I'm posting this from rj in it's entirety! I mean damnation! What the hell????? People, we, are, in, deep, doodoo!
News10: Dept. of Education breaks down Stockton man's door
The original news item has been removed. (wonder why???) the link up now is for the Readability page for that story and here is the only other link I could find for it. Oh, and the video that was with that report? Gone! Every source I could find the video is now blank.
OpEdNews: Feds Send Swat Team To Break Down Door, Grab, Arrest Student Loan Defaulter
Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe a S.W.A.T team would be breaking down his door at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
"I look out of my window and I see 15 police officers," Wright said.
Wright came downstairs in his boxer shorts as a S.W.A.T team barged through his front door. Wright said an officer grabbed him by the neck and led him outside on his front lawn.
"He had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there," Wright said.
According to Wright, officers also woke his three young children ages 3, 7, and 11 and put them in a Stockton police patrol car with him. Officers then searched his house.
As it turned out, the person law enforcement was looking for was not there - Wright's estranged wife.
"They put me in handcuffs in that hot patrol car for six hours, traumatizing my kids," Wright said.
Wright said he later went to the mayor and Stockton Police Department, but the City of Stockton had nothing to do with Wright's search warrant.
The U.S. Department of Education issued the search and called in the S.W.A.T for his wife's defaulted student loans.
"They busted down my door for this," Wright said. "It wasn't even me."
According to the Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General, the case can't be discussed publicly until it is closed, but a spokesperson did confirm that the department did issue the search warrant at Wright's home.
The Office of the Inspector General has a law enforcement branch of federal agents that carry out search warrants and investigations.
News10: Dept. of Education breaks down Stockton man's door
The original news item has been removed. (wonder why???) the link up now is for the Readability page for that story and here is the only other link I could find for it. Oh, and the video that was with that report? Gone! Every source I could find the video is now blank.
OpEdNews: Feds Send Swat Team To Break Down Door, Grab, Arrest Student Loan Defaulter
Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe a S.W.A.T team would be breaking down his door at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
"I look out of my window and I see 15 police officers," Wright said.
Wright came downstairs in his boxer shorts as a S.W.A.T team barged through his front door. Wright said an officer grabbed him by the neck and led him outside on his front lawn.
"He had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there," Wright said.
According to Wright, officers also woke his three young children ages 3, 7, and 11 and put them in a Stockton police patrol car with him. Officers then searched his house.
As it turned out, the person law enforcement was looking for was not there - Wright's estranged wife.
"They put me in handcuffs in that hot patrol car for six hours, traumatizing my kids," Wright said.
Wright said he later went to the mayor and Stockton Police Department, but the City of Stockton had nothing to do with Wright's search warrant.
The U.S. Department of Education issued the search and called in the S.W.A.T for his wife's defaulted student loans.
"They busted down my door for this," Wright said. "It wasn't even me."
According to the Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General, the case can't be discussed publicly until it is closed, but a spokesperson did confirm that the department did issue the search warrant at Wright's home.
The Office of the Inspector General has a law enforcement branch of federal agents that carry out search warrants and investigations.
Thanks rj for that article! What's going on in this country?
Be sure to check out rj's most excellent blog Global Glass Onion for his weekly wrap-up of the economic situation. Great info.
Also, my friend the Ozarker at Conflicted Doomer sent some great links this morning too. Be sure and visit her blog and read her beautiful writing.
And do go visit the great forums linked at the bottom of the post before forms get outlawed!
Ok, the plot sickens!
about the swat team raid for a student loan. Daily Kos is saying it wasn't because of a student loan but something else but they don't know what it was about yet.
Here's a link to their story.
And do go visit the great forums linked at the bottom of the post before forms get outlawed!
Ok, the plot sickens!
about the swat team raid for a student loan. Daily Kos is saying it wasn't because of a student loan but something else but they don't know what it was about yet.
Here's a link to their story.
(Update) (Not Even) SWAT Team DID NOT raid because of a Student Loan Default
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Global Conflict
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CTVNews: Iran to set up better centrifuges at new site soon
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AmericanProspect: Between Rock Bottom and a Hard Place
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Time: Why is Chronic Joblessness on the Rise?
Economist'sView: Fed Watch: Clear Message from the Fed
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GlobeandMail: The best and worst ways to raise cash quickly
Spiegel: Berlin Warns of Possible Greek Insolvency
German Finance Minister Calls for Athens Debt Restructuring
MSNBC: More retailers hit by organized crime, survey finds
Sophisticated technology, staffing and more gang activity are contributing to problem
CreditWriteDowns: Voodoo People
DailyReckoning: US Income Expectations Plummet to 25-Year Low
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CNNMoney: Tax cuts push debt to new milestone
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WSJ: Average Job Seeker Gives Up After 5 Months
Peak oil and Energy News
BusinessInsider: "ONE OF THE WORST OPEC MEETINGS EVER"
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MSNBC: Bubbling crude: America's top 6 oil-producing states
U.S. produces about 5.48 million barrels per day, much less than it consumes
FinancialEdge: 6 Surprising Ways Oil Prices Affect You
DailyReckoning: How Will OPEC Boost Oil Production?
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True, OPEC has been through this before… with Saddam Hussein 20 years ago. But it’s a lot harder for 12 guys in a room to reach a decision when three of them have bosses who are scheming to overthrow or even kill the boss of another. Just sayin’…
Here's the good news about energy: thanks to rising oil prices and deteriorating economic conditions worldwide, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that global oil demand will not grow this year as much as once assumed, which may provide some temporary price relief at the gas pump.
Environmental News
This next story is from the Ozarker at Conflicted Doomer, she said it made her mad. When you read it you'll see why, and you can be mad too! I'm mad.
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"Due to its angle, however, effects on Earth should be fairly small. Nevertheless, it may generate space weather effects here on Earth in a few days," they added.
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Food and Water
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Science and Technology
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Medical and Health
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from rj at Global Glass Onion
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