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Why grandma OD'ed on Boniva: the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme
December 15, 2008 - On Thursday morning, trader Bernard Madoff was arrested by U.S. government agents and charged with running a multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme that may be the biggest swindle in Wall Street history. Investigators say Madoff's investment firm was simply running a gigantic Ponzi scheme, the collapse o...
Follow the 'stache: Eric Holder to serve as scandal transition chief between Clinton and Obama eras
December 5, 2008 - Good news -- there might actually be some fireworks in Obama's relentlessly competent and orderly transition. Clinton's nominee for Eric Holder has a little scandal in his past. He once dated an Olson twin. Kidding. But that would be pretty cool. No, it's about the role he played...Filed under: Marc Rich pardon, Marc Rich Eric Holder, Eric Holder attorney general, Eric Holder, Eric Holder Rich pardon, Obama attorney general, presidential pardons, Barack Obama Eric Holder, Barack Obama Marc Rich, Marc Rich Republicans, Eric Holder Republicans, Eric Holder role in pardon, Eric Holder role in Marc Rich pardon, Eric Holder pardon, Eric Holder, Marc Rich, Barack Obama
FAQ: The story of McCain's political patron (not Cindy)
October 7, 2008 - John McCain has taken off the gloves. And not just because it's easier to take his pills that way. He played the Bill Ayers card, and so the Obama campaign has countered with the Charles Keating card, creating a website, complete with a 13 m...
Our intelligence plummets on opening bell
September 22, 2008 - We're not economists, but according to our calculation, Wall Street is about to be swallowed up by a sinkhole. What can you do to protect your investments? Wait, you have investments? You're our most elite reader! Normally, in times of such confusi...Filed under: Henry Paulson, Treasury Secretary, Treausury Secretary Henry Paulson, $700 billion rescue plan, $700 billion bailout, government bailout, Wall Street, Wall Street CEO Pay, CEO Salaries, CEO Salary Cap, Congress CEO Salaries Wall Street, House Financial Services Committee, Congress FInancial Services, Congress imposes salary limit, Congress Debate Government Bailout, Government Bailout, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Wall Street Crisis Explained, Wall Street Crisis, What is the wall street crisis?, What is the financial crisis?, Government Spending Explained, Market Crisis Explained, Bank Bailout
American taxpayers to bail out American taxpayers
September 8, 2008 - This morning, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that the federal government will bail out the mortgage giants, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Those of you who still have a roof over your heads are probably hoping this is one of those news sto...
Elite "Whip Team" to attack Hillary supporters at the DNC
August 21, 2008 - Hillary Clinton is reportedly assembling a "Whip Team" to quell any anti-Obama demonstrations among her supporters during the DNC. But why? What could her supporters possibly do to...Filed under: Democratic Convention, Hillary Clinton Democratic Convention, Hillary Clinton Dnc, HIllary Clinton Whip Team, Politics News, FAQ, Anti-Obama, Whip Team, Anti-Obama Whip Team, Anti-Obama Protests, Kathleen Strand, Craig Smith, Protests, Protesting DNC, DNC protests, Clinton Whip Team, Clinton DNC Protest, Clinton Supporters Protest, Delegate Whips, DNC floor operations, Obama convention, Obama DNC, Clinton negative campaign, Whip Team Playbook, Playbook
FAQ: House Republicans Twitter Protest
August 13, 2008 - How do you know when a new social networking technology is no longer cool? One way: when House Republican leader John Boehner starts doing it. The House GOP members have been using Twitter as part of what they call an...
