Remember the movie “We Bought a Zoo?” Well apparently Eric Hovde bought a bank!

While some people might splurge on a new TV or a set of tires for the car with their disposable income, apparently out-of-state Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde likes to buy banks: U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde has purchased a bank that received federal bailout money, even though the…

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Occupy

I think I have been lax in posting about whats happening in the US right now in terms of the occupy everything movement. While I have been watching it somewhat I have not been paying full attention to it. Tonight, a couple things caught my eye and made me focus…

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The exploitation of 9/11

Zach point out the other day that, scott walker was was not scared to exploit 911 for his own political purposes. Then on 911 there was a “tea party” in Racine. I am not going to focus on the ridiculousness of having Jonah Goldberg there, or many of the people…

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The TARP actually made money

As reported by Reuters, the oft-maligned Troubled Asset Recovery Program, commonly known as TARP, actually brought taxpayers a return on their investment: U.S. taxpayers earned an annualized 8.5 percent return from the government’s bailout of 49 financial firms, underscoring efforts by the industry to speed up repayments and warrant repurchases,…

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