Total government convictions for IRS 'tax crimes': 666
posted 11/17/2009, 3:07 PM (Examiner) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Thomas A Barthold, Chief of Staff of the Congressional 'Joint Committee on Taxation, released a 4 page letter on Guy Fawkes day Nov. 5th, in response to Republican Congressman Dave Camp of Michigan. Camp had inquired about H.R. 3962, otherwise known as the "Affordable Health care for America Act". Barthold began by recouting how Camp had "specifically inquired about penalties for a willful failure to comply" with provisions of the bill.
He explained that the bill contains a "tax on individuals without acceptable health care coverage" and adds that the goal of the IRS is "consistency, fairness and predicttability in administration of penalties". Barthold continued "if the government determined that the taxpayer's unpaid tax liability results from willful behavior, the following penalties could apply" and outlines 'civil penalties section 6662(a), 6663", etc.
Barton reassures Camp of the Justice Department and IRS benevolence: "Criminal prosecution is not authorized without careful review by both the IRS and the Department of Justice. In practice the application of criminal penalties is infrequent. in fiscal year 2009, the total cases referred for prosecution of legal source tax crimes were as follows:"
Americans are worried about the fine print in the health care overhaul, an Associated Press poll says, and those concerns are creating new challenges for President Barack Obama as he tries to overcome doubts in Congress.
Despite a widely shared conviction that major health care changes are needed, Democratic bills that aim to extend coverage to the uninsured and hold down medical costs get no better than a lukewarm reception ... (more)
Warning that Britain needs to step up its efforts to reduce greenhouse gases after picking all the "low-hanging fruit", Adair Turner said radical steps would be needed for electricity generation, cars and homes.
Quote: "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops ... (more)
Obama 2009: Now that we've taken you to the bank, get ready to go and die in Iran!
Thursday November 12th, 2009
Conflicts of interest? Dr. Mehmet Oz owns 150,000 option shares in vaccine technology company
posted 11/12/2009, 11:25 PM (Natural News) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Dr. Mehmet Oz is a huge promoter of vaccines. He’s been on television reinforcing fear about H1N1 swine flu and telling everyone to get vaccinated. But what he didn’t tell his viewing audience is that he holds 150,000 option shares in a vaccine company that could earn him millions of dollars in profits as the stock price rises. It is in Dr. Oz’s own financial interest, in other words, to hype up vaccines and get more people taking them so that his own financial investments rise in value.
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Global Rich Embrace Environmentalism
posted 11/12/2009, 11:23 PM (Times Online) [Category: Politics/Corruption] The global rich are going green as never before. This first Sunday Times Green Rich List shows that the enthusiasm among the world's wealthiest for investments in areas as diverse as electric cars, solar power and geothermal energy is unaffected by the recession.
The Green List has unearthed 100 tycoons or wealthy families worth £200m or more who have made either serious investments in green technology and businesses or hefty financial commitments to environmental causes. In total... (more)
Stealing people's money under the guise of saving the environment is big business.
Tuesday November 10th, 2009
Chris Smith - the respectable radical who is plotting a green revolution
posted 11/10/2009, 6:12 AM (The Times) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Chris Smith is the respectable radical. He was the first openly gay MP. As the Culture Secretary in Tony Blair’s Government, he pioneered free admissions to museums. Later, from the back benches, he masterminded opposition in the House of Commons to the war in Iraq. Now Lord Smith of Finsbury wants to start a green revolution — and the mild-mannered rambler might just succeed.
As chairman of the Environment Agency, his job is to persuade a sceptical public that, despite the ... (more)
The couple wound up in a desperate, six-year fight to keep their modest, 1,500-square-foot San Jose home, a struggle that pushed them into bankruptcy.
The lender with whom they sparred, however, wasn’t the one that had written their loans. It was an obscure subsidiary of Wall Stree... (more)
Sunday November 8th, 2009
Democrats' health care bill has mandates and penalties
posted 11/08/2009, 12:17 AM (The Kansas City Star ) [Category: Politics/Corruption] The House Democrats’ bill is called the Affordable Health Care for America Act, HR 3962. The information below was gathered from the bill’s text, an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, an analysis by the non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation, and reporting by The Associated Press. Links to those sources can be found at kansascity.com.
What’s the goal of the bill?
“To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the ... (more)
House members are still negotiating important issues in the bill--whether it will provide taxpayer-funding for abortions, for example. Pelosi is pushing for a Saturday House vote, and a n... (more)
House Passes $1 Trillion Measure to Overhaul U.S. Health Care
posted 11/07/2009, 11:48 PM (Bloomberg) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House passed legislation with the most far-reaching changes to the nation’s health-care system in four decades, requiring all Americans to get coverage, and subjecting insurers to new restrictions and competition from a government program.
The House voted 220-215 today to approve the measure, which would cost more than $1 trillion over 10 years. Just one Republican, Representative Joseph Cao of Louisiana, backed the plan, and 39 Democrats broke rank... (more)
This is a multi-trillion dollar bailout for big insurance mandating them 30,000,000+ new customers to loot.
Wednesday November 4th, 2009
Elites Launch "Global Impact Investing Network"
posted 11/04/2009, 4:52 PM (Old-Thinker News) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Tax exempt foundations, banks and philanthropic organizations have been hard at work in the United States for decades molding the country to their liking. The schooling system, media, medical institutions, and foreign policy of the United States have all been influenced by them. Today, these foundations are partnering with global banking powerhouses in order to create the “Global Impact Investing Network” (GIIN) which aims to spearhead a new form of investment.... (more)
Perhaps not. In fact, there is every reason to believe that Mr Blair might be rather relieved if he doesn't have to go to Brussels, because taking the job would have meant renouncing his current role as a one-man multinational money-making machine.
In this Audit the Fed update, Dr. Paul explains what is happening with HR 120... (more)
Buffett buying Burlington Northern railroad
posted 11/04/2009, 4:50 PM (MSNBC) [Category: Politics/Corruption] NEW YORK - Warren Buffett has made bets on railroads before, but now he's all in. The billionaire investor's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., making a $34 billion bet on the future of the U.S. economy.
Burlington Northern, the nation's second-largest railroad, is the biggest hauler of food products like corn, and coal for electricity, making it an indicator of the country's economic health. The railroad also ships a large amount ... (more)
“I am profoundly grateful that I had a chance to be a part of ending the horrible things that were happening to you 10 years ago, giving you a chance to build a better future for yourself,” Mr Clinton told the crowd.
Since the November 4 poll, Obama's visage has been everywhere, conspicuously on the streets of the nation's capital where millions of foreign and domestic tourists have visited over the past year, many of them snatching up poignant souvenirs.
Government booklet addresses Obamacare as if it is a done deal
posted 11/04/2009, 4:48 PM (Infowars) [Category: Politics/Corruption] It does not matter that Congress has yet to pass the Obama health care at gunpoint bill — the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is now sending out a booklet notifying employers and employees that family members will be forced to participate and money will be taken out of their paychecks for government healthcare.
“When medical insurance coverage is ordered through employment, the National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) is sent to the employer or union to enforc... (more)
Tuesday November 3rd, 2009
Al Gore Set To Become First "Carbon Billionaire"
posted 11/03/2009, 6:05 PM (Prison Planet) [Category: Politics/Corruption] The New York Times has lifted the lid on how Al Gore stands to benefit to the tune of billions of dollars if the carbon tax proposals he is pushing come to fruition in the United States, while documenting how he has already lined his pockets on the back of exaggerated fearmongering about global warming.
As is to be expected, the article is largely a whitewash and takes an apologist stance in defense of Gore.
However, the NY Times‘ John M. Broder does reve... (more)
Oil Companies Support Global Warming Alarmists, Not Skeptics
posted 11/03/2009, 6:05 PM (Prison Planet) [Category: Politics/Corruption] A common charge leveled against global warming skeptics is that they are on the payroll of transnational oil companies, when in fact the opposite is true, oil companies are amongst the biggest promoters of climate change propaganda, emphasized recently by Exxon Mobil’s call for a global carbon tax.
