Tensions Worsen In ECB War Over Bailouts, Bank Runs Begin In Greece, TSA Thugs Abuse Wounded Vet (LINKS)

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Comments

[DailyBail]

why did weiner follow so many young women on Twitter unrelated to politics?

http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/05/gennette-was-not-alone-weiners-twitter-friends-include-dozens-of-young-lucious-hook-ups/

[DailyBail]

http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/24/what-a-top-aide-to-sarah-palin-really-thinks-about-mitt-romney-bristol-palin-erick-erickson-and-more/

meet the woman (or is she a man) behind sarah palin's facebook entries....photo

[DailyBail]

Rep. Weiner was direct messaging a high school girl. Might he have been direct messaging Gennette Nicole as well?

I think this proves that Rep. Weiner could easily have had a private DM chat going on with Gennette Nicole and that, as others have suggested, the underwear shot was supposed to go to her privately, not into his public tweet stream.

Again, it’s not proof, but it very well could have happened that way.

http://www.verumserum.com/?p=24966

[DailyBail]

http://theothermccain.com/2011/05/30/breaking-weiner-lawyers-up/

video of weiner today...anyone else think he's lying...i hate both Dems & GOP so i have no horse in this race...but why would weiner get a laywer before reporting it to the fbi...a Congressman's twitter and FB accounts were supposedly hacked...that is a federal crime...why does weiner call it a prank...he sounds like he's lying...

[DailyBail]

Is America Ready for 'WeinerGate'?

http://spectator.org/archives/2011/05/31/is-america-ready-for-weinergat

good summary of everything up to this point...

[john]

U.K. admits training Saudi forces used to crush Arab uprising

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/30/u-k-admits-training-saudi-forces-used-to-crush-arab-uprising/

[snip]

The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) confirmed last week that U.K troops may have trained Saudi Arabia's national guard before they were used to help crush civil rights protests in Bahrain.



U.S. yanks diplomat from Bahrain after he's threatened

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/30/114982/us-yanks-diplomat-from-bahrain.html

[john]

Libya's Goldman Dalliance Ends in Losses, Acrimony
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304066504576347190532098376.html

[snip]

In early 2008, Libya's sovereign-wealth fund controlled by Col. Moammar Gadhafi gave $1.3 billion to Goldman Sachs Group to sink into a currency bet and other complicated trades. The investments lost 98% of their value, internal Goldman documents show.

What happened next may be one of the most peculiar footnotes to the global financial crisis. In an effort to make up for the losses, Goldman offered Libya the chance to become one of its biggest shareholders, according to documents and people familiar with the matter.

[DailyBail]

i saw that this morning john...great story...especially about running it by the fed and how goldman backed off that idea...plus the fact that goldman execs needed a bodyguard in libya after the contentious meeting...and lastly that the investment was made in 2008 in call options on large financial stocks..they probably had options on lehman, fannie, freddie, aig and more...hilariously dumb bastards...

[DailyBail]

you'll enjoy these 2 stories john...

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/its-all-hot-air-from-the-jetsetting-eco-brigade-20110530-1fcu1.html

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/bid-to-stifle-climate-debate-clouds-history-of-scientific-errors-20110526-1f69s.html

The Climate Change Commission has released its long-awaited report saying the ''jury is in'' on the science behind man-made climate change. The verdict? ''Humans are the problem.''
So strong is the consensus, argues the climate ambassador Tim Flannery, that it is time for news media to cease giving space for debate over the science in view of the magnitude of the threat and the inability of non-experts to understand the issues.

[DailyBail]

One dead, two injured after Virginia sheriff's deputy goes on bloody rampage

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/05/30/2011-05-30_one_dead_two_injured_after_virginia_sheriffs_deputy_goes_on_bloody_rampage.html#ixzz1NwdNB367

[DailyBail]

Here's what LAX passengers say TSA agents lost or damaged

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-20110530,0,7410208.story

[DailyBail]

CHICAGO (CN) - A woman says two Chicago cops sexually assaulted her, and the police force's "code of silence" enabled it, as one of them had "sexually assaulted another woman in an unrelated attack" less than a month before they attacked her. Both officers have been criminally charged, she says.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/05/27/36893.htm

must read...

[TR]

I wonder I if Texas & Utah could simply search everyone involved with the TSA every time they entered airport property?

[TR]

Did I here that the TSA could strip search? If so strip the TSA. All in the name of public safety.
I feel a RANT coming.

[DailyBail]

my parents just returned last night from a 3 week trip to greece...my grandfather came from greece to the u.s. alone when he was 13 years old...anyway, both my parents (who are 72 and 74) were patted down (groped) by the TSA...my dad is now pretty pissed off...consider him a convert to the anti-TSA team...

[LiberatedCitizen]

Remember That Greek Bailout Rumor...


GERMAN FDP PARLIAMENT MEMBER SCHAEFFLER TELLS PAPER GREECE SHOULD LEAVE EURO ZONE (RTRS)

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/remember-greek-bailout-rumor

Daily Bell did you hear the rumor? One site says DSK (IMF) found out all the Gold isn't in Fort Knox anymore! I don't trust the source and I think he's a filthy pig but I do think he could have been set up!

Strauss-Kahn Brings in CIA Connected Heavy Attack Team

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/05/strauss-kahn-brings-in-cia-connected.html

He hired ex-CIA for his defense.

[john]

Thanks DB, and you will enjoy this one....

Wind power project wavers after subsidy cuts

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2011/0527/Wind-power-project-wavers-after-subsidy-cuts

[snip]

Wind power development off Delaware's coast is delayed after Congress cuts back two loan guarantee programs. Is company having second thoughts about the wind power project?

btw, larry summers lives in the boston area and teaches at the JFK school of gov't... if Cheyenne is interested......