60 Minutes 60 Trillion Dollar Story

It began with a terrible bet that was magnified by reckless borrowing, complex securities, and a vast, unregulated shadow market worth nearly $60 trillion that hid the risks until it was too late to do anything about them. "This is a full-blown financial storm and one that comes around perhaps once every 50 or 100 years. This is the real thing," says Jim Grant, the editor of "Grant's Interest Rate Observer." 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-look-at-wall-streets-shadow-market/

Kellie Pickler | Michelle Obama | In Nashville?

Featuring Michelle Obama and Kellie Pickler? Casting the first lady in a tv show with the country star may at first look off. But when she appeared  “Nashville,” ABC's new show, was to help military families, it’s good . The beginning of the show, to show May 7, in Fort Campbell, Ky., it is a part of the 3 anniversary of their Military Forces initiative, Michelle Obama with Jill Biden are going to speak on Wed.
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NH State Senate Week In Review | Death Penalty

Pic of the week!

Nashua,NH - Week in In review: Concord,New Hampshire yesterday the NH State Senate voted down the repeal of

the death Penalty. The vote was 12-12 with the deciding vote cast by Sen. Russell Prescott, R-Kingston.

Although 58% percent of Granite Stater's were for the repeal they voted it down,in the words of Chairman

Buckley, "you have again ignored the will of your constituents". The majority of Granite Starer's are in favor

of the minimum wage increase by a whopping 76% and this bill was passed by the house but a similar bill was

struck 13-11 in the NH State Senate, that law future is still uncertain or is it? Marijuana decriminalization

is supported by a whopping 69% (i believe it is more) yet the NH State Senate has refused to even hear the

marijuana bill. For the Gambler's out there looks like you will have to travel to MA, or CT to spend your

money in other States. Hey they got to put their kids thru school too! They may have even been able to lower

your property taxes. Are you starting to see a pattern? Are the lawmakers you voted for representing you or

their own interests? So why not take a chance this November, it is quite obvious voters have to take a hard

look at their incumbents this year hey, it doesn't look like we could get any worse?

 And yeah, the gas tax overwhelming voters were against and now we have to pay $.04 more for twenty years thats if they don't extend it!

Criminal accused of Throwing shoe at Hillary Clinton released

MANCH VEGAS — A Phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe some 50 feet toward Hillary Clinton appeared aware during arainment by  Secret Service agents of the allegation against her, authorities said Last week.

Alison Michelle Ernst, 36, was given  summons and freed after she was on bail at the Clark County jail, according to a LV police department more...

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Romneycare Vs. Obamacare: Key Similarities & Differences « CBS Boston

The less-than-smooth launch of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, coupled with the recent revelations that many who purchase health insurance on the individual market are receiving cancellation notices, have some Americans wondering if the new law can work. President Barack Obama points to the success of Massachusetts’ health reform as evidence that, despite a rocky start, the law will work to provide near universal coverage to the citizens of the nation. more... #li #nhpolitics #gop #dem #nhsen


Romneycare Vs. Obamacare: Key Similarities & Differences « CBS Boston

People exposed to contaminated water at Lejeune get benefits

RALEIGH, N.C. --

President Barack Obama has signed a bill providing health benefits to Marines and family members exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune from 1957 to 1987 more...

Jerry Ensminger and Rachel Libert, "Semper Fi: Always Faithful"

WASHINGTON, DC
Sunday, April 1, 2012

This week on "Q&A," our guests are producer Rachel Libert and retired U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant Jerry Ensminger. Libert is the producer and co-director of a documentary which features Ensminger.

The film chronicles Ensminger’s efforts on behalf of Marines and their families exposed to toxic drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. These efforts resulted in the introduction of the Janey Ensminger Act in the House and the Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act in the Senate. The act is named after Mr. Ensminger's daughter who died of leukemia in 1985 at the age of nine.



The documentary details how he heard a local news story in 1997 about a proposed health study on adults and babies exposed to toxins in the water system on the base. After that, Ensminger began an investigative trail that took him to a government website which contained specific documents relating to the exposure. He and other former residents of the base filed over one thousand Freedom of Information Act requests to discover more. Ensminger was invited to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss his findings.

During the interview with C-SPAN, Libert talks about her motivations for making the film, and introduces one of the participants, Mike Partain, who was diagnosed with male breast cancer at age 38.

Libert, a 2010 Sundance Institute Documentary Fellow, was the producer and director of documentary series last year on Discovery/Planet Green called “Boomtown.” Her film, “Undertaker” also won a Cable ACE award for best dramatic short film. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Ensminger, a North Carolina resident, retired as a Master Sergeant after serving twenty-four and one half years in the U.S. Marines. He was in motor transport maintenance and was a drill instructor at Camp Lejeune.