Herb Ruhs, MD, Unknown News
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Excerpt: All I had to endure was being awakened suddenly in the night with a warm sensation in the nether regions as my bowels emptied spontaneously, a day of fever, malaise and anorexia, some residual gastrointestinal discomfort, and a lingering fear of anything labeled "organic."
And what about consequences for the people who did this to me, and countless others more severely afflicted? Nothing. A few lawsuits to settle by the insurance company perhaps — just a cost of doing evil business. |
Sept. 5, 2006:
Schwarzenegger vetoes universal health care| |
Excerpt: The Republican governor said the single-payer system proposed by Sen. Sheila Kuehl would "cost the state billions and lead to significant new taxes on individuals and businesses, without solving the critical issue of affordability.
"I won't jeopardize the economy of our state for such a purpose," the governor said in a statement.
Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, said Schwarzenegger's comments indicated he "has not read the bill, doesn't understand the bill or is being completely misdirected by his handlers." She said the measure would save money.
"Where there are no cost controls at all now, and enormous administrative overhead and profit for insurance companies, there would have been a transparent system that actually would succeed in making health care coverage affordable in California," she said in a statement issued Tuesday. |
Aug. 19, 2006:
FDA approves adding viruses to food| |
Excerpt: The combination of six viruses is designed to be sprayed on ready-to-eat meat and poultry products, including sliced ham and turkey, said John Vazzana, president and chief executive officer of manufacturer Intralytix Inc.
Comment: Okay, there are a couple problems with this — besides the obvious one of letting companies add viruses to our food!
First of all, the viruses are meant to kill harmful bacteria, but they are prepared in a solution of the bacteria they are supposed to be killing, and some of that bacteria may very well make its way onto the food. "Tests" found that this didn't happen, but until I find out who did those tests, I have no faith in this at all.
The other problem is that viruses constantly evolve. This is why we need a new flu vaccine every year, and why everyone is freaking out about a "bird flu" even though right now it can only be spread directly from birds to people. When these viruses in our meat evolve, we might not know it until millions of people get sick from their lunch meat all at once.
It's a pandemic waiting to happen, but it's cheaper than keeping the bacteria off the food in the first place, so the food industry thinks it's a great idea, and that's good enough for the FDA.
And as an extra added bonus, companies will not have to label food that has viruses added to it, for obvious reasons.
Madeline Zane PERMANENT LINK |
Aug. 13, 2006:
Experts: Let's go back to using prisoners as guinea pigs| |
Excerpt: "It strikes me as pretty ridiculous to start talking about prisoners' getting access to cutting-edge research and medications when they can't even get penicillin and high-blood-pressure pills," said Paul Wright, editor of Prison Legal News, an independent monthly review.
"I have to imagine there are larger financial motivations here." |
Aug. 13, 2006:
US donations to developing countries puny compared to many other nations| |
Excerpt: Meanwhile, despite the US giving the largest amount of aid that donation was the smallest in relation to the size of its economy.
The Center for Global Development (CGD) added that a lot of the money was also contingent on the purchase of US goods, and so was in fact a "backdoor subsidy for American interests". America was also criticised for its handling of aid in Iraq with the CGD claiming that 90 cents in every dollar was lost to violence and corruption. |
Aug. 12, 2006:
Bush officials allowed sweatshops in
US territory in exchange for football tickets| |
Comment: This is a classic case of the mainstream media completely neutralizing what should be an explosive story by failing to provide any meaningful context. The original AP headline for this article was the yawn-inducing "Former Interior official pleads guilty in Abramoff inquiry" — so some low-level government official was taking bribes. So what, right?
The important part here is that the official being bribed was handling issues in the Northern Marianas Islands — which have been run for years as the deepest pit of sweatshop hell. Factories in the Northern Marianas are guilty of forced labor, human rights abuses, and even forced abortions... and because it's a U.S. territory, the goods produced by these exploited workers can be proudly labeled "Made In The U.S.A."
