And the Hits Just Keep On Coming

Discussion in 'The Back Room' started by Stu Ryckman, Nov 30, 2012.

  1. Stu Ryckman

    Stu Ryckman Well-Known Member

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    http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/11/30/democratic-rep-amend-constitution-to-allow-control-of-speech/
     
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    I suggest that the first person gagged by his idea be him. And if we're going to take away Constitutional rights, let's start by taking away the right to vote for every idiot who voted for this clown.
     
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    Dem Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Wants Global Warming Skeptics Burned At The Stake: “We’ve Tolerated The Deniers For Far Too Long”…
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    Die heretics, die!


    (Politico) — At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing featuring sometimes tearful reports from lawmakers representing East Coast states, some panel Democrats suggested putting customary congressional collegiality on the back burner to push more forcefully for mitigating climate change.

    “There is a new normal of new extremes and we have to be prepared for it,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said. “And the reason we have this new normal of new extremes is because global climate change is happening and is real. And we’ve tolerated the deniers for far too long in this body.”

    Whitehouse criticized “a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters” against taking action on climate change.

    “But we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. They are just plain dead wrong,” he said. “And we have to deal with that, and I think some of the courtesies that we have given to one another collegially really have to yield to the fact that some of the things that are being said in the Senate, and occasionally regrettably in this committee chamber, are just plain wrong.”
     
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    What is it with Atlanta?

    http://downtown.11alive.com/news/news/147861-occupy-atlanta-move-homeless-family-bank-owned-home#.UMJQSE00mUI.facebook
     
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    So much wrong with that article stu i have no idea where to start. OMFG! Although, I've my eye on an empty ferrarri down the street, maybe I'll just move in. I hope all my friends get one.
     
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    Another perspective on the health care issue....
     
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    So much wrong with that article stu i have no idea where to start. OMFG! Although, I've my eye on an empty ferrarri down the street, maybe I'll just move in. I hope all my friends get one.
     
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    Judge Set to Rule on Case that Could Reverse Auto Bailout

    Home - by Cardigan - December 8, 2012 - 22:00 America/New_York - 9 Comments

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    A New York federal judge may rule imminently on a case that could reverse the General Motors (GM) bailout and send the company back into bankruptcy, according to sources close to the case.

    At issue is a backroom deal hatched by GM to fulfill the Obama administration’s demand for a quick bankruptcy, draining the automaker of nearly all of its cash on hand and leaving it in worse shape than it was when it collapsed in 2009.

    One condition of GM’s bailout was to shore up its overseas subsidiaries. On the eve of entering bankruptcy, the company cut a $367 million “lock-up agreement” with several major hedge funds to prevent GM Canada from failing. The agreement ensured that GM could spin-off its liabilities to “old GM,” while using a multi-billion dollar bailout to create a new company.

    All of that could be reversed if bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber reopens the process and rules in favor of old GM trustees, who are suing the hedge funds at the center of the lockout agreement.

    “In this particular situation, there’s $1.3 billion in liabilities, but that’s just what’s officially back on the table if the court rules for old GM,” said a bankruptcy expert close to the negotiations. “If those go back on the table then everything could be back on the table and [new GM] would have to address them.”

    Those liabilities, which include old GM’s debt and product liabilities that pre-date bankruptcy, are valued at $30 billion, a sum that would wipe out the company’s $34.6 billion cash reserves.
     
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    I bet the bank "donates" the house in Stu's second article... just for pub relations.
    But what will they do about the next one, and the third, and so on???
    They should stop this NOW before they set a dangerous precedent...
    Squatting isn't possession.