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...ContinueSpc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, "was a very quiet boy who enjoyed video games"
November 6th, 2009
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Congressional Plutonomy
Lawmakers profit off investments in bailout companies
November 6th, 2009
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Aliens from the Goldman Galaxy
"Amazingly, these visitors from another planet told me with very straight faces that I must realize that the $21 billion in bonuses were 'accrued' bonuses." – Rep. Jan Schakowsky
November 6th, 2009
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'Her Efforts Were Superb'
Fort Hood shooter stopped by civilian Texas policewoman
Lots of Someones; "I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life." – bio on Sgt. Kim Munley's Twitter account
Apt Pupil; "... while there [Hasan] received a lot of advanced training in weapons, shooting classes."
November 5th, 2009
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'Enough is Enough'
"The deployment of additional troops in Afghanistan and the continuation of this conflict ... in on par with a potential error the size of our initial invasion in Iraq." – Rep. Eric Massa
November 6th, 2009
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War Comes Home
"He said maybe Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressor." – Col. (Ret.) Terry Lee
'Allahu Akbar!'; "It looked like a war zone." – Sgt. Howard Appleby
Geography; "It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an army base on American soil." – Barack Obama
Death Toll Rises to 13
'Strategic Victory'
November 6th, 2009
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Single-Payer Off the Table
"I didn't want the legacy of single-payer to be that it jeopardized passage of healthcare reform this year." – Rep. Anthony Weiner
...Or On the Back-Burner; "The commitment the Speaker made is still there for me; she still said we’d have this vote and she’s still committed to it." – Rep. Anthony Weiner
November 6th, 2009
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We ARE Detroit
"Mayhem. That's what they should call the place." (VIDEO)
I Have Seen the Future, Brother, It Is Murder; "Seems odd, that in the 21st century, instead of having futuristic cars flying around like the Jetsons, we have the Clockwork Orange crew pushing vehicles out of windows. Progress?"
Flint You; "... two decades into this allegedly glorious 'free trade' era, an ever-bigger swath of Flyover America looks just as flicks like 'Roger and Me' predicted: rusted, abandoned, boarded up, and/or otherwise resembling a nuclear test site." – David Sirota
November 6th, 2009
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Hoping for a New Sheriff in Town
"What I hate are banks that cheat people." – Elizabeth Warren of 'Capitalism: A Love Story'
Read the Report; "These same programs ... exposed American taxpayers to trillions of dollars in guarantees and created significant moral hazard that distorts the marketplace."
November 6th, 2009
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Government Finally Tries Obvious Solution
Fannie Mae to let homeowners at risk of foreclosure stay in houses and pay rent
November 6th, 2009
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A Wee Bit Defensive
CEO of England's Barclays Bank visits church to argue profit is "not satanic"
November 5th, 2009
Happy Anniversary!
''Today Congress voted to update the rules that have governed financial services since the Great Depression and replace them with a system for the 21st century.'' – Larry Summers, then Treasury Secretary, now director of White House National Economic Council, on repeal of Glass-Steagall Act, November 5, 1999
