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Have the banks lost their money to individual borrowers like, mortgages, or did they lose it by gambling on stock markets e.t.c.
and who, in reality would have the bulk of the lost assets now ? it,s got to be somewere isn,t it.

I had the Obama police show up at my house a few minutes ago. They had a list of everyone in my tiny liberal farm town that disaprove of Braq.

I have watched The Corporation and I was wondering how would free market help with child labor and sweat shops if all Americans want is cheap stuff in bulk?
I think I’m mostly for free market but privatizing schools?
Wouldn’t they just teach more brainwash how corporations are good?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080723/ts_alt_afp/usenvironmentpollutionplasticbags

Basically they will stop using plastic bags and now make you bring your own bag of pay 25 cents for a damn paper bag.
I mean really? 25 cents for a freaking paper bag!? I know most people won’t bring their own shopping bags when they go to buy stuff so most of them will go for the 25 cent bag.

25 cents may not sound a lot but considering the amount of people that buy groceries each day and most of them buy in bulk and would need more than 1 paper bag. Thats gonna add up to a lot of money.

Considering that subprime mortgage lenders were not regulated where due diligence on extending credit to individuals was unchecked, who is to be blamed for this? when lenders found that the debt was of poor quality, they simply kept selling their portfolio to banks and hedge funds to throw the debt on their books and gain immediate profit.
Where was the SEC or Fed Resv to ensure compliance? for the past 5 years or so, the R.E.market has been booming.Were they not aware that the bulk of the industry was fueled by low interest rate offers 3/27 financing schemes? how stupid was the Government to sit back and not realize the growing risks? Now that the sh** has hit the fan are the NECONS ( SEC/Fed Resv) starting to probe into this issue. Typical typical ! now we are in a free fall. Do you think that the USD 38Bln dollar injection of the Fed reserve will solve this problem? its only a temporary solution to liquidity.

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the tax on cigarettes has gone up faster then taxes on any other consumable product that has ever been produced in the united states, in which the government both state and federal have deemed detrimental to the heath of its citizens. why not alcohol, it has been responsible for killing thousands, destroying families, hurting society as a whole and many other social problems. millions of taxpayes money has gone into treatment and programs for alcoholics and lets not forget the amount of taxpayers money are spent by police departments, courts, jails, prison the list goes on and on. where is the outcry. has any real real solid scientific research by using double blind research experiments been conducted to prove their assertions about cigarettes. i.e. providing a placebo to one group and not the other (they could use people who smoke for the other group) over an extended period of time, to see what the effects of second hand smoke really does to non smokers and what environment is most likely to create these adverse effects. if your answer is yes, to the double blind research or any reasearch project, please state the name of that research project and when it was done.. dont bash me, i am a reformed smoker who spent 1500 dollars and it took me five years to quit. its hard for some easy for others. do you think the government has taxed cigarettes to the point of creating a black market for them. some stores are charging seven dollars a pack in some states who have steadly singled out one segmenmt of society to tax (on the pretext of using that money to help treat smoking related illnesses), in order to help balance their budget or have to keep increasing the tax to matain there tax base because people are going to states who have no sales tax on cigarettes, have quit or an exhisting black market. i would also like to know, has theft of bulk cigarette shipments on the increase. of course the government may. not want us to know this.

Man described as a top spammer arrested

By GENE JOHNSON, AP Legal Affairs WriterThu May 31, 8:02 AM ET

A 27-year-old man described as one of the world’s most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.

Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of compromised “zombie” computers to send out millions upon millions of spam e-mails.

“He’s one of the top 10 spammers in the world,” said Tim Cranton, a Microsoft Corp. lawyer who is senior director of the company’s Worldwide Internet Safety Programs. “He’s a huge problem for our customers. This is a very good day.”

A federal grand jury last week returned a 35-count indictment against Soloway charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.

Soloway pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to all charges after a judge determined that — even with four bank accounts seized by the government — he was sufficiently well off to pay for his own lawyer.

He has been living in a ritzy apartment and drives an expensive Mercedes convertible, said prosecutor Kathryn Warma. Prosecutors are seeking to have him forfeit $773,000 they say he made from his business, Newport Internet Marketing Corp.

A public defender who represented him for Wednesday’s hearing declined to comment.

Prosecutors say Soloway used computers infected with malicious code to send out millions of junk e-mails since 2003. The computers are called “zombies” because owners typically have no idea their machines have been infected.

He continued his activities even after Microsoft won a $7 million civil judgment against him in 2005 and the operator of a small Internet service provider in Oklahoma won a $10 million judgment, prosecutors said.

U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan said Wednesday that the case is the first in the country in which federal prosecutors have used identity theft statutes to prosecute a spammer for taking over someone else’s Internet domain name. Soloway could face decades in prison, though prosecutors said they have not calculated what guideline sentencing range he might face.

The investigation began when the authorities began receiving hundreds of complaints about Soloway, who had been featured on a list of known spammers kept by The Spamhaus Project, an international anti-spam organization.

The Santa Barbara County, Calif., Department of Social Services said it was spending $1,000 a week to fight the spam it was receiving, and other businesses and individuals complained of having their reputations damaged when it appeared spam was originating from their computers.

“This is not just a nuisance. This is way beyond a nuisance,” Warma said.

Soloway used the networks of compromised computers to send out unsolicited bulk e-mails urging people to use his Internet marketing company to advertise their products, authorities said.

People who clicked on a link in the e-mail were directed to his Web site. There, Soloway advertised his ability to send out as many as 20 million e-mail advertisements over 15 days for $495, the indictment said.

The Spamhaus Project rejoiced at his arrest.

“Soloway has been a long-term nuisance on the Internet — both in terms of the spam he sent, and the people he duped to use his spam service,” organizers wrote on Spamhaus.org.

Soloway remained in federal detention pending a hearing Monday.