On Sunday, Ed Gillespie, a senior adviser to Mr. Romney, told CNN that the candidate had “retired retroactively” from Bain . . .
Personally, I plan to invest in Bain retroactively.
via When Did Romney Step Back From Bain? It’s Complicated – NYTimes.com.
If the nationwide drought ain’t caused by global warming, then God must hate Georgia.
Exploding hay, watering bans are latest signs of worsening drought – U.S. News.
“We believe in God, we believe in guns and we believe in family.” — Texas state Rep. Chuck Hopson
via Lawmakers who joined GOP struggle for re-election – Houston Chronicle.
“Twelve Chicago Public Schools principals and assistant principals have been removed from their positions for allegedly falsifying forms for free and reduced lunches for their own children, the school district and Inspector General’s office announced in a joint statement this morning.”
It ain’t just Wall Street types who cheat to get ahead.
12 CPS officials accused of lying to get their kids lunches – chicagotribune.com.
Is it true that 14 full-blown terrorist attacks have been prevented by the NYPD? No.
Fact-Check: How The NYPD Overstated Their Counterterrorism Record (PHOTOS).
To learn why Mitt is rolling in dough while you’re still schlepping to the office every day, read Nicholas Shaxson’s revealing expose:
Mitt Romney has repeatedly claimed that he was gone from Bain Capital when it sent jobs overseas.
But documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have now come to light showing that Romney was in charge of Bain from 1999 to 2001, a period in which the company outsourced jobs and ran companies that fell into bankruptcy.
Romney has tried to distance himself from this period in Bain’s history, saying on financial disclosure forms he had no active role in Bain as of February 1999.
But at least three times since then, Bain listed Romney as the company’s “controlling person,” as well as its “sole shareholder, sole director, chief executive officer and president.” And one of those documents — as late as February 2001 — lists Romney’s “principal occupation” as Bain’s managing director.
But serial liar Romney has now gone on TV claiming that Obama is the one distorting the truth.
Oh Mitt, just bite me already.
Adapted from Bain Capital documents conflict with Mitt Romney’s narrative on his role, outsourcing | cleveland.com.
Shades of the financial shenanigans of Greece:
On Tuesday night, July 10, San Bernardino City Attorney James Penman told the City Council that budget officials had presented falsified documents for 13 of the past 16 years, masking the city’s deficit.
San Bernardino is facing a budget shortfall of about $45 million and annual deficits over the next five years. That’s even after the city slashed the workforce by 20 percent over the past four years and negotiated $10 million in annual concessions from employees in each of the past three years.
That prompted elected officials in the city of 210,000 people to make the sudden move of authorizing the city attorney to seek federal bankruptcy protection, becoming the third California city poised to do so in less than two weeks.
Adapted from With bills unpaid, accounts approaching empty, California’s San Bernardino chooses bankruptcy | StarTribune.com.
It appears that you can get a black market kidney for $150,000, of which $25,000 goes to the donor. With that kind of money available, it won’t be long before Shanghai Kelly gets into this line of work.
Brooklyn man sentenced to 2 1/2 years for role in black-market kidney trafficking scheme | NJ.com.
‘In a bright pink salwar kameeez and matching headscarf, Nargis marches around one of Pakistan’s richest neighbourhoods on a mission to embarrass residents into paying their taxes.
‘Armed with a bundle of paperwork, the 32-year-old raps on the gate of a mansion whilst a pick-up truck full of guards and tax officials remains at a distance.
‘The householder who answers grins nervously at Nargis, who is a ”hijra” – a member of Pakistan’s increasingly assertive transgender community. With a sheepish look to see whether anyone is watching from the street, the owner meekly accepts a bill for outstanding property tax and municipal fees.
‘Given his effusive promises to pay, there is no need for what Qazi Aftab, the head of tax collection for the Clifton Cantonment Board in Karachi, calls ”the nuclear option” – clapping, shouting and making a scene. ”Because of the neighbours they get very embarrassed,” he said. ”Usually just one minute of shouting is enough and then they pay up.”’