Tag: housing
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obama proposes $50 billion for road, rail, airways
labor day push for planes, trains & automobiles from reuters: President Barack Obama would spend $50 billion on revamping highways, rails and airport runways to create jobs in the near term and improve the long-term U.S. transportation network. The $50 billion would be spent in the first year and be part of a six-year transportation…
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govt paid off $62m in student loans for federal employees
or more specifically: doj, dod, sec & state dept employees from allgov: Wouldn’t it be nice if your employer paid your student loans for you? That’s what the federal government has been doing the past eight years for a select group of government employees. A report from the Office of Personnel Management shows 36 agencies…
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Police States Updates: NYCCTV, ISIS & Psycho Pig Rampage
Bloomberg wants ‘Big Brother Britain’ for NYC // White House denies reports of spy planes over NYC // Homeland Security tests 360-degree video cam: ‘Imaging system for immersive surveillance’ – ISIS sees all // Obama administration exploits Miranda loophole // Police plan to pillage & terrify community during ‘Operation: Psycho Pig Rampage’
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US growth prospects deemed bleak in new decade
from reuters: A dismal job market, a crippled real estate sector and hobbled banks will keep a lid on U.S. economic growth over the coming decade, some of the nation’s leading economists said on Sunday. Speaking at American Economic Association’s mammoth yearly gathering, experts from a range of political leanings were in surprising agreement when…
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econocrash: sachs attack, dollar death & the fdic
US mortgage fraud soared in 2008 & still growing, says fbi programmer out on bail after stealing software that runs goldman sachs’ automated trading systemsfrom reuters: A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programmer accused of stealing secret trading codes from the financial firm has been released from federal custody after posting bail, authorities said…
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4/23 Newspurge
police state international: combat support battalion deployed to ‘maintain public order’ at boston marathon*animal rights activist on fbi ‘most wanted terrorists’ list*video: cop arrests abc news reporter for filming traffic accident*hr1913: local law enforcement hate crimes prevention act of 2009, the end of free speech?*US security boss clarifies comments about border*illegal immigrants detained, then freed…
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econocrash: crisitunity!
will US financial woes lead to new world order? convicted inside trader & elite finance oligarch george soros says: i’m having a very good crisisfrom daily mail: A hedge fund manager who predicted the global credit crunch has said the financial crisis has been ‘stimulating’ and the culmination of his life’s work. George Soros, who…
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collateral news: high noon in cook county
from collateral news: A sheriff’s office in Cook County, Illinois has refused to execute foreclosure orders indefinitely. Know where he got the idea? From citizens in his jurisdiction. Could it be a trend that spreads?
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police & protesters clash in new orleans
from usa today: There is a protest underway at New Orleans City Hall as the City Council decides whether to demolish 4,500 public housing units damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The AP says police have used stun guns and chemical spray to repel protesters, and that “a scuffle” occurred in the City Council chambers. The New…