Is Obama Planning For Battle Against A Looming Depression, Not A Recession?

Anyone else wondering if the true extent of our economic troubles still aren't realized, or not being fully communicated to us? ... House Council of Economic Advisors -- University of California, Berkeley professor Christina Romer ... while Main Street suffers; that in this country, we rise and fall as one nation, as one people [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 16:13:58

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PA Counties Said Unprepared to Serve Voters, Meet Court Order for Emergency Paper Ballots

In the suburban county of Montgomery, just outside of Philadelphia, election officials have, inexcusably, been caught off guard by a new, ... battleground for John McCain's attempt to win the White House this year... Montgomery County's voter ... , despite known problems and historic failures of electronic voting machines on Election Day [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 18:06:46

Desperate Sellers And Buyers With Money To Spend

The Orlando Sentinel reports from Florida. “More than 2,100 homes in Lake County have fallen into foreclosure through the first half of 2008, ... in April, according to RealtyTrac. Every Treasure Coast community has seen a home left neglected ... , for example, cleaned up the home at 11 Cache Cay in Vero Beach early in the year. But by February, the same [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 14:50:06

A view of history: New Yorkers' dispatches from D.C. on incoming President Obama's inauguration

President George W. Bush spent his last full day in office Monday on the phone, extending a farewell to several world leaders, including Japanese Pri ... ...Days align in mysterious way IT WAS DIVINE intervention....Schmearly fantastic: Free bagels A million ... pieces.East Village bagel maker Adam Rosner plans...Presidential salute: Stars on Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:30:00

Richmond investors plan to cash in on immigrant detainees

by Jeff Winder, Guest Contributor Changing immigration enforcement policy has left federal authorities struggling to cope with rapidly rising ... Enforcement (ICE) has conducted raids of historic proportions, arresting hundreds of undocumented ... Virginia town. Immigration Centers of America - Farmville (ICA) plans to break ground on Oct. 15 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 17:16:53

day three

Truman with James in Washington D.C. Originally uploaded by proteanme My sister and I are exchanging emails with subject lines, ... be overlooking before we set in to motion the actual plans. And everyone’s got their way of tackling the task ... is a historic day. And I don’t believe I’ll have much luck with any of these calls because all eyes and [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:56:43

Riddled In Buyer’s Remorse

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Housing clearance rates remained soft across the country over the weekend, ... of recovering from their torpor. The Australian reported many homes continue to sell for well under ... , bought her retirement home in the town of Tolleson, Arizona, in 1996. ‘It was supposed to be my dream [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 22:58:03

While You Were Sleeping VI: The FreeDarko EVERY GAME PREVIEW

My turn to step forward and soothsay 2008-09, specifically the month of March. Two other orders of business first:-The book will be in bookstores on 11/11. This much is true. But we're also looking to get it into other places whose shoppers might be receptive to it: Fancy sneaker spots, record stores that carry printed matter, comics stores [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 00:28:00

Washington Post On Service

Always great to get a pro-service editorial at a major newspaper. Today the Wash Post weighed in on MLK Day, the Obama service vision, and America ... whose tireless quest for equality and justice helped to make possible tomorrow’s historic ... to his candidacy and propelled him to the White House. “We already have several million people already [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:39:27

Anti-War Groups Complain Obama "Hero Worship" Keeping Them From Openly Criticizing Cabinet Picks.....

Assploding irony..... Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team ... as well as Rahm Emanuel, Obama's choice for White House chief of staff. He also said his group ... approach the subject delicately because of public euphoria over Obama's historic victory. "There's so much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 17:45:54

Obama's Plan to End the HIV Crisis

Like so many millions of Americans, on November 4th I sat with friends and watched in awe as America elected Barack Obama to be our 44th president ... to look back on where we've been in order to get an idea of just how historic this election ... , and demanded AIDS plans from each of the Democratic candidates for president. Shortly after, all eight [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 05:42:26

Media Pumping Obama: Best Dresser, Breakthrough Election, Tough on Terror

In a like vein as the story I posted a few days ago showing Reuters helping cover for Obama by lowering expectations, ... sophistication that's at once Kennedyesque in its reverence for clean-cut, American style and modern ... in this piece of fluff: "There's a very modern thinker there. He's not the pattern-mixing guy, not even [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:52:24

