Entries Tagged as 'obama'

Obama’s Expanding Covert Wars . . . in France, Belgium & Spain?

August 21st, 2010 66 Comments

Stacy Summary:  We’re used to the US meddling in Latin America, ex-Soviet states, Africa and the Middle East, but this bit in Scahill’s latest Nation article caught my attention:  The Nation has learned from well-placed special operations sources that among the countries where elite special forces teams working for the Joint Special Operations Command have [...]

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CNN Asks: Are Americans Too Retarded To Understand Obama?

June 17th, 2010 35 Comments

“Though the president used slightly less than four sentences per paragraph, his 19.8 words per sentence “added some difficulty for his target audience.”

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Palin Accuses Obama of Being in Bed with Big Oil

May 24th, 2010 110 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Ahhhh, okay, I’ve stopped laughing so much that I was unable to post this until now.  I’m not 100% sure this isn’t, in fact, actually Tina Fey or The Onion, but if so, it’s a good one. Palin Accuses Obama of Being in Bed with Big Oil “I don’t know why the question [...]

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Submerging Economies Becoming More Volatile & Obama Pressures Spain on Austerity

May 12th, 2010 145 Comments

Stacy Summary: Love the bankrupt giving each other advice . . .   Obama encouraged European leaders to ‘act boldly’ ala Bush/Paulson with the TARP-like program?   And, by the way, aren’t US debt levels worse than Spain’s? Who’s Running Europe?  Obama Pressures Spain on Austerity Measures Developed Markets Becoming More Like Emerging Markets

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Obama: Getting Information Via the Internet Is Putting Pressure on Our Democracy

May 10th, 2010 19 Comments

Stacy Summary: Or that’s essentially what he is saying.  It doesn’t seem network news or newspapers is a threat in his eyes, it is a threat when you get it from unembedded sources?   Or is he saying the deployment of information as distraction should be monopolized by the government in their monopoly on propaganda? [...]

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Drill, Baby, Drill, Dead in the Water as Obama Puts Hold on all New Offshore Projects

April 30th, 2010 58 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Oops.  Drill, baby, drill, dead in water.  Four weeks ago, Obama reversed campaign promise and approved offshore drilling, today he is putting all projects on hold.  Update:  Morgan Stanley pays $14 million to settle accusations of hiding complex oil trades.  There is that word ‘complex’ again and yet again (as per the banana [...]

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Ron Paul Agrees: Obama is NOT a Socialist

April 11th, 2010 39 Comments

Stacy Summary: Sounds like Ron Paul watched our interview with BJ Lawson . . . (um, that’s a joke for all those who couldn’t tell . . . ) Ron Paul:  Obama is not a socialist, he’s a corporatist Here is Max discussing this very thing with BJ Lawson two weeks ago:

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Fearing Labour, Joining China, Humiliating ‘Yahu, Steering Greece

March 26th, 2010 175 Comments

Stacy Summary:    Good morning!    There is also Goldman joining Nigeria, but it had too many syllables to fit into headline. Investors fear a Labour win Goldman Sachs’ Hu may join China’s Central Bank Netanyahu ‘humiliated’ after Obama ‘dumps him’ for dinner EU steers Greece to IMF

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Cutting off the Cash; and Paying More Than Buffett

March 22nd, 2010 210 Comments

Stacy Summary: Good morning! Hope it’s a nice spring day where you are. Or a nice autumn day for those down under.  And, re: cutting off the cash article, I believe Max has been making that suggestion for four or five years now . . . ? Obama pays more than Buffett and US risks [...]

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‘Nothing Inappropriate’ and Obama’s Proposal

February 22nd, 2010 108 Comments

Stacy Summary:  Go at it . . . Goldman claims it did ‘nothing inappropriate’ in Greek swaps Obama finally releases his health care reform proposal

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