Thursday, June 21, 2012

Stories that make you go WTF

WaWagate?
 The carefully-edited segment, aired on Monday's edition of "Andrea Mitchell Reports," spliced together a Romney speech, making it appear that he was expressing genuine amazement at a convenience store's use of technology to take sandwich orders. In reality, he was facetiously comparing the tech-savvy private sector to the clumsy government bureaucracy.

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Big business "going Galt?
some firms refuse to hire unless they really need to because there are just too many new taxes and new regulations, so a lot of them are waiting to see who wins before they start hiring again...

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Hillary's folks are being ignored, and they may just morph back into "Reagan Democrats"...

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"Operation Twist"?



Most economists are betting on a plan called Operation Twist, which the Fed tried last summer. Operation Twist is a Fed bond-buying programme that aims to lower rates on mortgages and other loans and was first tried in the '60s and named after the Chubby Checker song...

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Did a "Saudi Ex Machina" just save Egypt?

The Saudis gave them needed money and support the Army over the radicals who don't know how to run a government and will scare off foreign aid and investments.

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Beware of Millie, the Guard Cat
Millie the Bengal cat, thought to be the world's first ever feline security guard, has been hired to guard some of the UK's best-selling toy ranges.,,
Millie's excellent climbing abilities and loud purr made her the prime candidate for the role, with deliveries expected to come in thick and fast over the coming weeks.





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