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Archive for September 24th, 2008

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This guy (“Vinny”) has a lot of interesting stuff to say. For example, this post on corporations and the free market. We’ll have to keep an eye on that blog, and maybe add it to the blogroll.

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Maybe just the cynic in me, but it sure looks like McCain’s afraid of Obama right now: Republican John McCain said Wednesday he is directing his staff to work with Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign and the presidential debate commission to delay Friday’s debate because of the economic crisis. In a statement, McCain said he will [...]

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The Wall Street Journal Online is running a startling article by a MacKubin Thomas Owens, a professor at the Naval War College, arguing explicitly that the military command heirarchy actively opposed Bush administration doctrine in Iraq, particularly “the surge”, and deliberately worked to undermine the policy. Quoting Bob Woodward’s new book on the Iraq invasion, [...]

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I would really, really like someone to answer that question for me before we go giving Wall Street what it wants. The problem is that largely unregulated financial institutions used sometimes shady deals to sell people mortgage products that they probably could not afford. Other largely unregulated financial institutions then sliced and iced those mortgages [...]

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