From Politico: Alaska’s senior senator blocked legislation Thursday that would have dramatically increased liability caps on oil companies, in the wake of one of the industry’s biggest disasters. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) objected to a voice vote request by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) on the bill, which would have spiked the maximum liability for oil […]
Given the very narrow margins that the House passed their version of the health care bill, it appears that one of the key Senate changes could end up meaning doom for the legislation: One thing is clear: Unless Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama back down on the excise tax in the health reform […]
Oh yeah – we have become a socialist nation. Not being online gave me more time to surf the channels and catch all the economic gurus talking about this collapse. It’s funny how everyone is now saying “oh I predicted it would happen”. I remember last summer when Jim Cramer was talking about it and […]
Gives me flashbacks of Footloose: Chicago gay rights activists are concerned about what may have been a hate crime in the Lakeview neighborhood. The Chicago Public Library says that about 100 books were destroyed after someone set a fire in the section for gay and lesbian literature. It happened Tuesday about noon at the John […]