German Robin Hood receives suspended sentence
No, no, no. She's doing it all wrong. The average person on the street is supposed to bailout and fund exclusive lifestyles for the rich like we do in America. Heck, some will even talk about you as the savior of the economy if you do that.The 62-year-old branch head of one German bank was hailed as a hero after she confessed to transferring money from rich customers to help her poorer clients. Already, she has been dubbed "Die Robin Hood Bankerin".She was given a 22-month suspended sentence after moving more than €7.6m (£6.9m) in 117 transfers between 2003 and 2005. The c

Bush wanted to invade Iraq even before he was elected
Wouldn't it make sense for the US to also schedule a serious inquiry into the Iraq war? It's even more obvious that the Bush administration had early plans to invade Iraq and simply manufactured problems to trigger the invasion. Then PM Tony Blair initially rejected the idea because it was unlawful, though he eventually folded. The Guardian:Evidence given at the opening day of the inquiry, chaired by the former top civil servant Sir John Chilcot, painted a picture of a Whitehall slowly realising the significance of George Bush's election in November 2000 on US policy towards Iraq.Even b

Housing sales surge as buyers try to get last minute home credit
Every bit of news helps, but if it's just a one-time surge to get the credit, then it may indicate much of a change in the market.At the same time, the Wall Street Journal shows just how bad the rest of the market really is.The proportion of U.S. homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than the properties are worth has swelled to about 23%, threatening prospects for a sustained housing recovery....Home prices have fallen so far that 5.3 million U.S.

Wash Post to close bureaus in NYC, LA, Chicago
Another sign of the times.

Teabaggers laugh at woman who lost daughter, grandkid
This is what happens when one party has its own TV network, and the other party has leaders who are afraid to fight back. Nancy Pelosi tried - she rightly labeled these boorish thugs "un-American" - but then the White House threw her under a bus. If you don't cut our a cancer, it grows.