Archive for February, 2009
Limbaugh Lashes Out at Conservative Jindal-Bashers (Video)
LIMBAUGH: [T]he people on our side are really making a mistake if they go after Bobby Jindal on the basis of style. Because if you think — people on our side I’m talking to you — those of you who think Jindal was horrible, you think — in fact, I don’t ever want to hear […]
May God forgive us our sins: Jesus was a reformed racist, says Anglican Church of Canada…
The Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) has published a Lenten reflection that portrays Jesus as a racist who saw the error of his ways after being challenged by the Canaanite woman in Matthew’s Gospel. The ACoC was long ago taken over by politically correct bores but, as Anglican Samizdat notes, this “reflection” turns Jesus into […]
Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina: Obama is ‘world’s best salesman of socialism’
[via CNN] Another prominent Republican told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday that the president’s spending plans are pushing the country to the brink of socialism.Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, the only member of the senate to earn a perfect rating from the American Conservative Union, called President Obama “the world’s best salesman […]
Coincidence? Russian bomber neared Canada before Obama visit
[Via Reuters] Canadian fighters scrambled to intercept an approaching Russian bomber less than 24 hours before U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Ottawa last week, Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay said on Friday.The Bear bomber did not enter Canada’s air space but the Canadian fighters had to tell the plane to turn back, MacKay told […]
Everybody is lying but Glenn Beck
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Premarket: Citi plunged 37% after reaching a deal with the U.S. government for Uncle Sam to convert up to $25 billion
The stock price drop for drug stocks “reminds me of the knee-jerk reaction seen in the early days of the Clinton administration when they started talking about universal healthcare and coming down hard on branded drug margins,” said Edmund Shing, a strategist at BNP Paribas.
Citi meanwhile plunged 37% after reaching a deal with the U.S. […]
Cartoon of the day: I borrowed this money from China so that you can spend it on Chinese goods
The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission: “Raise gas tax, charge drivers by the mile”
According to AP, a special commission created by Congress, called “The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission” is endorsing two ideas suggested Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to raise federal gasoline tax and charge drivers by the mile to pay for road projects.
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Bank Nationalization? - Citigroup reaches deal to give government up to a 36% stake
BY KEVIN KINGSBURY AND MAYA JACKSON RANDALL - Struggling banking giant Citigroup Inc., moving aggressively to shore up its equity base, announced a stock swap Friday that if successful will leave the government owning more than a third of the company and wipe out nearly three-quarters of existing shareholders’ stake.
The move is an acknowledgment that […]
Change you can believe: GDP Shrank 6.2% in 4th Quarter, Deeper Than First Thought
The U.S. recession deepened a lot more in late 2008 than first reported, according to government data showing a big revision down because businesses cut supplies to adjust for shriveling demand.Gross domestic product decreased at a seasonally adjusted 6.2% annual rate October through December, the Commerce Department said Friday in a new, revised estimate of […]