It looks like Greece is about to foul up: Government in Greece Teeters After Move on Referendum By RACHEL DONADIO and NIKI KITSANTONIS Published: November 1, 2011 ATHENS — The government of Prime Minister George Papandreou teetered on the verge of collapse on Tuesday, threatening Greece’s adherence to the terms of a new deal with [...]
Austerity? What austerity?
We noted, after the famous deal where the Republicans and Democrats agreed to those horribly draconian, utterly heartless budget cuts last spring that it sure didn’t look like much was actually cut. They touted a “whopping” $38 billion, which turned out to be an absolutely staggering, incredibly heartless and cruel $352 million. From : A [...]
Obamacare Falling Apart Under its Own Weight
Next we need SCOTUS to call it Unconstituional and we can stick a fork in this turkey, it’s done. Obama pulls plug on part of health overhaul law By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration Friday pulled the plug on a major program in the president’s signature health overhaul law – [...]
Wasting money in Philadelphia
There were several stories from the City of Brotherly Love yesterday which amounted to nothing more than wastes of money. Supreme Court refuses to reinstate Abu-Jamal death sentence¹ By Joseph A. Slobodzian, Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a petition by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office seeking to [...]
Is This Another $700 Million Plus Down The Obama Rat Hole???
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/28/feds-guarantee-1-billion-in-new-solar-loans/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS Feds guarantee $1 billion in new solar loans Projects ‘carefully vetted’ in wake of Solyndra failure By Jim McElhatton The Washington Times Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Days before the expiration of its loan program, the Department of Energy, under fire for backing more than a half-billion dollars in loans to now-bankrupt solar panel maker [...]
“No one warned us!” — A Greek Tragedy
From The New York Times: Worried Greeks Fear Collapse of Middle Class Welfare State By RACHEL DONADIO Published: September 24, 2011 ATHENS — Sitting in the modest living room of the home she shares with her parents, husband and two teenage children, Stella Firigou fretted about how the family would cope with the uncertainties of [...]