The other night I covered the pardon problems of Mike Huckabee and Tim Pawlenty. Now a new GOP pardon problem comes to life. This one doesn’t involve a presidential candidate, but rather a former President and aTea Party darling: Though it’s typically pardon-empowered governors who must fret about their felons in the closet, legislators can […]
About damn time: A team of top federal prosecutors and investigators has taken the first steps toward a formal criminal investigation into oil giant BP’s actions before and after the drilling rig disaster off Louisiana. The investigators, who have been quietly gathering evidence in Louisiana over the last three weeks, are focusing on whether BP […]
From the article I posted early about oil entering the marshes comes this very troublesome tidbit: When CBS News tried to reach the beach, covered in oil, a boat of BP contractors with two Coast Guard officers on board told us to turn around under threat of arrest. Coast Guard officials said they are looking […]
Welcome to justice Friday: The former president of Blackwater Worldwide has been indicted on weapons charges. An indictment issued Friday charges Gary Jackson along with four others, including former general counsel Andrew Howell and former executive vice president Bill Mathews. The charges against Jackson include a conspiracy to violate firearms laws, false statements and possession […]
Wow this must be some big government conspiracy! I bet the feds are even involved in this, you know – since Obama is from Chicago. But what is Drudge reporting? Let’s look: A local TV station that reported on Chicagoans NOT wanting the Olympics has been told NOT to run the report again, insiders tell […]
Since the assassination of Dr. Tiller the right has been on a rampage. They are even taking to public airwaves to praise the assassination and, in some cases, promote more. Rachel did a great rundown of this lunacy last night. I really hope the feds are listening to these idiots out there and end up […]
The entire UBS mess is getting even uglier, and by uglier I mean better: The curtain is being peeled back on the infamous secrecy of Swiss banks. The largest bank in Switzerland, UBS, agreed Wednesday to reveal the names of wealthy Americans whom the authorities suspect of using offshore accounts to evade taxes. The change […]
The TARP was passed as an emergency life line to troubled banks, but read this: A small but growing number of community banks are backing out of the government’s bailout, which they see as fraught with hidden strings and government interference. About 20 banks so far that applied for or had been approved to receive […]
A lot of people have been trying to paint Jesse Jackson Jr. as being corrupt since it was revealed he was referred to in the Blago indictment. Well it turns out Jackson had actually gone to the feds about Blago’s serious lack of ethics: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who was cited in a criminal complaint […]
Paul Krugman has looked at the leaked plan for the financial bail out and he is saying “no deal” to it. Basically the plan doesn’t give the taxpayers anything in return. According to his assessment it appears that the feds are trying to scare Congress into giving the money without any explanation of how it […]