The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have no reason to suspect the presence of contraband. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, joined by the court’s conservative wing, wrote that courts are in no [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
Can Obama Weatherize Against Corrupt State Leaders?
Posted: 25th October 2011 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: building, Corrupt State, Economy | Finance, employment, energy, environment, finance, fuel, green, job, Obama, safety, State Leaders, weatherization
Warren Buffett’s Income Was $62,855,038 Last Year
Posted: 12th October 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Economy | Finance, Lifestyle, PoliticsTags: Adjusted Gross Income, CNN, Cnn Money, earners, Federal Income Taxes, Huelskamp, Income Tax Return, Millionaires, Money Reports, Nyt, Obama, Policymakers, reuters, Rich Friends, richest man, S 400, tax-payers, Taxable Income, Veracity, warren buffett
Warren Buffett released what he said was his adjusted gross income last year. CNN Money reports that in a letter to Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp Buffett reveals that he made $62,855,038 last year. He also said his taxable income was $39,814,784. According to Reuters, the world’s third-richest man paid only $6.9 million in federal income [...]
Ron Paul: The country is ripe for revolution
Posted: 27th September 2011 by Sus Scrofa in PoliticsTags: Billion Dollars, Congressman Paul, crowd, Election Campaign, federal reserve, Grand Ballroom, Grassroots Organization, jon stewart, Madonna, Marlin, Media Coordinator, Mick Jagger, Monday Night, Obama, Overwhelming Response, Presidential Campaign, Republican Presidential Candidate, ron paul, True Revolution, Webster Hall
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul rallied a sold- out crowd of more than 1800 of his most ardent under-thirty-year-old supporters in New York City Monday night. Tickets to the event cost $20-25. It was originally scheduled to take place at the famed Webster Hall’s Marlin Room, but, the event had to be moved to a [...]
Felonious Munk On America’s Bill Problem
Posted: 18th August 2011 by Veritas in Politics, What the F*ck!Tags: budget, capitalism, China, congress, debt, democracy, democrat, munk, Obama, republican
Are High Speed Rails the Answer to High Oil Prices?
Posted: 30th December 2010 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: Bullet Train, Bullet Trains, Carbon Emissions, Governor Elect, Highway Deaths, Improving Productivity, Interstate Highway, John Kasich, Obama, Perfect Sense, Pipe Dream, Public Works Projects, Republican Governor, Republican Politicians, Risky Strategy, Road To Nowhere, Robert Moses, Scott Walker, Speed Passenger, Transcontinental Railroad
The master builder Robert Moses had a legendary strategy for ambitious public-works projects: start now, and figure out how to finish later. “Once you sink that first stake,” he liked to say, “they’ll never make you pull it up.” And that, in essence, is the Obama Administration’s strategy for spreading high-speed passenger railacross the United States. It’s an [...]
Republicans Don’t Care About Real Americans
Posted: 14th December 2010 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, PoliticsTags: 9/11, baby boomers, Bush, College Graduates, congress, Conservative Mind, Courageous Acts, Health Issues, Income Families, Intern Program, Obama, Republicans, retirement, salary, senate, Student Loans, Tax Break, tax cuts, Tax Rate, taxes, Trickle Down Economics, Unemployed Workers, Unemployment Benefits, washington
They had their way for eight years. Their idea of trickle-down economics doesn’t work. Obama has tried to compromise with them to get something passed, but that wasn’t good enough. That’s right, at a time when unemployment is rampant, unemployment benefits have ran out for millions of Americans, and 9/11 responders are feeling the effects [...]
Lame Duck Session Starts; Tax Hikes Hover Over Families
Posted: 1st December 2010 by Veritas in PoliticsTags: Budget Proposal, Committee On Taxation, congress, congressional budget office, Contentious Issues, death, Death Tax, Deceased Person, democrats, Dividend Payments, Foundation Center, Heritage Foundation, Income Tax Rates, Joint Committee On Taxation, lame duck, Lame Duck Session, Marriage Penalty, Members Of Congress, Obama, Republicans, Rude Awakening, Senior Citizens, Session One, Small Business Owner, Standard Deduction, tax, tax hike
As members of Congress descend on Capitol Hill to begin the seven-week “Lame Duck” session, one of the most contentious issues being debated involves extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, which set to expire on Dec. 31. The Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis sent out a warning today to all Americans: Those who [...]