Daily Archives: November 30th, 2010 «

 

President Obama seeking advice from Jimmy Carter – on North Korea?

Posted by: ST on November 30, 2010 at 6:41 pm » 9 Comments

You absolutely, positively have got to love it: Jimmy Carter wants to see President Barack Obama drop his efforts at bipartisanship during the next two years, and he thinks the president will heed his call. “In the next two years, President Obama will be much more independent in fighting hard to prevail and not trying [...]

 

Daily Caller

Posted by: ST on November 30, 2010 at 6:00 pm » Comments Off

Hot mic picks up discussion on Senate floor: ‘It’s all rigged’

 

Cubachi

Posted by: ST on November 30, 2010 at 5:59 pm » Comments Off

Palin Derangement at MSNBC, or shall we call it MSPDS?

 

NYDN

Posted by: ST on November 30, 2010 at 4:58 pm » Comments Off

Ethics Committee Releases Rangel Censure Resolution

 

USA Today

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TSA chief: No plans to go beyond enhanced pat-downs

 

The Fix

Posted by: ST on November 30, 2010 at 4:55 pm » Comments Off

Patty Murray to be DSCC Chair

 

Want to make Kim Jong-Il soil himself?

Posted by: Phineas on November 30, 2010 at 2:58 pm » 9 Comments

Just whisper in his ears the magic words, “China is willing to sell you out.” From the The Guardian: China’s moves to distance itself from Kim are revealed in the latest tranche of leaked US embassy cables published by the Guardian and four international newspapers. Tonight, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, said the [...]

 

Quote of the day: Sarah Palin on the Wikileaks fiasco

Posted by: Phineas on November 30, 2010 at 1:02 pm » 6 Comments

Palin. Nightstick. Boom: The White House has now issued orders to federal departments and agencies asking them to take immediate steps to ensure that no more leaks like this happen again. It’s of course important that we do all we can to prevent similar massive document leaks in the future. But why did the White [...]

 

Why Keynesian economics is wrong

Posted by: Phineas on November 30, 2010 at 12:01 pm » 3 Comments

Progressive economics (and, sadly, the economics of some otherwise sensible Republicans) is based on the idea that, in an economic downturn, one relies on government spending to increase domestic consumption in order to stimulate the economy. Sadly, as the history of the 1930s, 1970s and, now, the early 21st century shows, that really doesn’t work. [...]

 

Can Julian Assange be charged under the Espionage Act?

Posted by: ST on November 30, 2010 at 11:26 am » 12 Comments

The Associated Press reports that the DOJ and other government agencies are looking for ways to charge WikiLeaks punk Julian Assange over his leaks of massive amounts of classified and sensitive information to “news” outlets like the “Newspaper of Record”: WASHINGTON — A senior defense official says lawyers from across government agencies are studying whether [...]