Feb
02
Abigail Field | Securitization Fail, Or, The Depth of Schneiderman’s Betrayal If Signs the Servicer Settlement, Or, Why DE AG Beau Biden Rocks
“If the Trust doesn’t really own the loans, you see, our deal blows up. If the Trust doesn’t own the loans, the Trust doesn’t have a right to collect and give out the mortgage payments to you. The Trust also doesn’t have the right to foreclose on the homeowners. And any money the Trust pays … Read more
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Feb
02
RNC video: Happy anniversary to the three-year, one-term promise, Mr. President!
But don't take our word for it ...
Three years ago today, while Barack Obama demanded almost $800 billion in stimulus funds, he told NBC that the money would generate millions of net new jobs and a new period of growth in short order. “If I don’t have this done in three years,” Obama told NBC, “then there’s going to be a one-term [...]
Feb
01
Report: Trump to endorse Gingrich tomorrow in Nevada
Money.
Are you ready for a “major announcement”? Team Trump won’t say what it is except that it’s related to the race, but KLAS in Vegas says he’s going all in for Newt. An advisor to Donald Trump says he will make a major announcement in Las Vegas tomorrow. Sources tell the 8 News NOW I-Team [...]
Feb
01
The Ed Morrissey Show: Scott Rasmussen, Katie Pavlich
3 pm ET!
Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), I’ll welcome Scott Rasmussen to TEMS for the first time to discuss his new book The People’s Money: How Voters Will Balance the Budget and Eliminate the Federal Debt, a look at how an empowered grassroots could accomplish what an entrenched political class cannot. In the [...]
Feb
01
Obama money advantage disappearing
So are his state approval ratings.
For a year, Republicans have worried about having to face a billion-dollar Re-Elect Obama machine in the fall. Most have just assumed that whoever wins the GOP nomination will have to contend with being outfunded and outgunned, even apart from the usual Democratic advantages of the news media and entertainment industry. National Journal punctures this [...]
Jan
31
Confirmed by the CBO: Federal workers receive more compensation than private workers
It's "news" to the MSM.
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released a report that confirmed what conservative labor analysts James Sherk and Jason Richwine have known (and written about) for some time: Federal government employees receive more in total compensation than their private-sector counterparts. Specifically, the CBO report found the following: Federal civilian employees with no more than a high [...]
Jan
31
Lee Camp | How To Destroy The Environment, Steal Money, & Look Good Doing It (VIDEO)
Explicit Language so Viewer Discretion Advised Have we surpassed Orwell’s “1984″? We continue to see a level of fraud by corporations and the wealthiest people that would make Skeletor blush. And the most amazing part is that they’re able to look good doing it. ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet Related posts: Guess the Money is too Good … Read more
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Jan
25
Club for Growth rips Newt for criticizing Romney’s investment income
"Poisonous."
Ed touched on Gingrich’s comments earlier (lefty Greg Sargent gleefully titled his post on the subject, “Capitalism on trial”), but now that big conservative outlets like CFG are pushing back, I figured they deserved a second post. Again, here’s what the putative GOP nominee had to say about Romnney’s outrageous scheme of making big money [...]
Jan
23
Romney to Florida: Say, shouldn’t Gingrich give back the Freddie Mac money already?
Gingrich agrees to release of Freddie Mac contract.
People say they like Newt Gingrich because he fights even if he doesn’t always win, which reminds me of Abraham Lincoln’s assessment of Ulysses Grant as commander of the Union army in the Civil War. (Say, this historian stuff is catching, isn’t it?) Mitt Romney wants to show people that he can fight with a [...]
Jan
22
Quotes of the day
Roar.
“In [Team Romney's] view, Gingrich has barely run a campaign. As they see it, Team Gingrich doesn’t have the money, professionalism, brains, or organization of the Romney campaign. They see the former Speaker as somewhat unstable and vulnerable to continued attack on issues of ethics and morals. And most of all, they see Gingrich as [...]
Jan
20
Citizens United Anniversary | Citizens United v. FEC – What it Means for Democracy
The Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v FEC allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money directly from their treasuries buying ads supporting (or attacking) candidates for office. A quick summary of what that means and what it will take to overturn that decision. ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet Related posts: Hacker Collective Anonymous Issues … Read more
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Jan
18
Great news: Congressional gift shops also run deficits
Souvenir red ink, anyone?
Well, why not? After all, what tourist visit to Capitol Hill would be complete without some souvenir red ink? Both of the gift shops at the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) are losing money, despite the 2 million people who visit the U.S. Capitol every year. The Architect of the Capitol’s office (AoC), which oversees the [...]
Jan
18
Abigail Field | Our Morally Bankrupt Government, Justice Part II: Defending the Rule of Law
Our Morally Bankrupt Government, Justice Part II: Defending the Rule of Law My last post detailed how the Justice Department abandoned the principle of equality before the law in its Financial Meltdown enforcement efforts. This post focuses on Justice’s efforts–and lack thereof–to defend our legal system and the rule of law it relies on. The … Read more
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Jan
16
Pelosi: Nothing brings more money to the Treasury than education
Hmm.
At the El Paso County Democratic Party 2012 Hall of Fame banquet on Friday night, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivered a razzle-dazzle keynote address filled with profound and unprecedented ideas. A sampling: This is “the most important election of our generation.” “The American people want jobs.” “They want us to work together.” [...]
