Eschaton: Deep Thought

eschatonblog.com - 2/11/2009

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A bit weird telling the operator that the company sponsoring the conference call I'm trying to get on is "The White House."

balloon-juice.com - 2/6/2009

Another Thought

— balloon-juice.com — From the comments to another post : You know, I’ve been on this blog almost all day... and I’ve about had it. Can we just get the pitchforks out and get this over with? You know, putting aside the stupidity of the Republicans, I ... (more) Another Thought

White House

Barack Obama

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eschatonblog.com - 2/10/2009

Eschaton - Nationalize Them

— eschatonblog.com — So sez Roubini (can click through to watch video). Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Nouriel Roubini, a professor... at New York University, talks with Bloomberg's Kathleen Hays about the banking industry and housing market. Roubini, who forecast the U.S. recession ... (more) Eschaton - Nationalize Them

Nouriel Roubini

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eschatonblog.com - 2/8/2009

Deep Thought

— eschatonblog.com — I guess "moderate" actually means "shitty." (more) Deep Thought

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Wedge Politics: Why the Huffington Post's Question Has Drawn So Much Attention
Open Left - Front Page — ... over The Huffington Post being called upon during President Obama's first prime-time press conference deserves further explanation. It is, in part, as Atrios notes, about "where in the pecking order he's supposed to be," within the world of political media. And it is also, of course, about a perceived threat that new media outlets pose to more established ones. For years now, bloggers and other new media sources ...

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Daily Kos — ... may simply be the wrong-headed, but good-hearted, man for the job. Yeah, the criticisms I see of Geithner are mostly that he's part of the problem, and thus he can't be part of the solution. I'm less concerned about someone's heart than I am about their ideas. Would you feel better about the Iraq War if someone conclusively proved that Bush launched the war out of genuinely good-hearted intentions? I wouldn't. Yeah, the media's pecking order has been upturned, and that makes for ruffled feathers. Paul Krugman is ...