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Monday, November 17
Krugman: Raising Taxes Worsened Depression But OK Now
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 17 Nov 2008 11:16 PM EST
It appears being bestowed a Nobel Prize for economics doesn't improve one's economic acumen, for in the course of roughly 60 seconds Sunday, Paul Krugman said Franklin D. Roosevelt's decision to raise taxes in 1937 deepened the Depression, but it's okay to raise taxes 70-plus years later when the economy is in trouble. Interesting contradiction, wouldn't you agree? More>>>
EPA ruling over climate jeopardizes coal plants
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 17 Nov 2008 10:46 PM EST
"The bottom line is this leads to delays for coal plants," David Bookbinder, a lawyer for environmental group the Sierra Club. Delays could be bad news for the industry especially as the United States may soon regulate greenhouse gases as President-elect Barack Obama has promised to do, he added. A section of the EPA ruling said, "The Board recognizes that this is an issue of national scope that has implications far beyond this individual permitting proceeding." Environmentalists said the wording opens up the EPA to reconsidering permits in other states. In a landmark ruling in 2007, the Supreme Court found that carbon dioxide can be regulated as a pollutant under the U.S. Clean Air Act. More>>>
Border agents hoping for Bush Pardon
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Riley Jones
on Mon 17 Nov 2008 04:01 PM EST
Jan. 17, 2007: Former U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos (left) and Jose Alonso Compean (right) turn themselves in to federal authorities. Supporters of two former Border Patrol agents facing years in prison for the shooting of a fleeing drug smuggler are urging President Bush to commute their sentences. And if that fails, their lawyers plan to take their case to the Supreme Court. Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, former Border Patrol agents, were convicted two years ago of assault, discharge of a weapon in the commission of a crime of violence, deprivation of civil rights and tampering with an official. More>>>
Donovan McNabb didn't know that NFL games could end in ties
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Riley Jones
on Mon 17 Nov 2008 02:57 PM EST
Murdoch to media: You dug yourself a huge hole
by
Riley Jones
on Mon 17 Nov 2008 11:42 AM EST
Murdoch, whose company's holdings also include MySpace and the Wall Street Journal, criticized what he described as a culture of "complacency and condescension" in some newsrooms. "The complacency stems from having enjoyed a monopoly--and now finding they have to compete for an audience they once took for granted. The condescension that many show their readers is an even bigger problem. It takes no special genius to point out that if you are contemptuous of your customers, you are going to have a hard time getting them to buy your product. Newspapers are no exception." More>>>
Stealing Minnesota: The Franken Undervote Lie
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Mon 17 Nov 2008 03:35 AM EST
I spent six years as an elections lawyer. I handled a lot of very wacked election canvasses and recounts. One thing they all had in common: when new votes were found, they generally went both ways -- a few for one candidate and a few for the other candidate. It didn't quite follow the polling, but then close races only happen at the 50-50 margin. Here's something that never happened: the votes did not all go 100% for one candidate except in the two instances where there was only one misplaced ballot discovered. In Minnesota, though, the votes are all going for Al Franken — pretty much all 600 of them. That defies statistical probability. More>>> |
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