Bain Created Special Stock To Pay Off Owner's Ex, And Then Rip Her Off

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Friday October 26, 2012 · 1:31 AM PDT

2012/10/26 · 01:31

Staples/Bain News:

Romney acknowledged at the time that there were no other cases in which a separate class of securities was created for the benefit of one individual. He also said that as an investor through Bain, he had never seen that kind of a device used before.

Sleazy.

Romney created this special "fake" stock for the guy's divorce settlement, then ripped off the ex wife. Romney designed this fraud from the ground up. Perfectly legal evidently. Just like the banks during the economic collapse. But putrid and rotten like a lawyer's toe fungus. That's Romney's Bain Capital. A spoiled brat pseudo-religious boy's club sticking it to the women who don't roll over and kiss their feet.

Sleazy as hell.

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Thursday October 25, 2012 · 12:07 AM PDT

2012/10/25 · 00:07

Rogue Trader

Nate Silver writes an interesting article about his system vs Intrade and other market betting systems, and offers insight into the symbiotic feedback loop between American media, Intrade, and political activists late in elections.

The more pertinent question for the time being may be why Intrade differs from the other betting markets, and from the sports books.... At several points on Tuesday and early Wednesday, what appeared to be a single trader bought a large number of Mr. Romney’s shares at Intrade, at one point boosting Mr. Romney’s chances to about 49 percent from 41 percent over the span of a few minutes.

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Wednesday October 24, 2012 · 8:16 PM PDT

2012/10/24 · 20:16

Our President is great, class act all the way. Even when dealing with a trashy bigot like Donald Trump:

Obama joked that his contentious relationship with the business mogul goes back to when they grew up in Kenya together.
"We had constant run-ins on the soccer field," Obama said. "He wasn't very good and resented it. When we finally moved to America I thought it would be over."

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Sunday October 21, 2012 · 9:41 PM PDT

2012/10/21 · 21:41

Obama hits 50 in the new Zogby poll:

A new Washington Times/Zogby Poll of likely voters nationwide conducted this past weekend shows President Barack Obama now leading his GOP challenger Mitt Romney 50% to 47%.

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Sunday October 21, 2012 · 5:27 PM PDT

2012/10/21 · 17:27

Romney bountygating as coach of a sport he knows nothing about:

After the coin toss, Romney gathered his aides into a huddle and led them in a cheer.
"Figure out which of their players is best and take them out early," Romney said jokingly. "That's right, don't worry about injuries guys, this counts. Win."

For real football fans, that kind of talk is just disgusting, even as a joke. It makes sense coming from a guy who knows nothing about the sport.

Of course Romney didn't actually play in the game, he just officiated the coin toss and did some cheerleading (like at Bain). LOL. I'd love to see Romney run or throw a ball, that would probably be amusing. Now on to Iran.

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Saturday October 20, 2012 · 7:57 PM PDT

2012/10/20 · 19:57

Asked about the impact on Monday's foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, the official said the administration is not happy that the story came out before the debate, but said the American people might be happy to know the administration is willing to explore all possibilities to get Iran to give up its nuclear program.

Sounds like a good debate topic: bilateral negotiations, how will you avoid war with Iran?

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Saturday October 20, 2012 · 6:58 PM PDT

2012/10/20 · 18:58

Now that the media seems to have the story straight-ish, it seems that the US has a "two-track" approach - one that seeks to pin down negotiations while at the same time tightening sanctions for leverage. This story seems to be saying that bilateral negotiations have been agreed to in principle between Iran and the US, but until an actual negotiation is set, things proceed as they have been.

U.S. says willing to meet with Iran on nukes but no talks set

the United States and Iran have agreed in principle to hold one-on-one negotiations on Iran's nuclear program but the White House quickly denied that any talks had been set...
The Times, quoting unnamed Obama administration officials, said earlier on Saturday the two sides had agreed to bilateral negotiations after secret exchanges between U.S. and Iranian officials. The newspaper later said the agreement was "in principle."

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Friday October 19, 2012 · 8:28 PM PDT

2012/10/19 · 20:28

There seems to be a debate going on amongst activists here at dailykos concerning the watching of polls vs actively GOTV'ing. There seems to be a large contingent of people all over the country (including David Brooks, for example) that don't want people looking at polls, probably for widely varying reasons.

But as I recall, progressives are the people who can walk AND chew gum at the same time. It's part of what makes us more competent in things like governance.

So here's a proposal. Every time from now until election day, when you feel like slamming someone for watching polls, for whatever reason... just put it on the shelf. Or put it in your desk drawer and let it blow over. Let's everyone just be nice to our fellow liberals for the next few weeks and geterdone, ok?

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