Gold has a long history of being many things to many people. To some, it is a shiny bauble, to others a commodity, and to still others a currency. To financial economists, gold is the traditional hedge against inflation. This
If you missed the debate among the Republican candidates for president in Ames, Iowa two days before today’s straw poll in the Hawkeye state, here you go. I had trouble finding the whole thing on Fox News’ home page. So,
With the way things are going for Obama he should stock up on good luck charms. Adding to the President’s economic, social and political struggles are natural phenomena that appear to trail and then come up to batter Obama on
—– Not much new here to report but make sure to hang in until the end when Rep. Peter King reveals that members of the intelligence community and the CIA, who agreed to participate with the making of Kathryn Bigelow’s
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Standard & Poors downgrades U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ Standard & Poors The S&P ratings service downgraded U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ late on Friday. The outlook is “negative,” meaning that further
On Wednesday, President Obama attended a gala celebration in Chicago to celebrate his fiftieth birthday one day early. Attendees paid $35,800 a ticket to bask in the light of their Messiah, and to mingle with musical stars Herbie Hancock and
Nice to see Republican congressmen like Florida’s Connie Mack firing back at the media when they pull things like this. Looks like Republican politicians are starting to learn that they don’t have to roll over and take it any more.
—AND THE WINNER OF THE $100K POWER LINE PRIZE IS…— Putting their money where their mouth is, our friends at Power Line came up with the terrific idea of tapping into the creative world to explain the dangers of President
My memory is getting worse with time, but it’s still pretty good. Anybody out there remember what happened on Nov. 2, 2010? I think there was an election that day and if my memory serves me well, Democrats and liberal
“Let’s do this interview without talking points, let’s just talk to each other, OK?” Is Don Lemon serious? He interrupted Paul constantly; no one wants to hear Lemon try to argue (instead of interview) with Paul and try to pass
Anders Breivik provides a stark reminder of a not-too-distant past. The dream of a Europe purged of swarthy foreign elements may be history, but it is hardly ancient history. Far too many people alive today still bear the marks of
This has been a difficult week; debt crisis resolution talks going to the last moment in Washington, an horrific mass murder by a lunatic in Norway, and an aborted followup attack on Fort Hood by a Muslim US soldier. It’s
For some background information, see this CNN Blog story about GE moving jobs to China while GE’s CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, is one of President Obama’s advisers on U.S. job creation. Cross-Posted: TobyToons.com (Conservative Political Cartoons)
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets072911.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the crumbling “Boehner Plan” in the House, how Obama may circumvent it,
Lions, and Tigers and Bears! RNC scares the Make-Believe Media. Oh, My! The AP characterizes the newest RNC campaign ad as a “dark” GOP “attack” that has a “wide-eyed girl … fearfully watching a TV” show that “portrays Obama as
The culture of fraud and extortion is now consuming both sides of the Atlantic. As I’ve written many times in the past, there is no solution to the Greece debt problem. It’s not a matter of left- or right- wing
ABC News reports on how the man chosen to replace Larry King is now getting caught up in the scandal that brought down Britain’s News of the World, the paper he used to edit.
When CNN hired Elliot Spitzer many complained hiring the disgraced former governor was a new low in cable news. Allow me to submit to you that with the hiring of “Reverend” Al Sharpton to be their 6pm host, MSNBC has
Recently ousted NBC News host Cenk Uygur tells CNN’s Howard Kurtz why he thinks he was replaced by Rev. Al Sharpton. You can write-off Uygar’s criticism as sour grapes, but after watching Sharpton’s appearance a few months ago on 60
Last month, to much fanfare, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Muammar al-Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, and Libyan military intelligence chief Abdullah Al-Senussi. ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had filed an application for the warrants in
Yesterday, CNN once again gave “Dr.” John Boyd a platform to promote the fraudulent Pigford “Black Famers” settlement and once again, he used the public airwaves to accuse a Congressman of being racist. This time, Boyd attacked a woman who’s
This morning CNN gave a platform to John Boyd, President of the Black Farmer’s Union, so he could claim that Michele Bachmann’s criticism of Pigford fraud is based on racism, not fraud. “Do you feel that she’s racist?” asked the
Terrible how that Tea Party forced the Republicans into the largest sweeping victory in the history of the party and pushed John Boehner into becoming Speaker of the House.
Former PLO member Walid Shoebat spoke at a forum a couple of months ago in Rapid City, SD and was met by CNN reporter Drew Griffin, who seemed curiously interested in Shoebat exclusively. Shoebat had been invited by the state
