By Denis Campbell (Updated)
There was a coffee spit-take moment as I sat this morning in the UK wondering if the vote I cast for Barack Obama in October, then dutifully posted to Nashville’s Davidson County election department and proudly displayed (copy of the ballot paper at least) to fascinated BBC and other news programme hosts [...]
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1 in 4 Votes Abroad Not Counted – Wrong On So Many Levels!
Posted on 15 May 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1 in 4 votes not counted, 2008 Presidential Election, Chairman Rules and Administration Committee, Davidson County, Democrats Abroad, Nashville, New York, Senator Charles Schumer, Tennessee, US Senate, Voters abroad
Quick Picks: Mortgage Scams and Tax Theft
Posted on 16 April 2009 by admin | Comments (0) | Tags: IRS, Mortgage Fraud, New York, taxes
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica
Looking for a new job? Mortgage scammers have found a lucrative market in New York City: Prosecutors there tell the New York Times that mortgage fraud runs little risk of arrest while raking in big rewards. Officials at several New York district attorneys’ offices acknowledge that many fraud cases evade prosecution, “saying they lack the staff [...]
Are Ike, AIG, Merrill and Lehman Good News?
Posted on 15 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 9-figure earning fund managers and bankers, AIG, bank stocks have fallen 20%, bankruptcy, Barclays, behaviours became more sinister, best of all worlds, Black Monday, BofA, Bush Administration turned a blind eye, could make money however they wished, dodgy instruments, Dow losing 700-800 points, extradition treaties, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, financial world markets 6% off, frog-marching of those responsible to jail, fund managers, Hong Kong fund managers and bankers, Ike, keep the party going, leaving someone else to hold the bag, Lehman, London, make room in The Hague, managers would then retire in mock shame, Markets fell precipitously, Merrill, new brand of global criminal, New York, non-financial world, party is over, repackaging horrifically bad home mortgage loans as sec, rest of us have to pay the bill, safe in the knowledge government(s) would always bail t, said no, seizure of their ill-gotten gains (assets), shotgun wedding without Bear Stearns like bailouts, stability and sensibility, The City, their millions already safely invested, thumbed their noses, ticking bomb of AIG Insurance Group, transparency and sensible regulation, unbridled optimism and irrational exuberance, Wall Street, wiping smug “greed is good” grins, worldwide
Am I smoking something?
There is a perfect storm in financial world markets… 6% off by noon London time – equivalent of the Dow losing 700-800 points. This could be a Black Monday in New York with the bankruptcy of Lehman and worldwide, bank stocks have fallen 20% or more. And perhaps, finally, transparency and sensible [...]
Is it over?
Posted on 04 June 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Chicago, clinton, CNN, Court TV, delegate count, Excel Center, FOX, John McCain, Louisiana, Minneapolis, Montana, Mr. Rogers, New York, obama, OJ Simpson trial, South Dakota
Can we come out now and go back to our lives? No? Barack has won but Hillary has not conceded? Aaaaargh! I feel like I did living in LA during the OJ Simpson trial. Will the government offer any counselling or addiction relief therapy to political junkies who will have scant little to do between [...]
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