According to Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson, the cap and trade nightmare being primed for passage in the Senate doesn’t go far enough – Tillerson wants a direct tax on carbon... (more)
Monday November 2nd, 2009
Feds Post Monster Obamacare Bill
posted 11/02/2009, 4:27 AM (Infowars) [Category: Politics/Corruption] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants you to read all 1,990 pages of the Obamacare plan. "We are putting it online for all Americans to see," she announced. Most Americans will probably not read the bill. You'll need Washington-ese decoder ring to plow through the monstrosity.
If you are adventurous, however, here is a link to Pelosi's "transparent" bill.
Republican John Boehner has posted the details of this boat anchor tribute to coercive government on his we... (more)
In a case decided last week, the superior court upheld a state law saying that nobody may possess "any handgun" without obtaining law enforcement approval and permission in advance.
That outcome might seem like something of a surprise, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year ... (more)
The Congressional Budget Office has said that the federal government has never before in American history forced Americans to purchase any good or service.
When the health-care bill was being debated in the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Orrin H... (more)
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out.
The report by Profundo consultancy and several NGOs said the banks loaned money to companies whose products include cluster bombs or their components.
It did not say the funds went directly to make cluster bombs. The manufacturers could use the money for any of... (more)
Thursday October 29th, 2009
Southland city bars restaurants from offering water to customers
posted 10/29/2009, 3:37 PM (Examiner) [Category: Politics/Corruption] The City of Seal Beach, CA, recently passed a 'water conservation ordinance' which, among other things, allows city officials to install water-restricting devices onto private homes, regulate the washing of cars at private residences, and bans resturants within city limits from offering patrons water.
It's all under the guise of their well being, of course. Big brother is your sweet papa! Known as Ordinance Number 1586, the law includes a number of detail... (more)
"Conservation"=Total takeover of every aspect of your life.
When the president of the United States, Barack H. Obama accepted rotating status as chairman of the United Nations Security Council, he committed high treason… not only a direct violation of article 1 section 9 clause 8 of the Constitution for the United States of America, which states emphatically:
“No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holdi... (more)
The group forecast "further improvement" and "significant sales" in the fourth quarter due to influenza products, as the world's governments prepare for mass vaccination programmes to prevent further spread of swine flu.
GSK said in a results statement that net profit surged ... (more)
Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation Europe and Asia and chairman of BSkyB, starts in the £75,000-a-year post on 20 May.
He will serve as a member of GSK's corporate responsibility committee, where he will help to review "external issues that might have the potential for serious impact upon the group's business and reputation".
He’s tired of signing bills that don’t address the pet causes he deems important. So when another unworthy bill crossed his desk recently for signing — addressing funding issues for the Port of San Francisco — the guv vetoed it and sent lawmakers a little note saying why. Only the note said a little more than lawmakers were expecting.
Buried in the text was a hidden message directed at State Assemblyman Tom Am... (more)
From Youtube: Barney Frank goes head to head with Ralph Nader, and lets it sl... (more)
New York Fed's Secret Choice to Pay for Swaps Hits Taxpayers
posted 10/27/2009, 11:43 PM (Bloomberg) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- In the months leading up to the September 2008 collapse of giant insurer American International Group Inc., Elias Habayeb and his colleagues worked nights and weekends negotiating with banks that had bought $62 billion of credit-default swaps from AIG, according to a person who has worked with Habayeb.
Habayeb, 37, was chief financial officer for the AIG division that oversaw AIG Financial Products, the unit that had sold the swaps to the banks. One of his ... (more)
Iraq’s Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani told a Washington conference on Wednesday that his government was happy with the energy auction it held earlier this year. The auction was the first chance for foreign oil
A secret court is seizing the assets of thousands of elderly and mentally impaired people and turning control of their lives over to the State - against the wishes of their relatives.
The draconian measures are being imposed by the little-known Court of Protection, set up two years ago to act in the intere... (more)
Obamacare Targets Entitlements
posted 10/26/2009, 6:49 PM (Global Research) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Meeting with the Washington Post's editorial staff on January 16, President-elect Obama pledged to reform entitlements saying the process would begin straightaway by convening a "fiscal responsibility summit" before delivering his first budget to Congress.
