Obama picks up second debate win, viewers say:
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- A national poll of debate watchers suggests that Sen. Barack Obama won the second presidential debate ( Read more... )

Hey, I got about 15 people who wanted stickers, and I only had 8 to give away (I thought I'd had 6, but apparently I had more than I thought!) so I went ahead and mailed out stickers to the first 8 people who commented. Now, my friend said he had a fuckton of leftover stickers, so I'm gonna ask him if he can spare 7 more so all the people who ( Read more... )

Devilstower makes a case that the money needed to cover mortgages in default is far less than they've asked for... and not that much more than Wall Street has paid out in bonuses between 2000 and 2006. The rest of the money would go to buy their made up little swaps which were always a scam.

A bunch of economists don't think it's a great idea ( Read more... )

I'm no economic expert, but here are some links I've found helpful towards making sense of this bailout thing.

First thing to know is, they are utterly shameless. They wanna take $700 billion of your money, with no controls over what they do with it:

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and ( Read more... )

Does anyone else think it's SUPREMELY UNFAIR that the banks - who took advantage of people with shitty and/or no credit with these subprime mortgage loans - are getting to be completely bailed out by the government, to the tune of $700 billion to us taxpayers... while people who've had bad luck or get stuck with hundreds of thousands of dollars in ( Read more... )

This weekend there was a rally in Anchorage, Alaska of women asserting that Palin doesn't speak for them. It was by all accounts the largest political rally in Alaska history. See photos, video and accounts of the rally at Daily Kos. Here's my favorite pic:


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++ Fred Thompson's out.

++ The world financial markets went crazy yesterday; governments are urging calm.

++ Recession worries roil Wall Street.

++ The Federal Reserve slashed the key interest rate three quarters of a point. It's helped, but it's kind of too little too late.

++ California posts record number of home foreclosures.

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Lots of bad economic news this morning.

++ Romney wins Michigan primary. Daily Kos looks at the headlines and how the GOP race is still wide open.

++ The US is experiencing a baby boomlet.

++ 2007 inflation up by largest amount in 17 years.

++ Newsweek: For the first time since Bill Clinton took the White House, the economy could be the ( Read more... )

Scary.
Job growth ground to a virtual halt and the unemployment rate rose sharply in December, as the effects of the housing downturn rippled through the labor market ( Read more... )

I skipped my class tonight because there was supposed to be snow & sleet, and my class runs until 9:15, so I was worried about the roads... but so far, there's not a single snowflake, and I feel a bit foolish. Alas... but, this means I get to see Supernatural without waiting hours for a torrent, plus it means I get to post tonight! Whee.

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