The businesses who were profiting off this immoral exploitation hired Jack Abramoff as their lobbyist, and now an official from the Interior Department that dealt with the Northern Marianas is admitting that he took illegal bribes from Jack Abramoff.
In other words, Bush officials allowed sweatshops to abuse laborers in a U.S. territory in exchange for football tickets. Not something the AP is in a big hurry to point out. Madeline Zane PERMANENT LINK |
Aug. 4, 2006:
Ripped off by insurance policy:
Katrina: Small clause, big problem| |
Excerpt: Since at least the mid-1980's, insurers have been putting into their home insurance policies "anti-concurrent causation" clauses that effectively eliminate coverage that insurers promise to provide when selling their policies. But most people skip over the legalistic language — if they read their policies at all. And until Katrina, there had never been such an outpouring of challenges.
"There's no question that the anti-concurrent clause is bad for policyholders," said Adam F. Scales, an associate professor who teaches insurance law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, in Lexington, Va. "It's not fair because it defeats policyholders' reasonable expectations."
Insurers counter that they need the clause to protect themselves from being drawn into paying for floods, earthquakes or mudslides and other widespread calamities that are beyond their scope and that they specifically refuse to cover. |
June 24, 2006:
US corporate "pension crisis" looks phony to the core| |
Excerpt: Genetal Motors' pension plans for its rank-and-file U.S. workers are overstuffed with cash, containing about $9 billion more than is needed to meet their obligations for years to come. |
May 29, 2006:
"Christian" leader supports slavery, prostitution, forced abortions in U.S. Mariana Islands| |
Comment: A year after the Interior Dept reported that Chinese workers, brought to the US Mariana Islands to work at sub-minimum wage, were being forced into prostitution and forced to have abortions, faux Christian leader was calling for, basically, more of the same.
Helen & Harry PERMANENT LINK |
May 28, 2006:
Wal-Mart's mysterious Missouri data center| |
Excerpt:"This is not something that we discuss publicly," Carrie Thum, a senior information officer, said. "We have no comment. And that's off the record." |
May 26, 2006:
Bush an unindicted co-consprator in Enron scandals| |
Excerpt: Contrary to the official story, the Bush administration did almost whatever it could to help Enron as the company desperately sought cash to cover mounting losses from its off-the-books partnerships, a bookkeeping black hole that was sucking Enron toward bankruptcy and scandal. |
May 24, 2006:
Retiree benefits a "monster financial problem" | |
Excerpt: Taxpayers owe more than a half-million dollars per household for financial promises made by government, mostly to cover the cost of retirement benefits for baby boomers, a USA Today analysis shows. |
May 18, 2006:
FDA approves synthetic drug that mimics marijuana's medical effects
... but marijuana has no medical use, FDA says
May 16, 2006:
Flavored oxygen concentrate for sale at Japanese 7/11 stores| |
Excerpt: SupliTM brand oxygen will be available in at least two flavors, peppermint and grapefruit. |
May 14, 2006:
Chavez offers oil to Europe's poor
May 11, 2006:
Home foreclosures up a staggering 63% as mortgage rates climb| |
Comment: This recent surge in foreclosures isn't a freak accident -- it's something the banking industry has been counting on for years, something that they've helped to create. Madeline Zane LINK |
April 26, 2006:
18 rich families pay for Republican
campaign to kill estate taxes| |
Comment: This is the "death tax" lie, one of the Republicans' favorite shams. They want you to believe that estate taxes -- taxes assessed as property is passed along from the dead to the living -- are somehow unfair.
And estate taxes are unfair: They're far, far too low. Helen & Harry LINK |
April 25, 2006:
COPE Act would let giant corporations decide what content gets on "high-speed" internet| |
Comment: The COPE Act, now being debated in the House Commerce Committee, would let big Internet companies give "priority" to certain content carried over their high speed networks. In other words, a handful of rich and powerful people could decide which messages travel at high speeds on the Internet -- and which messages don't.
