Cronyism

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• Disappointed Charlie Pierce Is Disappointed

  
  Multi Medium — Authority: 477
  I feel your pain, dude:[I]t is becoming increasingly plain that the man is not up to the most important job he was elected to do–which is to wring the accumulated viciousness, ignorance, and hackery of the past eight years out of the various parts of the United States government–and to do it brutally, if ...
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• Out Of The Mouths Of Comic Book Writers…

  
  Multi Medium — Authority: 477
  So I was reading a Wired writeup of a graphic novel called Luna Park, and this quote from the writer jumped out at me as an excellent summing-up of where we’re at these days:“I’m utterly depressed about our current political situation,” Baker said. “The Republicans have been completely overtaken by the far ...
  5 days ago

• Wankers Of The Decade

  
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  These sons-of-bitches have actually managed to make Enron look like a bunch of two-bit pickpockets:Detroit Mayor Dave Bing is struggling to save his city from fiscal calamity. Unemployment is at a record 28 percent and rising, while home prices have plunged 39 percent since 2007. The 66-year-old Bing, a former NBA ...
  6 days ago

• Good Comeback, But Not Good Enough

  
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  I forgot to hit this yesterday, to my eternal shame:Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) just gave a severe tongue-lashing to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner moments ago in the Joint Economic committee, concluding with a surprising call for Geithner to resign. For a change, Geithner didn’t just sit there and take ...
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• Most Appropriate Name Of The Day

  
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  Alan Blinder:The People Who Couldn’t See an $8 Trillion Housing Bubble and Thought Iceland Was Thriving Oppose Auditing the FedThat is what Alan Blinder tells us in a Washington Post column today. Blinder tells us that the vast majority of academic economists and people in the financial industry oppose efforts ...
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• How does nepotism happen in City Hall?

  
  Esrati — Authority: 132
  Either we have rules and policies, or we don’t. It seems there are two types of people who work for our city- honest, hard working qualified types- and those on the “friends and family” plan. I’ve written about the cronyism before. I’ve written about the patronage jobs. I’ve questioned how some families ...
  1 week ago

• Richard Trumka, Andy Stern accuse Fed of massive secret bailouts and cronyism [Paul, Grason team up]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  This is what I call “solidarity.” Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and Leo Gerard, President of the Steelworkers Union, all signed a letter with economists, labor leaders, and bloggers blasting Rep. Mel Watt’s amendment to gut the ...
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• Letter To House Financial Services Committee

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 756
  November 18, 2009 House Financial Services Committee 2129 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and Members of the Committee, During the past two years, the Federal Reserve dramatically changedits operating procedures. Instead of simply setting interest ...
  1 week ago

• Afghan president sworn in to second 5-year term (AP)

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 166
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• Karzai promises to end cronyism and graft era in Afghanistan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Kabul, Nov.19 (ANI): Promising Thursday to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity during his second term, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said that his administration would move beyond the cronyism and graft of the past five years. Speaking after his inauguration here, Karzai, who has ...
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• Afghan president sworn in to second 5-year term (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 177
  AP – Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai promised Thursday to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity, speaking during an inauguration closely watched by the international community for signs that his administration is moving beyond the cronyism and graft of the past five years. ...
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• Something for the corruption index

  
  Jumbie's Watch — Authority: 433
  It comes as no surprise to me that one of the events that has lowered Trinidad and Tobagos ratings in the Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector is one that I have been blogging about time and time again. The report points to the March 2007 case of the Stone Street Capital ...
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• Dame Dash opens up on the fall of Rocafella and more

  
  MissInfo.tv — Authority: 665
  Mikey: Dame Dash recently sat down with MixtapeMonster and gave more details about what  he felt went wrong with the Rocafella empire. He explains how he “spoiled” his artists, and his disappointment with the brand today, also breaking down his relationships and views on everyone from Kanye, Beans, Jay, Jimmy, ...
  1 week ago

• Well Worth Trying

  
  Multi Medium — Authority: 477
  So Mel Watt pretends that his amendment to the Fed audit bill would increase transparency rather than destroying it, while Bart Stupak continues to pretend that his anti-abortion amendment to the healthcare reform bill does nothing more than preserve the status quo of the Hyde amendment, which prevents government ...
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• War-torn nations ‘most corrupt’ – peaceful nations ‘least corrupt’

  
  Eideard — Authority: 445
  Guess which 2 English-speaking nations dropped to a worse ranking for corruption?
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• Fretilin says Gusmao signed multi-million dollar fuel contract to nephew

  
  East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin — Authority: 136
  FRENTE REVOLUCIONÁRIA DO TIMOR-LESTE INDEPENDENTEFRETILINMedia ReleaseDili, 13 November 2009Gusmao signed multi-million dollar fuel contract to nephewFRETILIN MP Inacio Moreira today called for an urgent investigation into the awarding to Nilton Gusmao, a nephew of the Prime Minister, part of the contract to supply ...
  2 weeks ago

• Timor-Leste: The Independent Media’s Role in Combating Corruption

  
  East Timor Law and Justice Bulletin — Authority: 136
  Lunch Talk with the Diplomats in Australian Embassy Jose Antonio Belo Director, Tempo Semanal national weekly newspaper November 11, 2009/12:00 - Good morning. I would like to acknowledge and welcome the representatives of the groups who are here today, and thank you for giving me this opportunity to share my ...
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• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
  2 weeks ago

• National Auditor Refuses to Sign off EHRC Race Police’s Accounts

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 612
  The National Audit Office has refused to sign off the Equalities and Human Rights Commission’s £70 million accounts at the same time that Trevor Phillips has been formally accused of making money on the side from the taxpayer-funded organisation. The EHRC, famous for its tally of anti-white legal actions (which ...
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• Chickens, Meet Roost

  
  Multi Medium — Authority: 477
  Hey, remember all those no-bid contracts to reconstruct Iraq, and all the shoddy work by connected profiteers like Halliburton & KBR?  The Iraqis do.Iraq’s Baghdad Trade Fair ended Tuesday, six years and a trillion dollars after the American invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, and one country was ...
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