Obama Plans to Roll Back Conscience Exemption

February 28, 2009

Administration quietly announces reversal of rule designed to protect Catholic hospitals and other faith based health care providers, a major step toward institution of FOCA, which could shut down 1/3rd of America’s hospitals. This may be the end of any chance Obama had of working with social conservatives sympathetic to his social justice rhetoric.

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Being Online Means Never Having to Say You're Wrong

February 28, 2009

Online left continues to insist that Bobby Jindal, elected governor primarily because of his work on the ground during Katrina, was not on the ground during Katrina and invented anecdote about famous Sheriff because it happened in days after storm as opposed to while hurricane was overhead. These goalposts are heavy.

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Obama Speaks on Iraq Withdrawal Details

February 27, 2009

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — President Barack Obama says he’ll withdraw America’s combat brigades from Iraq over the next 18 months.

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Fact Check Fail: Olbermann Owes Jindal an Apology

February 27, 2009

Tuesday night, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal recounted to the nation an anecdote about his experiences on the ground during Hurricane Katrina, citing a meeting with Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. On Wednesday night’s telecast, apparently relying exclusively on the speculations of left-wing bloggers far from Louisiana, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann called Jindal a liar, not only […]

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UK Injects $36.5B into RBS

February 27, 2009

The UK revealed yesterday it was planning to inject up to £25.5bn ($36.5bn) in additional capital into Royal Bank of Scotland as part of a plan to stabilise the beleaguered lender and prevent it from being fully nationalised.

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Black Swans or Grey Goose?

February 27, 2009

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — Maybe it should come as no surprise that President Joe Cool’s administration has a laid-back view of bank stress.

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Reid Joins Pelosi, Opposes Holder's Gun Ban

February 27, 2009

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will join Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in opposing any effort to revive the 1994 assault weapons ban, putting them on the opposite side of the Obama administration.

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GDP Revision Down by 6.2%

February 27, 2009

The U.S. economy contracted more sharply than initially estimated in the fourth quarter, government data showed on Friday, as exports plunged and consumers cut spending by the most in over 28 years amid a severe recession.

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Govt to Own Up to 36% of CitiGroup

February 27, 2009

NEW YORK – The U.S. government will exchange up to $25 billion in emergency bailout money it provided Citigroup Inc. for as much as a 36 percent equity stake in the struggling bank.

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Sen. DeMint Calls Obama "Socialism Salesman"

February 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Another prominent Republican told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday that the president’s spending plans are pushing the country to the brink of socialism.

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