washingtonpost.com - 1/20/2009
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Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, January 21, 2009; Page A18
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/28/2009
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com —
One big question in the stimulus discussion is
how much we should be worried about lags in...
implementation. Every economics textbook - mine too! - warns that stimulus based on public spending has a habit of peaking much too late, and therefore ends up ...
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How late is too late?
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 1/14/2009
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com —
A reader writes: The crucial fact is that
SERE techniques were designed by the U.S. military to...
mimic the illegal treatment of American POWs in North Vietnam. Let me say that again: these tactics were SUPPOSED to be illegal, in violation of ...
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They Knew What They Were Doing
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Thousands of Inaugural Ticket-Holders Turned Away-- Including Us!
Politics Daily —
... As the Washington Post explains, thousands of ticket-holding patrons never made it through the gates at the Capitol, despite arriving upwards of five hours early for the swearing-in ceremony. ...
Ground zero from DC: what could have been an Inauguration Day disaster
BlueOregon —
... the Blue Gate, which wound around the streets forming what looked like an enormous multi-block mobius strip. And it wasn't moving. At all. Still almost no security. Still nobody communicating with the crowds. I heard much later than the metal detectors went down and that security was doing pat-downs of those trying to get in. Apparently the generator quit working and they couldn't get another one in a timely manner.
At that point, we abandoned all attempts to get into our section (as did many others) and decided to head to the Mall and watch things on the JumboTrons. Our trek ...
Tunnels of Gloom
TalkLeft —
... Another story: Shame on the police chief for boasting that every ticket holder got in. Thousands of us were crushed in a mob, stuck with no information and locked gates around 1st and C NW, right behind the Jones Day law firm office. Shame on the "organizers" for failing to organize anything at the Purple gate. Our tickets were rendered meaningless, and we never even came close to getting in. A news accounts here and here. A NOLA blogger here. Even an Obama staffer couldn't get ...
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