"What we have done is kicked this can down the road. We are now at the end of the road and are not in a position to kick it any further," he said. "We have to signal seriousness in this by
According to Air Force documents, the companies claimed to be small, minority-owned businesses, which allowed them to gain special preference in bidding for government contracts. But investigators found that they were all part of a larger minority-owned enterprise in Southern California, making t... (more)
Prince Andrew defends big bonuses
posted 10/26/2009, 6:45 PM (AFP) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Prince Andrew defended big bonuses on Saturday, saying they were "minute" in the grand scheme of things but were an easy target for people angry at the financial crisis.
"I don't want to demonise the banking and financial sector," the Duke of York, Queen Elizabeth II's second son and the special representative for international trade and investment, told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
"Bonuses, in the scheme of things, are minute. They are easy to target. ... (more)
Sunday October 25th, 2009
White House Met Privately With Many Left-Wing Opinionistas
posted 10/25/2009, 2:32 PM (Wall Street Journal) [Category: Politics/Corruption] The White House has berated Fox News for days now for purportedly pushing an agenda and calling it news. So Americans may have been surprised when, as reported by Noel Sheppard, Obama invited two of MSNBC's most divisive liberal pundits--Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow--to the White House for an off-the-record briefing.
As it turns out, Maddow and Olbermann were only two of the left's heavyweights at the briefing. Yesterday, TVNewser received from the White House a complete list... (more)
His current approval rating – hovering just above the level that would make re-election an uphill struggle – is close to the bottom for newly-elected president. Mr Obama entered the White House with a soaring 78 per cent approval rating.
The bad polling news came as Mr Obama returned to the campaign... (more)
Vilsack Mistakenly Pitched "GMOs-Feed-The-World" to an Audience of Experts--Oops
posted 10/22/2009, 8:31 PM (Huffington Post) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was getting lots of appreciative applause and head nods from the packed hall at the Community Food Security Coalition conference today, held in Des Moines, Iowa. He described the USDA's plans to improve school nutrition, support local food systems, and work with the Justice Department to review the impact of corporate agribusiness on small farmers. But then, with time for only one more question, I was handed the microphone.
Andrew Ross Sorkin tells the tale of the meeting in his new book, Too Big To Fail:
When Paulson learned that Goldman’s board would be in Moscow at the same time as him, he had [Treasury chief of staff] Jim Wilkinson organize a meeting with them. Nothing formal, purely social — for old time
Obama took the opportunity to emphasize that, regardless of partisan politics, the government can only do so much with the challenges facing Americans.
"We face threats to our health, our climate and, of course, our security that have left many of our young people wondering what kind of f... (more)
Anita Dunn is the interim White House Communications Director.[1] Pre... (more)
"You know Hitler better than Nietzsche, Napoleon better than Pestalozzi. A king means more to you than Sigmund Freud." - Wilhelm Reich, Listen, Little Man!
Disclosure forms, according to Bloomberg, reveal that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's closest aides received millions of dollars from Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other Wall Street firms.
The henchmen include Gene Sperling, who last year took ... (more)
* An anti-paparrazi law making it "a crime to take and sell unauthorized photos of celebrities in 'personal or familial activity,' and also target[ing] media outlets that purchase those photos, with violators facing fines of up ... (more)
Web site TMZ posted a 17-second video Tuesday showing the California first lady apparently speaking into a cell phone while turning a corner in Brentwood in a black SUV. She puts the phone down part way through the video, but it's not clear whether she did so because she had finished her conversation or because she noticed came... (more)
Another shameless example of the corrupt establishment not following their own laws they shove onto us "little people." Keep in mind if this was any average joe they would be portrayed as a horrible criminal gambling with other peoples lives, instead they portray it as a cute little joke which we are all supposed to go "awww" to.
The Baucus Individual Health Insurance Mandate: Taxing Low-Income and Moderate-Income Workers
posted 10/15/2009, 9:14 AM (The Heritage Foundation) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Abstract:The individual mandate in the Baucus health care plan would impose punitively high, regressive taxes on low-income and moderate-income working families. Its penalties and additional taxes on business would discourage companies from hiring or continuing to employ low-income and moderate-income workers. The plan would substantially raise health insurance premiums. Yet the plan would still leave millions of Americans without access to affordable health insurance. Adding to their... (more)
Senate Finance Committee Falsely Claims It Posted "Full Text" of Bill Online
posted 10/15/2009, 9:14 AM (CNSNews.com) [Category: Politics/Corruption] The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), claimed it posted the “full text” of its health care reform bill, “America’s Healthy Future Act,” on its Web site. But when users clicked the link to read the proposed law, they could only access a 259-page document that included summaries of both current law and the proposed legislation--or what some senators called a "plain English" version of the bi... (more)
Councilman Patrick Dowd, who was initially skeptical of contracting with Jordan Tax Service and law firm Goehring, Rutter & Boehm, led the charge that led to unanimous passage.
