Anyone watch the “parade”?
The only “parading” in the first half-hour was the accidental peek one got as this celebrity or that touted their latest NBC show.
It was de facto all advertising.
Sucked!
Four plays had dance numbers. How’s that a “parade”?
I was so disappointed. And, I dvred it thinking like some of the awards shows it would have spots worth reseeing.
Not!
Boo to NBC4 and Macy’s.
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GE Filed 57,000-Page Tax Return, Paid No Taxes on $14 Billion in Profits
1:11 PM, NOV 17, 2011 • BY JOHN MCCORMACK
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Ryan used the data point to underscore the irrationality of the corporate income tax code. He also contrasted GE with UPS to make the point that the corporate income tax code doesn’t make sense. “UPS paid a 34 percent effective tax rate,” while its biggest foreign competitor, DHL, paid a 24 percent tax rate, Ryan said.
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Corporations don’t “pay” taxes.
ONLY real people pay taxes.
The correct corporate tax rate is ZERO.
And, what is a “corporation” any way? Just a bunch of stockholders, typically mutual funds. Retirees and pensioners.
How stupid are “We, The Sheeple”?
Argh!
p.s., “What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue.” ~Thomas Paine
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“double coincidence of wants”
“indirect exchange”
commodity becomes medium of exchange
the indivisible cow
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http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/personhood-defeat-not-a-serious-setback-for-pro-life-movement
‘Personhood’ defeat not a serious setback for pro-life movement
By Benjamin Mann
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Chicago, Ill., Nov 13, 2011 / 06:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Representatives of the Thomas More Society and the Pro-Life Action League say the defeat of Mississippi’s “personhood” initiative does not mark a serious defeat for the pro-life movement.
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“Does this ‘personhood’ language have any effect in and of itself on state law? Or does this require the legislature to enact specific pieces of legislation to give it effect?” he asked.
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Wouldn’t it be useful to have some common agreement about when life does begin?
Even if it was age 21 or 18, it’d be nice to know when life begins so we’d know when we CAN kill people.
Conception, birth, a day, a week, a year, a decade?
When CAN you kill some one?
Maybe it’s when they can do something? Crawl, walk, run, control their bowels.
Or is it when that person can assert their own rights?
It’ll be an interesting discussion!
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Report: Taxpayers’ Entire TARP ‘Investment’ Lost in Bailout of United Commercial Bank
by Laura Rambeau Lee
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The Quarterly Report issued in October 2011 by the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) reveals the utter lack of oversight and mismanagement of funds in excess of $700 Billion Dollars.
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The housing and mortgage crisis was a direct result of the increasing deregulation of the mortgage industry enabled by the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 and the federal government’s ideological philosophy that everyone should and must be afforded their dream of home ownership, regardless of their credit worthiness or their ability to repay the mortgage. The federal government, through coercive threats of lawsuits for discriminatory lending practices, forced these lenders to make these risky loans.
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The programs offered by the administration have not produced any positive results for the people of this country. The SIGTARP report clearly reveals the arrogance of the Treasury Department in refusing to heed its recommendations to help struggling homeowners. It is Big Government that created this problem. It is time We the People got our bail out.
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No, “We, The Sheeple” should cut out losses.
Along the way, the State authorities should investigate fraud and prosecute.
We should return to a “simpler” time of life — along with “too big to fail” is “too big to exist” — and pass a Constitutional amendment to prevent bailouts, subsidies, and other corrupt practices.
Argh!
The sad thing was that “tarp” was supposed to buy toxic assets and was perverted silently without discussion into bailouts.
Why are we still permitting bailed out companies to pay “bonuses”?
Why are we still funding Fannie and Freddie?
Why are we still allowing this to go on?
Argh!
The Gooferment has no business “investing” in anything!!!
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/12/currency-control-efforts-worry-argentines/?page=2
Currency control efforts worry Argentines
By Kelly Hearn – Special to The Washington Times
Saturday, November 12, 2011
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In 2008, Mrs. Fernandez surprised markets when she nationalized the country’s private pension funds. She also stripped the central bank of its independence by firing a former bank director for refusing to make foreign reserves available to service the nation’s debt.
