Democratic Congressional Leadership Inclined to Act First on Health Care, Not Climate Change

April 20, 2009

WASHINGTON — Shortly after Congress returns from recess Monday, lawmakers will have to choose which Obama promise to make a higher priority — overhauling the health-care system or addressing climate change.

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Bank of America Profit Rises on Housing, Trading Gains

April 20, 2009

April 20 (Bloomberg) — Bank of America Corp., the largest U.S. bank by assets, reported first-quarter profit more than tripled on gains from home refinancing and trading. The stock dropped in early trading as more borrowers fell behind on their payments.

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VDH: Can We Ever Get Beyond Race?

April 20, 2009

The Washington Post informs us of the presidential visit to Latin American with a headline “Race a Dominant Theme at Summit.” It then goes on to describe how Obama resonates with those leaders of “indigenous” heritage in Latin America.

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Just Find a Way: Obama to Order Cabinet to Cut $100 Million From Budget

April 20, 2009

President Obama plans to convene his Cabinet for the first time today, where he will order members to identify a combined $100 million in budget cuts over the next 90 days, according to a senior administration official.

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Vatican to Build Europe's Largest Solar Plant

April 20, 2009

Europe is getting a massive new solar plant, all thanks to Vatican City and the cardinal sin of pollution. Europe’s largest solar farm, estimated to cost $660 million, will be built on the same 740 acres in the Vatican where Guglielmo Marconi set up Vatican Radio in 1931.

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Leitch: Everybody's Columbine

April 20, 2009

Ten years later, the Columbine High School massacre is still about nothing. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did not go on a killing spree because they were picked on, or because they were pagans, or because Colorado had lax gun laws. Eric was a cunning, calculating psychopath who wanted to kill as many people as […]

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Making Up for Chas Freeman? White House Quietly Continues Boycott of Israel-Bashing UN Conference

April 20, 2009

The notoriously anti-Semitic United Nations conference on (read: celebrating) racism was the sort of thing that some on the left had encouraged the new POTUS to participate in, so CBC Chair Barbara Lee is pissed his administration won’t, instead announcing quietly that they will join the small minority of nations in a continued boycott.

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Summit of the Americas Brings Bonding Moment for Obama, Castro, Chavez

April 20, 2009

Raul Castro and Hugo Chavez use diplomatic summit as opportunity to share book recommendations and requests with Obama. Chavez: “I want to be your friend.” POTUS says he thinks other nations would be more interested in diplomatic cooperation if the U.S. were seen as a “force for good.” He’ll be sure to make that happen.

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The Carbon Sin Tax: Why The New Indulgence System Simply Doesn't Work

April 20, 2009

On the heels of the EPA’s decision last week to classify atmospheric carbon as a pollutant, Peter Huber outlines why the carbon indulgences won’t make a real dent. “We rich people can’t stop the world’s 5 billion poor people from burning the couple of trillion tons of cheap carbon that they have within easy reach.”

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Memo Releases Were in Reality No Big Deal, Axelrod Claims

April 20, 2009

David Axelrod claims: “Virtually everything that was in those memos has been publicly reported,” adding that “The CIA may believe that al Qaeda doesn’t read the New York Review of Books, but I suspect they know what’s going on.” So wait, we shouldn’t have been surprised or horrified? Tell us what to think!

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