This is the way that corporate interests and their government cronies plan to "COPE" with the democratizing influence of the Internet -- to slow the non-sanctioned, independent voices down to a crawl.
We never pretend to be a "neutral" news source, but today we're spelling it out -- please take a second to email your representatives in Congress and/or a couple of your friends and let them know how bad this stinks. Helen & Harry LINK |
April 6, 2006:
New technology allows advertisers to listen in on conversations
April 5, 2006:
When Microsoft ‘helps’ write legislation| |
Excerpt: It’s supposed to protect you from predators spying on your computer habits, but a bill Microsoft Corp. helped write for Oklahoma will open your personal information to warrantless searches, according to a computer privacy expert and a state representative. |
April 1, 2006:
GM parts supplier asks court to void union contract as part of "bankruptcy"| |
Comment: Of course, if the employees of Delphi or General Motors need to declare bankruptcy because their wages have just been cut in half and they've lost their health insurance, they're SOL -- thanks to the recent changes in bankruptcy law.
In George W's America, only corporations have rights, and only individuals have responsibilities. Madeline LINK |
March 17, 2006:
Judge orders Environmental Protection Agency to protect environment, stop protecting polluters
Feb. 21, 2006:
Heritage Foundation brokered $1.2-million bribe to arrange meeting with President Bush, says former Malaysian Prime Minister
Feb. 15, 2006:
The most profitable companies in US history get $7 billion in government giveaway
Feb. 8, 2006:
Mexican officials close Sheraton Hotel in retaliation for US-ordered evictions
Feb. 8, 2006:
Low-income working moms are too busy and tired to breastfeed
Feb. 6, 2006:
Judge takes Congress to task over cruel new bankruptcy laws
Feb. 5, 2006:
AT&T (SBC), MCI (Verizon) and Sprint (Nextel) allow feds to eavesdrop on "oral request"
Feb. 4, 2006:
Feds seizing Canadian prescription drugs
Jan. 12, 2006:
Bush's new health plan: American companies should stop paying for employee health care
Jan. 6, 2006:
China signals switch from US dollar in foreign exchange reserves
Jan. 5, 2006:
Pharmaceutical giant seeks to sidestep shareholders' questions
Jan. 4, 2006:
Balance due doubled on your credit cards
Nov. 24, 2005:
Open the U.S.-Mexican border
Rachel Maddow interviews Peter Laufer, author of Wetback Nation
Nov. 14, 2005:
Health care in America: An ongoing, massive con game
by Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Nov. 8, 2005:
Wal-Mart wants to go into the banking business
Nov. 1, 2005:
Oil is a slippery business
by Don Nash, Unknown News
Oct. 26, 2005:
Wal-Mart compares personal health records with productivity and satisfaction, implies memo
Oct. 12, 2005:
Federal report on outsourcing delayed, gutted, rewritten, then released only after FOIA request
Oct. 4, 2005:
Carpetbagger companies clean up after Katrina
Sept. 7, 2005:
Republicans still eager to 'FEMA' Medicaid, food stamps, student loans
Aug. 19, 2005:
Bush administration brings U.S. to brink of retaliatory trade wars
by William J., Unknown News
Aug. 17, 2005:
Navy, Air Force appointments jaw-droppingly corrupt
Aug. 15, 2005:
Bush's bizarre accounting hides development of National Forests
Aug. 12, 2005:
Stealing Iraq
by Michael Meacher, The Times of London [UK]
Aug. 3, 2005:
Martha Stewart's home confinement extended
July 23, 2005:
Traditional teen jobs are going to illegal immigrants, analyst says
July 5, 2005:
China criticizes U.S. Congress for meddling in proposed Unocal purchase
June 26, 2005:
Elderly man with emphysema dies when company cuts power
June 14, 2005:
Microsoft works with Chinese government to censor internet conversations
June 7, 2005:
Feds won't prosecute most medical privacy violationsExcerpt: "It looks like they decided on the outcome for political reasons, namely the health care industry's desire to get out from criminal prosecution," said Swire, a law professor at Ohio State University.
