WWII vet, 91 year-old John Potter ‘saved from daughter’s eviction’ – $138K raised online

I posted on the plight of John Potter when the story first broke about 6 days ago.

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Former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman drops bid to join CBOE board

Actions have consequences – via  Reuters.

A former U.S. Internal Revenue Service commissioner has withdrawn his bid to join CBOE Holdings Incs board of directors as he...

Rand Paul Wants Apology For Witch-hunt As Levin And McCain Target Apple Cheered on By India

This is, in some ways, an international issue and as usual McCain is moving in lock-step with Leftists – see Cheered On By India, Levin And McCain Will Grill Apple’s Cook – Forbes.

Indeed, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which sets guidelines on international tax for its 34 member...

Price Caps On Swipe Fees Cost You Bank Bucks

Via Rob port, link below. The more Congress screws with our financial systems, the worse they get. Funny how that happens!

Three years ago Monday the...

I Killed Breitbart: The Kickstarter Campaign by Chris Faraone

So, this pathetic ass Chris Faraone wants to raise money for a book and appears to be bragging that he killed Andrew Breitbart? Have at him.

A book about indicting right-wing demagogues and causing conservative consternation. (more…)

Change! More poor now live in suburbs than urban areas

I hope they don’t think this should make anyone feel better about anything? Five years in, it would be nice to see some agreement that the Obama-conomy has failed. It always was more ‘con’ than economy anyway.

As poverty mounted throughout the nation over the past decade, the number of poor people...

‘Ghetto tour’ by Bronx bus company sparks outrage: Celebrating decades of urban decay

Tourists are crowding onto a Bronx bus tour that promises “a ride through a real New York City ‘GHETTO’ ” — and local politicians are furious.

h/t for the photo and more on the ‘Ghetto Tour’ here.

Question – how is this any different than what this un-talented ass-clown Kanye West is doing? 

5 Richest Countries: #1 “business hub and tax haven” Singapore

A ‘business hub and tax haven’  is wealthy? Funny how that works.

The U.S. is at number 3, at link below if you’re interested.

No. 1: Singapore, $61,567 per person

The...

Phila. Ex-Con Job Fair “Madhouse,” Cancelled For Crowd Size, Yet Officials Claim Unemployment Way Down

How much fail can one government event to help people find jobs have?  This much according to NBC10 in Phila: Job Fair “Madhouse” Dissapoints Many- Unofficial job fair draws thousands  The people were ex-offenders n this case, something Philadelphia apparently has too many of, along with their being un-employed. How’s that for a...

Food Stamp program up from 35 to $80 billion on Obama’s Watch

And  BTW haven’t these EBT Cards been in the news recently, too? Oh, yeah, that’s right. They’re what terrorists like Tamerlan Tsarnaev use to buy bags of Frito Lay when they aren’t blowing chit up, or anything!

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Socialism: Taxes on some wealthy French top 100% of income last year

Yes, it’s true – thanks to a “one-off levy” and the income level it impacted may surprise you. $1.67 million in total assets ain’t what it...

Chanel Preston refused Los Angeles bank account over ‘Moral issues’?

Seriously? Suddenly LA, let alone LA  banking comes with a morals clause? Who knew? You have got to be kidding me!

And, yes, you can click the photo to enlarge if you must … but it won’t impact the amount of money in the shot. Ha

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