Update: Fox reports AP and LAT indicate MJ has died: Michael Jackson rushed to hospital…
Update: Shep on FOX reports LAT and AP indicating MJ, 50, died at 3:15pm.
Sounds as though he may have passed away, everyone is breaking in to look at hospital and Greta was using past tense and switched to present now, so I suspect that may be the case…RIP, a troubled person with a lot of talent..
Courtesy of Denshuu:
Vader and the Troopers perform Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”… Courtesy of ParkSleuth.com
Farrah, God Bless…
Farrah as Jill with her 70’s Mustang Cobra II*, and a Charlies Angel episode with Timothy Dalton and Farrah doing karate..God Bless, 62 way too young..
BTM: What Battlestar Galactica Taught Me About Healthcare “Reform”…
New Report from the Congressional Budget Office:
* Enacting this proposal would result in a net increase in federal budget deficits of about $1.0 trillion
* According to the CBO, this legislation will leave at least 36 million Americans uninsured
* It will force at least 23 million Americans to give up the health coverage they have.
* There would be no change from current law regarding Medicaid or the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
CONTACT YOUR REPS:
http://www.downsizedc.org/etp/campaig…From DownsizeDC.org:
The government already pays for nearly half of all health care. This means we’re half-socialized already.Starting with depression era wage and price controls, and continuing with government tax policies, the politicians have made Americans dependent on their jobs to get health insurance.
State government policies have made insurance too expensive by piling on special interest mandates dictating specific types of coverage.
Medicare and Medicaid have fixed the prices we pay for health care, causing the extraordinary paradox of both price inflation and shortages in areas like primary care.
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Yep the Gaius Baltar of Healthcare is TOTUS agree! Support the Wyden Benett Health Care Plan!
BSG ‘The Plan’ trailer and The 35th Saturn Award Winners…
Courtesy of greycoupon
More from AceShowBiz:
…A two-hour event, “The Plan” is a TV movie which serves as the prequel to the Sci Fi series “Battlestar Galactica“. It begins just after The Destruction of the Twelve Colonies, with two Cylon agents discussing the problem of the remaining humans, both on the planets, and those who have escaped into space.
Sci Fi will premiere the Edward James Olmos-directed movie in November….
By mkrzynecki
BSG cleaned up:
Syndicated/Cable Television Series:
“Battlestar Galactica”
Actor on Television:
Edward James Olmos – “Battlestar Galactica”
Actress on Television:
Mary McDonnell – “Battlestar Galactica”
Ace showbiz has the coverage
The rest of the winners:
Television Series:
“Lost”
Presentation on Television:
“The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice”
Supporting Actor on Television:
Adrian Pasdar – “Heroes”
Supporting Actress on Televison:
Jennifer Carpenter – “Dexter”
Guest Starring Role on Television:
Jimmy Smits – “Dexter”
Best Series on DVD:
“Moonlight”
Best Retro Series on DVD:
“The Invaders”
Learn more about the Saturn Awards here
Update: Bernanke gets Grilled on the Hill…
Update: Ben doing very very well in his testimony, Markets are ecstatic about it, Dow up 148…
Fed Chairman Bernanke under subpoena before Issa and Towns’ House Oversight and Government Reform Panel on BofA/Merrill merger
CNBC Live Stream Here
Ben’s prepared statement:
…Bernanke, in prepared testimony to a House committee investigating the matter, said he did not threaten action against Bank of America’s CEO Kenneth Lewis or the bank’s board members if they decided to abandon the takeover.
“Neither I nor any member of the Federal Reserve ever directed, instructed or advised Bank of America to withhold from public disclosure any information relating to Merrill Lynch, including its losses, compensation packages or bonuses or any other related matter,” the Fed chief said.It marked Bernanke’s first public comments since the House committee launched an investigation earlier this year into whether he or other government officials bullied Bank of America to stick with its plan to combine the two financial powers after Lewis found out about Merrill’s financial woes….
FD-MiM are shareholders…a list of our previous posts here
Market Mover Thursday: Bernanke under subpoena on the Hill, Jobless claims up, Final GDP for 1Q -5.5%…
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., says the Federal Reserve failed to disclose details about its involvement in Bank of America’s controversial acquisition of Merrill Lynch, and today Fed Chairman Bernanke will testify before the House Oversight Committee about the deal. Rep. Issa discusses the allegations with CNBC.
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*FD- MiM are shareholders of BofA (and Merrill now also BofA, lol)
On this week’s jobless claims and GDP revisions (CNBC):
The number of people filing new jobless claims jumped unexpectedly last week, and the total unemployment benefit rolls rose to more than 6.7 million. In related news, the economy tumbled at a 5.5 percent pace in the first quarter, but appears to be doing better now.
The department said initial claims for jobless benefits rose last week by 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 627,000. Economists expected a drop to 600,000, according to Thomson Reuters. The number of people continuing to receive unemployment insurance rose by 29,000 to 6.74 million, slightly above analysts’ estimates of 6.7 million. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out fluctuations, was largely unchanged, at 616,750.
Extended Benefits Unemployment Numbers up also:
Millions of Americans also are receiving jobless benefits through a federal extension enacted by Congress last year. For the week ending June 6, more than 2.4 million people received benefits under the extension, which adds 20 to 33 weeks on top of the 26 weeks typically provided by states. About 288,000 people also are receiving benefits under state emergency programs, bringing the total jobless benefit rolls to nearly 8.8 million that week. The extended benefits data lags initial claims by two weeks.
GDP:
…Gross domestic product, which measures total output within U.S. borders, dropped at a 5.5 percent annual rate in the first quarter after shrinking 6.3 percent in the fourth quarter of last year and 0.5 percent in the third quarter. The GDP reading was the final one for the first quarter. The Commerce Department initially said it contracted 6.1 percent, then revised that to 5.7 percent and finally to a 5.5 percent fall. GDP is expected to decline again in the current quarter ending June 30 though less severely than in the first quarter.
The Consumer:
…Consumer spending, which fuels two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, increased at a downwardly revised 1.4 percent rate instead of the 1.5 percent previously estimated….
Moderate in the Middle 