January, 2013

• 5 January

  Hugo Chavez Dead: An Internet Rumor

  

  The Twitterverse is rife with rumors about the death of Hugo Chavez. Matt Gutman, an ABC correspondent, and others have pointed out that this unfounded scuttlebutt likely stems from a blog post on Forex Live. …
• 3 January

  How to take advantage of the Fiscal Cliff

  

  By GE, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and the MPAA How do you take advantage of the “Fiscal Cliff?” Here’s how: when you hear rumors of a trumped up, impending crisis like the “Fiscal Cliff” …
• 3 January

  The Origin of “Socialist Mop”

  

  On October 15, 2009, President Obama spoke at a DNC fundraiser at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA. In his speech, he decried Republicans who were critical of the methods he used …