9/11? Good heavens, man, get a grip.
For those unfamiliar with Cooper: he is your run-of-the-mill National Socialist Democrat who just happens to be employed by the state-run media.
9/11? Good heavens, man, get a grip.
For those unfamiliar with Cooper: he is your run-of-the-mill National Socialist Democrat who just happens to be employed by the state-run media.Who: General Services Administration What: Announced a boost for per diem rates for federal employees on office travel at the National Business Travel Association Conference in San Diego.Meals and incidental rates are increasing for fiscal 2010 for the first time since fiscal 2006. Rates will range from $46 to $71, depending on location, up from a $39-to-$64 range. The incidental expense rate will increase from $3 to $5. Why it's an outrage:Just Wednesday the 10-year estimated deficit was raised to $9.5 trillion. How about instead of running up travel budgets for questionable conferences, federal employees learn the wonders of Skype, GoToMeeting and similar digital services? Where to vent: Call Rodney Miller of travel management policy at the General Services Administration at 202-501-3822.
In truth, they probably effectively target 99%+ of ads, but the occasional mishap still happens.
No Myth: Illegal Immigrants Covered: AT (Feldman)
Well, there are a lot to choose from, but one in particular is the sleaziest of the lot. That would be none other than Chuckie "Welfare Queen" Schumer, senior dirtbag from New York.[Schumer's] moves in the health-care game have been carefully strategized with the Obama White House, particularly Schumer's close ally from the 2006 electoral wars, Rahm Emanuel. So Schumer's tough talk last week about Democrats being prepared to pass a health-care bill without any Republican support was seen as delivering a message from Obama... [and] ...he's on record unequivocally promising to deliver a Senate health-care package that includes a public option
In the last week, Democrats have begun to talk openly of using a procedure known as budget reconciliation to pass a health bill in the Senate with a simple majority, assuming no Republican support. To do that, under Senate rules, they would probably need to show that the public plan changed federal spending or revenues and that the effects were not “merely incidental” to the changes in health policy...
Now the reconciliation process is supposed to be a procedural process to work out differences between a Senate bill and a House bill. And he wants to abuse that process in order to get around the 60-vote filibuster rule in the Senate.
Schumer says, "let's get around the filibuster for legislation using the reconciliation process", so all we need is 51 votes.![]() | ![]() |
Prime mortgages (those issued to borrowers with the highest qualifications) are defaulting at an unprecedented rate.
And, in every loan category, losses are demolishing the balance sheets of financial institutions.
Over the last two years, mutual fund assets under management have diminished by 20% annually.On the February earnings call, James E. Rohr, PNC’s chairman and CEO, sounded as cheerful as Barack Obama used to before he took office. “We’ve been open for business throughout this period by adhering to our business model and leveraging our success at building long-term relationships with our clients, and by allocating capital based upon risk-adjusted returns, we’ve delivered significant value to the shareholders over time.”
So far as the dividend is concerned, there will be 85% less of it, PNC disclosed on Monday, suggesting it was the regulators’ idea. Up til then, the Pittsburgh-based super-regional had been on the offensive. At the end of December, it doubled its customer base by swallowing Cleveland’s National City Bank for $5.6 billion of stock and an odd lot of cash. The combined entity shows $291 billion in assets, $175 billion in loans and $193 billion in deposits. It has a 33% ownership stake in Black-
Rock, a capital-markets business and a custody business. Nonperformers stand at 74 basis points of total assets, and the allowance for bad loans covers 236% of known duds. National City was choking on bad loans, home-equity credits among others, and PNC was able to mark some of these assets as low as 42 cents on the dollar.
Come the turn, shareholders will thank CEO Rohr for his courage and foresight in buying low. Pending that happy event, however, they will have to live with the possibility that Rohr did not, in fact, buy low, but rather, like so many others on Wall Street, mistook a calamity for a business cycle. As the regulators count capital, PNC is amply covered, with a so-called Tier 1 ratio of capital (equity and preferred) to assets of 9.7%. But the market puts no more stock in the bank regulators these days than it does in the ratings agencies, and the market is focused on tangible common equity. Preferred doesn’t count. “Owing to the National City acquisition,” colleague Ian McCulley observes, “PNC has a tangible common equity ratio of just 2.9%. Asked on last month’s call if another capital raise is in the offing, management was noncommittal...
King on Holder: 'the blood will be on Eric Holder's hands': JWFCABLE NEWS RACE
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Let's get a little closer -- look, it's a 2010 Honda Pilot!
How much do you want to bet that a cash-for-clunkers deal was used to purchase this bad boy?...many of those cashing in on the clunkers program are surprised when they get to the treasurer's office windows. That's because the government's rebate of up to $4500 dollars for every clunker is taxable.
"They didn't realize that would be taxable. A lot of people don't realize that. So they're not happy and kind of surprised when they find that out," Nelson said.
