It’s a financial opportunity no vulture capitalist could resist. The Dow is in record territory thanks to, among other things, policies implemented by the Obama administration. So what’s a vulture capitalist to do? Get back into the game and make some money!
That’s exactly what failed Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is reportedly doing.
Mitt Romney has returned to the private sector, taking on a role at an investment firm run by his son Tagg.
Romney will serve part of the time as chairman of the executive committee at Solamere Capital, a source with knowledge of his plans confirms. A letter has gone out to investors announcing Romney’s increased role.
They claim they couldn’t remember the President reaching out to them in the past. I don’t know what their issue is, but Congressional Republicans seems to have a very short memory or maybe it’s just selective memory. I can remember a very recent invitation from the President, asking Republicans to come to the White House for a screening of the movie Lincoln. They all refused.
Whatever their issue is, these Republicans are now happy again, because the President is continuing his outreach program to them. After taking them to dinner last night, President Obama will be hosting a lunch today. We’ll see what they have to say about him later, after all the dinners, breakfasts and lunches are over.
Reminds me of the saying, “what have you done for me lately.” They will love you when you’re paying, but hate you when you’re not.
Following on his unusual dinner on Wednesday with a dozen Republican senators, President Obama will have a bipartisan lunch on Thursday with Representative Paul D. Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, and the panel’s senior Democrat, Representative Chris Van Hollen.
Mr. Obama’s recent spate of meals and phone calls with Republicans is a new outreach strategy to work around party leaders, especially in the Republican-controlled House, who have dug in against any more budget talks. And the lunch comes as Mr. Ryan is preparing to bring a new budget plan to a vote in his committee next week.
Since Mr. Ryan’s House budget is expected to be contrary to Mr. Obama’s plan, it is unclear what might come of the luncheon parlay. Mr. Ryan, as in the past three years, is expected to propose balancing the budget by cutting projected spending only, especially for the fast-growing entitlement programs Medicare and Medicaid. Mr. Obama wants a deficit-reduction package that is a balance of spending reductions and further tax increases by closing some breaks for the wealthy and corporations.
Mr. Obama’s two-hour dinner with Republican senators at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington on Wednesday apparently covered more subjects than the budget, including immigration and gun safety legislation – two of the president’s other second-term priorities. As they left, Senators John McCain of Arizona and Tom Coburn of Oklahoma each gave waiting reporters a thumbs-up.
A very dramatic video of an ice sculpture forming the words, Middle Class. As we watch the symbolic melting of the middle class, we hear the voice of iconic Barnie Sanders in the background, speaking about the threats to middle class America. Senator Sanders;
There is a war going on in this country and I’m not referring to the war in Iraq or the war in Afghanistan. I’m talking about a war being waged by some of the wealthiest and most powerful people in this country against the working families of the United States of America. Against the disappearing and shrinking middle class of our country.
The reality is that many of the nation’s billionaires are on a warpath. They want more, more, more. Their greed has no end. And apparently there is very little concern for our country or for the people of this country if it gets in the way of the accumulation of more and more wealth and more and more power.
This is part of a speech Mr. Sanders gave on the Senate floor back in December 2012. He is one in a few that is brave enough to stand up and speak up on behalf of the American people. If all in Congress followed Sander’s lead and did what the people sent them there to do, America will truly be a shining beacon on a hill.
Well, that’s the info we took from the various outtakes in this promo/announcement video. We could be wrong, but it seems that this was the message Justin and Kenan Thompson were trying to convey. This upcoming appearance will make Timberlake’s fifth time hosting the show.
Watch the funny outtakes below. But then again, this is Saturday Night Live. We’re sure these are not really outtakes. They’re…
Remember Michelle Obama doing the Evolution of Mom Dancing, well here is dude trying to tell us about the evolution of dancing. After watching this video you still be wondering about the real dance evolution, but it was fun watching dude try to go over the various moves.
Finding employment in this economy can be a daunting task. Many candidates have received numerous rejections for jobs they may very well be qualified for. So the question now is, what to do when you have received one rejection letter too many? You turn it into a job opportunity.
