General Electric, the world’s largest industrial company, has quietly become the biggest beneficiary of one of the government’s key rescue programs for banks. At the same time, GE has avoided many of the restrictions facing other financial giants getting help from the government. The company did not initially qualify for the program, under which the [...]
Archive for June, 2009
30 Jun
American Troops Pull Out From Major Iraqi Cities
Mission. Accomplished. Iraqi forces officially assumed control of Baghdad and other cites across the country early Tuesday, following the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from urban areas. Celebrations in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, include music, dance and poetry. ……Interior Minister Jawad Boulani told journalists the U.S. withdrawal is almost complete and Iraqi forces are capable [...]
29 Jun
Corrupt Democratic Cuyahoga County Commissioner Mouths off
Jimmy Dimora is just one of the County Commissioners under federal investigation for accepting gifts in exchange for county contracts. Today, he called a “press conference” which was nothing more than a rambling, incoherent, diatribe blaming his legal troubles on the Republican Party, and people who ‘may not like him because of his politics, his [...]
29 Jun
Supreme Court Overturns ‘Wise Latina’ in Ricci v. DeStefano
GOOD. I hope the chance of this wacko bitch being confirmed to the Supreme Court gets overturned as well. Previous post: http://sfcmac.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/leftwingnut-sotomayor-nominated-for-scotus/ For the uninitiated: Ricci v. DeStefano involved a reverse discrimination case. Leftwing activist Judge Sonia Sotomayor (aka “wise latina”) joined in a decision last year that rejected a claim that the City of New [...]
