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Roger L Simon / Pajamas Media:
Pajamas Media matters — I wrote a letter to the Pajamas Media network bloggers yesterday, some of whom took it a bit more personally than intended. We disbanded the ad network part of our business for a simple reason: it was losing money and we couldn't see how in the reasonable future that would change.
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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 …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The Pajamas Media blogging enterprise has collapsed. — Jeff G. (at Protein Wisdom) has the letter from Roger L. Simon, which buries the bad news in a statement about how Pajamas is turning its attention to its web TV efforts. I wonder how many people watch Pajamas TV. In the comments over there, Showy writes:
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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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Steele to House GOP: Stimulus Bill ‘Goose Egg Was Just Beautiful’
Steele to House GOP: Stimulus Bill ‘Goose Egg Was Just Beautiful’
Dotcomabc / Political Punch:
More Daschle Tax Issues
More Daschle Tax Issues
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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 …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Republican Leads as a Cabinet Choice — WASHINGTON — Senator Judd Gregg, Republican of New Hampshire, is the top contender to become 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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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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Fox News:
RAW DATA: Full Senate Finance Committee Report on Daschle — Statement from the Senate Finance Committee on the Nomination of Thomas A. Daschle: — Thomas A. Daschle recently filed amended tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 reporting $128,203 in additional tax and $11,964 in interest.
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Jonathan Weisman / Wall Street Journal:
Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
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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 …
Orange County Register:
Mark Steyn: Stimulated right into being another Europe — Plan also could trigger protectionist backlash, just like during the Depression. — Recommend — Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, is on TV explaining the (at this point the congregation shall fall to its knees and prostrate itself) “stimulus.”
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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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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Google Flags Whole Internet As Malware — We're not quite sure what's going on, but a couple of minutes ago any search result from Google started being flagged as malware with a message stating “This site may harm your computer”. Including Google's own websites as you can see above.
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
GOP governors press Congress to pass stimulus bill — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — NEW YORK - Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan …
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.
Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Storm-struck KY calls up entire Army Nat'l Guard — MAYFIELD, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear called up his entire Army National Guard on Saturday, tripling his troops with his state still reeling from a deadly ice storm that knocked out power from the Midwest to the East Coast.