Wednesday
Jun092010
Wednesday Morning Reading (June 9, 2010)
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/08/ocean-saratoga-another-oi_n_604812.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/06/04/2010-06-04_sarah_palin_aide_fred_malek_helped_former_president_richard_nixon_dump_jews_from.html#ixzz0qKn21vEo
http://blog.al.com/live/2010/06/another_gulf_oil_spill_well_ne.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/06/02/citigroups-banker-exodus-in-europe-continues/
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/06/08/who-has-it-worse-bp-or-goldman-sachs/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fdeals%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Deal+Journal+-+WSJ.com%29
http://dealbreaker.com/2010/06/goldman-even-guiltier-than-previously-assumed-says-fcic-vice-chairman/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dealbreaker+%28Dealbreaker%29
http://dealbreaker.com/2010/06/bank-lobbyists-fighting-new-provision-on-trust-preferred-cdos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dealbreaker+%28Dealbreaker%29
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2010/06/senator-nelson-bp-well-itself-may-have.html
http://www.thefinancialinvestigator.com/?p=64
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37574739
John Carney
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/goldman-sachs-reputation-destruction-tour/
WASHINGTON -- Organizations in the financial services sector have deployed at least 1,447 former federal employees to lobby Congress and federal agencies since the beginning of 2009, according to a joint analysis of federal disclosure records and other data released today by Public Citizen and the Center for Responsive Politics. (Download the full report here: FinancialRevolvingDoors.pdf )
This small army of registered financial services sector lobbyists includes at least 73 former members of Congress, of whom 17 served on the banking committees of either the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate. At least 66 industry lobbyists worked for these committees as staffers, while 82 additional lobbyists once worked for congressional members who currently serve on these key committees.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/06/report-revolving-door-spins-quickly.html
Prominent Oil Industry Insider: "There's Another Leak, Much Bigger, 5 to 6 Miles Away"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704032704575268962900687370.html?mod=WSJ_business_whatsNews
In Yonkers, more than 100 retired police officers and firefighters are collecting pensions greater than their pay when they were working. One of the youngest, Hugo Tassone, retired at 44 with a base pay of about $74,000 a year. His pension is now $101,333 a year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/business/economy/21pension.html
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6502GA.htm
Rand Paul Remarks Lead Kentucky Legislature To Pass Civil Rights Legislation
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/26/despite-soaring-national-debt-congress-goes-spending-spree/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-06-01-column01_ST_N.htm
http://www.businessinsider.com/money-managers-should-pay-the-same-tax-rates-as-everyone-else-2010-6
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704875604575280452365548866.html?mod=e2tw
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1283151/Drunk-teacher-drove-wrong-way-A1-70mph-escapes-jail.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/27/exclusive-us-probes-goldm_n_592300.html
http://www.newdeal20.org/2010/05/27/are-we-going-the-way-of-the-roman-republic-11305/
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/david-einhorn-good-news-for-the-grandchildren-2010-5#ixzz0qLAsq09g
New MSNBC Documentary: "Rise Of The New Right"
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/27/pelosi_blames_bush_for_lax_offshore_drilling_oversight.html
Here's How CNN.com Accidentally Published Al Gore's Private Email Address
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ace-greenberg-2010-6#ixzz0qLDsoZwR
Greenberg is an absolute bailout apologist...Video
http://www.house.gov/htbin/blog_inc?BLOG,tx14_paul,blog,999,All,Item%20not%20found,ID=100601_3706,TEMPLATE=postingdetail.shtml
By Ron Paul
http://dailyreckoning.com/taibbi%E2%80%99s-view-of-congress%E2%80%99-audit-the-fed-debate/
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-hanson-mortgage-foreclosure-2010-6#ixzz0qLF08OxC
http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2010/05/the_101_best_sandwiches_in_new.html#photo=97
http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-could-totally-justify-blaming-their-senate-hearing-on-a-24-year-harvard-girl-2010-6
http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-told-calpers-in-march-that-it-wasnt-being-investigated-2010-6#ixzz0qLFlOWV6
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/05/31/pelosi_declares_democrats_will_be_the_majority_after_the_mid-terms.html
http://www.therightscoop.com/florida-assistant-state-attorney-fired-for-for-speaking-at-tea-party
http://www.therightscoop.com/name-that-politician
Within seconds of watching this video I was already in tears. The brutality show in this video is beyond the pale, but there is a truth about it that no one can deny. It’s only photos, but it will break your heart.
http://www.therightscoop.com/the-horror-of-sharia-law
Meet Vaughn Ward. He's running in today's Republican primary in Idaho's 1st Congressional District. He's an Iraq War veteran. A former CIA operations officer. A fourth-generation Idaho native. Heck, Sarah Palin supports him.
And after this spring's disastrous, gaffe-filled primary campaign -- during which Ward declared that Puerto Rico was a country, apparently plagiarized fellow candidates and Barack Obama, campaigned on cutting federal spending while his wife's gig at Fannie Mae allowed Ward to go without an income, and re-released a six-month-old endorsement -- Ward may be able to add another title to his resume: Worst candidate ever.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/vaughn-ward-worst-candidate-ever.php
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/keith-mccullough-us-is-next-2010-5#ixzz0qLIIGHKE
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-06-01/news/is-this-woman-too-hot-to-work-in-a-bank/1
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/us/03nuke.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Bad gov't ideas for journalism
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/how_not_to_save_news_2g7IgzaZNuwuZU80CVcQ7M#comments_block#ixzz0qLKRY8tT
http://www.businessinsider.com/greenlight-capitals-david-einhorn-we-should-get-rid-of-official-credit-ratings-2010-6#ixzz0qLKigDNG
'Obama Deceives the Public'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,699677,00.html
The distance between the president and the people is beginning to be revealed.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294231631318728.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Once-a-government-pet-BP-now-a-capitalist-tool-95942659.html#ixzz0qN5VxQ00
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7812903/Risks-to-global-economy-have-risen-significantly-top-IMF-official-warns.html
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1285197/The-mini-flying-drones-join-takeoff--human-intervention.html#ixzz0qN5tXi1l