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  • Thankful for Obama


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 174
    The Obama juggernaut is fragmenting upon the jagged outcroppings of American popular resistance. Yes, his health care catastrophe might just pass Congress. Accounting gimmickry, rhetorical appeals to Americans most decent moral impulses, and $300 million bribes will do that for even the worst legislation. But the ...
    2 hours ago
  • The unforgettable turkeys of 2009


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 174
    As we gather round the Thanksgiving table, bow our heads in prayer and feast on the holiday bird, it is only fitting to take a moment to fete the unforgettable turkeys of 2009. The stimulus: Back in February, I wrote that if the trillion-dollar stimulus plan were a Thanksgiving dinner entree, it would be a ...
    1 day ago
  • Did probes take deadly toll on Scott?


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 174
    We may never know what drove Chicago School Board President Michael Scott to take his life. At the time of his death, Scott had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury looking into the admissions practices at Chicagos selective-enrollment schools. As a member of Mayor Daleys failed Olympic bid team, he also came under ...
    3 days ago
  • Building inspector charged with taking bribes after finding asbestos


    Mesothelioma NewsAuthority Authority: 139
    Michael Cease, an inspector for the Department of Environment in Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with taking over $1,000 in bribes from a property owner. Chicago’s inspector general and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered that Cease had told a property owner that asbestos had been found in one ...
    5 days ago
  • What Are White Collar Crimes?


    Yodle Local ArticlesAuthority Authority: 157
    Even in their pen house apartments, far above the general working class, executives of large corporations and Wall Street brokers seem to be far from living a “sin-free” life. More and more big name executives, like Bernie Madoff, are finding themselves behind bars. While it is unlikely that they will ransack a ...
    6 days ago
  • Europe rocked by fresh match-fixing scandal


    Soccer News InfoAuthority Authority: 158
    European football braced on Friday for more details on a fresh match-fixing scandal reportedly involving huge sums of money placed with Asian bookmakers on suspect matches in nine countries. Police across Europe carried out raids and arrests on Thursday, with German prosecutors suspecting that players, coaches, ...
    1 week ago
  • DynCorp International And Bribery


    Defense Procurement NewsAuthority Authority: 440
    DynCorp International self reported a possible violation of U.S. bribery laws related to one contract. Bribes have been a problem in defense...
    1 week ago
  • Salary, corruption & accountability


    LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURUAuthority Authority: 451
    They are called “Public Servants”, for they are expected to serve the public. But what is being done in the name of serving the public is not even an “open secret”, it is available live on electronic media. Everyday we see some or the other so... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
    1 week ago
  • Location bloody location


    subMediaAuthority Authority: 116
    First of all, I’m shocked to find out from Stim that “Izzy” was Asper’s nickname. Because that was my nickname as a child from the paternal side of the family. Coincidence? Yes, totally. Incidentally, Comcast is planning to soon bulk up by taking over NBC-Universal . And you thought it was going to end with ...
    1 week ago
  • Why play all of these incredibly stupid games with interest rates?


    InvestmentWatchAuthority Authority: 156
    The Federal Reserve should immediately raise the Federal Funds Rate to 5.25% where it was in August 2007 in one single move and should raise the Federal Discount Rate to 5.00%. Just do it and get it back to where interest rates belong and where they have almost always been historically. Real interest rates need to be ...
    1 week ago
  • Senate On Healthcare, Katrina Payback, Afghani Corruption, Terrorists On Trial


    Gary Rumor's Anti-Entropic ContinuumAuthority Authority: 127
    Today Senator Reid presented the Senate version of the Healthcare bill. This is an excerpt from CNN Money today. “Senate’s health care bill cost: $849 billion Congressional Budget Office says the Senate’s version of the the health care overhaul would cost $849 billion over 10 years and would cut the deficit ...
    1 week ago
  • Afghan minister’s $30m bribery allegations worsens Karzai’s corruption woes


    Thaindian NewsAuthority Authority: 726
    Kabul, Nov. 18 (ANI): A minister in Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s cabinet has been accused of accepting roughly 30-million-dollar bribe to award the country’s largest development project to a Chinese mining firm, a US official has claimed.The Washington Post quoted the US official as saying that there is a ...
    1 week ago
  • Sex, Coed, FBI & Sheriff’s Deputies Corruption & Deals to Erase Criminal Records


    nikkypals.comAuthority Authority: 170
    Guilford County, NC Sheriff Deputies under the direction of a felon work out a deal to erase the criminal record of a UNC coed if she sexually induces an innocent victim with knowledge of public corruption into a trap where he would be neutralized. The question is why the FBI allowed access to their computers by a ...
    1 week ago
  • Russian Cop Uses YouTube to Expose Police Corruption


    Family Learning CenterAuthority Authority: 161
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    1 week ago
  • Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison


    AlumniUnit.comAuthority Authority: 128
    Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, the first African-American elected to Congress from Louisiana since Reconstruction, was sentenced on Nov. 13 to 13 years in prison on charges of corruption.District Judge T.S. Ellis III in Alexandria, Va. handed down a sentence that was a little more than what the defense had hoped ...
    1 week ago
  • Jeffersons former constiuents react to his sentencing (Billy Jeff D-La breaks corruption record)


    StupidicaAuthority Authority: 174
    Jeffersons former constiuents react to his sentencingAssociated Press - November 13, 2009 9:04 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana residents had mixed reactions about former Congressman William Jeffersons 13-year sentence handed down Friday in federal court in Virginia. Jefferson was sentenced for taking bribes and ...
    1 week ago
  • Jefferson Gets 13 Years in Freezer Cash Case


    i-live videosAuthority Authority: 164
    Τζέφερσον Gets 13 χρόνια στην κατάψυξη Cash Υπόθεση Ένας πρώην βουλευτής Λουιζιάνα που κρύβονταν περίφημα 90000 δολάρια μετρητά στην κατάψυξη του, καταδικάστηκε την Παρασκευή σε 13 ...
    1 week ago
  • Former US congressman sentenced to 13 years in jail


    Thaindian NewsAuthority Authority: 726
    Washington, Nov 14 (DPA) A US judge has levied a 13-year jail sentence on former congressman William Jefferson for corruption that involved US companies and countries across a wide swathe of Africa.Jefferson was found guilty in August of seeking and collecting bribes for his personal business interests after police ...
    1 week ago
  • William Jefferson’s bribes lead him to time in the slammah!


    ShortFormBlogAuthority Authority: 571
    13years on ice for his frozen money escapades SOURCE
    1 week ago
  • City worker guilty of bribery to hide property violations


    Chicago Breaking NewsAuthority Authority: 166
    A 51-year-old City of Chicago employee was convicted today of bribery after he was accused of paying off another city worker to erase code violations for property he owned, prosecutors said. It took a jury eight hours to convict Gustavo Ramirez, of the 4600 block of North Harding Avenue, an engineering technician ...
    1 week ago

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