Friday, August 12, 2011

Obama Visits Corporation Where His Stimulus Created 'Green' Jobs at $2 Million Per Job | CNSnews.com

Obama Visits Corporation Where His Stimulus Created 'Green' Jobs at $2 Million Per Job | CNSnews.com: "President Barack Obama on Thursday toured a vehicle battery plant in Michigan, touting his administration’s focus on green technology and jobs, at a corporation where federal money authorized by the economic stimulus law that Obama signed at the beginning of his presidency had created 'green' jobs at a cost of about $2 million in federal subsidies per job."

News from The Associated Press

News from The Associated Press: "On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas without a single passenger on board. And the federal government pays them to do it."

Chaos reigns as courts struggle to process UK rioters | Reuters

Chaos reigns as courts struggle to process UK rioters | Reuters: "Courts around Britain were struggling on Thursday to cope with a huge influx of people arrested during this week's riots, including a millionaire's daughter, a charity worker and a woman who handed herself in after suffering pangs of guilt."

Hill Staffers | Maui Taxpayer Trip | Senate Committee Hearing | The Daily Caller

Hill Staffers | Maui Taxpayer Trip | Senate Committee Hearing | The Daily Caller: "Senate Democrats are charging taxpayers for a trip to Hawaii, The Daily Caller has learned. The entire press staff of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee is in Maui, even though a field hearing there won’t happen until next Wednesday."

U.S. Consumer Confidence Drops to Three-Decade Low Amid Economic Headwinds - Bloomberg

U.S. Consumer Confidence Drops to Three-Decade Low Amid Economic Headwinds - Bloomberg: "Confidence among U.S. consumers plunged in August to the lowest level since May 1980, adding to concern that weak employment gains and volatility in the stock market will prompt households to retrench."