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Geopolitical – Week of 4.05.09
Obama Administration Quietly Expands Bush’s Legal Defense of Wiretapping Program
The Raw Story (07 April 09)
Almost Half of French Approve of Locking up Bosses
Reuters (07 April 09)
Tomgram: Filling…
Was Goldman Liable for SocGen’s Deals Too?
The heavily-redacted regulatory filing that spells out the details of the New York Federal Reserve’s controversial bailout of American International Group is a secret no more.
Reuters has obtaine…
Obama Has a Good Day, But Liberty Has a Bad One
By Peggy Noonan
It is a big victory for the White House.
ObamaCare, including the insurance mandate, was upheld. What would have been a political disaster for President Obama has been averted. He …
Geopolitical – Week of 01.27.13
2 Reported Dead in Blast Near U.S. Embassy in Turkey
The New York Times | 01 February 2013
Turkey’s Interior Minister Muammer Guler says a suicide bomber…
Doctors Kill 2,450% More Americans Than …
Madoff Trustee Recovers $7.2 Billion
Barbara and Jeffry Picower in 2005
By Diana B. Henriques
A scandal flush with superlatives added yet another on Friday with a $7.2 billion legal settlement, the largest single forfeiture in Americ…
Lawmakers Unveil Secretly Negotiated Deal To Fast-Track Free Trade
[CAF Note: Pay attention – not a word about this until the day after citizens paid their federal taxes.]
By Michael McAuliff
Congress’ tax committees announced an agreement Thursday to speed throu…