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Ron Paul: The Fed Is Stealing the People’s Money

Sign the Ron Paul 2012 Petition at www.RonPaul2012.net Please like, share, subscribe & comment! http 04/04/2011 Last week I was both surprised and pleased when the Supreme Court upheld lower court decisions requiring the Federal Reserve Bank to comply with requests for information made by Bloomberg under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). Bloomberg simply wanted to know who received loans from the Fed’s discount window in the aftermath of the 2008 financial market crisis, and how much each entity received. Surely this is basic information that should be available to every American taxpayer. But the Fed fought tooth and nail all the way to the Supreme Court to preserve their privileged secrecy. However, transparency and openness won the day. There are some 29000 pages to decipher, but a few points stand out initially. The Fed lent huge sums of our money to foreign banks. This in itself was not surprising, but the actual amount is staggering! In one week at the height of the crisis, about 70% of the money doled out went to foreign banks. We were told that bailing out banks was going to stave off a massive depression. Depression for whom? We now know that the Fed’s bailout had nothing to do with helping the American people, who have gotten their depression anyway with continued job losses and foreclosures. But now we learn that a good deal of the money did not even help American banks! In light of recent world events, perhaps the most staggering revelation is that

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Illinois House passes bill shielding gun owner lists from public disclosure

Illinois House passes bill shielding gun owner lists from public disclosure
SRINGFIELD — Gun owners in Illinois could have their identities shielded from public disclosure under legislation that passed the House Friday. Attorney General Lisa Madigan has contended lists of gun owners who have Firearm Owner Identification cards should be retrievable under the state’s Freedom of Information Act.Legislation sponsored by Rep. Richard Morthland (R-Cordova) would amount to an …
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State rules for newspaper in records request
CHAMPAIGN — The News-Gazette is awaiting the city’s release of information regarding officers who have been named in citizen complaints against the police after the Illinois attorney general’s office ruled that the information should be made public. read more
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Corps kept advisers in dark on barrier power
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this winter declined to make public a report revealing that its electric barrier system is not operating at a level strong enough to repel all sizes of Asian carp, saying it would be released with a batch of related studies in late summer or fall.
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Diabetic Suppliers Join Forces to Provide Medicare-Covered Diabetes Testing Supplies to Hispanics

Diabetic Suppliers Join Forces to Provide Medicare-Covered Diabetes Testing Supplies to Hispanics










Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) February 8, 2007

Leading diabetic supply company Freedom Medical Services today announced that they have acquired Boca Raton, FL-based diabetic supplier AM-Med Diabetic Supply.

The acquisition of the 5-year-old Am-Med, which specializes in the Spanish-speaking markets in the United States and Puerto Rico, gives Freedom Medical Services a strong foothold in the Hispanic diabetes market.

“We’re excited about the opportunity to further expand our diabetes supplier offering to the Hispanic diabetes market,” said FreedoMed Vice President of Marketing Lorne Yaffe.

According to the Center for Disease Control, Hispanic/Latino Americans are at particularly high risk for type 2 Diabetes and its complications and are 1.7 percent more likely to have diabetes than non-Hispanics. In 2005, about 2.5 million Hispanic/Latino Americans over the age of 20 had diabetes.

Freedom Medical Services, also based in Boca Raton, FL, is the nation’s leading online mail-order, diabetic medical supply company, offering brand name, Medicare covered diabetes testing supplies delivered directly to the individual’s home.

Freedom Medical Services provides personalized customer service and reduced expenses to those with diabetes, and Medicare covered diabetes testing supplies are delivered at no cost to the patient.

Freedom Medical Services’ benefits include: free delivery directly to patient’s homes, no insurance paperwork to complete, no upfront costs or waiting weeks or months for reimbursement, diabetic supplies delivered at very low or no cost to you, supplier of all the leading national brands. Leading products include: One Touch Ultra, Accu-Chek Compact and Abbott FreeStyle.

About Freedom Medical Services

Freedom Medical Services is a Medicare participating provider and specializes in providing Medicare covered diabetes supplies and we accept Medicare assignment. In addition, we support Private Insurance, Major Medical and Group Health Insurance Plans; we accept most plans in all 50 states with the exception of HMO’s.

For information about our free diabetic supplies and the Hispanic diabetes market, complete a free online application at http://www.freedomed.com or call toll free at 1-800-933-8085 to compete a free application over the phone. For information about the signs and symptoms of type 2 diabetes, please visit http://www.freedomed.com.

Media Contacts: Jay Berkowitz, Ten Golden Rules, Ten Golden Rules, (561) 620-9121, and Lorne Yaffe, Freedom Medical Services, http://www.freedomed.com, (561) 338-4900.

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Inspector general: Political reviews were wasteful
The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general has concluded that it was wasteful for the agency to secretly require approval by political appointees before government files on politically sensitive topics could be released under the Freedom of Information Act, The Associated Press has learned.
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AG’s office says DelDOT did not comply with request
The Delaware Department of Transportation did not comply with the state Freedom of Information Act in handling a request for documents related to an expensive land deal it struck with a Sussex County businessman, according to a decision released by the state attorney general.
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Army relents on widow’s court-martial transcript request
The Army has made an about-face in its stance on a Freedom of Information Act request made by the widow of a soldier killed in Iraq.
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Michigan Municipal Elected Leaders do Role Play in Lesson About the Media
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The Michigan Municipal League hosted a seminar called "Essential Skills for Elected Officials" in Mt. Pleasant Thursday, March 10, 2011. The event was attended by municipal council people from around the state, including, Mt. Pleasant, Shepherd, Saline, Davison, Fowlerville, Greenville and other communities. The session was moderated by Mary Kerwin, Troy city council member and president of the League’s Elected Officials Academy. The group learned about Michigan Municipal League Services from Bill Mathewson, the League’s general counsel; parliamentary procedure and conducting meetings properly from Coco Siewert, professional parliamentarian; and ethics for local government officials from William Beach, principal at Miller Canfield law firm. The afternoon session included Davison Mayor Pro Tem Tim Bishop and Mt. Pleasant Commissioner Jon Joslin discussing "10 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Was Elected;" the League’s Samantha Jones Harkins, legislative associated, talking about Lobbying 101: The Art of Municipal Lobbying; Mathewson discussing the Michigan Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act; and Matt Bach, director of communications for the League, talking about working with the media. The League has several more education seminars scheduled this month and they can be viewed here: www.mml.org/events/calendar.htm. The League also will have its annual Capital Conference April 4-6 in Lansing. For details on Capital Conference go here: www.mml.org/events/conference/index.html. For more about the League and what we do go to mml.org.

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Facebook Questions lets you gather information about what your customers might and might not like, but crowdsourcing can go way beyond that.
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