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My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 7 (Final)
The Aleph Blog —
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Things have been busy for me, so this final part should be short. What did I learn that I did not already know? Not much, except: The Treasury wants to convince the public that it is doing its best, but that Congress is a slave to the Financial Services industries. When asked about the latest bailout of GMAC, ...10 hours ago -
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Cold Spring Shops —
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HEAR! HEAR! The Chronicle of Higher Education offers a forum: Are Too Many Students Going to College? (Hie thee hence before it goes behind the pay wall.) Best observation: Berkeley education professor W. Norton Grubb. We do have a moral obligation, emerging from several centuries of concern with equity in a highly ...13 hours ago -
QotD, Stupak amendment edition
Signifying Nothing —
Authority: 502
From TigerHawk’s reaction to the furor surrounding the Stupak anti-abortion amendment to the House version of the health care bill: The real problem, of course, is that this fight reveals the ugly truth of statist health care: That personal medical decisions are no longer a matter of private bargaining, but of ...14 hours ago -
Chaos, Complexity, and Public Policy: Excellent interview of Irene Sanders
idealawg —
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This very informative and interesting interview was done by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars . Click to watch " Chaos, Complexity, and Public Policy ." (For those of you tuning in after November, the Sanders interview is Episode #2206.) Click to read my interview of Irene Sanders from 2006.19 hours ago -
Could the US learn from Europe how to tackle unemployment?
shareholdersunite.com —
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What alternate universe would that be…Well, Europe as a whole is a rather diverse mix, but some countries do indeed provide useful lessons..Has Europe got the answer?Nov 5th 2009From The Economist print editionNot entirely. But America could still learn from some of the continent’s ideas for tackling unemployment. ...23 hours ago -
Judge rules Tennessee Voter Confidence Act does not restrict Secretary of State
Nashville Is Talking —
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A Davidson County Judge has ruled TN Sec. of State Tre Hargett can use paper ballot machines as required by the state’s Tennessee Voter Confidence Act (TVCA). Sec. Hargett has spent most of 2009 claiming he cannot abide by a new 2008 state law requiring paper ballots in the November 2010 elections because no ...23 hours ago -
James Hansen speaks
The Cost of Energy —
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James Hansen has posted a couple of very interesting items, albeit interesting for different reasons, on his web site. The first is his letter, I Just Had a Baby, at Age 68 [PDF] , which details his recent experience with prostate cancer surgery, and talks about his participation in a “sleep out” event outside ...1 day ago -
Clearwire is big winner in FCC WiMAX auction
MuniWireless —
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the winners of Auction 86 (the “WiMAX Band auction”). The auction began on 27 October 2009 . Most of the spectrum in the WiMAX Band (2.5 GHz) was won by Clearwire Spectrum Holdings. Other winning bidders include DigitalBridge, the Vermont Telephone ...1 day ago -
Gay Rights Are Civil Rights
Everyday Citizen —
Authority: 531
Equal rights for gay and lesbian people are very important to me. As an unmarried person at age 31, people sometimes assume that I am gay because of my fervent support for these issues. Its at times like these that I remind people that civil rights arent just about us as individuals, but all of us collectively as a ...1 day ago -
Obama “Bailing Out” Al Gore and Utilities
Conservative Zone —
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Obama Rewards Companies Supporting Cap-and-Trade with Over $600,000,000 Million in Grants, Says Free Enterprise Project Washington D.C.: Today’s page one New York Times story on Al Gore profiting from global warming advocacy illustrates how taxpayer money is being used to reward businesses that support Obama’s ...1 day ago -
O Mistress Mine!
skepticlawyer —
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I was fascinated to see that the first case under the new s 4AA of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) has been settled out of court. According to the recent article in the Herald Sun : A cheating husband has paid his former lover more than $100,000 under Australia’s new “mistress laws”. In the first known ...1 day ago -
Health Reform Bill Passes in the House: Who wins and who loses?
Healthcare Economist —
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A Health Reform Bill passed in the House despite declining support among the American people. The Kaiser Family Foundation has a nice summary of what is included in the bill. Today, I will review who wins and who loses from different aspects of the bill. Individual Mandate. Winners : High cost ...1 day ago -
Deglobalization as an opportunity
P2P Foundation —
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From an article by Walden Bello, Focus on the Global South : Walden Bello: “Deglobalization,” a term that the Economist attributes to me, is a development that the magazine, the world’s prime avatar of free market ideology, views as negative. I believe, however, that deglobalization is an opportunity. ...1 day ago -
Time to Open Up to Cuba
Everyday Citizen —
Authority: 531
A couple of years ago, I was invited to Cuba to speak at an International Wetlands Symposium. I applied for permission to attend from our federal government. After jumping through many hoops, I was on my way. I was eager to explore this mysterious place that most U.S. citizens are not allowed to visit. What I ...1 day ago -
Healthy Citizens and Healthy Economy Rely on Real Reform
Everyday Citizen —
Authority: 531
On Saturday, November 7, a majority of the House of Representatives made history by passing H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.Representatives who voted for H.B. 3962 deserve many thanks for abandoning extreme pressure from the insurance industry and standing up for citizens who do not wish to ...1 day ago -
Republican Outmaneuvered By Pelosi
Michael Williams Master of None —
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Nancy Pelosi outmaneuvered Republicans by using faux abortion restrictions to get conservative Democrats on board with Obamacare. In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack ...2 days ago -
Swap Houses and Profit!
GavinThink —
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Can anybody point me to a respected economist (meaning one who isnt employed by the National Association of Realtors/Homebuilders) who thinks that extending the first-time-homebuyer tax credit is a good idea? Its a bad idea on so many levels. Its regressive (homeowners are richer than the average taxpayer), its ...2 days ago -
My Visit to the US Treasury, Part 6
The Aleph Blog —
Authority: 583
Now, none of us knew when we came that only bloggers were invited. Personally, I expected it to be a broader press briefing that some bloggers could come to as well. “Deep background” is well understood to the press, but new to bloggers. My blogging friends at the meeting can correct me, but all of us were ...2 days ago -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 9 November 1989
Wednesday-Night —
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Berlin Wall 20 years on: A nation, free of its cage Twenty years ago this week, the people of one of the least happy countries on the planet were forced to build a new existence from the powder of a shattered barrier and the foam of a half-formed dream. They were farmers and workers, walled in since childhood, they ...2 days ago -
Health Care Reform Debate in U.S. House Today
The Mad Professah Lectures —
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Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) said today on the House floor: "All Americans have health care." Unbelievable. Do all Americans have Ferraris and mansions, too?2 days ago
