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• No one won NY-23 [Updated 11/23 5:20PM]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  It is time to issue a federal subpoena to find out exactly how officials “corrected” the vote.Why, you may ask?Because, as we learned yesterday, at least some of the certified electronic voting machines in the NY-23 congressional special election were discovered to be running malicious code (a virus) in the ...
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• The Roth IRA Boom for Advisors and Their Clients

  
  Earn Passive Income — Authority: 149
  The recent, wild fluctuations in the financial markets, combined with the concern that US federal income tax rates will inevitably go up, have more than a few people questioning just how far their retirement dollars will go in the future. If there is a single objective shared by the majority of IRA and 401(k) owners ...
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• Did You Know? Countdown to Thanksgiving 2009 (11/24)

  
  Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog — Authority: 145
  Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore about the Pilgrims & America’s Thanksgiving Nov 24 : 02 days till Thanksgiving Did you know that it has become tradition for US Presidents to issue a pardon to the White House Thanksgiving Turkey? Since about 1947 the National Turkey Federation has ...
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• Warning: Freddie Mac says TBW losses ‘could be significant’

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 451
  http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jr_2sraYSFZBel3a452Ue7PIahLAD9C5H0B00 NEW YORK — Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac on Monday put its initial loss estimate related to the bankruptcy of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. at $500 million, and noted the figure could be much higher. In a ...
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• Lessons from the Japanese: Time to Stop Borrowing Money and Start Printing It by Dr. Ellen Brown

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 540
  by Dr. Ellen BrownFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwebofdebt.comNov 23, 2009“We are completely dependent on the commercial Banks. Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit. If the Banks create ample synthetic money we are prosperous; if not, we starve. We are absolutely without a ...
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• Today at TNR (November 24, 2009)

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 151
  How Wall Street Was Defeated on Capitol Hill--For Now , by Noam Scheiber Can Reform Actually Improve Medical Care? Not-So-Promising Signs From the Senate Bill. by Jonathan Cohn The Problem with Putting a Price Tag on Nature , by Bradford Plumer How Geithner Can Fix His Image Problem , by Noam Scheiber ...
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• Need help figuring how much to put aside...

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 648
  I need to know a rough estimate of how much I should take out in taxes. Theres no withholding with my checks because the temp agency is whack like that. But I need to know how much to take out for tax season? I live in NY, but dont live in the city. So far I earned with this agency... 7466.55. The end of the year ...
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• A “Public Option” for Media? The Free Press Plan to Put Journalists on the Public Dole

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 548
  Free Press, the radical pro-regulatory media activist group, recently filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the agency’s upcoming workshop on “ How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age ?”  The Free Press comments provide an enlightening glimpse into the mind of how many on the ...
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• If there is a second downturn like in the Great Depression it will be a doosey.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 451
  The government and the Fed can do no more than they already have, if not less. You can’t go lower than 0 fed funds rate, QE is already in place, the Federal Reserve is backstopping bonds which is just a form of unreported redivatives, and the government is already bushing the barrier on US Treasury bonds they can ...
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• Did probes take deadly toll on Scott?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  We may never know what drove Chicago School Board President Michael Scott to take his life. At the time of his death, Scott had been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury looking into the admissions practices at Chicagos selective-enrollment schools. As a member of Mayor Daleys failed Olympic bid team, he also came under ...
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• Who’s buying up all the sellers, especially at the end of the day every day?

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 451
  It still has us all scratching our heads. Even traders brace for the last 5 minute push up these days. And is there any chance the government is somehow subsidizing someone? Conspiracy theories abound mainly because the government and the Federal Reserve has lost all semblance of honesty, transparency, and forthright ...
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• Liberal Inspired Olympic Logo

  
  Woman At Mile 0 — Authority: 118
  My dear friend Wendy gave me this picture of her with Michael Ignatieff at the Whistler Convention this week.  She called me tonight to fill me in on the convention news and indicated grass roots Liberals were solidly behind Ignatieff.   She heard not one word of the discontent or even talk of polls, which ...
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• Lenity and Mandatory Minimums

  
  Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog — Authority: 431
  This is the third in a series of posts reviewing last term’s criminal cases in the Supreme Court and previewing the new term. Three of last term’s criminal cases dealt with mandatory minimum sentencing statutes, as do two of the new term’s.  The frequency with which these cases reach the Supreme Court ...
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• Zero Hedge Loves Sanity Suzes Blue Blazer

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 768
  We arent quite sure what it means when it takes close proximity to Suze Orman to make Shelia Bair look properly medicated on television.  Nor are we sure it was the best idea to put the manic "internationally acclaimed personal finance expert" in a series of FDIC confidence booster spots, but it does certainly make ...
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• FRE: Sixth Circuit Joins Others On FRE 804(b)(3) Statements Against Penal Interest As Non-Testimonial Under Crawford

  
  Kentucky Law Review — Authority: 134
  From Federal Rules Blog: Sixth Circuit Joins Others On FRE 804(b)(3) Statements Against Penal Interest As Non-Testimonial Under Crawford By Editor on Testimonial Evidence Sixth Circuit SEAL.gif Another circuit finds a statement against interest under FRE 804(b)(3) is non-testimonial; Cooperating ...
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• The Beginning of the End for the Fed

  
  (d)N0t Dream Not Of Today a gonzo blog covering policy, technology and punk rock from San Francisco, California. — Authority: 127
  Last Thursday, the House Finance Committee, by a vote of 43-26, voted to approve an amendment to finally audit the Federal Reserve. As Rob and I discussed in an earlier roundtable podcast , the Paul/Grayson amendment is attempting to audit the Fed, which would mean a public disclosure of all its most recent economic ...
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• Falling for Teasers and Not Squirreling Away Our Nuts

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 512
  I like Ed Andrews’ New York Times article on how we’re running out of ways to cheaply finance our federal debt.  Ed explains: The White House estimates that the government will have to borrow about $3.5 trillion more over the next three years. On top of that, the Treasury has to refinance, or roll over, a ...
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• US mobile groups protest proposed net neutrality rules

  
  TelcoNews.com - Telecom and VoIP Industry News — Authority: 436
  A month ago, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission began a proceeding to create formal net neutrality rules for broadband providers, and the proposals have generated serious debate in the telecom community. Several broadband providers and right-leaning think tanks have vigorously protested the need for any net ...
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• Qualifying For A Refinance

  
  Refinance Home Mortgages — Authority: 433
  Will you qualify? Thats the first thing you should think about before going through the enormous paperwork necessary to get a refinance these days. (...)
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• QualiCare Maids-Maid Service Of Charlotte NC-Helping Homeless For Christmas

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 587
  QualiCare will also donate 10% of all profits that come from customers buying maid service gift certificates from Thanksgiving to Christmas, in addition to requesting that citizens and business owners join this worthy cause to help the needy this holiday season.
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