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Bankers form Super PAC: A new vortex of evil opens in fabric of universe
You have to read this to believe it. Frustrated by a lack of political power and fed up with blindly donating to politicians who consistently vote against the industry’s interests, a handful of leaders are determined to shake things up. They have formed the industry’s first SuperPAC — dubbed Friends of Traditional Banking — that [...]
Continue reading...Three of the Top Percentage Gainers on NASDAQ Today are China Cleantech/Renewable Energy Stocks: (CLNT), (CREG), (NFEC)
6 April 2012 – 12:20 am PDT
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New York, NY -April 5,2012 – Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com, a leader in renewable energy and cleantech stock research, reports on top percentage gainers for the NASDAQin today’s trading session. Three of the top five are China/ cleantech stocks, posing the question to investors- is this a trend building or just a one day [...]
Continue reading...Lord, Please Don’t Make Us Endure Seven More Months of Pandering …
6 April 2012 – 12:20 am PDT
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… like this: Plus, President Obama and presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced they favored the admittance of women into the club. What about “It’s not your business” do they (especially the guy who is supposed to be on the side which favors life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness) not understand? Full quote, [...]
Continue reading...Memo to the ‘It’s Over’ Crowd: It’s Not Over
6 April 2012 – 12:20 am PDT
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From “Coalitions for Santorum,” in what is said to be “A memo detailing flawed delegate counts from John Yob, delegate strategist, to Mike Biundo, campaign manager”: Re: Delegate Math The Media’s Delegate Math is Wrong There are a couple of fundamental flaws with the delegate counts that the media keeps that reveals that this race [...]
Continue reading...Garden-R-Girl: Remember When Obama Twice Promised to Faithfully Uphold the Constitution?
6 April 2012 – 12:20 am PDT
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Note from Tom: This post comes from “Garden-R-Girl,” who describes herself as someone who “writes when she’s not in the garden. She sees the world of politics and pop culture through the prism of a dirty, rough-handed gardener’s world.” She may not appreciate this sentiment, but I’m personally rooting for lots of rain, so Garden-R-Girl [...]
Continue reading...At AP, Fewer Unemployment Claims ‘Suggests’ That ‘Employers Kept Hiring’
6 April 2012 – 12:19 am PDT
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You’re going to have a hard time convincing me that Associated Press CEO Dean Singleton’s lavish praise of President Barack Obama noted earlier this week by Matt Sheffield at NewsBusters hasn’t trickled down to the beat reporters and affected their day-to-day coverage. Take this opening sentence from the AP’s Christopher Rugaber written shortly after the [...]
Continue reading...Initial Unemployment Claims: 357K SA, 311K NSA
6 April 2012 – 12:19 am PDT
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From the Department of Labor: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 357,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 363,000. The 4-week moving average was 361,750, a decrease of 4,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 366,000. … [...]
Continue reading...Thursday Off-Topic (Moderated) Open Thread (040512)
6 April 2012 – 12:19 am PDT
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Rules are here. Possible comment fodder follows. Other topics are also fair game. __________________________________________ Joseph Curl at the Washington Times (“Divide and conquer: Obama knows exactly what he’s saying”): … His provably false remarks weren’t aimed at Supreme Court justices, but rather at uninformed Americans, especially liberals (is there any other kind?). The most divisive president [...]
Continue reading...Positivity: Bus driver saves girl’s life after epileptic fit
6 April 2012 – 12:19 am PDT
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From Dumfries, UK: Nineteen-year-old Nicolle Marshall has given her heartfelt thanks to the heroic coach driver and his wife whose quick-thinking actions saved her life. Nicolle, from Dumfries, collapsed and stopped breathing after suffering an epileptic fit on the Solway Sharks ice hockey team coach as they headed to a fixture at Sheffield Senators. Distraught [...]
Continue reading...Stock Market — Weekly Chart
6 April 2012 – 12:18 am PDT
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The weekly chart for the SPX continues positive both trend and indicator – wise, although there issome wear from the recent loss of price momentum. The market remains moderately overbought for the intermediate term (out to 3 – 6 months), but the indicators continue to show some leeway formore positive price action through month’s end, although the [...]
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