ap.google.com - 10/27/2008
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1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) The bailout is now the hottest lobbying game in town. Insurers, automakers and American subsidiaries of foreign banks all want the Treasury Department to cut them a piece of the largest government rescue in U.S. history. The betting is that many with their hands out ...
longwarjournal.org - 10/31/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
The US has struck again inside Pakistan's lawless
tribal areas. The latest airstrike targeted a key al...
Qaeda facilitator who served as a bridge between the Taliban and al Qaeda. The US is also stating that al Qaeda operative Khalid Habib was killed ...
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US strikes kills al Qaeda operatives in North & South ...
longwarjournal.org - 10/26/2008
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longwarjournal.org —
A sketch map of North and South Waziristan.
Map from The Khyber Gateway . Click to view....
US unmanned Predator aircraft have struck again inside Pakistan's tribal areas. The latest attack occurred in the Shakai region north of ...
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US targets Taliban "facility" in South Waziristan
iri.org - 10/29/2008
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iri.org —
U.S. Senator John McCain, Chairman Ranking Member, Senate
Committee on Armed Services Peter T. Madigan, Vice Chairman...
Principal, Johnson, Madigan and Peck Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs, U.S. Department of ...
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THE CUNNING REALIST —
... Read the rest here. The bailout ethos has already become an indelible part of the national character. I've been saying it for a long time, and it's getting clearer: personal savings are not safe in the domestic, dollar-denominated system. Again, I mean that less in terms of stock market returns or nominal access to one's money than future confiscatory inflation and the potential for capital controls. ...
The View From The Ground
Obsidian Wings —
... that he had "found a flaw" in his ideology, or to the news that "the bailout is now the hottest lobbying game in town." Unfortunately, it's unprintable. ...
The View From The Ground
Political Animal —
... that he had "found a flaw" in his ideology, or to the news that "the bailout is now the hottest lobbying game in town." Unfortunately, it's unprintable. And it's not just homeowners, of course. Under the best of circumstances, many cities have tax problems. They have higher tax rates than the surrounding suburbs; as a result, people who can move to those suburbs do so; as a result, the city's tax base shrinks, and it has to raise taxes some more; rinse and repeat. When nearly ten percent of homes go into foreclosure and property values fall drastically, that problem gets ...
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longwarjournal.org 10/16/2008 — After a relative lull in targeted airstrikes in Pakistan's tribal areas, the US has launched an attack in South Waziristan.
Reports from Pakistan indicate at least six were killed and five were wounded after an unmanned Predator strike aircraft ...
Down the ballot: CA GOPers in trouble —
First Read 10/27/2008
ALASKA: Jury deliberations in the trial of US Sen. Ted Stevens will resume this morning at 9:30 am, with an alternate juror stepping in to take the place of another excused because of a death in the family, NBC’s Pete Williams reports.
After a hearing ...
Key lawmaker says anxious for another stimulus —
Reuters: Politics 10/27/2008
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