June 3, 2005:
Fourth-largest U.S. bank lied about owning slaves
May 28, 2005:
Retirees with no income and $11,500 in savings
"too rich" to get any Medicare drug benefits
May 22, 2005:
Company lied to FDA about breast implant safety, ex-employees say
May 17, 2005:
Bush administration 'backed illegal Iraqi oil deals'
May 14, 2005:
Republican Congressman admits, war in Iraq is all about oil
May 7, 2005:
New York's Attorney General likely to attack spyware next
April 29, 2005:
"Largest breach of banking security in the nation"
April 26, 2005:
Come on in -- the quicksand's fine
My part in the oil crisis ...
by The Feral Metallurgist, Unknown News
April 25, 2005:
"Victory" for the Bush administration:
Americans held prisoner get nada
April 17, 2005:
Whistleblower says Bush regime is hiding mad cow outbreaks
April 8, 2005:
False records found at Fannie Mae
April 6, 2005:
Candy magnate championed civil rights
March 26, 2005:
Bush OKs fighter sale to Pakistan, promises to sell to India too
March 18, 2005:
Fannie Mae sees more red
March 16, 2005:
Brazil threatens to break AIDS drug patents
March 8, 2005:
Federal agencies help shape Hollywood entertainment
March 3, 2005:
On the foolishness of American capitalism
by Atomicktom, Unknown News
March 3, 2005:
No "Gay pride" for National Football League
Feb. 26, 2005:
Homeless in America: You too could be a loser.
Feb. 21, 2005:
UK's Royal Navy starts bid to recruit gays
American military's anti-gay policy costly
Feb. 20, 2005:
Greenspan stands with Bush liar administration
by Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Feb. 18, 2005:
Patients on Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft and similar drugs
are more than twice as likely to attempt suicide<
Feb. 18, 2005:
IRS announcement of investigations appeared politically motivated but wasn't, says audit
Feb. 17, 2005:
Greenspan's conundrum is Fannie Mae's tsunami of doom?
Feb. 14, 2005:
CNN exec forced to resign for saying that reporters may have been targeted<
Feb. 11, 2005:
Herbal remedy as good as Paxil for depression
Feb. 10, 2005:
Wal-Mart announces closure of its first unionized store
Feb. 8, 2005:
Oil and money in western society
by The Feral Metallurgist, Unknown News
Feb. 2, 2005:
Clinton and Bush administrations condoned Iraq oil smuggling
Jan. 27, 2005:
Swiss court green-lights Holocaust lawsuit against IBM
Jan. 17, 2005:
Software evaluates pop music for "hit" potential
Jan 14, 2005:
Shred, burn, pulverize, destroy: It's the law
Jan. 11, 2005:
Social Security's chronic disability in helping the disabled
by Cassandra, Unknown News
Dec. 29, 2004:
Court backs firing of waitress who wouldn't wear makeup
Dec. 28, 2004:
Crisis or opportunity? It's time to root hog or die
by Gato Relajado, Unknown News
Dec. 26, 2004:
Mini-marts required to fight war on terror
Dec. 25, 2004:
China's global oil buying spree continues
Dec. 24, 2004:
U.S. to take bigger bite of Iraq's economic pie
Dec. 22, 2004:
TV network critical of U.S. policy banned in America by State Dept
Dec. 17, 2004:
'Homeland Security' boondoggle rolls on
Dec. 15, 2004:
Dollar tumbles on U.S. asset flows report
Dec. 15, 2004:
SEC rejects Fannie Mae's pleas for intercession
Dec. 11, 2004:
Diebold pays $2.6-million to settle California lawsuit
Dec. 7, 2004:
To hell, one day at a time
by Darius Lesgeddem, Unknown News
Dec. 1, 2004:
Justice Dept investigates health care non-profit network for possible anti-trust violations
Nov. 25, 2004:
China cuts Treasury holdings, says report
Nov. 23, 2004:
Morgan-Stanley exec predicts economic 'Armageddon'
Nov. 19, 2004:
Former meat inspector says U.S. packers cut too many corners
Nov. 19, 2004:
Bush holds private meeting with bank chiefs
Nov. 19, 2004:
It's in the small print ...