FAQ: Georgian conflict
August 11, 2008 - Hearkening back to the 1980s, Russia proved yet again that it has a small penis by unleashing a military fusillade against Chechnya Georgia. According to Russian president...Filed under: Dmitri Medvedev, Russian president, Russia Georgia War, Russia invades Georgia, Russia invades South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Georgia South Ossetia War, Russia, Russia Georgia South Ossetia, Russia Georgia, South Ossetia, Georgia, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev, Medvedev, Ossetia, South Ossetia, Russian invasion, Russian invasion Ossetia, Ossetia invasion, Georgia invasion, invasion Georgia, Putin invasion, Putin Ossetia, Ossetia Putin, Russian invasion South Ossetia, Georgia NATO, NATO Georgia, Dmitri Medvedev, Dmitri Medvedev invasion, Dmitri Medvedev Ossetia
FAQ: bundlers
August 8, 2008 - Both Barack Obama and John McCain have employed "bundlers" to wrangle donations to their campaigns, but McCain seems to have elevated the act of bundling to an art form...Filed under: Harry Sargeant III, Harry Sargeant III John McCain, Harry Sargeant, Harry Sargeant John McCain, John McCain Harry Sargeant, McCain Harry Sargeant, Harry Sargeant McCain, Harry Sargeant Rudy Giuliani, Rudy Giuliani Harry Sargeant, Harry Sargeant Charlie Crist, Charlie Crist Harry Sargeant, Harry Sargeant IOTC, John McCain IOTC, IOTC John McCain, McCain IOTC, IOTC McCain, bundler, Harry Sargeant bundler, bundler Harry Sargeant, bundling, McCain campaign finance, Big Oil, John McCain Big Oil, Big Oil John McCain, McCain Big Oil, Big Oil McCain, offshore drilling, John McCain offshore drilling, McCain offshore drilling, International Oil Trading Company, International Oil Trading Co, IOTC
FAQ: the end of an era for underqualified conservatives
July 28, 2008 - Shattering our long-held belief that the Bush Justice Department was completely independent of politics, a report released on Monday (from the same Justice Department) indicates otherwise—low-level staffers, led by M...Filed under: Monica Goodling, Monica Goodling interviews, Monica Goodling indicted, Glenn A. Fine, Glenn Fine report, DOJ internal report, Department of Justice internal report, Michael Mukasey, Mukasey waterboarding, DOJ scandal, DOJ politicized, Justice Department recruitment program, Justice Department elite recruitment program, DOJ liberal buzz words, Justice Department conservative, conservative Justice Department, Justice Department George Bush, Justice Department Alberto Gonzales, Justice Department nine lawyers, 9 attorneys Justice Department, attorneys general fired, Justice Department Republicans, Justice Department John Ashcroft, Federalist Society, attorney general firings, Alberto Gonzales resignation
FAQ: The John Edwards love child
July 24, 2008 - Former presidential candidate John Edwards has been caught up in a mini-scandal of late. According to the usually reliab...Filed under: John Edwards, John Edwards love child, John Edwards lovechild, Edwards love child, Edwards lovechild, John Edwards Rielle Hunter, Edwards Rielle Hunter, John Edwards mistress, Edwards mistress, John Edwards cheating, John Edwards affair, Edwards affair, John Edwards National Enquirer, National Enquirer John Edwards, National Enquirer Rielle Hunter, Rielle Hunter, Rielle Hunter National Enquirer, Reille Hunter, John Edwards Reille Hunter, John Edwards Beverly Hiltion, Beverly Hilton John Edwards, Andrew Young, Andrew Young Rielle Hunter, Rielle Hunter Andrew Young, Andrew Young John Edwards
FAQ: JibJab
July 17, 2008 - If you were watching cable TV for the past 36 hours, you'd know that the top news stories weren't...Filed under: JibJab, Jib Jab, JibJab video, Jib Jab video, Time for Some Campainin', Time for Some Campaigning, JibJab Time for Some Campaignin', JibJab Time for Some Campaigning, political video, JibJab new video, Jib Jab new video, JibJab John McCain, JibJab McCain, JibJab Barack Obama, Jib Jab Obama, JibJab Obama, JibJab Hillary Clinton, Jib Jab Hillary Clinton, JibJab George Bush, Jib Jab George Bush, John McCain JibJab video, Obama JibJab video, McCain Jib Jab video, Obama Jib Jab video, Evan Spiridellis, Greg Spiridellis
FAQ: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
July 11, 2008 - Perhaps no industry has been hit harder by our country's "mental recession" than the mortgage banks, and two in particular, Fannie Mae and...
FAQ: G-8 summit
July 8, 2008 - The 34th annual G-8 summit began Monday in Japan—the last time President George Bush will either hobnob with or inappropriately massage the world's foremos...Filed under: G8, G8 Summit, Group of Eight, Group of Eight Summit, Africa aid, Group Of Eight Nations, Rusutsu Japan, France, Canada, Italy, Japan, U.S., Britain, Germany, Russia, America, George W, Bush
FAQ: 1957 Chinese torture memo
July 2, 2008 - In 2002, when the Guantanamo Bay detention camp opened, the U.S. was in need of some guidance on just how to torture interrogate the throngs of suspected terrorists. Rather than reading up on current interrogation techniques...
