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submitted by elvis 175 weeks 5 days 23 hours 10 minutes ago
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has made a crackdown on gift-giving to state officials a centerpiece of her ethics reform agenda, has accepted gifts valued at $25,367 from industry executives, municipalities and a cultural center whose board includes officials from some of the largest mining interests...(more)
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submitted by elvis 178 weeks 5 days 3 hours 56 minutes ago
The government informed the two mortgage-finance companies that it is preparing a plan to seize them and place them in a conservatorship, officials and executives said.
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submitted by elvis 173 weeks 6 days 10 hours 53 minutes ago
John McCain’s surprise policy offering Tuesday night to have the government buy bad mortgages is bold, sweeping and, well, a bit perplexing to nearly everyone.
From economic experts to political pundits, from liberals to conservatives, the proposal has been greeted with a collective sense of puzzlement that...(more)
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submitted by elvis 176 weeks 3 days 8 hours 51 minutes ago
In a change from the original proposal sent to Capitol Hill, foreign-based banks with big U.S. operations could qualify for the Treasury Department’s mortgage bailout, according to the fine print of an administration statement Saturday night.
The theory, according to a participant in the negotiations, is that...(more)
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submitted by elvis 175 weeks 3 days 14 hours 55 minutes ago
Barack Obama says a John McCain victory would amount to a third term of the Bush presidency. What he doesn’t say: an Obama victory would, too.
While both nominees love to talk about their big agendas for change, whoever wins will take office with their obligations defined...(more)
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submitted by elvis 178 weeks 1 day 5 hours 54 minutes ago
Gov. Palin isn't telling the truth about her opposition to the "Bridge to Nowhere" -- but this is incredible: She continues to build an access road along an empty beach leading to a bridge that won't be built.
You read that right she's using taxpayer dollars...(more)
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submitted by elvis 177 weeks 3 days 36 minutes ago
Lehman Brothers said early Monday it will file for bankruptcy, becoming the largest financial firm to fail in the global credit crisis, after federal officials refused to help other companies buy the investment bank by putting up taxpayer money as a guarantee.
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submitted by elvis 172 weeks 4 days 12 hours 7 minutes ago
In the last debate John McCain talked about how no one should criticize the good Americans who attend rallies for McCain and Palin.
Here is a video of some of those lovely Americans, who obviously stand for nothing but anger and hatred. America is better than this....(more)
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submitted by elvis 179 weeks 1 day 14 hours 24 minutes ago
A former POW, Philip Butler challenges McCain's mental fitness for the job, pointing to his well-known bouts of irrational temper. And this guy knows McCain -- his cell was right across the hall from McCain.
While this has echoes of John Kerry being "swift-boated" there's a major...(more)
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submitted by elvis 172 weeks 4 days 12 hours 17 minutes ago
Dozens of newly minted Republican voters say they were duped into joining the party by a GOP contractor with a trail of fraud complaints stretching across the country.
Voters contacted by The Times said they were tricked into switching parties while signing what they believed were petitions...(more)
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submitted by elvis 177 weeks 5 days 12 hours 44 minutes ago
In Alaska, voters have twice voted to outlaw aerial hunting -- because it's so outrageously unsportsmanlike. Both times a loophole permitted it to continue.
As governor, Palin both actively supports aerial hunting and, in fact, participates in it. Oh, and the grizzly hide her father shot that's...(more)
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submitted by elvis 179 weeks 1 day 14 hours 18 minutes ago
Republican John McCain, whose running mate disclosed that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed proposals to spend federal money on teen-pregnancy prevention programs and voted to require poor teen mothers to stay in school or lose their benefits.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's announcement Monday...(more)
