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  • Donald Trump Has a Mental Health Problem and It Has a Name

    Tuesday, September 09, 2025
    Donald Trump has a mental health condition known as narcissistic personality disorder. Here are some of the symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior. Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration. Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are. Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.   read more
  • SEC Moves to Ban High-Speed “Flash” Trading

    Saturday, September 19, 2009
    Considered an unfair advantage in stock markets, “flash trading” appears to be on the way out, thanks both to new federal regulations and voluntary decisions by leading exchanges. The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules on Thursd...   read more
  • Monument to Animals Who Served in World Wars

    Saturday, September 19, 2009
    On the 65th anniversary of Belgium’s liberation from the Nazis by American GIs, Mathilde and Marcel Schmetz decided to unveil a memorial to the animals who “served” in World War II. A monument, sculpted by Frédéric Thomson, depicting a horse, a do...   read more
  • A Solution to ATM Murders

    Saturday, September 19, 2009
    ATM muggings and murders have long been a problem that, for some reason, banks and lawmakers have been reluctant to address. But according to Robin Sax, a former deputy district attorney, the solution is too simple to not implement. The emergency ...   read more
  • 15 Most Corrupt Members of Congress

    Friday, September 18, 2009
    Is corruption within the halls of Congress going down? A quick glance at the latest report by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) would indicate so, given that only 15 members of Congress made CREW’s corruption list, co...   read more
  • In 7 States, Spousal Abuse is a “Pre-Existing Condition”

    Friday, September 18, 2009
    Victims of domestic violence can be denied health coverage in seven states and the District of Columbia because of unwillingness on the part of insurance companies to cover such individuals. Getting beaten up by a spouse is considered a pre-existi...   read more
  • U.S. Spy Budget: $75 Billion (and 200,000 Employees)

    Friday, September 18, 2009
    For the first time ever, the nation’s top intelligence official has publicly admitted just how much America’s spy operation costs: $75 billion. This amount is considerably more than what Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said the nati...   read more
  • Treasury Refuses to Disclose Formula for Loan Modifications

    Friday, September 18, 2009
    Five months into the Obama administration’s loan modification program, only 12% of eligible homeowners have actually seen their mortgages modified. That’s because the lenders will only modify if they think it will bring them greater profits than f...   read more
  • Army Redesigns Camouflage Uniforms for Afghanistan Terrain

    Friday, September 18, 2009
    Taking into account repeated concerns expressed by combat troops, the U.S. Army is preparing to send a new camouflaged uniform for use by regular soldiers in Afghanistan. Ground forces have complained that the standard issue camo, known as the mul...   read more
  • Women in Congress Bring More Money to Their Districts than Men

    Thursday, September 17, 2009
    It ain’t the man who knows how to bring home the bacon when it comes to pork barrel spending. According to Erika Lovley of Politico, researchers at Stanford University and the University of Chicago have concluded that women lawmakers, on average, ...   read more
  • FEMA-Katrina Trailer Fumes Trial Opens

    Thursday, September 17, 2009
    Opening testimony presented this week in the civil trial over toxic trailers provided to victims of Hurricane Katrina was marked by tearful testimony from a former government expert and a rather questionable response from the head of the trailers’...   read more
  • 10 Most Popular Government Facebook Pages

    Thursday, September 17, 2009
    The U.S. government is working hard to keep up with cultural trends by developing a presence on Facebook. Numerous agencies and military branches have pages on the popular social media website, with their popularity ranging from the hundreds of th...   read more
  • Court Orders Minnesota Vikings to Allow Suspended Linemen to Play

    Thursday, September 17, 2009
    The power of the National Football League to punish players caught taking performance-enhancing drugs has at least temporarily been blocked by a federal court which ruled in favor of two players suspended for failing drug tests earlier this year. ...   read more
  • Researchers Predict 35% of Iraq Veterans Will Suffer Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Thursday, September 17, 2009
    Officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs had better gear up for significant number of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) cases over the coming years, say researchers at Stanford University. Using survey data based on current cases and a...   read more
  • Judge Rejects SEC-Bank of America Settlement as “Worse than Pointless”

    Wednesday, September 16, 2009
    Third time was not the charm for Bank of America and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Twice before, the two parties had tried to convince a federal district judge, Jed Rakoff, to sign off on a $33 million settlement over BofA’s attemp...   read more
  • 100,000 Water Pollution Violations a Year

    Wednesday, September 16, 2009
    Despite federal environmental hallmarks like the Clean Water Act, America’s water supply is increasingly becoming polluted with dangerous substances as a result of repeated dumping by companies, most of whom have gone unpunished.   An investigat...   read more
  • Agency in Crisis…Government Loses Millions in Revenue from Oil Companies

    Wednesday, September 16, 2009
    Yet again the Minerals Management Service (MMS) has been criticized for improperly collecting what is owed to the federal government by oil and gas companies that drill on federal lands. The Government Accountability Office investigated the MMS’ R...   read more
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