Group Think, Duct Tape and Slam Dunks
“a blueprint of what not to do” Investigation finds pattern of mismanagement at FCC The Associated Press Tuesday, December 9, 2008 WASHINGTON: In a scathing report released Tuesday, congressional investigators outlined a pattern of mismanagement, dysfunction and abuse of power at the Federal Communications Commission under the agency’s Republican chairman, Kevin Martin. The report – […]
More-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich- What role did Blagojevich play in Tribune’s bankruptcy? THE DEAL A day after Sam Zell’s Tribune Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Chief of Staff John Harris on charges of corruption, alleging that, among other transgressions, they meddled with […]
MoreRock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution By ANDREW O. SELSKY The Associated Press GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic bludgeon. “Stains like the blood on your teeth,” […]
MoreS.F. faces $575.6 million budget deficit Heather Knight, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, December 9, 2008 (12-08) 20:43 PST — San Francisco’s budget deficit for next year has grown to $575.6 million – equal to nearly half the city’s discretionary spending account. It’s a financial crisis Mayor Gavin Newsom called one of the worst the city […]
MoreNuclear weapons decision awaits Obama By Peter Eisler, USA TODAY OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — One of the most important national security decisions facing President-elect Barack Obama will unfold in this remote valley of aging factories, where workers enriched uranium for the first atomic bomb of World War II. The site is a linchpin in a […]
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