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Bunning: Justice Ginsberg likely will be dead in 9 months — ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning predicted over the weekend that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would likely be dead from pancreatic cancer within nine months. — During a wide-ranging 30-minute speech …
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BOMBSHELL: Williams meets with NRSC, eyes run for U.S. Senate — A political bombshell this weekend from several well-placed GOP sources, in Frankfort and Washington: State senate President David Williams met with officials at the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) …
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Bobby Jindal's Blustery Day — Bobby Jindal is a very smart fellow. Back when he was in Congress, I'd try to check in with him every six months or so, just to see what he was thinking about. At first, we talked about health insurance—his specialty. Then, about the federal response to Hurricane Katrina (he was appalled).
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Feb. 22: Jindal, Crist, roundtable — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Al Hunt, Michele Norris, Becky Quick — MR. DAVID GREGORY: Our issues this Sunday: An unprecedented economic crisis grips the nation, and it's the states at a breaking point.
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Schwarzenegger to GOP: Put Aside Ideology
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U.S. Eyes Large Stake in Citi — Taxpayers Could Own Up to 40% of Bank's Common Stock, Diluting Value of Shares — Citigroup Inc. is in talks with federal officials that could result in the U.S. government substantially expanding its ownership of the struggling bank, according to people familiar with the situation.
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DealBook, Cafe Talk Aggregator, naked capitalism, Wizbang, Newshoggers.com, Matthew Yglesias, The Big Picture and Calculated Risk
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As Doubts Grow, U.S. Will Judge Banks' Stability — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will begin taking a hard look at the financial condition of the country's 20 biggest banks this week to judge whether they could hold up even if the downturn worsens further than policy makers already expect.
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The Words Of Alan Keyes — Watch this astonishing video. I've posted about Keyes's remarks before but the full text of what he's saying is truly disturbing. He calls Obama an “abomination.” He says that “we have to stop him” or the US will cease to exist.
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Fox News “war games” the coming civil war — (updated below) — Bill Clinton's election in 1992 gave rise to the American “militia movement”: hordes of overwhelmingly white, middle-aged men from suburban and rural areas who convinced themselves they were defending the American way of life from the …
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ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAY — Astronomy Picture of the Day, run by NASA, has been around for a while, but I just learned of it from a reader last week. It's a fun site, and helps put your declining net worth in perspective—something we can all use these days.
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UK faces summer of rage - police — Police are preparing for a “summer of rage” as victims of the economic downturn take to the streets to demonstrate against financial institutions, the Guardian has learned. — Britain's most senior police officer with responsibility for public order raised …
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Riehl World View
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Rahm Emanuel Suggests He Agrees Stimulus Package Wasn't Big Enough — Here's an intriguing swathe of Ryan Lizza's profile of Rahm Emanuel: … Whether or not you think Emanuel is right about the legislative politics, it seems to significant for the White House Chief of Staff to concede …
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THE GATEKEEPER — Rahm Emanuel on the job. — Besides Obama …
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The right way to create a good bank and a bad bank — Policymakers continue to struggle to figure out how to turn a troubled bank into a good bank and a bad bank. Under the good-bank/bad-bank policy, the good bank will operate free from concerns about troubled assets …
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Palin shuns spotlight to pick up the pieces — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is uncharacteristically shunning the spotlight this week in an apparent effort to repair damage to her political stature back home. — Even though just about every big-name governor and leading conservative …
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OSCARS CRISIS! Hollywood Frustrations And Fears Over Sunday's Awards; Stars And Advertisers Give Show Cold Shoulder — OSCARS ALERT: I will be live-blogging (more like live-snarking) the Academy Awards tonight. Come for the cynicism. Stay for the subversion. Add your comment.
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Obama aims to cut deficit in half by 2013 — WASHINGTON — Now that his $787 billion stimulus bill is law, President Obama plans to spend this week promoting a budget plan designed to cut the federal deficit in half by the end of his first term. — The president will host a …
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Bankruptcy Funding Solicited for Car Makers — Outside advisers to the U.S. Treasury have started lining up the largest bankruptcy loan ever, talking with banks and other lenders about at least $40 billion in financing for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, in case the two auto makers need it …
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