Posts Tagged ‘economy’

Duck and cover, stock up on soup, and kiss the lies goodbye…we’ve dropped the debt bomb. More specifically, David M. Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General (Audits Gov.) and head of the GAO (Government Accountability Office) for 10 years, supports Rebellious Truths (http://rebellioustruths.org/) in their nonpartisan assault against misinformation, career politicians and the need for the [...]

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From the December 2 edition of Fox Business’ Follow the Money:
(stolen from mediamatters since I couldn’t embed their code…)
From:
http://arroadie.com/blog/
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Technorati Tags: capitalism, economy, fox, Fox News Channel, interview, news, Politics, Ridiculous, The Muppets

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The term fellow traveler or fellow traveller refers to a person who sympathizes with the beliefs of an organization or cooperates in its activities without maintaining formal membership in that particular group. In the early Soviet Union the approximate term was used without negative connotation to describe writers [...]

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Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Matthew Dowd, Bloomberg political analyst and former chief campaign strategist for George W. Bush, talks about the consequences of failure by the deficit reduction supercommittee to reach agreement on deficit savings.
Dowd speaks with Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg Television’s "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Keith and Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary and author of “Aftershock,” discuss the Occupy movement’s latest steps – Occupy McConnell and Bank Transfer Day preparations – and consider whether there will be more politically charged and focused activities. Although Reich notes that much of the success of Occupy so far has been through not being [...]

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political uncertainty in crisis hit Greece is dominating the G20 meeting in France. There were reports the Prime Minister Papendreou was about to resign, but now it looks like he could even end up as head of a national unity government, and scrap plans for a referendum on an EU bailout. Which would please the [...]

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Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) — Clement Nicola, research director at TNS Soffres, discusses the candidates vying to be the socialist Party nominee for the 2012 French presidential election.
Francois Hollande and Martine Aubry head for a run-off Oct. 16 after leading the first round of the party primary. Nicola talks from Paris [...]

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Spain’s governing socialist Party put unemployment at the top of its agenda on Sunday when it laid out its platform for November’s elections, as the country faces continuing financial turmoil.Duration: 00:38
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Sept. 24 (Bloomberg) — Republican House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin talks about the outlook for the congressional supercommittee to meet its goal of finding $1.5 trillion in savings.
Bloomberg’s Hans Nichols discusses President Barack Obama’s appearance at the United Nations, security relations with Pakistan and reports of discord [...]

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