Customers waive First Amendment rights?
Nov. 18, 2004:
Republicans seek to alter disclosure rules to make conflict of interest easier to hide
Nov. 15, 2004:
Fannie Mae's (FNM) $9 bill. free lunch
Nov. 14, 2004:
Capitalism and corporatism
A letter to the editor, with our response
Nov. 13, 2004:
"It's going to be a mantra not to buy American"
Hersh predicts occupation of Iraq will plunge U.S. economy into downturn
Nov. 11, 2004:
Trade deficit falls, but big gap persists
Nov. 10, 2004:
Fed officials warn of pending U.S. economic collapse
Nov. 10, 2004:
430,000 poor and disabled people
dropped from Medicaid in Tennessee
Nov. 8, 2004:
19 top fundraisers for Bush did illegal business with terrorist countries
Nov. 8, 2004:
Halliburton admits bribing Nigeria while Cheney was in charge
Nov. 1, 2004:
Deck chairs on the Titanic
by Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire
Oct. 27, 2004:
Amidst boondoggles and war profiteering ...
FedEx delivers in Iraq
by Tess Ellis, Unknown News
Oct. 21, 2004:
China buying Canada's natural resources
Oct. 20, 2004:
The US dollar is 'the king of the world' ... going down, like the Titanic
by Prisoner50X, Unknown News
Oct. 14, 2004:
Menial labor during times of interminable war
by Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire
Oct. 14, 2004:
When your good name is stolen
by Tess Ellis, Unknown News
Oct. 14, 2004:
Trade deficit surges, jobless claims up
Oct. 14, 2004:
Tennessee woman accused of selling vibrator disguised as duck
Oct. 11, 2004:
Color my future Soylent Green
by Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire
Oct. 8, 2004:
The annual October surprise:
Flu vaccine shortage drives price up
by Kevin G., Unknown News
Oct. 7, 2004:
Judge: Conspiracy likely in Enron case
Oct. 5, 2004:
Still selling us out for fun and profit
by Tess Ellis, Unknown News
Sept. 22, 2004:
Serious problems found at Fannie Mae
Sept. 10, 2004:
Unemployed in Dreamland
by Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire
Sept. 9, 2004:
Feds seek medical marijuana activist's home, business
Aug. 27, 2004:
At the Republican convention, Aunt Norma is missing
by Don Nash, Unknown News
July 29, 2004:
Constiution doesn't include right to sexual privacy
Federal Court OKs ban on sale of sex toys
July 19, 2004:
County backs down in dildo battle
July 13, 2004:
Fannie Mae investigation just a "precautionary" measure
Investigators call Fannie Mae's cooperation 'spotty'
July 1, 2004:
U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Chief endorses offshoring
June 22, 2004:
Patients can't sue HMOs, says Supreme Court
June 22, 2004:
Buy a politically incorrect teddy bear, get investigated by a federal grand jury
by Kurt Nimmo, Another Day in the Empire
June 20, 2004:
Man claims he was tricked to join Army
May 22, 2004:
Commuter train passengers will be stopped for IDs
April 22, 2004:
FDA calls "inspection" of senior citizens 'unfortunate'
April 21, 2004:
Man can't buy car because terrorist
stole his social security number
April 6, 2004:
60% of U.S. corporations paid no taxes during boom years
April 3, 2004:
Gays protected from job discrimination (until November)
March 9, 2004:
Fannie Mae's $25 billion 'gambling' loss comes to light...
