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Archive for March, 2010

“Newly Discovered” Provision In ObamaCare Will Cost Businesses And Taxpayers Billions

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Business, Economics, Health Care Reform, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The Associated Press finally got around to reading the health care reform bill and guess what they found:
The health care overhaul will cost U.S. companies billions and make them more likely to drop prescription drug coverage for retirees because of a change in how the government subsidizes those benefits.
In the first two days after the [...]

Once Again, It’s Ron Paul And Ben Bernanke

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Another entertaining exchange between the hard money Congressman and the central banker:

South Korean Ship Sunk, Gunfire Exchanged Off Korean Coast

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Foreign Affairs, North Korea

Well, this just what we need right now:
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military scrambled naval vessels to the western waters near the disputed maritime border with North Korea late Friday after an explosion ripped a hole in the bottom of a military ship, officials and news reports said.
The ship – reported to have 104 [...]

Schoolhouse Rock, Biden Style

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Health Care Reform, Humor, Joe Biden, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

From Jimmy Fallon:

H/T: Pajama Pundit

More Speculation About Supreme Court Retirements, And Replacements

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under General

The New York Times wrote yesterday about the widespread speculation that there will be at least one Supreme Court retirement when the Court’s term ends in June:
No announcement has been made, but the widely anticipated retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens in coming weeks has the White House, Senate and lobbying groups bracing for an [...]

The Obama Debt Orgy

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Cato’s Ted Dehaven shares this graph from the CBO’s analysis of the President’s 2011 budget:

We’re screwed, folks. Screwed.

Richmond Police Confirm: Bullet That Broke Window At Eric Cantor’s Office Was “Random Gunfire”

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Health Care Reform, In The News, Politics

Based on the Richmond Police statement that I wrote about yesterday, it seemed unlikely that that bullet that broke a window in Congressman Eric Cantor’s Richmond office was a deliberate attack.
Now, that has been confirmed by the Richmond Police Department:
In an interview with TPM, a Richmond Police Department spokesman said the bullet that penetrated a [...]

Ron Paul: People Are Catching On To The Fact That The Government Is Bankrupt

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul appeared on Morning Joe this morning to talk about the health care reform bill, the 2010 elections, and the state of the Republican Party:

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Police: Gas Line At Pereillo Home Was Intenally Cut

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Health Care Reform, Politics

The Albemare County Sheriff’s office has determined that the cutting of the gas line at the home of Congressman Tom Pereillo’s brother was an intentional act, not an accident:
The slashing of a gas line at the home of U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello’s brother was a “deliberate act of vandalism” that “could have posed a danger,” [...]

What Happens If You Don’t Fill Out Your Census Form ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 26th, 2010. Filed under Humor, In The News

H/T: United Liberty

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