Charles Johnson Now So Anti-Racist He's Denouncing Fake Racist Quotes  —  Charles Johnson was against fake but accurate before he was for it.  —  No link for the idiot.  I'll just quote him.  From a thread: … That link I've left in provides a flurry of extremely dubious Limbaugh “quotes” — and not a single link or citation.

Robert Wexler to resign from Congress  —  Update: U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, who represents Broward and Palm Beach counties, plans to resign from Congress.  Wexler plans to meet with reporters Wednesday morning in Boca Raton to detail his next move.  A Democratic source with knowledge …

Geithner Aides Reaped Millions Working for Banks, Hedge Funds  —  Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) — Some of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's closest aides, none of whom faced Senate confirmation, earned millions of dollars a year working for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other Wall Street firms …

The Senate reform fraud  —  THE Senate Finance Committee yesterday voted on a fraud: Sen. Max Baucus' “re sponsible” health-reform bill is actually a recipe for fiscal disaster — and the Congressional Budget Office report that supposedly bolstered the bill actually exposes it.

Breaking: Snowe defects on committee vote  —  Charles Grassley predicted that the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee would stick together on the final panel vote on the Baucus health-care overhaul plan.  Unfortunately, he didn't reckon on colleague Olympia Snowe's desire to make …

Olbermann: Without ‘Fascistic Hatred,’ Malkin Is Just a ‘Mashed-Up Bag of Meat with Lipstick’  —  On Tuesday's Countdown show, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann spewed bile at conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, accusing her of possessing “fascistic hatred,” and comparing her to a “mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick on it.”

Now who loves America more?  —  Twenty-five years ago, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick famously lambasted Democrats as “blame America firsters” and a party plagued by “self-criticism and self-denigration” of America.  It was a speech at pace with an emerging political stereotype …

Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues  —  Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global warming, they should pay compensation to oil producers.

Robert Reich Reveals Brutal Health Care Truths; MSM Snores  —  Paging Congressman Alan Grayson!  Here is a quote that validates what you said about those EVIL Republicans: … Aha!  So it turns out that Grayson was right when he said “Republicans want you to die quickly.”  Only one “little” problem here.

JPMorgan Chase Reports Strong Profit of $3.6 Billion  —  JPMorgan Chase said Wednesday that its profit surged to $3.6 billion in the third-quarter from strong trading results and a flurry of new deals, strengthening its position as one of the dominant banks to emerge from the financial crisis.

The war on Beck  —  Fox News has taken a relatively cautious line toward the White House attacks on the network, leaving the real fireworks to Glenn Beck, who Monday accused the White House of being “more worried about the war on Fox than the actual war in Afghanistan.”

A Historic Success In Military Recruiting  —  In Midst of Downturn, All Targets Are Met  —  For the first time in more than 35 years, the U.S. military has met all of its annual recruiting goals, as hundreds of thousands of young people have enlisted despite the near-certainty that they will go to war.

Biden No Longer a Lone Voice on Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — A few hours after getting off a plane from America's war zones, Joseph R. Biden Jr. slipped into a chair, shook off his jet lag and reflected on what he had seen.  The situation in Iraq, he said, was much improved.

Michelle Obama is afraid of...South Carolina?  —  First, the White House goes to war with Fox News.  —  Now, if Democrat Rep. James Clyburn is to be believed, it looks like the First Lady is spoiling for a tiff with the state of South Carolina.  —  Is there anyone Team Obama isn't willing to alienate these days?

Still on the Job, but Making Only Half as Much  —  MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — The dark blue captain's hat, with its golden oak-leaf clusters, sits atop a bookcase in Bryan Lawlor's home, out of reach of the children.  The uniform their father wears still displays the four stripes of a commercial airline captain, but the hat stays home.

Controversial Bush-Era EPA E-mail Released  —  Message Buried by Bush Administration Because of Its Conclusions on Global Warming Surfaces  —  (AP) A controversial e-mail message buried by the Bush administration because of its conclusions on global warming surfaced Tuesday …

Dollar loses reserve status to yen & euro  —  Ben Bernanke's dollar crisis went into a wider mode yesterday as the greenback was shockingly upstaged by the euro and yen, both of which can lay claim to the world title as the currency favored by central banks as their reserve currency.