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Archive for February 4th, 2010CompetitionPosted on February 4, 2010 by Terry Hargrove under Sports [ Comments: 3 ]
Not long ago, a reader (not my therapist) asked me why I am the way I am. “What do you mean?“ I asked back. “Because like everyone, there are two of me: the good me and the evil me. Which one are you interested in?” “The evil you first,” he replied. “That’s easy,“ I said. “The evil me is the way I am because I have an older brother.” Full story » Exclusive: How corporations secretly move millions to fund political adsPosted on February 4, 2010 by Brad Jacobson under Business & Finance, Freedom, Journalism, Politics, Law & Government [ Comments: 12 ]
“It’s unclear whether the Court was being naive or disingenuous.” – Paul S. Ryan, an attorney and expert in federal election law at the Campaign Legal Center in Washington, D.C., on the Supreme Court’s touting of disclosure provisions during its decision last month in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. My latest article for Raw Story: The Supreme Court’s seismic January ruling that corporations are free to spend unlimited amounts of their profits to advertise for or against candidates may have been the latest shakeup of campaign finance – but gaping holes already allow corporations to spend enormous sums without leaving a paper trail, a Raw Story investigation has found. Campaign finance experts confirmed that though disclosure rules remained intact in the new Supreme Court decision, there are effective methods to circumvent them. |
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