The Great Tax Con Job

Thom Hartman does it again - he explains how The Great Tax Con Job is pulled off without people realizing how it is done to them. EXCERPT from Page 2: When I was in Denmark last year doing my radio show from the Danish Radio offices for a week and interviewing many of that...

Plan mapped out to sell water to U.S.

This could be good for both countries.  The US could get a dependable water supply and Canada could generate electricity and get money for the surplus money, " Quebec could raise as much as $9.5 billion a...

House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high

Increasing taxes is a bad idea. The economy needs to grow to recover from the recession.  More taxes will just slow down any possible recovery." House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling...

'Michael Jackson was murdered for his money' says sister La Toya

""A couple of years ago Michael told me he was worried that people were out to get him," she said. "'They're gonna kill me for my publishing. They want my catalogues and they're gonna kill me for these.' I knew...

Nokia follows the footsteps of Apple

Nokia has opened Ovi, it's online App store, to some 50 million phone users worldwide on Tuesday. It seems as if Nokia followed the footsteps of Apple whose App store is still a huge success. "Nokia said it opened...

Australia unveils economic boost with $42 billion stimulus

The Australian government has announced a US $26.5bn economic stimulus package, targeting infrastructure and those on low incomes. The  stimulus  aid is aimed at creating more jobs as the economy...

Billion Dollar Wreck Found

The British Government have given an American salvage company permission to explore and recover artifacts including an estimated billion dollars in gold from a shipwreck found in the English Channel. The ship...

Michelle Obama Pregnant? Why The Nation Needs Her Bundle of Joy

"If the pregnancy rumors that are swirling about Michelle Obama are true, then the new presidential couple have truly hit the recession with a trifecta punch." Is this true?  It seems very unlikely.  If...

Citigroup upgrading mile-high club

What can I say?"Beleaguered Citigroup is upgrading its mile-high club with a brand-new $50 million corporate jet - only this time, it's the taxpayers who are getting screwed. Even though the bank's stock is as cheap as a gallon of gas and it's burning through a $45 billion...

Human Consumption of Frog Legs Might Cause Frogs to Go Extinct

Humans are overindulging in frog legs according to recent research. Scinetists suspect that anywhere between 200 million to 1 billion of frog legs are consumed each year. This has detrimental effects on frog...

Palestinians estimate Gaza damage at $1.4 billion

Palestinian officials estimate the damage from Israel's offensive in Gaza to cost about $1.4 billion at this time. According to the Palestinian Statistics Bureau, about 26,000 Gazans are living in temporary shelters, and cannot live in their homes. They also estimate that...

India moves to contain Satyam fraud fallout

Fraud by top executives inlarge companies is becominga worldwide problem but we must remember most of therm are honest."The $1 billion fraud unearthed last week at a leading Indian outsourcing firm has spawned...

Obama Pledges 3 Million New Jobs, but How?

.This sounds good but thequestion becomes wherethe money will come from.If it just adds to the deficitand national debt it couldbe counter preoductive. " Obama will meet with Democratic as well as Republican...

Merry Christmas: Plant a Tree This Christmas

Why This Project Why has the Conservancy begun the Plant a Billion Trees campaign? Because our forests are on the brink. Coastal development, urban expansion, agriculture, exotic plantations, ranching and...

Obama Looking at $850 Billion Jolt to the Economy

In theory this sounds good,but he as also talking abouttax cuts.  doing both only leads toinflation and deficits.Congress should look long at this. " Anxious to jolt the economy back to life, President-elect...
 

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