- News mob | Hullabaloo • digby
- You've probably heard by now that in the face of the growing scandal, Murdoch abruptly pulled the plug on his London tabloid, News of the World. But the troubles don't end there:
"Today, The Independent reported that hacking allegations have engulfed a second publication of Rupert Murdoch's — The Sun — his "best-selling" daily paper in the U.K. …"
At what point do we recognize that Murdoch's news empire is a criminal conspiracy?
- Michelle Bachmann Signs Pledge that Says Black Children Better Off During Slavery | Jack
- In Iowa, there’s a social conservative pledge called “The Marriage Vow – A Declaration of Dependence upon Marriage and Family” that is anti-abortion, anti-same sex marriage, anti-divorce etc etc that GOP candidates are being urged to sign. It’s got some pretty rigid-sounding stuff, but there’s also this extra-special piece: …
- Chase Bank Writes Man A Check, Throws Him In Jail For Trying To Cash It | Think Progress • by Zaid Jilani
- …when he showed up at Chase Bank to cash his check, the teller refused to believe that it was legitimate. He returned later and found the police waiting for him. He was immediately arrested. Within a day, the bank realized it had made a mistake, but because the local detective was off work, Njoku was unable to get out of jail for three days.
By then, he had been fired from his job and his car had been towed. He ended up having to sell the car because he couldn’t afford to get it out of the pound. And after all this, Chase still hasn’t apologized in the year since these events occured. His lawyer his requested damages from the bank, but has yet to get any sort of agreement out of it.
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_activity_report_%28banking%29 ]
- Economy Continues to Suck, Congress Continues to Fiddle | Mother Jones – Kevin Drum
- Our economy is in the tank, we know what to do about it, and we're just not going to do it. The charlatans prefer instead to stand by and let people suffer because that's politically useful, while the cowards let them get away with it because it's politically risky to fight back.
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