Slew of reports reveal battered economy

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• Pope: Church must do penance for abuse

  Thu Apr 15, 2010
  • I think it is a fantastic papal revelation that sinners should perhaps be doing some form of penance.

• Pope: Church must do penance for abuse

  Thu Apr 15, 2010
  • or possibly community service, pre school janitors maybe?

• Pope: Church must do penance for abuse

  Thu Apr 15, 2010
  • So like, 5 hail mary's 10 our fathers 37 circle jerks

• Bernanke: Recovery has staying power

  Wed Apr 14, 2010
  • "Are you gonna be Benjamin's monkey boy for the rest of your life?"

• Big banks make big profits from loans to poor

  Wed Apr 14, 2010
  • This from the article: Still, its earliest proponents do not want its reputation tarnished by new investors seeking profits on the backs of the poor, though they recognize that the days of just earning enough to cover costs are over. Profits on the backs of the poor...ain't that america?

• Bernanke goes back to education

  Tue Apr 13, 2010
  • +100.

• Bernanke goes back to education

  Tue Apr 13, 2010
  • I agree entirely. However, this is America, and if high school graduates had basic finance knowledge, it would be much more difficult to scam them.

• Mine rescue effort turns to recovery

  Mon Apr 5, 2010
  • I am thinking that the state mining officials all need to be replaced by someone who gives a damn, like perhaps the surviving family members of this disaster.

• Mine rescue effort turns to recovery

  Mon Apr 5, 2010
  • Our gov't is so good at bailing out big banks and insurance, yet fails to followup where middle America is concerned.

• Oil rises over $86 a barrel - an 18 month high

  Mon Apr 5, 2010
  • Oh, and diesel is up too. So, essentially any recovery will go to the oil industry, since we the public will be paying higher prices for fuel and all purchased goods. Meanwhile the red light for drilling has reverted to yellow.