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9:00 AM ET, April 6, 2009

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Andrew Rosenfield / New York Times:
How to Clean a Dirty Bank  —  COMMERCIAL banks in the United States are not subject to the bankruptcy statute — when they become insolvent they are simply acquired by the government.  This is what banks sign on for in return for a charter, deposit insurance and direct access …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Bill Moyers Journal
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Geithner Says Government Would Remove Bank Chiefs if Needed  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the federal government might remove top bank executives or board members if “exceptional” assistance is required to keep the banks operating in the future.
Discussion: Clusterstock
Little Green Footballs:
Bush Bowed Too  —  More than a few people on the right are screaming that Barack Obama should be impeached for bowing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.  —  Those of you who are buying into this hyperventilating nonsense need to see this video.  (Click the image to watch.)
Louise Story / New York Times:
A Rich Education for Summers (After Harvard)  —  Lawrence H. Summers plays down his stint in the hedge fund business as a mere part-time job — but the financial and intellectual rewards that he gained there would make even most full-time workers envious.  —  Mr. Summers, the former Treasury secretary …
Discussion: Clusterstock
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
Even Rick Wagoner's Firing Got Lousy Mileage
Wall Street Journal:
From Bubble to Depression?  —  Bubbles have been frequent in economic history, and they occur in the laboratories of experimental economics under conditions which — when first studied in the 1980s — were considered so transparent that bubbles would not be observed.
Discussion: Reason, Economist's View and EconLog
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
2006 Israel-Lebanon War Looms Large in Pentagon Debate on Future  —  Leaders Divided on Whether to Focus On Conventional or Irregular Combat  —  A war that ended three years ago and involved not a single U.S. soldier has become the subject of an increasingly heated debate inside the Pentagon …
Discussion: Soccer Dad
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Good News: First U.S. Based Pro-al Qaeda Magazine Released  —  It's called Jihad Recollections and is a production of Charlotte, NC al Qaeda supporter Samir Khan's self-styled jihad media company, as-Fursan.  You can download a PDF version at the links provided by Sammy here.
Discussion: Anonymouse.org and Flopping Aces
Scott Horton / Blogs and Stories:
Are Republicans Blackmailing Obama?  —  Amanda Knox Co-Ed Murder Trial: The Convicted Rapist Speaks  —  Blogs and Stories  —  If the president releases the Bush torture memos, Republicans are promising to “go nuclear” and filibuster his legal appointments.  Scott Horton reports on a serious threat to Obama's transparency.
Iain Martin / Iain Martin's blog listings:
Barack Obama really does go on a bit  —  Isn't it time for him to go home yet?  It is good, in theory, that the new President of the United States is taking so much time to tour Europe.  He arrived in London last Tuesday, has been to Strasbourg, Prague yesterday and now he's off to Turkey.
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Jimmie / The Sundries Shack:
Hate Speech from the Democrats Online Golden Boy  —  Lest we think that this reprehensible pronouncement by Markos Zuniga should be swept under the rug, let me remind you that he is the leader of the Democratic grassroots.  His Yearly Kos gathering is an important stop for Democratic politicians seeking national office.
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
Letting Stupid beget Stupid  —  Newt Gingrich — with all his Boss Hogg gravitas — prattled on FoxNews Sunday about the “recklessness” of Obama's foreign policy, while proclaiming we should attack North Korea with ‘frickin’ lasers.  Meanwhile, Obama was making a speech in front …
Wall Street Journal:
Rattner Rises as Obama's Mr. Fix-It  —  WASHINGTON — Steven Rattner arrived in Washington six weeks ago with a reputation as a finance whiz who amassed a fortune on Wall Street.  His ability to size up troubled firms, he and others said, was just what President Barack Obama needed to plot …
Charles Piller / Sacramento Bee:
Billionaire Buffett benefits from bailout he promoted  —  Financier Warren Buffett has been lauded for his plain-spoken denunciation of the greed and foolishness behind the economic crisis.  He has pushed the massive federal bailout of imploding banks as the essential response to an “economic Pearl Harbor.”
Discussion: Don Surber
Real Clear Politics:
David Axelrod on “Fox News Sunday”  —  WALLACE: I'm Chris Wallace.  North Korea defies the world, firing a long-range rocket, next on “FOX News Sunday.”  —  President Obama takes his place on the world stage.  —  OBAMA: It is very important for us to be able to forge partnerships, as opposed to simply dictating solutions.
Discussion: TigerHawk, Pajamas Media and Commentary
 
 
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Salena Zito / Real Clear Politics:
Card Check, Plan B, and 2010
Discussion: Commentary, Kausfiles and GayPatriot
Nikki Finke / Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood Daily:
EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Fires Showbiz Columnist For “Promoting” Piracy
Discussion: Gawker and Crooks and Liars
Scott Waldman / Albany Times Union:
Sweeney charged with felony DWI
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Research Links Poor Kids' Stress, Brain Impairment
Ben Pershing / Washington Post:
GOP May Be Stuck on Cohesion
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
David Gregory Tries To Union Bust Auto Companies; GM CEO Refuses To Play Along
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Mohammed Tawfeeq CNN / CNN:
Six gay men shot to death in Iraq by tribe members
The Atlantic Online:
How the Crash Will Reshape America
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Elle Halliwell / NEWS.com.au:
40 per cent of Australian women wear a bra with a cup size DD or bigger
Discussion: The Other McCain and PoliGazette
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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