"We are essentially handing a baseball bat to the tax collector and saying, ... (more)
They are a small cadre of businessmen who have known and worked with Geithner for years, whose multibillion-dollar companies all survived the economic crisis with help from U.S. taxpayers.
When they call, Geithner answers. He has spoken with t... (more)
A statement released by Montana's Attorney General Steve Bullock said the goal was to guarantee that, "No Montanans were taken advantage of or conned by this company."
Since Michael Hilton and APF ended plans to do business in the state, Bullock's office decided to suspend its inquiry. Officials asked APF to release documents about t... (more)
You Will Get Health Insurance at DMV--Literally (It’s in the Bill)
posted 10/15/2009, 9:13 AM (CNSNews.com) [Category: Politics/Corruption] The most revelatory passage in the so-called “plain English” version of the health care bill that the Senate Finance Committee approved on Tuesday (without ever drafting the actual legislative language) says that in the future Americans will be offered the convenience of getting their health insurance at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
This is no joke. If this bill becomes law, it will be the duty of the U.S. secretary of health and human services or the state governments overs... (more)
Above The Law? Hilton Refuses To Co-operate With Montana Attorney General
posted 10/14/2009, 6:12 AM (Prison Planet) [Category: Politics/Corruption] Michael Hilton, the leader of American Police Force, the paramilitary organization that recently terminated a deal with local authorities in Hardin Montana to take over a detention camp in the town, has failed to co-operate with the Montana Attorney General’s demand that the company turn over financial record pertaining to the deal, opening up the possibility that Hilton could be arrested for contempt.
Hilton, a career criminal who is still wanted by authorities in Wyoming for his... (more)
The Census Bureau typically takes fingerprints and performs background checks on workers hired to interact with the public. But a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that tens of thousands of workers were improperly fin... (more)
The book was written four years ago, before he joined the government, but is back in the headlines following his impassioned support for Roman Polanski.
Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland on child sex charges.
Mr Mitterrand, nephew of late President Francois Mitterrand, is expected to defend himself o... (more)
"I worked for Bradley out of college for about 18 months," Curry told Yeas & Nays on Wednesday night. "I try to make it to all of his events."
The power couple will be in town until Friday afternoon, attending the Atlantic and Aspen Institute's Ideas Forum.
Classic but chic, Kemble wore a dress by Lela Rose, a close friend with wh... (more)
Kemble and Curry are developing property in the Dominican Republic that they purchased with Richard Meier, Fareed Zakaria, Moby, Michael Stipe, Mariska Hargitay and Charlie Rose -- to name a few.
Kemble described their getaway as "the place where all thieves and bandits run away to."
Lawmakers were given just hours to examine the $789 billion stimulus plan, sweeping climate-change legislation and a $700 billion bailout package before final votes.
While most Americans normally ignore parliamentary detail, with health care looming... (more)
I was watching Beck the other day and he had this clown Frank Luntz on and they were showing "good signs" vs "bad signs" the bad signs were the direct incredibly powerful Infowars Obama Joker / Bush Joker poster among other great signs, the "good signs" were blank white boards with a few lines of tame meaningless text on them, it couldn't have been less drab if they tried. Needless to say this was horrible advice and the opposite of anything any real crass psychologist would advise (such as Clotaire Rapaille).
The patents, held by VeriChip partner Receptors LLC, relate to biosensors that can detect the H1N1 and other viruses, and biological threats such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, VeriChip said in a statement.
According to Bloomberg News, the Federal Reserve Bank will not submit to a voluntary public study of its internal structure and methods of governance, as it was requested to do so by Treasury Secretary Timoth... (more)
Richard Padilla Cramer, a 26-year veteran anti-drug official, is behind bars, arrested after officials accused him of directing a massive cocaine shipment to Spain via the United States, and selling important information in law enforcement databases to a vicious Mexican drug cartel.
