House Prices Decline Slowing
Data was released today by Standard & Poor’s for its home price index composite.
This is the leading indicator for the US real estate market. It shows that although still negative, the annual decline of the 10-City & the 20-City composites improved.
Madoff Sentenced To 150 Years
The disgrace financier Madoff will be sentenced today, in a New-York court.
He is charged with a $ 50 Billion Ponzi scheme. It is arguably the biggest swindle in US history.
Last March, Madoff pleaded guilty, he could be sentenced for as much as 150 years.
Lunch With Warren Buffett Sold For $ 1.68 Million
By Gilbert Mercier, NEWS JUNKIE POST Last year, the same extravagant privilege of having lunch with Warren Buffett (the 2ND richest man in the world) had a $2.1 Million price tag. It is yet another sign of the recession. The online eBay auction took place last night. The proceed of the auction will go to […]
Yoo, Rumsfeld and the Torture of Prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan
On Jan. 17, 2003, Mary Walker, the Air Force general counsel, received an urgent memo from the Pentagon’s top attorney. Attached to the classified document was a set of directives drafted two days earlier by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. “Establish a working group within the Department of Defense to assess the legal, policy and […]
Von Brunn: “Hitler’s Worst Mistake: He Didn’t Gas The Jews”
James Von Brunn is a white supremacist and the shooter responsible for this afternoon killing at the Holocaust Memorial in Washington DC. He wrote this racist rant a while back, it does illustrate perfectly his disturbed state of mind. “Remember, the Federal Reserve Act (1913) gave Jews control of America’s money. Followed by control of […]