What Arizona's New Immigration Law Doesn't Do

April 27, 2010

[tweetmeme] Via Moe Lane, I see Eugene Robinson is angry about the new Arizona law requiring that people stopped for another legal offense must provide proof of immigration status if an officer requests it. Robinson is shocked that: Legal immigrants will be required to carry papers proving that they have a right to be in […]

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Did HHS Bury the CMS Actuary Report?

April 27, 2010

[tweetmeme] Some corners of the internet are buzzing today about this American Spectator story, claiming that HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius buried the latest CMS actuary report under a rock until after Congress voted. Sorry, but like so many other items to emerge over the years from “The Prowler” — essentially, where AmSpec sticks items with […]

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GOP Plus Nelson Block Finreg, For a Moment

April 27, 2010

“Republicans said they were intent on winning substantive changes to the bill and accused the Democrats of rushing the most far-reaching overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the Great Depression. Both sides say they expect the overhaul eventually will be approved.”

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Showdown Day for Goldman Sachs

April 27, 2010

“Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wall Street’s most profitable firm, will face off against a U.S. Senate subcommittee today in a pivotal hearing that could have repercussions for the future of the financial industry.” Carl Levin claims the company “put its own interest and profit ahead of the interests of its clients.”

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Wall Street Showdown on Senate Floor

April 25, 2010

Expect the Democrats to sandblast away: “Even as both sides closed in on a Wall Street reform deal, Senate Republicans predicted Sunday that Democrats will fail to push the overhaul bill through the chamber Monday. That sets up a sharply partisan – but potentially short-lived – showdown on the Senate floor.”

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Re: Superman vs. Batman

April 23, 2010

[tweetmeme] While I appreciate the effort put into this critical post (h/t the indispensable Galley Slaves), there’s a certain context which is lost within the assembled points, particularly Number 5. Pejman gives a nod to this in his reaction — namely, that Batman is fighting an ongoing war in which, in the larger scheme of […]

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Henry Waxman and the New American Way

April 21, 2010

[tweetmeme] My latest piece is at BigGovernment. It includes a nod to Francis: The aims of socialism are often misunderstood by most Americans, as the only socialist most know of is that harmless disheveled professor on the local campus. It’s a word which can hardly be considered insulting when an elected Senator of the Socialist […]

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How Public Sector Unions Destroyed California

April 20, 2010

Malanga: “Over time, the unions have turned the state’s politics completely in their favor. The result: unaffordable benefits for civil servants; fiscal chaos in Sacramento and in cities and towns across the state; and angry taxpayers finally confronting the unionized masters of California’s unsustainable government.”

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Health Care and the Profit Motive

April 19, 2010

Avik Roy on the problems of health care costs: “Simply put, liberals believe that health care is treated as a market commodity today but should not be, and conservatives think that health care is not treated as a market commodity but should be.”

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Goldman Sachs Stock, Board Under Pressure

April 19, 2010

“Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s stock may drop and the board could come under pressure to change managers after European politicians followed a U.S. fraud suit with their own plans to scrutinize the firm, investors said.” Could Blankfein be pushed out over tempest in a teacup?

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