drsmooth wrote:He changed the Senate's rules on confirmation of SC nominations. He did it.

jerseyhoya wrote:

drsmooth wrote:He changed the Senate's rules on confirmation of SC nominations. He did it.

Of course he did! We can all be grateful for his wisdom and bravery.

slugsrbad wrote:But the worst offense of all, she's engaged to a Dirty Met.

Andrew Kaczynski wrote:Trump has spent $21 million dollars on travel in six weekends. Obama spent $97 million in eight years.

slugsrbad wrote:

Andrew Kaczynski wrote:Trump has spent $21 million dollars on travel in six weekends. Obama spent $97 million in eight years.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/politics/donald-trump-obama-travel-costs/index.html

When I took the oath of office in 2011 and then again in 2015, I was prepared for this day, but never desired or expected it.

According to the SEC’s orders as well as a pair of complaints filed in federal district court, deceptive measures were often used to hide the true sources of the articles from investors. For example, one writer wrote under his own name as well as at least nine pseudonyms, including a persona he invented who claimed to be “an analyst and fund manager with almost 20 years of investment experience.” One of the stock promotion firms went so far as to have some writers it hired sign non-disclosure agreements specifically preventing them from disclosing compensation they received.

“Deception takes many forms. Our markets cannot operate fairly when there are deliberate efforts to reach prospective investors with positive articles about a stock while hiding that the companies paid for those articles,” said Melissa Hodgman, Associate Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.

The SEC filed fraud charges against three public companies and seven stock promotion or communications firms as well as two company CEOs, six individuals at the firms, and nine writers. Of those charged, 17 have agreed to settlements that include disgorgement or penalties ranging from approximately $2,200 to nearly $3 million based on frequency and severity of their actions. The SEC’s litigation continues against 10 others.

pacino wrote:SEC files charges against 27 firms for pushing stocks:

According to the SEC’s orders as well as a pair of complaints filed in federal district court, deceptive measures were often used to hide the true sources of the articles from investors. For example, one writer wrote under his own name as well as at least nine pseudonyms, including a persona he invented who claimed to be “an analyst and fund manager with almost 20 years of investment experience.” One of the stock promotion firms went so far as to have some writers it hired sign non-disclosure agreements specifically preventing them from disclosing compensation they received.

“Deception takes many forms. Our markets cannot operate fairly when there are deliberate efforts to reach prospective investors with positive articles about a stock while hiding that the companies paid for those articles,” said Melissa Hodgman, Associate Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.

The SEC filed fraud charges against three public companies and seven stock promotion or communications firms as well as two company CEOs, six individuals at the firms, and nine writers. Of those charged, 17 have agreed to settlements that include disgorgement or penalties ranging from approximately $2,200 to nearly $3 million based on frequency and severity of their actions. The SEC’s litigation continues against 10 others.

these articles ended up being posted on sites such as Yahoo Finance, Motley Fool, Forbes, etc

they were basically out and out paid adverts and weren't labeled as such.

"I think France isn't responsible for the Vel d'Hiv," Le Pen said on Sunday, referring to the German-ordered roundup by French police of 13,000 Jews in July 1942.

Most were crammed into the Velodrome d'Hiver cycling stadium, commonly known as the Vel d'Hiv, before being deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

"I think that, in general, if there are people responsible, it is those who were in power at the time. It is not France," Le Pen said in an interview with media groups Le Figaro, RTL and LCI.

France has long struggled to come to terms with its role under the collaborationist Vichy regime during World War Two.

Altogether 76,000 Jews deported from France were killed.

In 1995, then President Jacques Chirac recognized that the French state shared responsibility for deporting Jews to Nazi death camps, the first time a post-war French head of state had fully acknowledged France's role.

Socialist President Francois Hollande in 2012 described the 1942 mass arrest as "a crime committed in France, by France."

An Opinionway survey on Monday showed Le Pen winning 24 percent in the first round, ahead of Macron on 23 percent, Fillon on 19 and Melenchon on 18.