Attorney General Michael Mukasey announced today that there will be no prosecutions in the cases of the HIGHLY ILLEGAL hiring & firing practices at the Department of 'Justice'. More after the break.

I almost fell out of my seat when I read this one. McCain claims Bush is to be thanked for lifting the offshore oil drilling ban, because it caused a $10.00 drop in the price of a barrel of oil.

Yes folks, be prepared. BushCo is meeting with 'regulators' today to discuss the insolvency of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Any idea who will be footing the bill on this?

Well imagine that! PhysOrg.com reports Clifford Singer (biography), former director of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, has completed a study (pdf)for the Stanley Foundation, which concludes that military action to influence oil production isn't effective policy.

The U.S. Treasury secretary, Henry Paulson,     defendedtoday the government's move to use public money to prop up Bear Stearns.

Bear Stearns, one of the largest investment banks, went under today. Ok, not completely. They became insolvent to the point they would have collapsed. The U.S. tax payer saved them, along with JP Morgan chase.

Yesterday the Fed gave a sweetheart deal to banks, and you and I are now bearing the risk of it.

And just for a laugh, I picked up (not purchased, just thumbed through) Gingrich's new piece of trash, 'Real Change', a dig on Obama's campaign theme. In it, he has the most RIDICULOUS concept of health care reform I have ever seen.

Currently, the Bush administration is flaunting 'stimulus checks' to help bolster the flagging economy. So where is this money coming from?

A French inventor has developed an hybrid automobile that runs on compressed air for its primary energy source, any number of other liquid fuels for the "gas" component.

While enjoying the remaining days of my vacation, I got a knock on the door - surprise! It was the Mormons, and they are here to help me get clear about God!

Bonddadgave us another excellent article today about how bad the economy is. Thanks Bonddad. Lemonde.fr today reported on the central banks flooding money into the market on a bigger scale than just a few weeks ago.

NBC and others have had to start making refunds to their customers.

Mike Leavitt, the BushCo appointee for both EPA and now the director of the department of Health & Human services published a piece of asinine trash last week lauding Bush's plan as the "better" plan for health care cost relief.

Read here.

The majority of DailyKos readers know about Bill O's meritless attack on DailyKos, but now thanks to Bill, the right wing evangelicals are jumping on board to defend their hero.

By now, many people are aware of the sub-prime meltdown in the credit market, especially if you are one of those unfortunate families or individuals who have not been able to make ends meet and suddenly found that they subprime rate you have been leaning on has suddenly dried up and left you either homeless or on your way out. But how is it going to affect those without subprime loans?