Occupy Wall Street Useful Idiots.: 08/21/15

August 21, 2015

Fannie Revamp Should Be Part of 2016 Debate, DeMarco Says in WSJ

Presidential candidates should take up issue of overhauling the U.S. mortgage finance system if they want to engage in policy debate "that affects the lives of nearly all Americans," Edward DeMarco, former acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, writes in Wall Street Journal op-ed. 7 years after the financial crisis, "fundamental problems with the system, especially the roles of Fannie Mae andFreddie Mac, remain unreformed," DeMarco writes Related: GSE Overhaul Bill Backed by Busi

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Thoughts from the ammo line

(Scott Johnson) Ammo Grrrll returns with a fruitful question: CUSTOMER SERVICE: An Oxymoron, or What? She writes: So, I'm sitting at home in my Dusty Little Village after having returned from shooting in a nearby Dusty Bigger Village. I got a new Sig Sauer .45 with almost no kick. Just chillin' and enjoying an adult beverage as dinner was bubbling happily away in the oven, not feeling at all like Cranky Caitlyn

Source: Power Line

Dozens of Clinton Emails Were Classified from the Start, U.S. Rules Suggest

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For months, the U.S. State Department has stood behind its former boss Hillary Clinton as she has repeatedly said she did not send or receive classified information on her unsecured, private email account, a practice the government forbids.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Donald Trump: No, I'll use the word 'anchor baby'

As businessman and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump kicks the issue of birthright citizenship to the forefront of the political debate, the use of the term "anchor baby" to refer to a child born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents has gotten renewed attention.

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