Feb. 27, 2004:
Freddie Mac "uncertain" when financial report will be released
Feb. 26, 2004:
Oversight past due at FNM, FRE
by Molly Ivins, syndicated columnist
Feb. 10, 2004:
Bush report: Sending jobs overseas helps America
Feb. 1, 2004:
Microsoft sold software to
trap Chinese dissidents
Jan. 18, 2004:
Northwest Airlines gave data on passengers
to government, and lied to public about it
Jan. 8, 2004:
U.S. gets access to Canadian tax data
Jan. 6, 2004:
Buddhist needs permit to meditate on his own land
Jan. 1, 2004:
When is a scandal not a scandal?
by Robert Folsom, Fox News
Dec. 31, 2003:
Feds order casinos, airlines to surrender customer data
Dec. 16, 2003:
IBM takes a crap on America
Nov. 19, 2003:
Man killed by budget cuts
Nov. 19, 2003:
Organized crime: America Inc.
by Liberez L'Ours, Unknown NewsExcerpt: Many of the same financial companies involved in the Enron rip-off are now accused of participating in financial scams at Freddie Mac.
Nov. 7, 2003:
Tacoma settles with ACLU, won't
use exorbitant fees to prevent protests
Oct. 30, 2003:
Fannie Mae trading halted
by Liberez L'Ours, Unknown News
Oct. 23, 2003:
Looters in the White House
Bush administration open to ending
gov't credit line for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
by Liberez L'Ours, Unknown News
Oct. 2, 2003:
Man ticketed for warning other drivers of speedtrap
Sept. 28, 2003:
Shopkeeper deported from South Carolina under PATRIOT Act killed in Pakistan
Sept. 26, 2003:
In New York City, they can turn you away
from homeless shelters if you don't have a job
Sept. 25, 2003:
Movie industry group teaches morals in school
Sept. 18, 2003:
Mississippi city of 40,000 will pay retired Fire Chief
$60,000 to run its own Homeland Security Dept.
Sept. 10, 2003:
New Windows flaws would allow hackers to take over your PC
Sept. 8, 2003:
Microsoft patch doesn't work, security firm says
Aug. 29, 2003:
Don't rely on Microsoft, trade group urges Homeland Security
Aug. 28, 2003:
Hackers taunt Bill Gates in worm code
Aug. 22, 2003:
Freddie Mac ordered to fire CEOExcerpt: Freddie Mac's board of directors reportedly has been told by federal regulators to replace Gregory J. Parseghian as the company's chief executive.
... Parseghian, 42, has generated controversy among some investors because of his role in approving and implementing some transactions that led to accounting errors of as much as $4.5 billion
Aug. 20, 2003:
Microsoft switches site to Linux during security crisis
Aug. 20, 2003:
Microsoft's 'smoking gun' article:
Internet on Windows? It's a death wish.
by Liberez L'Ours, Unknown News
July 17, 2003:
Regulator says probe of Freddie Mac accounting showed 'lack of candor'
July 16, 2003
Rep Bernie Sanders vs. Alan GreenspanExcerpt: "Do you give one whiff of concern for the middle class and working families of this country? That's my question."
July 15, 2003:
Microsoft named as "preferred supplier"
for Homeland Security Department
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We like capitalism, so long as it's between consenting adults.
But we don't think a corporate-state conspiracy à la Wal-Mart is capitalism. That's just smash-mouth economic violence, and it ought to be punished, not encouraged. It ought to be outlawed.
Show us a mom & pop enterprise, people risking their own sweat and effort and equity to build a better widget, serve better spaghetti, or make any honest profit, and we'll be big supporters.
Show us a giant enterprise that has thousands of locations, pretend that corporations have the legal rights of 'people', watch as big business lobbyists write their own legislation and own their legislators — well, that ain't capitalism.
It's fascism, and we're against that sort of thing.
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