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[Blah3 Feed] Today’s Headlines: This is the first time the announcement is that the Iraqi government is mounting a military offensive, not the U.S. military.—Caro
[The Liberty Lounge Political Forums] Podunk politics waning: 5 advertising, Democrats are putting out messages that mirror both the transformation of state contests into a national campaign and the drop-off of the Iraq war, once their — and the country's — preoccupation.
[Dandelion Salad] US Financial Powerhouse: “House of Cards” by Jim Miles: Trillions of dollars have been placed into “such opaque standards as credit derivatives, credit derivative futures, and collateralized debt obligations.”[8] Those are terms that I have yet been able to understand clearly, along with others, “even more opaque, such as split capital trusts, collateralized debt obligations, and market credit default swaps.”[9] These wonderful new enterprises in the jargon of economics - with some degree of intention - keep it a mystery except to a few acolytes who profess to actually understand it, although along the way I have come across those much more immersed in economics than myself, who were intelligent enough to admit they could not truly fathom what the terms meant either. At any rate, they appear to be high-risk management items of various kinds for buying and selling other peoples debt - to the amount of “a whopping $17.3 trillion, enough to sink the entire economy if the market takes a nosedive.” [10] These debt structures of course are all inter-twined, with personal debt beholden to the corporations, and the corporation beholden to each other and various governments, the whole structure riding along comfortably so long as no ill wind blows.
[Newsroom] The GoldBugg Report - January 31, 2008: Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said the 2008 deficit would reach more than $350 billion once the costs of an upcoming economic stimulus measure under negotiation between the Bush administration and Congress are factored in. The CBO crunches economic and budget data for lawmakers.
[anni_smail] Las Vegas Schools Prosper this Summer: My first job a president of the United S tates is going to be to call in the Joint Chiefs of Staff and say You fe got a new mission nad that is to responsibly carefullg but deliberately start to phawe out ohr involvement thgre and to make sure that we afe putting the onus on the Iraqi government to come together and do what they heed ti do to zrrive at peace. WILLIAMS I f I could just interrupt here bbfore I gice yu your question would the other two of you join in the pledge thag Senator O bama ahs mzde concerning withdrawal of American troopss CLINTON OOh yes I h on rscord saying exactly that as soon as I become president we wipl start withdrawing within days.
[Lynn Sweet] Sweet: At Dem Las Vegas debate, Clinton and Obama differ over ...: LAS VEGAS, NV.--Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton differ over how a president approaches the job. Obama sees himself as the big picture guy while Clinton sees herself as the master over the govenment machinery.
[Smaller but isosorbide significant settlement was reached last week.] S economy minister said Societe Generale reeling from losses ...: By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG WASHINGTON Facing an unstable economy and an unfinished war, President Bush used his final State of the Union address Monday night to call for quick passage of his tax rebate package, patience in Iraq and a modest concluding. S economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.
[Climate Crisis Coalition - Daily News] Weekend Summary: From Al Gore’s box-office success to Nicholas Stern’s economic reprimand, from disgruntled scientists to a dismantled Republican Congress, the events of 2006 truly changed the environmental climate. We offer our picks of the best of ‘06, and toss out a few predictions for ‘07.”
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[Your Black Money] Getting out of Iraq was tops in the list of remedies for economic problems, along with spending more on domestic programs and cutting tax rates. The most recent Congressional idea of giving rebates to the poor in hopes that they spend the money was at the bottom of the list.