A city in Georgia is considering a proposal as soon as next month that requires every homeowner to own a gun. Citing limited police resources and slow response time, Nelson City Councilman Duane Cronic said armed residents would deter crime instead:
“When he’s not here we rely on county sheriffs–however it takes a while for them to get here,” said Nelson City Councilman Duane Cronic. [..]
“It’s a deterrent ordinance,” Cronic said. “It tells the potential intruder you better think twice.”
Another city, Kennesaw, Georgia, already has a mandatory gun ownership law, although it is not enforced. And outside of Georgia, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin sheriff recently urged residents to “get in the game” with a gun for emergencies, rather than call 911.
Following the freak show segment on The O’Reilly Factor on Fox “News,” where host Bill O’Reilly refused to accept Alan Colmes’s answer on naming two programs the President is willing to cut, O’Reilly’s next segment featured his guest John Stossel, who had a few choice words for the host – “You were obnoxious!”
Stossell was referring to the over the top reaction Bill O’Reilly had when he asked Alan Colmes to “name one program” President Obama would cut. Colmes named two and O’Reilly engaged in an explosive personal attack that at one point, had the much calmer Colmes trying to demand some respect.
After introducing Stossell for the next segment, O’Reilly admitted that he was “still feeling bad about Colmes.” To that, Stossell replied, “Good. You were out of line!”
O’Reilly, still unable to see the err of his ways replied, “I wasn’t out of line. I was maybe out of line with my tone, but not with the facts of the matter.”
“You were obnoxious,” Stossell would say. Some laughing could be heard off camera. O’Reilly eventually accepted the fact that he was “over the top!”
Known and loved for her frank and funny role as upstairs neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Valerie Harper has revealed she is facing terminal brain cancer.
Tests revealed she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition that occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain. Harper tells the mag she is opting for chemo, but, according to People, her doctors say she may only have three months left to live.
“I don’t think of dying,” says Harper, who has been married to Tony Cacciotti since 1987. “I think of being here now.”
Ah, the good ole folks over there at Fox! They’re literally blowing their lids!
Bill O’ Reilly – host of Fox’s The O’Reilly Factor – had Alan Colmes on his “Factor” program earlier tonight and it was quite apparent that Billy forgot to take his medication. Or maybe President Obama cut the amount of medication Reilly was supposed to get!
Actually, that was the reason for O’Reilly’s massive flare up on Colmes. Reilly asked Colmes to “name one damn program Obama said he will cut.” Colmes named two – Medicare and Medicaid, but O’Reilly wasn’t hearing it. He kept insisting that Colmes should name “one program.”
Realizing that he wasn’t getting the calmer Colmes to jog down the insanity road with him, Reilly began personally attacking Colmes. This, understandably offended Alan and he firmly, but respectfully disagreed with O’Reilly.
“Don’t call me a liar! Don’t you dare call me a liar!” Colmes said, over and over again. But the show’s host insisted and continued calling his guest a liar although Colmes correctly named the programs.
Only in the land of Fox Make Believe would someone like Alan Colmes presenting facts be called a liar.
Guess what. The whole thing was caught on tape. Watch the exchange below.
Will Smith’s actor son Jaden is dating Kim Kardashian’s sister Kylie Jenner, according to new reports.
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Sources close to the Kardashian family tell Us Weekly magazine the two teens have been friends for years, but became romantic recently.
They were spotted together on a lunch date at Caffe Nero in London’s Piccadilly Circus on Sunday.
Jenner was previously linked to Australian pop star Cody Simpson. She denied the rumors, telling Seventeen magazine in September, “Cody and I are just good friends.”
Well you can always come to EzKool . But unfortunately for our great nation, Comedy Central with their shows like Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show along with another masterpiece called The Colbert Report, bring more news than most so-called “News” network.
I hope we survive Stewart’s absence.
According to an announcement by Comedy Central, Stewart will leave the show in June for about 12 weeks to direct his first feature film. He is expected to be back early in September. In his absence, the show’s correspondent/writer John Oliver, will take over.
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