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When the USA’s Federal Gooferment needs trillion and they cast their eyes around for big pots of money, “IRAs and 401Ks” looks like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Remember all those trial balloons? “IRAs and 401Ks are tax expenditures”! And, “In exchange for an enhanced social security benefit”. Plus, my personal favorite, “is to the savers’ benefit to eliminate market risk.”
(No mention of “sovereign risk”!)
Sigh, how stupid can “We, The Sheeple”be?
“Capital Controls” and all the “foreign account” “barbara streisand” is all about the “drug addicts” in DC jonesen for a fix of cash!
It CAN happen here! Because it has. Look at the FDR gold confiscation.
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EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration
By Victoria Ward and Nick Collins
6:20AM GMT 18 Nov 2011965 Comments
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EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.
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Last night, critics claimed the EU was at odds with both science and common sense.
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“The euro is burning, the EU is falling apart and yet here they are: highly-paid, highly-pensioned officials worrying about the obvious qualities of water …”
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ROFL!
Sure glad that “our” idiots are NOT doing anything so stupid. Like worrying about the authenticity of Vermont maple syrup.
There are important issues of the day and this is a sympton of the problem — highly paid politicians and bureaucrats!
Fire them all.
Gooferment is the meme that kills.
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/99069.html
November 21, 2011
How Do You Resist?
Posted by Michael S. Rozeff on November 21, 2011 05:16 AM
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The TSA has the guns and they have what is called “law”. How does one resist? Peacefully, that comes first. I really do not know, and I don’t know what will do good and what won’t. And I don’t know what will cause you more trouble than you want to bear. I also think that resistance is a personal matter that depends on your personal circumstances, so that there is no one way to resist.
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Hit them in the pocketbook. I refuse to take air travel. And, I irritate anyone I know who does do air travel with questions like: “how did you enjoy your proctology exam”, “how much of your time did security waste”, and “you got to the airport how much in advance”. In my blog, I try to find TSA stories to report that are funny or outrageous. I may not be able to change the world, but I am trying to give it a health shove.
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http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/11/13/reason-and-rationality-in-public-debate-the-case-of-jfk-2
Reason and Rationality in Public Debate: The Case of JFK
by Jim Fetzer and Douglas Horne
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As an illustration of the depravity of the main stream media in this country today, I have been struck by the astute observations of Douglas Horne, who was the Chief Analyst for Military Records for the Assassination Records Review Board, a five-member civilian board entrusted with the responsibility for declassifying documents and records held by the CIA, the NSA, the FBI and the Secret Service, among other agencies of the government, created by an act of Congress in the wake of the resurgence of interest in the death of JFK generated by Oliver Stone’s film. They had been classified for 75 years by the Warren Commission on the ground of national security. If its conclusion–that JFK was assassinated by a lone, demented gunman named “Lee Harvey Oswald”–were true, however, there would have been NO “national security” aspect to this issue.
Moreover, by classifying them for 75 years (which just happens to correspond to the lifetime of an average American), they insured that no one who was living at the time would be available to contradict whatever those records might reveal. The House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), which reinvestigated the case in 1976-79, likewise decided to sequester many sensitive documents, especially those in the medical arena that contradicted its own conclusions, for 50 years, which Oliver Stone emphasized in his film, “JFK”. As those of us who have devoted ourselves to the evidence in this case are well aware, Oswald could not have committed the crime and was used as a “patsy” to distract attention from the conspirators, who included the CIA, the Joint Chiefs, anti-Castro Cubans and elements of local law enforcement. An overview of what we know about how it was done, who was responsible, and how it was covered-up may be found at “Dealey Plaza Revisited: What happened to JFK?”
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As a shooter, without any great credentials, the “single shooter in the depository” explanation never made sense. Yeah, I know Marines are related to William Tell and can do anything. BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), a tough shot on a down angle on a moving target?
That aside.
Why a 75 year restriction?
Pure and simple, declassify now!
We need the truth.
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Ron Paul stands up to uber liberal Bob Schieffer as the questions are slanted and the bias is obvious.
Like Ron or not, you have to admit that he knows his stuff and challenges the “things that everyone knows”.
I especially liked how Ron didn’t let Bob slander him with the “you say it’s america’s fault” riff.
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