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TBogg:
“Roger Simon is pretty much a back stabbing douche so this was probably inevitable.” — diggs — digg it — Nobody could have anticipated that Pajamas Media would sucker the rubes and then destroy teh intertubes: … The comments are like a Sam Shepard play where the repressed loathing …
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
What getting kicked to the curb in the age of new media looks like … What this means is that as of April 1, I am officially out of work. So save going to a pay model, this site will likely have to shut down. — Small price to pay for helping PJM pick up an audience and credibility during its “formative years.”
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Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
PAJAMA MEDIA CLOSES ITS DOORS — Pajama media is shutting down the blog. I can't say I am surprised. What a disappointment and enormous waste of precious and rare blog investment. — I was one of the original pajama bloggers. I thought PJM was going to rival AP, UPI, Reuters.
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New York Times:
It's Theirs and They're Not Apologizing — Getting between a broker and his bonus is like getting between a schnauzer and his lunch bowl. He may not bite you, but you are going to smell his breath. — “People come here because they want to work hard and get paid a lot for working hard …
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David Cho / Washington Post:
A Multi-Pronged Bank Plan — Administration Finalizing Strategy, Probably Won't Toughen Pay Restrictions — The Obama administration has finished drafting the central elements of its plan to rescue the financial markets and is gathering feedback from regulators and Wall Street executives …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Playbook: Late-taxes saga — Robert Gibbs, in look-ahead profile interview with CBS' Peter Maer: ""I'm not going to lie from that podium. House Minority Whip Eric I. Cantor of Virginia, reading the Daschle news off his BlackBerry to last night's banquet of a House Republican retreat …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Daschle Pays 3 Years of Tax on Use of Car — WASHINGTON — President Obama's pick for health and human services secretary, Tom Daschle, failed to pay more than $128,000 in taxes, partly for free use of a car and driver that had been provided to him by a prominent businessman and Democratic fund-raiser …
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Dotcomabc / Political Punch:More Daschle Tax Issues
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Molly Hooper / The Hill:
GOP losing patience with Obama, Dem leaders — Republicans wrapped up their retreat Friday by signaling they are losing patience with President Obama and the Democratic leadership in Congress. — Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) criticized the new administration on Friday …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama May Add Another Republican to Cabinet — WASHINGTON — Senator Judd Gregg, Republican of New Hampshire, is the leading candidate to be President Obama's nominee for commerce secretary, the White House said Saturday. — “Senator Gregg is now the leading candidate for commerce and a pick …
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Agence France Presse:
Iran says Obama's offer to talk shows US failure … US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of “domination” has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday. — “This request means Western ideology has become passive, that capitalist thought …
Directorblue / Doug Ross:
RED ALERT: A trillion in pork, but Pentagon must cut 11%! — BUMPED AND UPDATED 01/31/09 11:01AM: SEE RUNNING UPDATES BELOW. — BREAKING 01/30/09 7:41PM ET: Fox News Television reports that Barack Obama has issued a demand that the Pentagon reduce its budget by more than 10%. The dollar figure is $55 billion.
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BBC:
Iraqi PM hails vote as ‘victory’ — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has hailed a largely peaceful vote for new provincial councils across the country as a victory for all Iraqis. — Voting was extended by one hour due to a strong turnout, including among Sunni Muslims who boycotted the last polls.
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David McKenzie / CNN:
Obama's half brother arrested in Kenya — NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — George Obama, the half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has been arrested by Kenyan police on a charge of possession of marijuana, police said Saturday. — Inspector Augustine Mutembei, the officer in charge …
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Peter Berkowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Bush Hatred and Obama Euphoria Are Two Sides of the Same Coin — Now that George W. Bush has left the harsh glare of the White House and Barack Obama has settled into the highest office in the land, it might be reasonable to suppose that Bush hatred and Obama euphoria will begin to subside.
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