Category Archives: propaganda bureau
Congress has a penchant for passing toothless legislation, especially as it affects them. The STOCK Act is no exception. STOCK stands for Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge. There is enthusiasm for such a law.
Fervor over insider trading on Capitol Hill reached a peak last fall following the airing of a “60 Minutes” segment questioning whether lawmakers including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) made investments based on their knowledge of legislative activity to which they would be privy.
From HuffPo:
Rachel Maddow: Romney Has ‘Issues Of Patriotism’ Due To Offshore Accounts
Now pay attention carefully. Maddow went after John Mica about Mitt Romney’s offshore accounts: Continue reading
Fake but true:
IT APPEARED to provide incontrovertible proof that global warming was accelerating faster than even the most doom-laden scientists had predicted.






