BOOK EXCERPT: Blago Said Convicted Felon Tony Rezko SECRETLY Channeled $25,000 To Obama

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[DailyBail]

Reuters Runs Interference for Elite Corruption, Scrubs Article That Shows How Banks Get Out of Jail Free

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[DailyBail]

How The Federal Reserve Bought The Economics Profession

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[DailyBail]

Yellen Must Show How 12 Fed Opinions Become One Policy

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-13/yellen-must-show-how-12-fed-opinions-become-one-policy.html

[LiberatedCitizen]

This Rezko story is actually older news believe it or not and it's just the tip of the iceberg in chitcago politics

The chutes and ladders of The Chicago Way
While Obama climbs high, his onetime pal Rezko is slip-slidin' away

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-23/news/ct-met-kass-1123-20111123_1_antoin-tony-rezko-chutes-and-ladders-president-barack-obama

Former Obama fundraiser Rezko gets 10-year sentence

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(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday sentenced Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a former Chicago fundraiser for President Barack Obama, to 10-1/2 years in prison for corruption and extortion.

Rezko's conviction was among a slew of guilty pleas that led to the conviction in two trials of former Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and several of his aides.

A Syrian immigrant who earned millions in the real estate and restaurant businesses, Rezko has been imprisoned since his 2008 conviction on 16 fraud and attempted bribery counts.

"Enough is enough. Corruption in Illinois has to stop," U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve in handing down sentence to the now-gaunt, 56-year-old Rezko.

Rezko became a minor campaign issue for Obama during the 2008 presidential race. The two had become close friends and Rezko had raised tens of thousands of dollars for the then-Illinois state senator's successful U.S. Senate and presidential campaigns.

At one point, the Republican National Committee referred to Rezko as Obama's "money man".

Rezko also advised Obama in the purchase of the future president's large home on the south side of Chicago. Rezko's wife purchased and then resold to the Obama family a side yard to the home they could not afford initially.

more

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/22/us-usa-crime-rezko-idUSTRE7AL22X20111122

Timeline: Barack Obama’s Ties to Tony Rezko

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/rezkotimeline.php

Tony Rezko says Blagojevich knew about pay-to-play scheme

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/12873845-418/rezko-speaks-blago-knew-of-pay-to-play-scheme-for-state-boards.html

Former Rezko partner says he gave Tony $400K for Obama

http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2012/02/27/former-rezko-partner-says-he-gave-tony-400k-for-obama/

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Paul Ryan Insider Trading Rumor Quickly Debunked

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Blame Bain Continues

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=210078

Just Shoot Me Now (Stiglitz and Zandi)

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=210076

All that transparency lol

GOP sues to force Obama compliance on Fast and Furious

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/13/gop-sues-force-obama-compliance-fast-and-furious/

DNC Chief admits she lied

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79670.html

Nooooooooo

Obama: Chicago is an Example of What Makes the US Great

http://lonelyconservative.com/2012/08/obama-chicago-is-an-example-of-what-makes-the-us-great/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lonelyconservative%2FbdZb+%28The+Lonely+Conservative%29

[DailyBail]

LC

Somehow your 2nd comment was flagged by the system as spam. And I can't seem to find it. Apologies.

[SKINFLINT]

So let me just ruminate here for a couple of paragraphs. Bain extracted equity out of these companies by having them pay Bain exorbitant fees for management skills. Loaded them up with debt. I think this is called leverage. This is exactly what is going on with the U.S. economy, am I correct? D.B. I know I am a dumbass and there is A LOT to this game I do not understand, but I mean this is the process right. Raise the debt ceiling, debase the currency, and raise the interest rates through bad credit and crush everyone under this massive shit pile.

[TR]

If Holland, Mich. bankrupts like other cities, Nathan can reopen his cart because there might be anyone to enforce the codes.