Via Huffington Post: GENEVA — A $21.7 billion development fund backed by celebrities and hailed as an alternative to the bureaucracy of the United Nations sees as much as two-thirds of some grants eaten up by corruption, The Associated Press has learned. Much of the money is accounted for with forged documents or improper bookkeeping, indicating it was pocketed, investigators for the Global Fund... 

General Electric Co. has lined up five deals in China that will generate $2 billion in revenue, the company said Wednesday. The agreements were part of a larger announcement in which the White House, seeking to build ties with an economic rival, said that China would purchase $45 billion in U.S. exports, including a highly sought-after $19 billion deal for 200 Boeing airplanes. Chinese President Hu... 

by: Michelle Malkin Fun fact: Bill Daley isn’t the only new chief of staff in the White House with longtime ties to the Chicago Way. Yep, it’s No Windy City Corporate Lawyer Left Behind Week in the nation’s capital. On the other side of the White House, deep-pocketed campaign finance mega-bundler Tina Tchen was named first lady Michelle Obama’s new right-hand woman. Or rather,... 

By Hao Li - - International Business Times China declined an offer from the U.S. to form a partnership to maintain world order, according to billionaire investor George Soros. Soros, writing in a Project Syndicate commentary, said when U.S. President Obama visited China in November 2009, he acknowledged China’s rapid rise and offered it a partnership in maintaining and improving the world... 

via The Blaze: The FCC has voted 3-2 along political lines to extend the government’s reach and regulate the internet via net neutrality. The vote to institute net neutrality rules marks the first time the government has stepped into the world of internet regulation. Proponent’s of the net neutrality rules say that the move allows the government to stop companies from controlling too much... 

George Soros throws cold water on the Europe’s latest stabilization efforts in a brand new piece on Project Syndicate. The eurobond, rejected by German Chancellor Merkel, is the key solution says Soros. The goal of this bond is to save the zone’s fringe from having to pay unusually high interest rates on its bailout and, instead, allow those state’s to borrow at a European rate. Soros... 

The formal name of Adolf Hitler’s Enabling Act of 1933 was the Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Nation. It gave Hitler unobstructed and unprecedented power to impose his vision of Germany on the country. Long, long ago, in a world far, far away, philosopher and cultural critic George Santayana in 1905 noted that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat... 

The following is based on an interview with a current employee at the U.S. Department of Agriculture: I’ve worked with the USDA for more than 25 years.  The situation with Pigford has been horrible.  There were cases of discrimination.  Perhaps 100 cases in the whole state of [redacted].  But the federal government paid out thousands of claims, a lot of them churned by attorneys who made a lot... 

Guess where Van Jones is popping up now? The former Green Jobs Czar shared emcee duties at the Brave New Voices Speak Green poetry slam — a competition where “youth from around the country, ages 13 – 24, compete for the opportunity to travel on behalf of Youth Speaks to some of the key conferences and summits on the Environment to date.” The topic of this year’s event? Global warming. As... 

Hmmm – could this be because Black Farmers vote and children don’t?? Congress is rushing through its lame duck session to finally appropriate funds to pay out claims from the Pigford II settlement. The settlement is meant to clear up claims from black farmers who claim discrimination from USDA and also missed out on the first settlement. The legislation sets aside $1.5 billion to pay...