Climate News Roundup: June 13 - June 19, 2008

Friday, June 13, 2008 SOLAR THERMAL POWER: In Israel's Negev Desert blooms a field of 1,640 robotic mirrors that behave like sunflowers ... it had agreed on plans to tax new vehicles on how much they pollute instead of engine size in a bid ... has launched BioFields S.A.P.I. de C.V. to manufacture ethanol from algae. BIODIESEL (EU, USA): The European [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 20:38:00

Welcome to Washington! Visitors Center Opens Late & Hugely Over Budget

ABC's Tom Shine from Washington, DC: I hope Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can find the time to give the auto execs a tour of the new 621 million ... ." Phillip Kennicott, writing in the same paper this morning calls "it is a historic and aesthetic ... buildings." While House and Senate leaders congratulate each other over a project that is hundreds [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 14:58:30

The Next Hot Market That Could Be Walked Away From

The Herald News reports from Illinois. “The 14900 block of Gardner Street in Plainfield has been a lonely place this year ... home where they intended to live out their retirement. They were the first — and only — people to buy ... be in the boat? Can’t we stay afloat with you?’” The Chicago Tribune from Illinois. “Custom builders [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 14:15:10

Is Wind Losing Power?

Over the past year, we’ve documented how creative thinking in Illinois—from local school districts kicking their dependence on electricity to the proposed development of turbines over the Great Lakes—has established the Prairie State ... , but now there’s a pro-wind administration headed for the White House. “The smart policy,” which [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 18:25:21

Concentrating the Wealth, Pt. 2

(See Part 1.) A funny thing happened on the way to the bailout. A number of the members of the bucket brigade - that's us, taxpayers - realized that for all the billions of dollars worth of bailing we're doing, we still appear to be sinking. Our task seems to be keeping things afloat long enough for first class passengers to fill the lifeboats [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 20:39:26

Can Emily's List Get Its Mojo Back?

I co-wrote today's National Journal cover story about Emily's List, the Democratic women's political action committee, with my colleague (and pal) ... Clinton's failed White House bid. And we ask if Clinton's defeat, in particular, calls into question ... in the political firmament. Although EMILY's List is not to blame for Clinton's narrow loss to [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 21:23:18

Busting the Ghosts of Hope

Expectations for Barack Obama’s presidency have continued to soar since his historic election. Millions believe change is possible. But what kind of change? And to whose benefit? Our country and our world are in crisis, and the tepid, incremental reforms Obama has been emphasizing aren’t going to cut it. It’s time to think outside the box [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:44:52

Newt Gingrich, 10 years after quitting, still full of advice for GOP

Maybe you remember him. Newt Gingrich, the ex-Georgia congressman who took advantage of some serious Bill Clinton first-term mistakes to lead the historic Republican Revolution of 1994, was always brimming with ideas, some of them interesting ... as House speaker after helping lead his party into serious off-year election losses, Gingrich is still [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 09:28:50

Seize the Day

Hunter, who dismisses the idea that a "miniaturized" bailout could stabilize Wall Street and open up credit markets. To the contrary -- it's only a small, band-aid bill that can get through Congress, past Bush's veto pen, and effectively tamp down the panic in the market while at the same time preserving the ability to develop a far more [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 15:55:05

Who Said Anything About Mount Rushmore?

Here’s an e-mail from a reader, who read today’s column about Barack Obama and his exceptional oratorical ability. You can read it yourself ... who can clearly state his vision for the country. Frankly, I don’t know how a president can lead without ... , on his way to the White House.  The investors will want a return on their investments.  As Don [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:13:57

Clinton Endorsement Speech Gave Obama And Her What They Both Needed

When it was announced that Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton was going to give a concession and endorsement speech the key questions became: ... the party — and would it allow the controversial Clinton to emerge from the primaries a historic ... as a turning point election. She warned Democrats not to let Republicans take the White House again [more...]

