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- U.S. Stocks Jump on Upbeat Reports
- At 102%, His Tax Rate Takes the Cake
- According To The FBI, Internet Privacy Is Now Considered To Be Suspicious Activity
- Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot
- Sharron Angle finds that her Santorum endorsement packs little punch
| U.S. Stocks Jump on Upbeat Reports Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST By CHRIS DIETERICH And CHRISTIAN BERTHELSEN, The Wall Street Journal Stocks rose after the U.S. economy added more jobs than expected last month, driving the Nasdaq Composite to an 11-year high and pushing the Dow to its highest reading in almost four years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 154 points, or 1.2%, to 12859, its highest close since May 2008. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index tacked on 19 points, or 1.5%, to 1345, for its fifth straight weekly gain. The technology-oriented Nasdaq Composite Index gained 46 points, or 1.6%, to 2906, its highest level since December 2000. The Nasdaq is off to its best start to the year since 1991, up 12%. All 10 of the S&P 500′s sectors rose Friday, with financials and consumer-discretionary stocks leading the way. Among blue chips, Bank of America rose 5.2% and Caterpillar added 3.3%. To read more, visit: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203711104577200541043672370.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories |
| At 102%, His Tax Rate Takes the Cake Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:47 AM PST By James B. Stewart, The New York Times Meet Mr. 102%. James Ross, 58, is a founder and managing member of Rossrock, a Manhattan-based private investment firm that focuses on commercial real estate and distressed commercial mortgages. "I realize I am very fortunate, and in fact I am a member of the 1 percent," Mr. Ross wrote in an email. His résumé is studded with elite institutions: Yale, Columbia Law School and stints at the law firms Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, and Holland & Hart in Denver. Since his company fits the category of private equity, he even has carried interest, the kind of incentive compensation that enabled Mitt Romney to pay such a low tax rate. Yet Mr. Ross told me that he paid 102 percent of his taxable income in federal, state, and local taxes for 2010. "My entire taxable income, plus some, went to the payment of taxes," Mr. Ross said. "This does not include real estate taxes, sales taxes, and other taxes I paid for 2010." When he told friends and family, they were "astounded," he said. To read more, visit: http://www.cnbc.com/id/46262819 |
| According To The FBI, Internet Privacy Is Now Considered To Be Suspicious Activity Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:42 AM PST From InfoWars.com When you use the Internet in a public place, do you prefer to have as much privacy as possible? Well, that makes you a potential terrorist. According to the FBI, Internet privacy is now considered to be suspicious activity. If you are out in public and you attempt to keep snoopers from peeking at your computer screen, then according to the FBI they should gather as much information about you as they can and they should report you to the authorities immediately. If this seems completely and totally ridiculous to you, then you are not alone. Millions of Americans have become deeply concerned about the constantly expanding definition of "suspicious activity" in the United States. Sadly, the federal government is now engaging in an all-out attempt to have us all spy on one another. All over America, the Department of Homeland Security is running ads promoting the "See Something, Say Something" campaign. They even had 8,000 stadium workers at the Super Bowl this year go through special training on how to spot potential terrorists. So the next time you see a hot dog vendor, keep in mind that he might also be part of a special anti-terrorism task force. The following are some quotes from a government document entitled "Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activities Related to Internet Café". In between each quote, I have included some commentary. It is absolutely amazing what the definition of "suspicious activity" now includes…. "Are overly concerned about privacy, attempts to shield the screen from view of others" Look, if I am doing some online banking or am composing an email to a friend I don't want someone peeking at my screen. Aren't most Americans "concerned about privacy" and don't most people want to keep their Internet activity to themselves? To read more, visit: http://www.infowars.com/according-to-the-fbi-internet-privacy-is-now-considered-to-be-suspicious-activity/ |
| Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:23 AM PST By LESLIE KAUFMAN and KATE ZERNIKE, The New York Times Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy. They brand government action for things like expanding public transportation routes and preserving open space as part of a United Nations-led conspiracy to deny property rights and herd citizens toward cities. They are showing up at planning meetings to denounce bike lanes on public streets and smart meters on home appliances — efforts they equate to a big-government blueprint against individual rights. "Down the road, this data will be used against you," warned one speaker at a recent Roanoke County, Va., Board of Supervisors meeting who turned out with dozens of people opposed to the county's paying $1,200 in dues to a nonprofit that consults on sustainability issues. Local officials say they would dismiss such notions except that the growing and often heated protests are having an effect. In Maine, the Tea Party-backed Republican governor canceled a project to ease congestion along the Route 1 corridor after protesters complained it was part of the United Nations plot. Similar opposition helped doom a high-speed train line in Florida. And more than a dozen cities, towns and counties, under new pressure, have cut off financing for a program that offers expertise on how to measure and cut carbon emissions. To read more, visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/activists-fight-green-projects-seeing-un-plot.html |
| Sharron Angle finds that her Santorum endorsement packs little punch Posted: 04 Feb 2012 07:20 AM PST
On Friday night, Sharron Angle made her first public appearance on behalf of Rick Santorum since officially endorsing him for president, headlining a solo rally at Santorum's headquarters. Twenty-eight people showed up. That's including her handlers, Santorum's local staff, and one attendee's two kids. Stepping up to a microphone and smiling, Angle tried to make the best of an obviously bad situation. "What it's going to take for us to turn this country around is to be committed. And we're in it for the long haul," she told the sparse crew in Santorum's small office. "You have been inspired … There's no reason to give up." It is difficult to determine for whom this pathetic display of support on the eve of a caucus should be more disappointing: Santorum, whose expectations for Nevada have been so low that he's essentially abandoned his campaign operation here since initial campaign stops Tuesday that drew modest crowds, or Angle, the Tea Party's once-greatest hope — this is the first large-scale endorsement she's made since challenging Harry Reid in 2010. To read more, visit: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/feb/04/sharron-angle-finds-her-endorsement-packs-little-p/ |
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