Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Can the Tea Party and Republicans co-exist ?

Can the Tea Party and Republicans co-exist?

The Republicans pride themselves on fiscal responsibility and small government, yet so does the Tea Party. One is a stalwart of American politics, the other is a grass roots movement yet to be tested on the national stage. Christina Bellantoni of Talking Points Memo, James Boyce, founder of Common Sense New Media Strategies and Sarah B. Smith from the Young Conservatives coalition debate whether the two political parties can afford to get along.



Iceland should tell The UK to take a hike says Bloombergs Lynn

Lynn Says Icelanders Should Tell U.K. to `Take A Hike'


March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn talks about the Icelandic vote on paying back the U.K. and the Netherlands the so-called Icesave loan, needed to cover depositor losses at failed lender Landsbanki Islands hf. He speaks with Rishaad Salamat and Francine Lacqua in London



Protests and Riots erupt at UC Berkeley California

Riots erupt at UC Berkeley


If you always pictured the UC Berkely campus as the setting for a picturesque and tranquil environment, graced by halls of higher education, youd be dead wrong. After a string of tuition hikes and budget cuts, students there and in colleges across California are fired up.



$1 billion for an American embassy in London !!!

$1 billion for an American embassy with moat in London


The U.S. state department has announced that it will build a $1 billion embassy in London in 2013. The new embassy will feature a moat to protect American diplomats from terrorist attacks. In a recession with unemployment numbers sky high, many Americans wonder why a new building in a country that has been a long time friend of the U.S. is necessary. The new building will be the most expensive American embassy in history.




John Stossel : All Drugs should be legalized

John Stossel on the war on drugs


Catch John Stossel's great new show on Fox Business every Thursday at 8pm EST / 5pm PST!

Here, Stossel explains why the War on (Some) Drugs has failed, and is doomed to continue to fail. Didn't we learn anything with the failure of alcohol prohibition and the 18th Amendment? Legalize drugs now!
John Stossel : All Drugs should be legalized

Hedge Funds secretly conspiring to crash the Euro and Bankrupt Greece

Hedge Funds Plan Euro Shorts at Secret Dinner


March 2 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Sara Eisen reports on a February 8, 2010 secret dinner of hedge fund managers, at which the investors discussed big bets against the euro.