Tag Archives: Roland Burris

1. U.S.:  Give us the names of your Clients using your swiss bank to evade taxes. UBS: Go to Hell. U.S.: Fine then, we’ll sue you, in Miami. – Swiss Bank accounts have always been secret.  But now the IRS is going after that money.  (From Bloomberg) 2. Ill. Gov. Calls for Sen. Burris to resign - Not [...]
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Allen Stanford is the new Bernie Madoff

1. Another day, another Financial Scam – This time the guys name is Allen Stanford. His mainly off shore banking empire is quickly collapsing under the weight of flat out lies, and he might have been doing some money laundering for drug cartels. And now they can’t find this guy. Bernie Madoff, [...]
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Bush and Cheney don’t like each other right now

1. Obama Signs Stimulus, launches www.Recovery.gov - Ooooo, it’s got it’s own WEBSITE.  Let’s take this 800 Billion dollar thing for a spin.  Wait, there’s already talk of a second?  (From CS Monitor and the Huffington Post) 2. Obama to send 17,000 Troops to Afghanistan – It’s his first major Commander-in-Chief type decision.  (From Reuters) 3. Roland Burris [...]
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Chavez could be President for Life

1. Chavez gets voters to remove term limits – So that means he could end up being President of Venezuela until he dies. How convenient for him. Chavez calls it a “victory for the people.” All 54% that voted in favor of the plan. No word on whether or not [...]
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Lincoln’s 200th Birthday

1. Happy Birthday Mr. 16th President Abraham Lincoln would have been 200 yrs old today. Test what you think you know about him, with a nifty quiz from the PBS show “Looking for Lincoln.” And don’t forget to watch “Looking For Lincoln too.” Which you can do, online, right here… (From Whitehouse.gov, and [...]
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