Politico.com Breaking News:
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Sarah Palin released a statement saying her daughter is pregnant and plans to marry the father.
white trash family for VP
Weren’t you one of the guys defending the choice in the other threads?
Oh, so anything besides the standard model is white trash? Or only when the grandmother is of an opposing ideology?
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The Massachusetts healthcare programme widely seen as a test case for universal health coverage in the US faces mounting opposition from doctors who say the reform is failing. More than 250 physicians in the state have signed an open letter warning that the healthcare plan, which was signed into law in April 2006 by Mitt Romney, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, is “already proving fiscally unsustainable”. Good mid-length article on the actual behaviors and biases of the media
Posted by bruni
on August 17, 2008
Why Obama Could be in Trouble It might seem unlikely that the United States would elect John McCain to succeed George W. Bush when that would ensure continuation of many unpopular Bush policies: an ill-defined war with the Muslim world, right-wing consolidation of the U.S. Supreme Court, a drill-oriented energy strategy, tax cuts creating massive federal deficits, etc., etc. New York threatens fraud charges against Citigroup
Posted by bruni
on August 08, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The office New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Friday it planned to bring legal action against Citigroup Inc, accusing the bank of fraudulently selling auction-rate securities and destroying documents that had been subpoenaed by the state. In a letter of intent obtained by Reuters, the state said its five-month probe into auction-rate markets revealed the bank falsely assured customers that these securities were as liquid as cash. The securities have been difficult to sell since credit markets tightened earlier this year. |