The United States, Germany and Beyond
March 31, 2009
From Stratfor By George Friedman T hree major meetings will take place in Europe over the next nine days: a meeting of the G-20, a NATO summit and a meeting of the European Union with U.S. President Barack Obama. The week will define the relationship between the United States and Europe and reveal some intra-European relationships. If not a defining moment, the week will certainly be a critical moment in dealing with economic, political and military questions. To be more precise,
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NY Times deliberately killed ACORN-Obama stories to thwart “game changer”
March 31, 2009
In a House Judiciary committee, the attorney for the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee, Heather Heidelbaugh, testified that ACORN whistleblower, Anita Moncrief, was informed by the NYTs reporter, Stephanie Strom the paper was killing a late October 2008 story of the Obama-ACORN link because “it was a game changer” in the election. Philadelphia’s Michael Tremoglie writes in his article of The Bulletin: Heather Heidelbaugh, who represented the Pennsylvania Republican State C
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Torture Not A Core Conservative Value
March 30, 2009
New PoliGazette contributor Eric Martin starts his career with a bang today, arguing that Gen. David Petreaus’ comments against torture make him an unlikely prospect for the Republican presidential nomination.Of course, it is way too early to speculate on Petreaus’ actual intentions or the shape of the 2012 primary field. Other than retreads from 2008 like Palin and Romney as well as a couple of rising stars like Jindal and Pawlenty, it is not even possible to speculate usefully about who might
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Bachmann addressing the Family Research Council
March 30, 2009
Again I direct our readers to yet another clip of Bachmann. This turns out to be footage of Michele Bachmann speaking to the Family Research Council. It turns out to be a kind of “pep rally” to celebrate John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin to be his running mate. What Bachmann is saying is not the main point of interest here. But it is funny to here Bachmann praising McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin as “McBrilliant.” As it turns out, the selection of the inexperienced and willfully uninfor
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The Government’s Influence on the Stock Market
March 30, 2009
The Government’s Influence on the Stock Market by Alan Reynolds Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner seemed to go from zero to hero in one day when the stock market soared on March 23, ostensibly because of his latest plan to help banks unload illiquid securities of uncertain worth. The Wall Street Journal headline shouted, “Toxic-Asset Plan Sends Stocks Soaring.” But homebuilder stocks jumped as much as bank stocks, suggesting the same day’s news about a 5.1% jump in existing-home sales de
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Media & Politics (one section only today)
March 30, 2009
Permanent link to MTA daily media newsPhoto of the Day (by Susie at Suburban Guerrilla)America the Tarnished (by Paul Krugman) [A]n article in [Saturday’s] Times about the response President Obama will receive in Europe was titled “English-Speaking Capitalism on Trial.” Now, in fairness we have to say that the United States was far from being the only nation in which banks ran wild. Many European leaders are still in denial about the continent’s economic and financial troubles, which arguably ru
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Breaking: NY Times Spiked Major Obama-ACORN Story Before Election
March 30, 2009
The radical ACORN organization worked closely with the Obama campaign during the election this past year although the community organizing group was not open about this. The photo below was scrubbed from the ACORN website before the election: One of Barack Obama’s first big “community organizer” jobs involved ACORN in 1992. Obama also trained ACORN employees. He represented ACORN in court. Obama worked with and protested with ACORN. His campaign donated $800,000 to ACORN
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Obama and the G20 Summit: 500 Strong Superpower Entourage, Including “The Beast”
March 30, 2009
Obama with Secret Service contingent It’s the Brits who are abuzz about the Obama “500 strong” entourage arriving tomorrow in the UK, for the upcoming G20 Summit in London, complete with a staff of 200 U.S. Secret Service, armoured limos, decoy helicopters, a six doctor medical team and a special armored plated limo nicknamed “The Beast”. According to the Brit tabloid, The Guardian , Brits will get to see firsthand, the difference between Obama the politician, when he last visited the UK
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NO JUSTICE NO PEACE; THE GROVER NORQUIST VISION FOR AMERICA C.2004 IS NOW A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR DEMOCRATS
March 30, 2009
I have to warn Democrats Liberals and Progressives in America not to be too cocky. There are a lot of things that need to get done and bills that need passage and signing before we can dance in the streets. Remember that the forces of theocracy, aka The GOP were just a scant four and a half years ago announcing the death of the “Democrat” Party. They weren’t snickering at John Kerry in the bathrooms of D.C. restaurants like 1789, they were openly writing about their drive to a permanent majority
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Romney’s work puts him in 2012 political spotlight
March 30, 2009
Mitt Romney doesn’t have a job for the first time in his adult life. That hardly means he’s not working. In ways both subtle and overt, the 2008 Republican presidential contender, former Massachusetts governor, one-time Olympics chief and high-flying businessman is building toward a 2012 White House campaign by judiciously engaging and disengaging with the national debate. On Tuesday, he’s in Chicago to speak at a fundraiser for a prospective state treasurer candidate. On Wednesday, he’s in
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