In other words, Cramer, a key Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent who worked in ... (more)
Here’s how Michelle Obama handled this very predicament Thursday afternoon:
The Secret Service and the D.C. police brought in three dozen vehicles and shut down H Street, Vermont Avenue, two lanes of I Street and an entrance to the McPherson Square Metro station. They swept the area, in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with bom... (more)
He also staked out a position that anyone in the country legally should be covered - a major break with the 1996 welfare reform bill, which limited most federal public assistance programs only to citizens and longtime immigrants.
"Even though I do not believe we can extend coverage... (more)
The Century of the Self: The Untold History of Controlling the Masses Through the Manipulation of Unconscious Desires
Operation Gladio: "One of the most secret programs that ever existed"
The Money Masters: How International Bankers Gained Control of America
WASHINGTON — What's it going to cost me?
Chris Smith is the respectable radical. He was the first openly gay MP. As the Culture Secretary in Tony Blair’s Government, he pioneered free admissions to museums. Later, from the back benches, he masterminded opposition in the House of Commons to the war in Iraq. Now Lord Smith of Finsbury wants to start a green revolution — and the mild-mannered rambler might just succeed. 
Former Cabinet Minister Lord Smith has been seen 'clocking in and out' of the Lords within minutes.
NEW YORK - Warren Buffett has made bets on railroads before, but now he's all in. The billionaire investor's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday agreed to buy Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., making a $34 billion bet on the future of the U.S. economy.
The 11-foot statue, dedicated to the US president to thank him for launching a Nato bombing campaign to halt the killing of ethnic Albanians by Serbian troops in 1999, sits on a boulevard also named for Mr Clinton.
The New York Times has lifted the lid on how Al Gore stands to benefit to the tune of billions of dollars if the carbon tax proposals he is pushing come to fruition in the United States, while documenting how he has already lined his pockets on the back of exaggerated fearmongering about global warming.
A common charge leveled against global warming skeptics is that they are on the payroll of transnational oil companies, when in fact the opposite is true, oil companies are amongst the biggest promoters of climate change propaganda, emphasized recently by Exxon Mobil’s call for a global carbon tax.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants you to read all 1,990 pages of the Obamacare plan. "We are putting it online for all Americans to see," she announced. Most Americans will probably not read the bill. You'll need Washington-ese decoder ring to plow through the monstrosity.
After all that, it looks like the Iraqis 
The Department of Defense awarded nearly $30 million in stimulus contracts to six companies while they were under federal criminal investigation on suspicion of defrauding the government.
(CNN) – President Barack Obama attended a community service forum at Texas A&M University on Friday hosted by one of his Republican predecessors, former President George H.W. Bush.
Gene Sperling (left) confers with fellow master criminals, including Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers. 
(CNN) -- A celebrity gossip Web site has caught Maria Shriver a third time apparently violating California's law against using a cell phone while driving.
Abstract: The individual mandate in the Baucus health care plan would impose punitively high, regressive taxes on low-income and moderate-income working families. Its penalties and additional taxes on business would discourage companies from hiring or continuing to employ low-income and moderate-income workers. The plan would substantially raise health insurance premiums. Yet the plan would still leave millions of Americans without access to affordable health insurance. Adding to their... 
WASHINGTON — Even during his most frenzied days, when Congress is demanding answers or the president himself is calling, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner makes time to talk to a select group of powerful Wall Street bankers.
France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand is facing intense pressure over a book he wrote that described paying for "young boys" in Thailand.
DEA says key ICE official sold info about informants, ran Panamanian cocaine to Spain via US ports
Shocking H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Miscarriage Stories From Pregnant Women
Unbelievable: Government Hijacks Kids TV To Propagandize For Swine Flu Shots
Government Propaganda To Infest Network TV Shows 
One bank to rule them all: UN wants new global currency to replace dollar
The $531 Trillion Dollar Derivatives Time Bomb
German health expert's swine flu warning: Does virus vaccine increase the risk of cancer?
The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
John Holdren, Obama's Science Czar: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet
Complete and Total Mind Control