Talk About a Filing Dump – Moodys Drops a Daisycutter The Reformed Broker

Talk About a Filing Dump – Moodys Drops a Daisycutter The Reformed Broker

Bloggasm � How a law student used Twitter to pressure dozens of Glenn Beck’s advertisers into dropping their support

Bloggasm � How a law student used Twitter to pressure dozens of Glenn Beck’s advertisers into dropping their support

His methodology is relatively straight forward: Compile a list of Beck’s advertisers and approach them (usually on Twitter) one-by-one to point out the host’s more outlandish statements, and then encourage other Twitter users to do the same. Rather than going after all the brands at once, Carusone told me he’d usually pick one or two a day and focus entirely on them. “I don’t want to make it about politics, I just highlight the indecent remarks that he makes,” he said. “The sexism, the preying on racial anxieties, some of his more willful distortions, the ones that have dangerous consequences, and I ask if they’re comfortable associating their brand with that. And by and large, many of the advertisers say no, and they modify their advertising agreements accordingly.” Because he typically warns the companies privately before he begins the campaign, sometimes they say they’ll pull their advertising before he even publicly targets them.

The Perfect Plan To Save The Housing Market: Eliminate All Mortgage Payments – 24/7 Wall St.

The Perfect Plan To Save The Housing Market: Eliminate All Mortgage Payments – 24/7 Wall St.:

"The Post reports that lending institutions would be paid well for handling loan modifications. The amount would almost double what the government pays financial firms for the service now. The FHA would be asked to help underwater borrowers as well according to the Post. The balance of the details about how the program will work are not available, or, more probably, have not been worked out. The one thing that is clear about the White House plan is that it will be funded from the TARP facility, the same $700 billion program that saved the financial industry as the credit crisis grew.

The fight over the program will be bitter, but not nearly as bitter as the fight over who will have access to reduced mortgage payments, especially if the monthly obligation can go to zero."

Anthony Weiner Shows Some Fight

"Make no mistake about it, every single Republican I have ever met in my entire life is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the insurance industry."

Lawmaker: Disabled kids a god's punishment - wtop.com

Ignorance and superstition on the march.

Lawmaker: Disabled kids a god's punishment - wtop.com:

"Western Prince William Del. Bob Marshall, R-13th, says disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy.

He made that statement last Thursday at a press conference to oppose state funding for Planned Parenthood.

“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican."

Boston officer fired for racist e-mail about Harvard professor - The Boston Globe

Took forever but the cops did the right thing. See ya later Mr. Barrett.

Boston officer fired for racist e-mail about Harvard professor - The Boston Globe:

"The Boston police officer who sent an e-mail that included a racial slur to describe Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was fired from the force yesterday."

Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Obama: "I'm a Big Believer in Net Neutrality"

Obama to give first State of Union on wheelchair-accessible rostrum - TheHill.com

Obama to give first State of Union on wheelchair-accessible rostrum - TheHill.com:

"While the mechanical modifications ran about five months behind schedule, the final touches have been made and Congress’s only paraplegic member, Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), is looking forward to presiding over the House for the first time, possibly next month."

Michael Lewis Sends A Memo To Lloyd Blankfein, Pure Unadulterated Comic Genius Ensues | zero hedge

Michael Lewis Sends A Memo To Lloyd Blankfein, Pure Unadulterated Comic Genius Ensues | zero hedge

O'Keefe's three alleged accomplices: Conservative activists Dai, Basel and Flanagan | Media Matters for America

O'Keefe's three alleged accomplices: Conservative activists Dai, Basel and Flanagan | Media Matters for America

Yesterday, conservative activist James O'Keefe was arrested for allegedly plotting "to wiretap Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's office in downtown New Orleans." O'Keefe was arrested along with Stan Dai, Joseph Basel and Robert Flanagan. Here's a look at who O'Keefe's alleged accomplices appear to be: