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Taking Our Own Medicine - Policing America

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:55:25 GMT

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Clip Source: politicalirony.com

Too Big To Punish? Really?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:57:24 GMT

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clipper's remarks: But you, mere citizen, spread 'em!

Clip Source: www.mcclatchydc.com

WASHINGTON — Forget too big to fail. In the eyes of federal regulators, many Wall Street firms are too big to punish.

During the past three years, some of the nation's largest financial firms have been accused by the government of cheating or misleading clients and ripping off tens of thousands of consumers of their investments.

Despite these findings, these financial giants got, sometimes repeatedly, special exemptions from the Securities and Exchange Commission that have saved them from a regulatory death penalty that could have decimated their lucrative mutual fund businesses.

SEC rules permit corporate lawbreakers to apply for what are known as Section 9(c) waivers from one of the agency's harshest penalties — effectively shuttering the violator's mutual fund operations — but regulators never rejected any of these firms' applications. While the firms were punished in other ways, they were spared from what some claimed would be "severe and irreparable hardships."

The Consequences of Gay Marriage

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:21:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: An Infographic!

Clip Source: i.imgur.com

One Picture

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:44:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: No words needed.

Clip Source: www.divinecaroline.com

Vagina Power/Penis Power

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:29:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "All types of profanities..."

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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6 Colleagues File Suit in Whistleblower's Death

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:41:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: David Kelly may yet have his day.

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Six senior doctors have begun legal action to force a new inquest into the death of Dr David Kelly, the scientist who died days after being exposed as the source of a controversial BBC story on the Iraq war.

The action is being taken because six doctors are convinced that the original verdict of suicide is unsafe and should be overturned.

Some suspect that Dr Kelly, 59, was murdered shortly after it was revealed that he was the source of a BBC story which alleged that evidence against Iraq had been "sexed up" by the Government in order to justify the 2003 invasion.

The body of Dr Kelly, who was a UN weapons inspector, was found more than six years ago in woods near his Oxfordshire home after he went out for a walk. His wrist had been slashed. He also had painkillers in his bloodstream, although not at a lethal level.

The Truth About Work

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:01:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The sad truth, that is.

Clip Source: www.fortunewatch.com

The "Efficiency" of For-Profit Health Care

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:25:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I'd love to have a CPA explain to us all why this is better for us.

Clip Source: www.expressmilwaukee.com

Patient Jim Bujalski complained to St. Anthony Central Hospital in Littleton, Colo., in September about the cost of his prescription Plavix and Crestor tablets, which he was forced to "buy" from the hospital because it only administers drugs under its control. The Plavix cost $248 each (he pays $8 at home), and his Crestor ($3 at home) was $65. The medications were part of his $58,000, one-day hospital stay.

Irish Sisters of Mercy to pay $193,000,000 in Abuse Reparations

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:50:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hypocrites. You've got to love 'em!

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The Irish Sisters of Mercy is to supply a 128m euros (£116m) package as reparation for decades of child abuse in its schools and orphanages.

The order of nuns ran five schools named in the damning report, including the notorious Goldenbridge.

Overall, the offer is the largest made so far by any of the 18 Catholic religious bodies whose institutions were severely criticised for systemically abusing children in their care.

Cash of 20m euros will be transferred to a trust for former residents

Properties valued at 107.5m euros to be transferred to the state (80.8m euros), a trust for former residents (11.6m) and to voluntary groups (15m euros)

The order has already contributed 33m euros and has committed to pay 1.9m euros to counselling charity Faoiseamh over the next five years

More than 2,000 people told the commission they had suffered physical and sexual abuse as children in the institutions, which included schools and orphanages.

Vegetarian Festival Procession – Phuket, Thailand 2009

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:57:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ritual piercing at its finest.

Clip Source: www.thaitales.asia

The Vegetarian Festival is held over a nine day period in late September/early October, to celebrate the Chinese community’s belief that abstinence from meat and various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar will help them obtain good health and peace of mind.

One of the most gruesome aspects of the festival are the ceremonies which are held to invoke the gods. Firewalking, body piercing and other acts of self mortification undertaken by participants acting as mediums of the gods, where men and women puncture their cheeks with various items including knives, skewers and other household items.

Clip Source: www.thaitales.asia

The Pink Lady of Malibu

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:26:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Art is angst of one form or another.

Clip Source: www.woostercollective.com

One Saturday morning, on October 29, 1966, a massive 60-foot-tall painting of a nude pink lady holding flowers suddenly appeared as you headed into the tunnel on Malibu Canyon Road.

As word of the massive pink lady spread, and the traffic on the highway grew to a halt, city officials decided "The Pink Lady" had to be removed. Firefighters were called to hosing her off the rocks. It didn't work. Buckets of paint thinner were thrown on the rocks. It only made her pink skin pinker.

As county officials worked on figuring out a way to remove The Pink Lady, a 31-year-old paralegal from Northridge, a woman named Lynne Seemayer, suddenly showed up on the road and admitted that she was the artist who did the piece.

On Thursday, November 3, workers covered the painting with 14 gallons of brown paint.

"DeepThroat" Emerges in Mike Connell Plane Crash

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:30:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mike Connell developed websites for George W. Bush & John McCain. His plane crashed shortly after a grand-jury deposition.

Clip Source: legalschnauzer.blogspot.com

An anonymous informant has provided information indicating that an airplane piloted by Republican computer expert Mike Connell was sabotaged before it crashed on December 19, 2008, near Akron, Ohio.

One of Connell's sisters says she believes the family will file a wrongful-death lawsuit against Republican strategist Karl Rove if foul play ever is proven in the plane crash.

Connell, the founder of New Media Communications in Richfield, Ohio, was considered a skilled and experienced pilot. He developed campaign Web sites for a number of Republican clients, including George W. Bush and John McCain.

Connell had been forced to give a deposition in an election-fraud lawsuit on November 3, 2008, the day before the general election. Roughly six weeks later, his plane crashed next to a vacant house in Lake Township, Ohio, as Connell was returning from a business trip to Washington, D.C. The cause of the crash is unknown, and it remains under investigation

GM May Kill Saab Off If No Buyer Is Found

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:19:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Sorry, but this pisses me off. Saab deserves better than this.

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

General Motors Co. said it will phase out its storied Swedish Saab brand if no deal is reached by the end of this month.

GM's board met Tuesday to decide Saab's fate after a group led by Sweden's Koenigsegg Automotive AB dropped out of a deal last week to buy the company. About 4,500 jobs at Saab are at stake.

New potential buyers have emerged, GM said, so the board put off a final decision until the end of December. The automaker said in a statement that no "suitable arrangement" for Saab is found by then, it would "will begin an orderly wind down" of the unit.

The failed Saab sale marks the third time this year that GM couldn't close a deal for an unwanted brand that it is shedding as part of its reorganization.

GM decided to close Saturn after a deal with auto dealer Roger Penske fell through. And the automaker's board decided to keep the European automaker Opel after deciding it was too heavily integrated into the company for GM to let it go.

Douchebag Name Generator

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:10:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Discover your inner-douchebag.

Clip Source: www.tshirthell.com

By now you probably already know your pirate name, your stripper name, your pornstar name, your Harry Potter name, and your hillbilly name. Well now it's your chance to find out your douchebag name. While unscientific, it is surprisingly accurate. Just answer, and submit!

Junior! The Wendy's Guy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:21:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Go to the site and watch the movie, or at least the trailer.

Clip Source: www.thewendysguy.com