Edge Oscar Night Liveblog, IN 3D!

March 7, 2010

[tweetmeme] EDGE editor Michael Tunison is liveblogging the Oscars. Hilarity: ensue.

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How Mitt Romney Blew It (Again)

March 7, 2010

Mitt Romney just blew his chances at the 2012 nomination by stubbornly insisting his disastrous Massachusetts health care plan was “the ultimate conservative plan.”

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Hiking Through Eden

March 5, 2010

Hiking the Milford Track, near Queenstown, New Zealand, in December 2009 – January 2010.

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The Unemployment Numbers and America's Jobs Problem

March 5, 2010

In this week’s edition of Coffee and Markets, we’ll talk about the unemployment numbers released this morning and the debate about America’s jobs problem in the context of declines in education.

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That Whole Civilian Trial Thing, Yeah, Let's Forget It

March 5, 2010

“President Obama’s advisers are nearing a recommendation that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, be prosecuted in a military tribunal, administration officials said, a step that would reverse Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s plan to try him in civilian court in New York City.”

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Why the Health Care Bill is a Failure, Even if it Passes

March 5, 2010

“Late last year, Democrats were marveling at how close they were to historic health care reform, noting how much agreement had been achieved among so many factions. The only remaining detail was how to pay for it. That has generally been the problem with democratic governance: cost. The disagreeable absence of a free lunch.”

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Obama's Four GOP Ideas Myth

March 4, 2010

A closer look at the actual details of these ideas, however, shows that the White House has done very little indeed – and while it would be nice to say otherwise, the reality is that what President Obama is offering to Republicans is not an olive branch, but a rather insulting joke.

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Obama Goes Nuclear on Health Care Reform

March 4, 2010

Klein: “any chance Obama had of living up to his well-honed image as a post-partisan leader was tossed aside on Wednesday, as the president urged Democrats in Congress to disregard public opinion and ram through his health care bill using a parliamentary maneuver that doesn’t require bipartisan support.”

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Strong Demand for 10-year Greek Bond

March 4, 2010

Strong push for bond deal comes “24 hours after Greece announced draconian new austerity measures, which have played an important role in settling the nerves of investors. Although order books rose to about €14bn, making the offer nearly two times subscribed, the Greeks still have to pay very high interest rates.”

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Reconciliation and the Abuse of Power

March 3, 2010

“What we are about to witness is an extraordinary abuse of traditional Senate rules to pass a bill merely because they think it’s good for the rest of us, and because they fear their chance to build a European welfare state may never come again.” House Democrats to Obama: we who are about to die […]

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