Friday, December 12, 2008

While You Were Waiting

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...for Preznitman to magically do something, GM decided to idle 20 plants for the entire month of January . General Motors Corp. said Friday...

Epic Comparison Fail

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When you compare a "bloated, non-competitive industry" like the Big 3 wanting a bailout to Blago selling his Senate seat on the s...

The Greatest Fraud In History

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Even if the financial crisis wasn't upon us, the fact of the matter is the news that hedge fund guru Bernie Madoff has been arrested for...

Zandar's Thought Of The Day

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Cutting UAW workers' wages from $28 to $25 is vital to getting $14 billion to the auto industry, but too bad. Meanwhile over in the fina...

The Merry Go Round Broke Down

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As mentioned in StupidiNews for today, the auto bailout is officially dead, the final sticking point being GOP demands that the UAW cut unio...
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StupidiNews!

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A last minute compromise to save the Big Three ran out of gas late last night . Obama plans to extend the "nuclear umbrella" over ...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

Dear America:

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"If the GOP tries the same stuff they completely failed with in 2006 and 2008, I know it'll work for them in 2010 and 2012!" -...

Zandar's Thought Of The Day

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$25 billion is not enough for the Big 3. $36 billion is too much for the Big 3. Therefore, the answer is $14 billion and one of those demean...

Thursday Job Numbers

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And they're not good folks. Weekly jobless claims hit a 26-year high with a staggering 573,000 unemployment claims last week. It was t...

Predictions, Part 2

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Well gosh, Atrios is just a smart guy . The GOP holding up Obama's cabinet? Nobody saw that coming, etc. blah blah blah. I figured i...

StupidiNews!

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The House passed a $14 billion auto bailout , but the Senate appears to be much tougher. California's budget shortfall has reached $40 ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Serious Energy

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Washington DC, the Land Of Ten Thousand Leaks, has offered up Obama's choice for Energy Secretary, and for once there's no doubt it...

Obama And Blago

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BooMan rolls out some excellent points on why Blagogate is making Obama look like the Last Great Boy Scout in Chicago politics . I'm hes...

Year End Sales

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On punditry, that is. Foreign Policy magazine takes a look at the ten biggest bonehead predictions of 2008 , the losers include Bill Kristo...

Zandar's Thought Of The Day

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This morning Time Magazine asks bluntly " Can Obama Escape The Taint Of Blagojevich? " If you're asking that question, not on...