Jan
16
Ellen Brown | Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
Relief for Counties: Land Banks and Eminent Domain The legal tide is turning against MERS and the banks, giving rise to some interesting possibilities for relief at the county level. Local governments have the power of eminent domain: they can seize real or personal property if (a) they can show that doing so is in … Read more
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Jan
12
Warren Buffett puts other people’s money where his mouth is
You first.
Warren Buffett has been a very successful man in terms of high finance, no doubt about it. But of late he has become even more famous for insisting that tax rates on mega-successful people like himself are too low. He’s just not paying his fair share. His poor, beleaguered secretary – possibly the most famous [...]
Jan
08
Quotes of the day
Money.
“Thanks to a $5 million donation from a wealthy casino owner, a group supporting New Gingrich plans to place advertisements in South Carolina this week attacking Mitt Romney as a predatory capitalist who destroyed jobs and communities, adding a full-scale Republican dimension to an assault on Mr. Romney’s business background… “The Bain-centered campaign strikes at [...]
Jan
08
Quotes of the day
Money.
“Thanks to a $5 million donation from a wealthy casino owner, a group supporting New Gingrich plans to place advertisements in South Carolina this week attacking Mitt Romney as a predatory capitalist who destroyed jobs and communities, adding a full-scale Republican dimension to an assault on Mr. Romney’s business background… “The Bain-centered campaign strikes at [...]
Jan
07
Climate change castaways?
Well, we'll just move to Australia, I guess...
Mohamed Nasheed, president of the Maldives, is sick and tired of you people and your huge carbon footprints and he wants you to know it. In fact, so worried is their leader about climate change causing the seas to rise and swallow up his islands, he’s saving up his money to move his entire population [...]
Jan
02
It begins: Romney is a “Massachusetts moderate at best,” says Gingrich
"The gap between Romney and me is about the size of the gap between Los Angeles and New York in terms of ideology."
He said it was coming and now here it comes. I think Liz Mair’s dead right: I don’t know where Newt Gingrich will finish tomorrow night, but I bet you money he doesn’t go away or stop trashing Romney now. Based on this Piers Morgan interview, in fact, I would assume Newt is now personally [...]
Dec
29
Former Sorenson campaign manager: Told me “several times” that Paul campaign offered money for switch
"He just committed political suicide."
When the Bachmann campaign claimed that their former Iowa state chair Kent Sorenson got bought by Ron Paul’s campaign to switch allegiance, I chalked it up to the momentary and understandable hyperbole in the immediate aftermath of betrayal. It’s still a little difficult to believe, but Bachmann and her team might not have made up [...]
Dec
27
Feelgood video of the day: Store clerk knocks armed robber out cold
"If he wants money, get a job. Work, like everybody else in this world."
Via Wizbang, be sure to check out the stills at the Daily Mail of this guy forcing the robber to wipe up his own blood off the store’s floor. Before I saw that, I was going to propose a Christie/Mothershead ticket next year. After I saw it, I’m thinking more like Mothershead/Christie. Easily the most [...]
Dec
22
Romney to Gingrich: I’d rather not debate you one on one
Triple-dog dares for me, but ...
Say, doesn’t this remind people of another debate challenge? One in which one candidate bet another a bunch of money as an intimidation tactic? Remember when the man who offered the bet claimed a refusal was an admission of error? Good times, good times: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Thursday spurned a challenge from former [...]
Dec
20
Sarah Palin: “It’s not too late for folks to jump in”
Plus, she's on Team Tebow.
In an interview with Eric Bolling on “Follow the Money” last night, Sarah Palin re-invited conjecture about you know what. The Iowa caucuses are just two weeks away, but “it’s not to late for folks to jump in” the GOP presidential race, Palin said. “Who knows what will happen in the future?” she asked. Hers [...]
Dec
15
Occupy D.C. presents Boehner with a golden calf because he idolizes money or something
Got it.
If the protesters had melted their jewelry in a campfire and crafted a calf made of solid gold, this would have been more impressive. As it is, it seems like a desperate plea for attention now that most of their Occupy brethren across the country have packed up and put away the tents. Based on [...]
Dec
14
Witness: Corzine knew that customer funds flew
"Send back 175."
Last week, Jon Corzine testified before Congress that he had no idea that the company he ran into the ground, MF Global, had borrowed money from customer accounts. Corzine might end up wishing that he’d just taken the Fifth instead. A witness directly contradicted his claim in Senate testimony yesterday, saying that Corzine not only [...]
Dec
11
19 Payments Later, Bank of America Refuses to Honor Loan Mod after Husband Dies (VIDEO)
“Here I was, paying every month (the amount the bank told me to pay), thinking I was OK and waiting for the OK that the loan would be approved in my name and everything,” said Geffre. “Then they hit me in July saying, ‘We can’t accept your money anymore.’” ~ 4closureFraud.org Tweet Related posts:Bank of … Read more
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Dec
10
SEC warns LightSquared figure of potential fraud probe
First Corzine, then ...
It’s been a bad week for big Democratic donors. First Jon Corzine, one of Barack Obama’s main bundlers and his liaison to Wall Street, told Congress on Thursday that he had no idea that the firm he ran had somehow lost $1.2 billion in customer money attempting to cover losses from Corzine’s bets on European [...]
Dec
08
Corzine: I have no idea where the money went
Taking the Fifth?
Jon Corzine goes to Capitol Hill today to answer questions about the disappearance of as much as $1.2 billion in the collapse of MF Global under his leadership. The former Democratic governor of New Jersey and current fundraising bundler for Barack Obama might not have too much to say to the House Agriculture Committee. In [...]
