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Birthers and Conservatives. A match made in self destruction heaven.
1. The G.O.P. Pandering to the Crazy demo – Leonard Pitts points out that Conservatives are shooting themselves in the foot with their embracing of the “birthers.” Sure it’s easy to go for the low hanging fruit after you just got stomped in the Presidential and Congressional Elections. But give it a rest with allowing [...]
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Khamenei power begins to weaken
1. Khamenei’s power weakening by the second… so who the heck is he? – Ayatollah Khamenei’s “supreme ruler” status is on the ropes. At the very least, Iran might see a new form of government where one guy doesn’t have the final say, thanks to the wholesale rejection of Khamenei’s power by the protesters in [...]
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Ayatollah Khamenei sides with Ahmadinejad
1. Iran’s Supreme Leader tells protesters to give it a rest - In Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the absolute last word. And he proclaims that there was NOT massive fraud in the election. He also said the protests are being fueled by foreign leaders and the media. And that they should stop. So… now [...]
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Skin in the Game
1. Banks, mortgages, and Skin in the Game - One of the major causes of our current financial crisis was how banks were handling mortgages. Banks used to lend a home buyer money, betting on the fact that they’d repay that money back to the bank. Thanks to mortgage backed securities, banks could lend someone [...]
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Wall Street to get a new set of Rules
1. Hey looky there… More Financial Sector Regulation – Critics correctly point out that more consumer protection will just make for dumber, less savvy consumers. Problem is: There’s already too many of those dumb ones that could perpetuate the financial ruin for the rest of us. Hedge funds would have to register with the SEC, [...]
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Iran gets ornery
1. Ahmadinejad: I won, don’t protest.
50% of the Iranian public: Yeah right, whatever. - Mousavi, the opposition candidate even shows up at the banned rally to rally his side. Supreme Religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei now backs an election inquiry after some shadiness surfaces. (From the London Times)
2. Health Care Reform Push begins… but how [...]
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No More Cheap Oil
1. Cheap Oil is on the way out - The Annual International Energy Outlook report says the stuff that’s easy to pull out of the ground is going to become increasingly scarce. Sources like Shale and Oil Sands are where we’ll be getting the fossil fuels we demand in the future and those places don’t [...]
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Election day Eve in Iran
1. Iran’s Election day is Tomorrow - So what’s in it for us? Well, a lot.
And by the way, today is a day for quiet reflection in Iran, so the citizens can contemplate their choices at the polls. I’d say that’d be a great idea for us to try here in the States, but you [...]
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North Korea holding two U.S. Journalists
1. U.S. Journalists sentenced to 12 years hard labor in N. Korea - Pyongyang has accused the two of major crimes against North Korea, but hasn’t really elaborated on just what those crimes are. Something about illegal entry, but that’s about all that’s come out. The trial was extremely fast, closed to the public, and [...]
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Huckabee… the great “right” hope?
1. Huckabee would be Obama’s “Toughest” opponent in 2012 -
Annnnnd Teddy Roosevelt is crying somewhere right now into a dusty bandanna he wore charging up San Juan hill. If the GOP throws Palin or Huckabee up against the wall in 2012, that could very well be the end of their party. Anyone who’s not a [...]
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Waterboarding, Waterboarding, Everywhere
1. CIA waterboarded two Al-Qaeda types 266 times - That’s…
Wow that’s a lot. (From the NY Times)
2. Ahmadinejad knows how bomb on stage – Claims Israel is the world’s most “cruel and racist regime”… at a U.N. racism conference. Bunch of diplomats walk out. (From the Wall Street Journal)
3. Columbine, 10 years later. What happened, [...]
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