Politics

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Back at ya, Captain Kirk See Shatner’s reading of Palin here and of Levi Johnston here. (video embedded above) Oh and if you want a little TJ Hooker action, here it is too.

Matt Taibbi is one of the few commentators in the mainstream media who is not worried about ‘access’ and has, therefore, been free to write much more critically about the economic crisis and reform efforts on Wall Street. His first piece…

This comes via Reuters: China's announcement on Thursday it would slap punitive tariffs on a type of electrical steel used in transformers is likely to hurt exports from leading U.S. producers AK Steel and ATI Allegheny Ludlum. The…

Jon Stewart claims "Gretchen Carlson dumbs herself down to connect with an audience who sees intellect as an elitist flaw."

This piece comes from Sam Stein at the Huffington Post The allegation of a quid pro quo was based on an email that Durbin received last spring after his amendment to allow judges to modify mortgages for homeowners who enter bankruptcy…

From Politico’s Ben Smith, quoting a healthcare insider: We WIN… Administered by private insurance companies. No government funding. No government insurance competitor. Forget about the politicians. This statements speaks more loudly…

That is the question Newsweek asked of the Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts in charge of banking reform efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives in an interview.  Rather than answer the question fairly, Frank attacked the…

When I read Yves Smith's recent comments on Bank of America's repayment of its TARP funds, I couldn't help but think of a post I wrote six months ago called "Asymmetric information and corporate governance in bank bailouts." The…

Remember when the war in Afghanistan began 8 years ago?  I remember reading sarcastic cartoons on a site by David Rees called “Get Your War On.” Here are the first entries: Certainly something to think about given the announcement…