24x7live.blogspot.com - 1/7/2009
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OSOA officials said that the cooling-down process had started in Indian Oil Corp’s Haldia, Baroda, Panipat and Mathura refineries while the Koyali unit was slated to go down from midnight. However, IOC director (refineries) BN Bankapur countered that all his refineries were operating at..
“World Leaders” strike again
pajamasmedia.com 11/17/2008 — Tigerhawk calls it “the most terrifying paragraph you are likely to read all year”.
World leaders holding an emergency meeting to combat the economic crisis agreed yesterday to a far-reaching action plan that, over the next 4 1/2 months, ...
The Not-Conservatives Strike Back
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/14/2009 — Following up with last night’s right-wing columnist dinner party, Obama sits down with some non-conservatives:
The group included the Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne and Eugene Robinson, the Wall Street Journal’s Gerry Seib, ...
War for oil? I wish it had been
westernfrontamerica.com 12/19/2008 — As the president surreptitiously departed off to Iraq and Afghanistan for his final victory tour earlier this week to bask in the two identifiable foreign policy "victories" in an otherwise unremarkable eight years as president, Bush was jubilant.
Republicans Strike at Democrats Over the Airwaves
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 2/12/2009 — The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting 30 House Democrats who supported the stimulus bill with radio ads in their districts, and the Republican National Committee is looking to cash-in on party ire over the bill.
"A double bird strike"
mudvillegazette.com 1/16/2009 — The plane had suffered “a double bird strike,” one of the pilots told an air traffic controller at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control.
Teterboro, in New Jersey, the controller replied, and instructed the pilot to fly south along the ...
Re Oil Prices
corner.nationalreview.com 12/18/2008 — Iain -- Venezuela, Iran, and Russia are indeed being hard hit by falling oil prices and that is good -- the less discretionary income they have to spend on terrorism and other mischief, the better. So let's consider what we can do to keep prices ...
Socialism in One Sector--the Housing Sector
delong.typepad.com 12/22/2008 — Glenn Hubbard and Charlie Mayer call for the effective nationalization of the mortgage finance sector:
Low-Interest Mortgages Are the Answer : Recent news articles suggest that the Treasury Department is considering a plan to offer a 4.5% ...