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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."

Sarah Palin Meet Caitlin Upton

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:51:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Take the gloves off and let the chips fall where they may.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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The Consequences of Gay Marriage

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:21:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: An Infographic!

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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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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.

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

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 Official Seal of the GOP

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:58:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: selfdeprecate.com

"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

Blunder*Woman - The Flaking of Palin 1,2,3

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:26:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mad magazine hits a home run.

Clip Source: www.aolcdn.com

Deathswitch - Don't Let Your Death Silence Your Thoughts

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:23:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Technology gives us so many gifts.

Clip Source: deathswitch.com

Clip Source: lifehacker.com

Do you want to be sure that your final messages and missives are heard? Death Switch is a service which sends out emails upon your unfortunate demise.

Why would you want to do such a thing? The company's web site points out a variety of potential reasons, like not leaving your coworkers and family high and dry without important passwords or information and getting a secret off your chest now that you're gone.

Death Switch determines when to send out the messages by sending out messages to you on a regular basis. If you fail to respond to enough of those messages in a row, the emails are mailed out.

Someone could also use this to contact their best friend, telling them where their stash of adult entertainment is, and requesting that they dispose of it to spare the shock of their loved ones.

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Hobo Signs

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:32:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When was the last time you saw the classic image of a hobo carrying a stick with a sack tied to the end?

Clip Source: www.hobogazette.com

take this sign for example, it means move your hobo ass cause theres a shitload a trouble somewhere nears.

or take this sign,it means turn your ass left cause theres shit if you go right.

thats the worst hobo sign there is. it means theres something big and bad and awful and its target is every hobo man, woman and punk.