Today's edition of quick hits:
* They can still probably afford good lawyers: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining potential wrongdoing surrounding JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion trading loss, people briefed on the matter said Tuesday."
* Greece: "Greek political leaders said Tuesday that they had failed to find consensus to form a government, pushing the rudderless country to new elections amid political instability and volatility in financial markets that could push Greece to abandon the euro."
* Murdoch media scandal: "Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper empire and a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, was formally charged on Tuesday."
* Counter-proliferation: "Gen. James E. Cartwright, the retired vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former commander of the United States' nuclear forces, is adding his voice to those who are calling for a drastic reduction in the number of nuclear warheads below the levels set by agreements with Russia."
* Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is reportedly planning to move forward with President Obama's nominees to the Federal Reserve Board. Whether Senate Republicans will allow the chamber to vote on them is far from clear.
* Colorado: "A bill that would have allowed civil unions for same-sex couples in Colorado was defeated on Monday night during a special legislative session called by Gov. John W. Hickenlooper to debate the issue."
* I have a hard time understanding why conservatives, who used to consider themselves the patriotism police, would celebrate someone renouncing their American citizenship to avoid paying taxes.
* In Virginia, Republican state lawmakers apparently believe gay people who believe in gay rights shouldn't be allowed to serve as judges. It's the 21st century; I just thought I'd mention that.
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Greece has no government. That's bad? Belgium went about a year and a half without a government. Life went on, no problem....
I am sure the facebook fellow will love Singapore and its total lack of privacy.
Hickenlooper? I'm sorry, I'm not gonna touch that one. Somebody else can have at it. Not me, no sir.
Can anyone name an American 1%er who did not benefit in some way because of American taxpayers and the benefits of living in this country? 'Forbes' can portray Saverin a hero but taking the money and running hardly seems heroic.
I call on all "conservatives" to live their patriotism and renounce their citizenship. Well before Thanksgiving, please, just to avoid blowing up the State Department's workload before the holidays.
(D'ya think they'll fall for it?)
Sorry if I'm putting this on the wrong thread. I read this just a few minutes ago. The Mississippi legislators are pleased that if abortions are not provided, women can use coathangers.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/05/15/mississippi/
It appears that in Colorado (too), there are ways to go around elected officials to stop laws from going through with one person (hello?) saying I know what's best for constituents, I have superior insight than elected officials to make even a civil union for LBGTQ folks.
We are witnessing the "if you can keep it" of Ben Franklin's reply to "what have we got, a Republic or a Monarchy?" question. http://www.bartleby.com/73/1593.html
"Snewz Corpse"... Gee, you think there would be some backlash against an Obama Justice Department investigating Snewz Corpse illegality?
The tealiban only supports pedophiles. Just like they support viagra because it's medical and birth control is strictly to prevent pregnancy.
Rebekah Brooks looks terrible.
My grandfather, Ronald Strahle was President of the Colorado State Senate and Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. He was with my mom at a store in Ft. Collins, CO when they saw a gay couple shopping (at the time, Ft. Collins was part of Palin's "Real America", so this was out of the norm.) My grandfather said that he didn't like them, but that they deserved the same rights as everyone else. He was a Republican, but this was 30+ years ago.
All that being said, I'm sure you can understand why I have such distain for my state's new Speaker of the State House of Representatives.