The amusement here is how most (if not all) states compute sales tax (charged when you register the vehicle.)When you buy a new car you pay tax on the difference between the new car's purchase price and the trade-in you present to the dealer. This is an intentional distortion in the law that is intended to favor dealers over private-party used car sales; if you sell your used car privately the new buyer pays sales tax but you do not get the offset on the purchase of your replacement vehicle - the only way to get that is to trade the car.
Dealers use this, of course, in negotiations, effectively pocketing the sales tax - and why not? It's a real difference to you!
But the "cash for clunkers" is not a trade-in... [it's] a $4,500 check from the government...
So you get nailed at least once and possibly twice. Specifically, you pay sales tax on the full vehicle price (effectively paying sales tax on the $4,500!) and what's worse [is that] those states that tax income... might wind up counting this as income for state income tax purposes too, effectively taxing you twice... and I bet the car dealers, incredibly ethical people that they are, were fully informing their suckers, er, clients of this little "feature" of that government handout too.
When you're done watching the video, check out his site and buy some of his crap.
Seems like a worthy cause.To the Congress:The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 - you have had 234 years to get it right; it is broke.
Social Security was established in 1935 - you have had 74 years to get it right; it is broke.
Fannie Mae was established in 1938 - you have had 71 years to get it right; it is broke.
The "War on Poverty" started in 1964 - you have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor"; it hasn't worked and our entire country is broke.
Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 - you've had 44 years to get it right; they are broke.
Freddie Mac was established in 1970 - you have had 39 years to get it right; it is broke.
Trillions of dollars were spent in the massive political payoffs called TARP, the "Stimulus", the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009... none show any signs of working, although ACORN appears to have found a new b***h: the American taxpayer.
And finally, to set a new record:"Cash for Clunkers" was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009! It took good dependable cars (that were the best some people could afford) and replaced them with high-priced and less-affordable cars, mostly Japanese. A good percentage of the profits went out of the country. And the American taxpayers take the hit for Congress' generosity in burning three billion more of our dollars on failed experiments.
So with a perfect 100% failure rate and a record that proves that "services" you shove down our throats are failing faster and faster, you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health care system?
20% of our entire economy?
With all due respect,
Are you f***ing crazy?
Just add socialized medicine and KA-F***ING-BOOM!!! The end of the line for the United States -- well done!
Gateway Pundit has all of the salient details. And then some.
GOP Offers Seniors Health Care Bill of Rights: Ace![]() | ![]() |
Each senior in your household (aged 65 or above) may be turned for a $4,500 instant cash reward at a conveniently located Senior Turn-In Center near you (seniors suffering from incontinence and other maladies may yield less, read the program details for complete offer information).
Any senior you exchange will be disposed of humanely, using an intravenous drip consisting of a saline, morphine, short-acting barbiturate and chemical paralytic solution. This saves the Social Security Administration and Medicare from spending between $40,000 to $80,000 for each, average end-of-life treatment.










Obama White House v. CIA; Panetta Threatened to Quit
Tensions Lead to CIA Director's "Screaming Match" at the White House
By MATTHEW COLE, RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS -- August 24, 2009A "profanity-laced screaming match" at the White House involving CIA Director Leon Panetta, and the expected release today of another damning internal investigation, has administration officials worrying about the direction of its... intelligence team ....Panetta erupted in a tirade last month during a meeting with a senior White House staff member[, reportedly] upset over plans by [AG] Eric Holder to open a criminal investigation of allegations that CIA officers broke the law in carrying out certain interrogation techniques ...Another source of contention... was today's public release of an investigation by the CIA inspector general on the first two years of the agency's interrogation and detention program. The report has been delayed by ...debate over how much of the report should be kept secret... One CIA official said colleagues ...were preparing for a far-reaching criminal investigation...
I understand you're upset, Leon. Rest assured, this investigation is in the best interest of the country.
What the hell are you talking about? Starting investigations of the CIA officers who kept this country safe after 9/11? What are you thinking??
Leon, how do you expect us to regain credibility with the Arab Street until we adhere to the lawful principles of prisoner detention?
Frankly, Eric, I don't give a damn! Now that I've been in this job a while and seen the results of waterboarding, it's crystal clear we saved scores of innocent American lives. Civilians, dammit, civilians!
I guess we'll just have to agree t--
Dammit, Eric, this is no game! You're a real piece of work, you know that? Freeing the FALN terrorists, freeing Marc Rich, and even defending the Gitmo terrorists --
Hey! That wasn't me, that was my law firm!
No matter, I'm lodging a complaint with the President. You're undermining my authority!
CUT!!
Beautiful, guys, beautiful performance.
Axe is going to leak this tape to the useful idiots at ABC and *voila* ... the health care debate is out of the news and Bush is back!
Mr. President, if you don't mind me asking, how much do you pay Axelrod for this stuff?
Ha! That, my friend, really is classified information!