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| 12-Year-Old Boy Sentenced to 30 Years in Jail | |
| Uploaded by RTAmerica on 19 Aug 2011 Paul Henry Gingerich, a 12 year-old boy, was tried as an adult in a homicide case in Indiana earlier this year. He was given 30 years for assisting the killing of friend's step-father. Gingerich didn't fire a shot but was given the same punishment as his friend who fired two. The courts determined that there was no hope for this former straight-A student. Monica Foster, Gingerich's attorney, gives us her take on the case. | |
| Date: 23 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 890 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 | |
| Great short film: The First Day of the Tar Sands Action | |
| Uploaded by StopKeystoneXL on 21 Aug 2011 A short film capturing first day of 2-weeks of sit-ins at the White House to stop the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. More info: http://tarsandsaction.org | |
| Date: 23 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 842 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 | |
| CAUGHT ON TAPE: Bank Of America's Director Of Public Policy Tells Rick Perry: We'll Help You Out | |
| Via ThinkProgress: CAUGHT ON TAPE: Bank Of America’s Director Of Public Policy Tells Rick Perry ‘We’ll Help You Out’ By Marie Diamond on Aug 19, 2011 at 3:26 pm A top Bank of America executive was caught on camera yesterday whispering to Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX), “Bank of America. We’ll help you out,” as the GOP presidential candidate attended New Hampshire’s Politics and Eggs breakfast. The executive has been identified by the financial website Zero Hedge as James Mahoney, Director of Public Policy for the bank. Mahoney is on the board of directors for the New England Council, the sponsors of the Politics and Eggs breakfast. Watch it: But far from being just a regional banker, Mahoney is a key national executive. In a statement about the incident, bank spokesman Lawrence Di Rita told Politico the only “help” Mahoney was offering was nonpartisan policy expertise. Di Rita said Mahoney does policy and not lobbying for the bank. This unsolicited reassurance from a top Bank of America emissary comes just days after Perry appeared to publicly threaten the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke. Over the years Gov. Perry has benefited greatly from Bank of America’s financial support, and it appears that largesse will continue as he seeks the presidency on a platform of — coincidentally enough — bank deregulation. His gubernatorial campaigns have received $125,900 from Bank of America’s PAC and executives since 2003. During the 2010 cycle alone, Perry’s campaign received $30,160 from the bank’s PAC and executives. According to Texans for Public Justice, Bank of America has also given generously Republican Governors Association, which Perry led until recently and just happens to be his largest donor, contributing $4 million between 2001 and 2010. It’s no mystery why banking executives are rushing to give Perry their support. Of all the GOP candidates, Perry is the most fervently opposed to banking regulation. As Matt Yglesias pointed out, in his book Fed Up, Perry expresses the extreme view that all banking regulation and consumer financial protection is unconstitutional. Bank of America has been in a world of financial trouble recently, with its stock down more than 50 percent since January, as it faces a growing wave of mortgage litigation. In recent weeks it has been engaged “in the corporate version of a yard sale.” The bank announced today that it will be cutting at least 10,000 jobs, laying off 3,500 workers this quarter alone. As ThinkProgress has reported, until now Mitt Romney has been the candidate with the most backing from Wall Street. | |
| Date: 23 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 961 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 | |
| NATO: Qaddafi is history | |
| Published on 23 Aug 2011 by AssociatedPress NATO says the situation in Tripoli is still | |
| Date: 23 August 2011 - Added by: Guest | |
| Views: 774 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Hurricane Irene Marks 1st Big US Threat in Years | |
| Published on 23 Aug 2011 by AssociatedPress The rapidly intensifying Hurricane Irene has already cut a destructive path through the Caribbean. It is now the first hurricane to seriously threaten the U.S. in almost three years. (Aug. 23) | |
| Date: 23 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 801 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Robert Reich on Obama, GOP issues, and tax strategy | |
| Published on 20 Aug 2011 by Current Keith discusses tax strategy with Robert Reich, professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. In town halls across the nation, democratic leaders are using this month's congressional recess to change the narrative on taxes. After new polling and town hall outbursts, can democrats run on an unabashed promise to raise taxes on the rich and corporations? | |
| Date: 23 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 855 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Keith Olbermann's Worst Persons: Defending the poor rich | |
| Countdown with Keith Olbermann 08-22-2011 5 - Worst Persons | |
| Date: 23 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 864 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Polluters: Choose Jobs Or Smog | |
| Uploaded by climatebrad on 17 Aug 2011 A coalition of corporate polluters asks Americans to choose between jobs and their health, citing false statistics about higher smog standards. | |
| Date: 22 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 826 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Huntsman: Bachmann's $2 Gas Pledge Not In 'Reality' | |
| Uploaded by climatebrad on 22 Aug 2011 8/21/11: On ABC's This Week, Jon Huntsman Jr. bashes Michele Bachmann's promise to deliver $2 gas to Americans. | |
| Date: 22 August 2011 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 808 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Hurricane Irene hits Puerto Rico | |
| Published on 22 Aug 2011 by Euronews Hurricane Irene has hit the US Carribbean territory of Puerto Rico, knocking out electricity lines and ripping up trees. More than 800,000 homes were left without power including in the capital, San Juan. Rivers overflowed and coastal roads were flooded, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or serious casualties. Puerto Rico's governor said he wanted the US to declare the archipelago a disaster area so it can access emergency funds. | |
| Date: 22 August 2011 - Added by: Guest | |
| Views: 845 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |