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A list of the wagers that have been made, their status, and the results.
- catchy: Don't be such a 'nazi' nazi
22 min 49 sec ago - Desidiosus: It's not the amateur supporters.
24 min 22 sec ago - TXG1112: Its a damn shame
1 hour 3 min ago - Desidiosus: Um.
1 hour 9 min ago - Desidiosus: Because of childish stupidity.
1 hour 10 min ago - Desidiosus: No, that doesn't explain the John Edwards frenzy.
1 hour 14 min ago - Desidiosus: Thanks. -nt-
1 hour 25 min ago - AndrewSshi: I will never understand how the folks at PNAC and
2 hours 31 min ago - Traveller: Americans are Not a Very Bright Lot...They are not Like...
2 hours 41 min ago - mmghosh: No international law? Come on!
2 hours 45 min ago - M Aurelius: He does...
3 hours 25 min ago - eeyn524: Not much to do with the media
3 hours 27 min ago - vinteuil: Well done.
3 hours 34 min ago - hobbesist: Oh, don't worry on my account.
3 hours 54 min ago - vinteuil: hobbesist, I fear...
3 hours 59 min ago - vinteuil: for example:
4 hours 47 min ago - stinerman: He's got a point
4 hours 49 min ago - catchy: Btw, several weeks back I said "no one's talking about Stupak"
4 hours 53 min ago - stinerman: It feeds the narrative
4 hours 56 min ago - vinteuil: K., I just wish...
5 hours 1 min ago - catchy: Am I seeing double?
5 hours 1 min ago - caleb: It's the "Liberal Media", silly.
5 hours 10 min ago - vinteuil: Read it, stinerman - read it.
5 hours 18 min ago - Jay C: Heh,Harley....
5 hours 34 min ago - Harley: Weird
5 hours 41 min ago - Harley: Good Lord, What's Next, Gravy?
5 hours 44 min ago - Jordan: What's cute is Paul Ryan's
5 hours 46 min ago - catchy: Hey don't knock it
6 hours 8 min ago - M Scott Eiland: That's Cute
6 hours 40 min ago - M Scott Eiland: No-Life Newdow (And Friends) Smacked Down Again
6 hours 41 min ago
Economics and Business
Daniel Henninger's article in WSJ's Opinion page titled: "Bring Back the Robber Barons"
Let's bring back the robber barons...I say, bring 'em back, and the sooner the better....
That's a odd start, but go on.
Glad he finally got behind something and is owning it rather than attempting to remain above the fray. A call for an up or down vote. About time. The WH's description of their plan:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2010/02/the-white-house-health-care-plan.php?page=1
Supporting this proposal to me is still a borderline call, since it's basically just some work around the edges of the Senate bill.
She was the best student her adviser had ever seen (or so he said); it seemed like a dream when she was admitted to a distinguished doctoral program; she worked so hard for so long; she won almost every prize; she published several essays; she became fully identified with the academic life; even distancing herself from her less educated family. For all of those reasons, she continues as an adjunct who qualifies for food stamps, increasingly isolating herself to avoid feelings of being judged. Her students have no idea that she is a prisoner of the graduate-school poverty trap.
I've finally had enough of my doctor. Every time I go he strikes as more corrupt and contemptible.
It's not just how he sexually harasses the pretty young saleswomen the pharmaceutical companies send to his office. Or how he screams at RNs over the phone, who are merely trying to get clear directions on how to treat his patients.
A minor attempt at fitting some factors to NBER's recession declarations:
Edit: Data-set available upon request, though most of the folks interested enough can DIY by going to federalreserve.gov and bls.gov
Ben Bernanke has been confirmed to a second term as head of the Federal Reserve.Although he was Time magazine's Person of the Year , Bernanke's confirmation had been in question because of criticism of his approach to bank regulation before last year's financial crisis.
The final vote was 70-30 -- a record number of votes against a Fed chairman.
Starting at $499.
That price puts it in Kindle territory, which is compelling for a device that promises to do much more than a Kindle does.
I'm comfortable in the google garden and so I think I'll hold out for an Android tablet instead.
Maybe AppleTV will be next year's big news.
Martin Feldstein's basically correct.
Unlike previous recessions, the current downturn was not caused by Federal Reserve tightening and therefore couldn't be reversed by lowering interest rates. President Obama was correct to conclude that boosting economic activity required a fiscal stimulus.
........
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/business/21volcker.html?hp
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday will publicly propose giving bank regulators the power to limit the size of the nation’s largest banks and the scope of their risk-taking activities, an administration official said late Wednesday.The president, for the first time, will throw his weight behind that approach and presumably ask that it be included in legislation now in Congress dealing with financial regulation.
He also would prohibit proprietary trading of financial securities by commercial banks, including mortgage-backed securities. Big losses in the trading of those securities precipitated the credit crisis in 2008 and the federal bailout.
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