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After “The One,” You Get “The One and Only,” The Nocturnal Warrior »

Yes! Following the 9:00 p.m. ET (Ed. NOTE: Correction, it’s not 6 p.m. except for PT people) address to the nation by The One (aka President Barack Obama tonight (health care, economy, uh, health care, economy, uh, health care, economy), you are treated to NINETY MINUTES of Nocturnal Warrior (aka The One and Only) at [...]

Tune In to Larry Doyle’s “Dollars and Sense” on No Quarter Radio »

PROGRAM CONCLUDED . CLICK LINK below to listen via BlogTalkRadio or use our instructions to listen via your iTunes / iPod. Please join us this evening from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET on No Quarter Radio for LD’s Dollars and Sense. These are truly historic times in the global economy. Let’s “navigate the economic landscape” [...]

Larry Doyle’s Central Station »

With the market making new lows for the year, global economies showing increasing signs of distress, and new programs emanating from Washington, where does one find some sanity around here?? We’ll be departing from “LD’s Central Station” on Saturday at 9:00 am EST until 12 noon to attempt to put some clarity into this madness!! [...]

[Update] Larry Johnson on John Batchelor’s nationally-syndicated radio show tonight, 10:35 p.m. ET »

[Program over . bumped down] UPDATE: 7:08 p.m. PT — Batchelor’s show is on now! WIth very dramatic music! I love his pacing, his guests, his mood, his music! Talking about Geithner and the bank executives. Larry will join them at 7:35. Original: Don’t miss Larry Johnson, a Sunday night regular expert guest on the [...]

The Inaugural “Dear Lord, Give Me a Break” Thread »

THEY ARE HEROES, ALL! Oh the waxing over the heroics of the plucky, stouthearted Dudley-Do-Right-ingness of Arlen Specter, lauded by the spoony Obama-obsessive lyrical liberal blogger Steve Benen — who makes Susan bang her forehead on her desk and reach for her barf bag: PROFILES IN COURAGE…. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) was, of course, one [...]

The Cost of “Enabling” Obama »

In his UK Telegraph piece Barack Obama Is A Novice – And It Shows, Toby Harnden details the rookie stumbles of the new President. For me, this is less about condemning Pres. Obama for making such errors in judgment or losing control of his message, or even that he does not practice in office what [...]

“Savior-Based Economy”? »

So says my governor, Mark Sanford, of SC in this interview with John King on CNN (MAJOR H/T to SusanUnPC at No Quarter for this story): Embedded video from CNN Video A “Savior-based” economy. Well, Heaven knows, Obama has certainly been set up as The Messiah, so it makes sense that this would be the [...]

“An $800 Billion Mistake”… »

Editor’s Note: Don’t miss Larry Doyle’s radio show tonight at 8 p.m. ET, “No Quarter’s Dollars and Sense with LD.” ******************************************** The American populace knows that the primary architects in the formulation of the Stimulus Plan working its way through Congress are Rahm Emanuel, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid. This contingent, along with President Obama, [...]

Larry Doyle’s Dollars and Sense “Central Station” »

We will have our regularly scheduled 9:00 a.m. Saturday departure from Central Station. The tracks remain steeply sloped with many curves along the way. With all eyes and ears and hearts focused on the wide range of developments in the economy, the markets, and the world of global finance we have added a few extra [...]

What Could Possibly Be Wrong With These Earmarks? »

We keep hearing about the almost $1 TRILLION dollar “stimulus” package put forth by Obama and the Democratic leadership. And we keep hearing that a number of Republicans are pretty upset about some of the “pork” put in there. Well, the Republicans have put out a list of some of the more egregious (according to [...]

[Updates] Lindsey Graham Goes at It Again on MSNBC »

THE LATEST as of 8:54 p.m. ET: The Senate will continue voting on amendments tonight. An off-floor bipartisan group of senators is working to trim $50-100 billion off the bill. More debate starts at 10 a.m. ET Friday. Then there will be House/Senate negotiations. (This all comes from C-Span’s “crawl.”) In other words, there’ll be [...]

“They Pretend To Work, We Pretend To Pay” »

So says Jim Cramer. Love him or hate him, the guy comes out with some real doozies. In this article, “Cramer on Obama’s Anti-Wall Street Comments: “We Heard Lenin,” Cramer lets fly: With all the populist sentiment generated from the economic slowdown by politicians, CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer is seeing eerie similarities with [...]

Who Did They Think They Were Kidding? »

(bumped up by Susan || Larry’s latest radio show will be available via BlogTalkRadio and through subscription to iTunes [see our instructions in the right column, down about a screen], which you can download to your iPod.) It was only a matter of time before the losses embedded in our banking system caught up and [...]

“When Big Ben Speaks….” »

(bumped up from early today by Susan) Against the backdrop of the frozen tundra, numerous members of the storied Pittsburgh Steelers franchise have reached legendary status. Included in this family are such greats as Jack Lambert, Mean Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Rocky Bleier, Franco Harris, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann, Chuck Noll, and the longtime owner [...]

Many Big Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes — Including Some Federal Contractors »

Based on IRS records, a recent GAO report indicates that many corporations claimed to owe $0 in U.S. taxes from 1998 – 2005: roughly 28%-53% of large foreign-controlled and 23%-38% of large U.S.-controlled corporations. [The GAO considers a "large" corporation one with at least $250 million in assets or $50 million in gross receipts.]  This reminded [...]