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Attorney Says Unedited Versions of the Oklahoma City Bombing Surveillance Tapes Are ‘Somewhere’

September 30th, 2009 · 12 Comments

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By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com
“Someday, somewhere, somebody is going to have the guts to release that stuff,” said David P. Schippers, speaking to me by phone from his office in downtown Chicago Tuesday afternoon.
The “stuff” to which Schippers was referring is surveillance-camera footage recorded in [...]

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What Does Allen Stanford Have in Common with Amazon Defense Coalition? Lobbyist Ben Barnes

June 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron Corporation is the same man who represented Stanford Financial Group and its now-indicted founder R. Allen Stanford between 2002 [...]

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Freddie Mac’s Acting CFO Commits Suicide

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

David Kellerman, acting chief financial officer at Freddie Mac, was found dead this morning at his Vienna, Va., home, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to numerous media reports, including one by WTOP radio in Washington, D.C.  Now, the speculation begins.  Some wonder if there’s more to the story.
Upon hearing news of Kellerman’s death, [...]

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Did Hillary Post ‘True Mom Confession’ Online?

March 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

While checking out Google Trends just after Noon Central today, I noticed “True mom confessions” was the top search term and decided to check out the “volcanic” interest in the site.  Once there, I discovered what I think was the cause of so much interest (i.e., a confession, shown in the graphic above, that appears [...]

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Did President Obama Send Hillary to the Moon?

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments

One year ago today, then-Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee became the first to suggest putting Hillary Clinton on a rocket ship to the moon.  Now, it appears as if the statement made by the former Arkansas governor during a televised debate, captured in the video (below left), might have been prophetic.

With the extremely low profile [...]

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