Date: 2008-06-07 19:06:11

Daily Dose: 11/24/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » One Third of Asian Elders Live Below Poverty Line in NYC » CAPAC Elects Officers for 111th Congress » Little-Known Japanese American WWII War Heroes Celebrated » San Diego Jury Finds Man Guilty of Hawaiian Pro Surfer’s Murder » Filipino American Vocalist Cracks World Music Chart » New Zealand Stuns Australia at [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 23:39:18

EDITORIAL: AN OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

The irony of Barack Obama’s historic inauguration, one full day after celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, is not lost on anyone. In fact, this has added to the deep symbolism of an African-American receiving the keys to the White House -which was built partly, with the labor of black slaves. “Tomorrow, we will come [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 19:01:19

Permalink | WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE. BEGICH DEFEATS STEVENS; LIEBERMAN GETS WRIST SLAP; McCAIN TO SEEK RE-ELECTION; AND A "VICTORY LAP" ROAD MAP FOR THE LEFT. ALASKA. State officials finally completed the initial vote count on Tuesday in the hotly contested US Senate race. With nearly all votes tallied, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 03:30:51

Busiek Takes Sheldon Farther From “The Gods Among Us” in EYE OF THE CAMERA

Kurt Busiek is widely regarded as one of the great writers in modern comics, and for most fans that reputation started with Marvels. Working in concert with painter Alex Ross, Busiek reimagined important, historic stories throughout Marvel Comics’ publishing history through the eyes of freelance news photographer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 03:03:09

What is $8.7 Trillion Worth?

As everyone knows, Congress and the White House have promised a lot of money over the last few months. Currently, taxpayers are on the hook for $8 ... . The Louisiana Purchase? The French got $15 million, which would be worth about $217 billion today ... . So, basically, we were able to fund all of the 20th century’s major spending plans and fight all the [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:05:05

Iraqi Gov't Calls Bush's Bluff So let's see if all that business about Iraqi sovereignty and "When they stand up, we'll stand down" ... a hint of when we will leave. Because we are in charge there and we have no plans to leave ... . The lady of the house, along with her kids, is now trying to clean up the mess. We've been helping [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 19:16:29

Obama’s Socialization Europeanizing of America

I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before, although tonight I speak to you not as a candidate for president, but as a citizen, a proud citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the world. ~~~ This is the moment when every nation in Europe must have the chance to choose its own tomorrow free from the shadows of [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 21:42:34

Militarizing the “Homeland”: NORTHCOM’s Joint Task Force-Civil Support by Tom Burghardt

Dandelion Salad on current by Tom Burghardt Global Research, October 11, 2008Antifascist Calling… Antifascist Calling reported October 6 that nine months prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Donald Rumsfeld signed off on revisions for the Pentagon’s secretive Continuity of Operations Program (COOP). Based on a document (AR 500-3) [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 01:00:45

Congressman Emanuel Often Took 'Peace Now' Position and Praised Rabin as 'Visionary'

Edward Abington Jr. is a leading Arabist. A former consul general for the State Department in Washington, he once represented the Palestinian Authority in negotiations in Washington. A friend has sent along Abington's comments on Rahm Emanuel's likely stance re Israel/Palestine. Abington offered his views on a foreign-policy listserv called Salon [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 17:58:27

The Presidential Inaugural: Challenges and the Home Field Advantage

This global security and intelligence report is brought to you by Fred Burton and Scott Stewart of Stratfor.com ... down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, but also scores of other events including balls, dinners ... of inauguration-related event. These events will range in style from the somber national prayer service [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 11:34:47

New White House Sets Forth Its Agenda

New White House Sets Forth Its Agenda Posted by Terrie Soberg under: Constitution in Peril; Presidential Election 2008; Rejecting Herd Mentality ... Zero to Five Plan: The Obama-Biden comprehensive “Zero to Five” plan will provide critical support ... plan places key emphasis at early care and education for infants, which is essential for children [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:35:08

President-elect Obama on smart growth, transportation, cities, and regions

Here's a little about what this week's historic election may mean for smart growth, sustainable development, and metropolitan America, ... , he stresses the importance of transportation alternatives, green buildings, and even that "how a community is designed - including the layout of its roads, buildings and parks - has a huge impact on the health [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 13:16:50

Has Deleveraging Even Begun? (Not For the Fainthearted)

It no doubt seems absurd to question the idea that deleveraging in underway. We've had three heroic central bank interventions, starting in August 2007, to reverse seize-ups in the money markets. The asset backed commercial paper market has been almost in run-off mode. Leveraged buyout loans have been scarce to non-existent [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 07:37:19

Charlie Rangel To Introduce Legislation To Bring Back The Draft

Remember, before the 2004 elections, when Democrats insisted again and again that if Bush were re-elected the military draft would be brought back? ... , but he will wait until after the economic stimulus package is passed. Asked if he plans to introduce ... a distraction for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) soon after Democrats won control [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:18:52

