Wednesday
May152013
Holder On AP Scandal: "I Was Not The Person Involved"
HOLDER PASSES THE BUCK
Attorney General Eric Holder testifies before Congress earlier today.
May 15, 2013 at 5:29 PMWednesday
May152013
Bush Attorney General: We Refused To Target The Media
NOT ON OUR WATCH
Alberto Gonzales: Bush Administration Refused to Pursue Media in Leak Probes
Wednesday
May152013
Video Of IRS Star Trek Parody That Cost Taxpayers $60,000
TAX DOLLARS AT WORK
Star Trek video produced by the IRS for a 2010 training and leadership conference.
More inside.
Wednesday
May152013
Student Annihilates Teacher: 'Enough Freaking Packets!'
MODERN EDUCATION EXPOSED
Youtube viral video with more than 1.2 million views in just the last 6 days. Jeff Bliss gives an unforgettable lesson to his teacher at Duncanville High School in Texas.
Wednesday
May152013
PANIC: DHS Shuts Down BitCoin Payments System
BitCoin Panic: Department of Homeland Security Shuts Down Payments System
The Department of Homeland Security has shut down Dwolla, a mobile payment service used to withdraw and deposit money into Mt. Gox, the Bitcoin trading platform.
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Amazon launches virtual currency and gives millions away for free to Kindle owners
US ambassador summoned to Russian foreign ministry to face spy claims
5 signs there’s something fishy about the alleged CIA spy arrested in Moscow
Claim: Obama Campaign Co-Chair Attacked Romney with Leaked IRS Docs
IRS ASKED FOR FACEBOOK POSTS, READING LISTS, PRIVATE THOUGHTS
IRS approved liberal groups with ease
Prominent Catholic Prof. Claims IRS Audited Her After Speaking Out Against Obama
Carney: 'We Were Aware' of IRS Targeting Conservatives, But Didn't Do Anything About It
Senior IRS officials knew of Tea Party scrutiny | Reuters
IRS officials in Washington were involved in targeting of conservatives - Washington Post
NOT ME: Eric Holder points finger at deputy for AP phone taps
Holder 'not sure' how often media records seized
Media coalition letter of protest
Holder to face Capitol Hill grilling today
17 years later, 'It Takes A Village' becomes a federal program
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Wednesday
May152013
Fannie Mae CEO: 'We Will Be Profitable For Years To Come'
TAXPAYER PROFIT
Bloomberg Interviews Fannie Mae CEO Tim Mayopoulos
Timothy J. Mayopoulos, CEO of Fannie Mae, talks about the company's turnaround and outlook, the likelihood U.S. taxpayers may profit from their bailout of Fannie and the need for clarity from Congress about the future of the housing finance.
"There is a risk that policy makers will look at our profitability and conclude that they don't need to take action to reform the housing finance system. That would be a mistake."
Tuesday
May142013
Jon Stewart On The IRS Scandal
IRS AND AP SCANDALS
OBAMA TREK: INTO DARKNESS
The IRS shifts the burden of proof from the tinfoil behatted to the government.
Tuesday
May142013
Profiting On The Death Of Employees - The JPMorgan Way
WITHOUT CONSENT
The Other Thing JPMorgan Was Doing in Its London Office
Gambling on high-risk synthetic credit derivatives is not the only area of interest at JPMorgan’s Chief Investment Office (CIO) – the division that has thus far admitted to losing $6.2 billion in the London Whale debacle. According to Exhibit 81 released by the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Ina Drew, the head of the CIO, was also overseeing the investment of funds in the firm’s Bank Owned Life Insurance (BOLI) and Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI) plans – a scheme enshrined by the U.S. Congress in 2006 that allows too-big-to-fail banks as well as many other corporations to reap huge tax benefits by taking out life insurance policies on workers – even low wage workers – and naming the corporation the beneficiary of the death benefit.
Most Americans are unaware that for at least 25 years big business and banks have been secretly taking out millions of life insurance policies on their workers and naming the corporation the beneficiary of the death benefit without the knowledge of the employee. The individual policies are frequently in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and sometimes millions. To keep track of employees who have left the company, deaths are routinely tracked through the Social Security Administration. The policies became known as “dead peasant” or “janitor” policies because corporations took out life insurance on millions of low-wage workers, including janitors, without their knowledge or consent.
Tuesday
May142013
Josh Rosner: 'JPMorgan Is The Worst Of All Its Peers'
WHO'S OVERSEEING JAMIE DIMON?
JPMORGAN IS THE WORST OFFENDER
Start watching at 45 seconds. Josh Rosner this morning with Tom Keene discussing Jamie Dimon's future, and violations at JPMorgan compared to other banks.
JPM is the worst of all its peers in regulatory matters.
Tuesday
May142013
MUST SEE: Obama Jokes About IRS Auditing His Enemies
HOLY SHITE FLASHBACK
Just found this clip. Obama jokes about the IRS auditing the President and Board of Regents of Arizona State University while delivering the commencement address at ASU in 2009. If you remember, the background to this story was that ASU chose not to award an honorary degree to Obama because he hadn't achieved a complete "body of work" in his life.
Tuesday
May142013
Obama: We Dishonor Benghazi Victims By Asking Questions
NEW OBAMA DEFENSE STRATEGY
A new White House Benghazi deflection strategy was introduced by the Crier-in-Chief at today's press conference. Now the President says we should blame anyone asking tough questions about the attack for 'dishonoring the memory of the victims.' As for dishonoring the families of the victims, the White House has that one covered, all by itself.
Tuesday
May142013
SANTELLI WARNS: Keep The IRS Out Of Obamacare!
NO STENT FOR YOU!
Rick Santelli on what the IRS enemies list means for Obamacare enforcement.
Monday
May132013
Obama And David Cameron Joint Press Conference
BFFs
President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron's Joint Press Conference
As David Cameron prepares for the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, he met with President Obama at the White House today to discuss the two countries' continuing partnership. In a joint press conference, the leaders answered questions on IRS targeting of conservative groups, the attacks on Benghazi and whether Russia will assist in negotiating a political solution to the Syria conflict.
Monday
May132013
WATCH: Obama Comments On IRS Scandal
OUTRAGEOUS
President Obama discusses IRS targeting of conservatives and Tea Party Groups.
Photos and the latest update on this story are inisde.
Monday
May132013
Tears Of A Clown
CROCODILE TEARS
A tear runs down the face of U.S. President Barack Obama as he answers questions about the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya while Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron listens during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 13, 2013.
Monday
May132013
Meet The Man Who Lives In Detroit's Abandoned Packard Auto Plant
MEET ALLAN HILL
Latest update on Detroit inside. New financial report released today.
Monday
May132013
Mother Of Benghazi Victim Gets Emotional: 'I Blame Hillary'
A MUST WATCH
Take note of Hillary's excuse starting at 2:10.
A mother's heart bleeds. This is not about politics. CNN's Jake Tapper interviews Pat Smith, whose son Sean Smith, a State Department information officer, was one of four Americans killed in the attack on Benghazi.
'I'm doing terribly. I cry every night. I don't sleep at night. I want answers and no one at the White House will talk to me. I got one call from a clerk. That's it.'
MUST SEE HILLARY PHOTOS INSIDE.