Economic downturn took a detour at Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON — When Representative Ed Pastor was first elected to Congress two decades ago, he was comfortably ensconced in the middle class. Mr. Pastor, a Democrat from Arizona, held $100,000 or so in savings accounts in the mid-1990s and had a retirement pension, but like many Americans, he also owed the banks nearly as much in loans.

Today, Mr. Pastor, a miner’s son and a former high school teacher, is a member of a not-so-exclusive club: Capitol Hill millionaires. That group has grown in recent years to include nearly half of all members of Congress — 250 in all — and the wealth gap between lawmakers and their constituents appears to be growing quickly, even as Congress debates unemployment benefits, possible cuts in food stamps and a “millionaire’s tax.”...................

Economic downturn took a detour at Capitol Hill

NATO Forced to Admit Air Strikes Killed Dozens of Libyan Civilians, Contradicting Initial Denials

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NATO has admitted for the first time Libyan civilians were killed and injured during its seven-month bombing campaign that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The acknowledgment came after a New York Times investigation revealed at least 40 civilians, and perhaps more than 70, were killed by NATO air strikes, including at least 29 women or children. Others were killed when NATO warplanes bombed ambulance crews and civilians who were attempting to aid the wounded injured in earlier strikes. We speak to New York Times senior reporter Eric Schmitt, who co-wrote the investigation with C.J. Chivers. "We only saw a small sampling of the strike sites that may have been affected, so the death toll is probably much larger," Chivers says.


"It would be hard to convey in words the visceral anger toward the United States now being felt and expressed in Pakistan. The sense that a deadly U.S. attack on a border post near the Afghan border was deliberate rather than friendly-fire has resulted in a halt to NATO supplies through that nation."

http://worldmeets.us/ http://worldmeets.us/thenationpk000150.shtml#ixzz1hXm3pbf1

Thousands Rally to Defend Occupy Movement

NYT - Police Evict Protesters From Occupy Boston Site

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/us/police-evict-protesters-from-occupy-boston-site.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Let me know when NYTimes prints something positive about the Occupy Movement.

http://www.occupyboston.org/2011/12/09/thousands-rally/

Albany Tax Deal to Raise Rate for Highest Earners

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/nyregion/cuomo-and-legislative-leaders-agree-on-tax-deal.html?_r=2&hp

New York Times propaganda? Or what?????

published 9/25/11

this photo makes me so damn mad!!!!

here is what the 99% @ #OWS is saying about the freak show!!!!!