Archive for November 8th, 2009

Tom Gregory: Goldman Sachs: Man Bites Dog, Americans Bleed

(Rooters) Washington D.C. Man Bites Dog! In a bold-faced brazen move against their master, on Friday The Obama on administration rejected a proposal by Goldman Sachs to buy as much as $1 billion in tax credits from Fannie Mae, saying the deal would have amounted to a net loss for taxpayers.

Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target In DVD Price War

NEW YORK — First it was books. Now it’s DVDs.

Raymond J. Learsy: The Price of Oil and the Massacre at Fort Hood

The relation between price of oil and the slaughter that took place at Fort Hood is hardly as farfetched as it would appear. In a instructive article (http://www.islamicpluralism.org/1408/take-a-look-at-hasans-old-mosque) that was reprinted as an Op-ed in the NYPost on Saturday Nov 7, one Stephen Suleyman Schwartz Executive Director of the Center of Islamic Pluralism talks about the influences that apparently formed Major Nidal Hassan’s murderous hatred. This in striking contrast to the New York Times’ “see no evil” editorial of the same date, pontificating, “But until investigations are complete, no one can begin to imagine what could possibly have motivated the latest appalling carnage.” Really?! The Times, undeterred, continues with an article on today’s front page, “A Military Therapist’s World: Long Hours, Filled With Pain” replete with the sad song of twisted rationalizations, instructing us that this horrendous act was attributable to professional traumatic stress or as brightly cited in the Times, “Thursday’s rampage has put a spotlight on the stains of their profession and the patients they treat.” Then, in an adjoining article on the same NY Times front page, “Preliminary Fort Hood Inquiry Turns Up No Link To Terrorist Plot” the NY Times is quick to advise us “But, so far, investigators have unearthed no evidence that he was directed or steered into violence”.

Buffett’s Firm Berkshire Hathaway Sees Profits Triple

Around the Web: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD – Apr … Warren Buffett to CNBC: U.S.

Seth Meyers & Amy Poehler Go Off On Goldman Sachs (VIDEO)

While thousands of at-risk Americans wait, some big Wall Street banks have already secured the in-demand swine flu vaccine for their employees. Goldman Sachs has received 200 doses — the same amount as Lenox Hill Hospital. Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler devoted their segment “Really?!

Banks’ 2008 Stock Options Turning Out To Be Most Lucrative Payouts Ever

The New York Times : Banks cut bonuses last year and shifted more pay into stock and options from cash, a tactic that lawmakers supported for its emphasis on long-term performance. Within months, the financial system began to mend — partly with the help of billions of dollars in government aid — and that stock began surging in value. Some of it can be cashed in starting in just a few months.

Frank Rich: White House Doesn’t Seem To Understand Public’s Wall Street Rage


 
 
 
 
 Two Democrats won new House seats (including in the Republican stronghold of NYs 27th district). 
 Virginia, unsurprisingly, went with the opposite party than the one in the WH, while Obama personally remains at 51%popularity in the state. 
 Corzine, “Mr.

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