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Soros Ties Revealed

May 12, 2011

In 2008 the editors at ButAsForMe tried to make sense of the Obama phenomenon. We researched funding sources, relationships and agendas. In an all night session, we stumbled upon the George Soros’ connection. Through Soros, we discovered a link between Obama and the international financiers/press corps elite. In 2008 we wrote the Coal Bust Brief [...]

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Apple’s CEO & Former Mentor To Google, Steve Jobs, Says Google’s motto of ‘don’t be evil’ is ‘bulls**t’.

April 9, 2011

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs who not only served as a mentor to Google’s founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, even sharing advisers, felt betrayed when Google’s interests began focusing on the mobile phone system.  Jobs believed that the iPhone’s best ideas had been stolen by the pair.  This is one of many revelations exposed by [...]

Tagged as: Apple, Censorship, China, Google, In The Plex, internet, iPhone, Larry Page, MailOnline, mobile phone system competition, Newsweek, Search Engines, Secret World of Google, Sergey Brin, Steve Jobs, Steven Levy

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There Are None So Blind As Those…

April 2, 2011

A new Wall Street record  is expected, more jobs have been created, the recovery is slow but steady…are these signs that the worse is over, or is it mass delusion created by media hype?  Here’s a cautionary warning from Paul Farrell of MarketWatch.  Remember, wealth can buy many things, but it cannot totally insulate! Read the full article [...]

Tagged as: 2nd American Revolution, Case for Taxing the Wealthy, Food Prices, Inflation, MarketWatch, Paul B. Farrel, unemployment, Wealthy In America

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The Sins Of The Father…

February 28, 2011

One of the highlight events in last night’s Oscars was the awarding of the best documentary to Inside Job based on the 2008 economic meltdown.  The film’s director, Charles Ferguson, did a reality check for the country in his acceptance speech when he pointed out that: “…three years after a horrific financial crisis caused by [...]

Tagged as: 2008 economic meltdown, 2011 best videos, 2011 Oscars, Academy Awards, Best Documentary 2011, Charles Ferguson, corporate greed, Inside Job, Matt Damon, TARP, Wall Street

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U.S. Foreign Relations Still Marked by Bargains With The Devil (VIDEO)

February 8, 2011

As Condoleezza Rice pointed out the Bush approach to foreign relations with Hosni Mubarak was one of “stability at the expense of democracy.” These so-called devil bargains between the U.S. and dictators, Middle East expert Aaron Miller, explains are ones that fundamentally hold“…that as long as autocrats helped advance U.S. interests by maintaining stable relations with [...]

Tagged as: bargain with devil, Egypt wafd party, Hillary Clinton, Lara Logan, Mounir abdel-nour, Mubarak, Obama, Reformed Liberal, The Charlie Rose Show, U.S. Foreign Policy

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When Words Are Your Livelihood…

February 3, 2011

You would think that Charlie Rose and Brian Williams could have found a better word than “contagion” to describe the pro-democracy tidal wave sweeping the Arab nations.  A word such as contagion has connotations ascribed to it that are suggestively negative.  Perhaps they thought that this was a clever bon mot.  Whatever the reason for [...]

Tagged as: Brian Williams, Charlie Rose, Egypt & U.S. Media, Media, Middle East Pro-democracy movements

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Michele Bachmann Delivers Tea Party Response (VIDEO)

January 25, 2011

Telling NBC that she had been approached to give a response  to the President’s State of the Union speech to a Tea Party audience, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) corrected the portrayal by the media that her speech signified a split in the Republican Party.  Armed with charts, she attacked Obama’s Stimulus Package as a failure, [...]

Tagged as: Media Portrays Tea Party and GOP, Michele Bachmann's Response To State of Union, Tea Party and Michele Obama

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Oprah Reunited With Sister

January 24, 2011

Oprah’s much awaited secret was revealed today.  Unbeknown to her all these years, she had a half-sister–a secret kept from her by her mother.  Given up at birth by her mother when Oprah was 9 years old and living with her father, Patricia now 47, had a childhood with foster care placements and final adoption. [...]

Tagged as: Oprah's Secret, Oprah's Sister

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Advertisers Not Rushing To Be One of Oprah’s OWN!

January 22, 2011

Oprah Winfrey’s new television network is having trouble recruiting advertisers according to Ron Dicker of WalletPop.  Two reasons that may be hindering this new enterprise of hers is the current lack of content and the fact that the network’s official debut is scheduled for this fall.  Right now viewers don’t have much to look at other [...]

Tagged as: Cable Television, O.W.N., Oprah, Oprah Winfrey Network, Television, Television Advertisers, WalletPop

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15 Minutes Of Pain…

January 15, 2011

The recent event in Tucson has generated calls for more civility and a suggestion that political discourse and rallies  should be tempered.   To be fair, both extremes of the political spectrum have come under scrutiny by the media because of this and other horrific events experienced by  our nation.  But is the violence of one lone [...]

Tagged as: Arizona, Civility, Congresswoman Gabriel Gifford, Democrats, Jared Lee Loughner, Media, Republicans, Tuscon

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Snowstorm or Slowdown For After Christmas Sales–Weather or Forecast?

December 27, 2010

Many retailers are hoping that the slowdown of After Christmas Sales is due to the recent bad weather.  However, in areas where the weather is usually risky, this year there’s a noticeable lack of lines for returning gifts and a lot of holiday inventory still on the shelves despite the increased control of inventory by [...]

Tagged as: After Christmas Sales, China, China Tightens Belt, China's Burgeoning Middle Class, consumer confidence, Economy, Inflation, Reformed Liberal, Retail Holiday Sales, Retail Sales Slowdown--Weather or Forecast

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