Loose Lips Daily: Fenty Bids Dubya Farewell

As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com. And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—”Man Dies at City Detox Facility“; “Wilson Building Gift Grab Begins” DATELINE CHICAGO—Morning all [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 14:47:20

RANGEL'S DRAFT NONSENSE: A FAR LEFT NIGHTMARE

Charles Rangel is among a rather large crowd of pols in Congress that need to be, and if voters had brains, would be permanently retired. Many of them, Rangel included, are retired on the job as it is. And the job that they do is testimony to how politicians feather their nests, rig their elections and give themselves raises and fabulous perks, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:55:00

Conspiracy of the Lemmings: Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis; Part II

Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie’s Notebook By Jim Simpson Note: I am indebted to the incredible efforts of many bloggers, who did the yeoman’s work of ferreting out many of the hard-to-find facts in this article. I particularly want to thank David Horowitz and his Discover the Networks team, Trevor Loudon of New Zeal blog, Cliff Kincaid, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 14:25:21

Whole Lotta Stimlatin' Goin' On

The push to stimulate is underway globally. No one stopped to figure out we are in this mess because of prior pushes to stimulate ... that the package will be between five and $700 billion. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer ... of historic proportions.”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said any stimulus package must be several hundred [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 21:20:00

Unavoidable

Unavoidable June 7th, 2008 by grandmuffti Moffaz upped the ante (though in some ways only slightly) ... its nuclear plans, will be unavoidable. This drew predictable responses from familiar sources. El ... agreements, and we are at a historic turning point. but also added: he readiness of Iran’s side [more...]

Date: 2008-06-07 22:14:23

How Monica Changed Everything: The Deal It Undid Between Gingrich and Clinton

As the nation engages in another contentious presidential election we are reminded of the deep partisan differences that divide Americans ... in the 1990s – former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton. The story of their unlikely ... about the two men I came across the notes of a secret White House meeting. The notes, along [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 04:00:00

Corporate America sells Obama, message of change

The guys hawking Barack Obama T-shirts and trinkets on the corners of downtown Washington have some new competition in the selling frenzy building ... to mark the change in the White House. It is relatively rare for corporations leery of alienating ... . The hometown Washington Post plans four separate editions on Tuesday and Wednesday along with an [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 11:30:52

Cambridge 2008

After an always exhausting and worrisome trip over the ‘Pond,’ I arrived in London with three friends on August 16 (or, as the Brits say, 16 August). Exhausting? Yes, because I choose not to go to sleep the night before flights to Europe so that I can sleep on the plane. OK, maybe ‘choose’ is too strong of a word [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 16:47:36

Now Is the Time to Resist Wall Street’s Shock Doctrine By Naomi Klein

Dandelion Salad By Naomi Klein ICH 23/09/08 “Huffington Post” I wrote The Shock Doctrine in the hopes that it would make us all better prepared ... players who created the market crisis in the first place…. The best summary of how the right plans to use the economic crisis to push through their policy wish list comes from Former Republican House [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 00:15:38

Oblivious Far-Right OC Activists Demand More Failed Conservatism

OK, this is hilarious. With wrong-track numbers at over 80% and the current President near historic low approval ratings, ... Club of Orange County is telling the GOP leaders of both the House and Senate that it is too late ... leadership in either house survive to lead in a new Congress, the Lincoln Club of Orange County [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 19:58:35

Bush's farewell address today joins a long line of goodbyes

... days before he actually leaves the White House to fly back to Texas. First lady Laura Bush ... will be before a small live audience, which is unusual for such White House goodbyes but suits Bush's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:23:58

Election Developments & Problems in FL, GA, VA, IN, OH, NM, TN, WV

Guest blogged by DES This week, Broward County, Florida, Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes said, with a straight face, "No one could have anticipated that this election would be so historic and draw as much attention as it has," and defended her choice to oppose expanding early voting hours next week due to "logistical problems [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 22:55:39

My Lunch With Barton

Barton Seaver looked a little glassy eyed when he showed up for our scheduled lunch today at Surfside, ... , the sustainable seafood house in Georgetown that he almost single-handedly designed, and I hadn’t heard ... the PBS model. That’s where I want to end up.” No matter what Seaver ends up doing, however, he plans [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 21:15:27

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