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Paul Krugman:
Despair over financial policy — The Geithner plan has now been leaked in detail. It's exactly the plan that was widely analyzed — and found wanting — a couple of weeks ago. The zombie ideas have won. — The Obama administration is now completely wedded to the idea …
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New York Times:
Toxic Asset Plan Foresees Big Subsidies for Investors — WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department is expected to unveil early next week its long-delayed plan to buy as much as $1 trillion in troubled mortgages and related assets from financial institutions, according to people close to the talks.
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John Cole / Balloon Juice:
The Geithner Plan — The reviews are in on the leaked Geithner plan, and we are going to do something different here for a change. We are not going to listen to people who have been wrong about everything, and instead are going to listen to people who have been more right than wrong.
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Obsidian Wings
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
The Problem With Flogging A.I.G. — Can we all just calm down a little? — Yes, the $165 million in bonuses handed out to executives in the financial products division of American International Group was infuriating. Truly, it was. As many others have noted, this is the same unit whose …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Obama Uneasy About Tax on Bonuses
Obama Uneasy About Tax on Bonuses
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DISSENTING JUSTICE
New York Magazine:
Busload of Crazies to Tour Homes of AIG Executives This Weekend — Less than a year ago, the most repellent area bus tour we knew of was the one that induced Sex and the City-crazed tourists to put $40 on their Citi cards for a cupcake and a glimpse at Carrie Bradshaw's brownstone. How times have changed!
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran's supreme leader dismisses Obama overtures — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader rebuffed President Barack Obama's latest outreach on Saturday, saying Tehran was still waiting to see concrete changes in U.S. policy. — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was responding to a video message Obama released Friday …
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Now showing at Supreme Court: ‘Hillary: The Movie’ — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - Months after its debut, “Hillary: The Movie” faces nine of the nation's toughest critics: the Supreme Court. — The justices' review of the slashing documentary financed …
Lisa Demer / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin's legal debts pile up — ‘SUBSTANTIAL’: Governor may create fund to pay the bills. — ldemer@adn.com — Gov. Sarah Palin owes more than a half million dollars to an Anchorage law firm that has defended her against ethics complaints, and she may create a legal fund to pay the bill, she said Friday.
Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Israeli Soldier Says Military Rabbis Framed Gaza Mission as Religious — A soldier involved in Israel's recent military offensive in the Gaza Strip said in published reports Friday that the military's rabbinical staff distributed material characterizing the operation as a religious mission to …
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Los Angeles Times:
Not bowled over by Obama's Special Olympics joke — Despite the president's apology, athletes and others say they are disappointed with his remark on Jay Leno's show. — Reporting from Chicago — When she met Barack Obama two years ago, Caitlin Cox proudly wore the two bronze medals she had won at the Special Olympics.
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David Zurawik / Z on TV:
Nielsen: Obama visit a big boost for Leno ratings
Nielsen: Obama visit a big boost for Leno ratings
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The Politico:
VIDEO: Obama's 4 budget principles — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — Previewing a critical week for his administration, President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Congress Saturday to pass a budget that adheres to four principles: increasing energy independence …
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Analysis: Obama rhetoric, reality clash — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's optimistic campaign rhetoric has crashed headlong into the stark reality of governing. — In office two months, he has backpedaled on an array of issues …
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Stop The ACLU
Park Chan-Kyong / Agence France Presse:
North Korea confirms two Americans detained — SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea on Saturday confirmed that it had detained two American journalists for illegally entering the country from China earlier this week and said their case was under investigation. — The US State Department had expressed concern …
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Hot Air
John / Power Line:
ARE WE A BANANA REPUBLIC? — I'm stupefied to find that some people are defending the constitutionality of Nancy Pelosi's discriminatory, confiscatory and retroactive tax on people who receive bonus income from companies that got TARP money. I would have considered it a bright line rule …
Uri Blau / Haaretz:
Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques - IDF fashion 2009 — The office at the Adiv fabric-printing shop in south Tel Aviv handles a constant stream of customers, many of them soldiers in uniform, who come to order custom clothing featuring their unit's insignia, usually accompanied by a slogan and drawing of their choosing.
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
No laughing matter — In turbulent times, it's good to know some things never change. After a week in which President Obama thanked himself for inviting him to the White House, compared AIG executives to suicide bombers, and did the first Presidential retard joke on national TV …