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01 Nov 2009 23:28

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Politics: Max Headroom: We think Rush Limbaugh has a crush on Sarah Palin

  • Really, Rush? This week on “Fox News Sunday,” the network gave Rush Limbaugh a chat similar in style to Obama’s sitdown chat a month or two ago on other networks. The best nugget is where he says that Sarah Palin’s ready to be, uh, president.

  • Really, Rush? This week on “Fox News Sunday,” the network gave Rush Limbaugh a chat similar in style to Obama’s sitdown chat a month or two ago on other networks. The best nugget is where he says that Sarah Palin’s ready to be, uh, president.

  • Wild thing Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s darkest mark on his record is his link to the hiding of Pat Tillman’s friendly fire death. Here, “Into the Wild” author Jon Krakauer calls McChrystal’s denial of a Tillman cover-up “preposterous” and “unbelievable.”

  • Really, Rush? This week on “Fox News Sunday,” the network gave Rush Limbaugh a chat similar in style to Obama’s sitdown chat a month or two ago on other networks. The best nugget is where he says that Sarah Palin’s ready to be, uh, president.

  • Wild thing Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s darkest mark on his record is his link to the hiding of Pat Tillman’s friendly fire death. Here, “Into the Wild” author Jon Krakauer calls McChrystal’s denial of a Tillman cover-up “preposterous” and “unbelievable.”

  • Swine fool In an interview with Russia Today, everyone’s favorite crazy old guy, Ron Paul, goes on and on about how the U.S.-funded swine flu vaccine was a bad idea and a huge waste of money. We don’t say this very often, but: Shut up, Ron Paul.

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01 Nov 2009 22:02

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U.S.: The FBI has a long “terrorist watch” list, and you may be on it

  • 1,600 people are added, on average, to the list every single day, due to a “reasonable suspicion” source
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01 Nov 2009 21:50

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U.S.: Officers in San Jose find “resisting arrest” charges simply irresistible

Meet Scott Wright. This unlucky bastard was beaten, and his arm broken, because officers thought he was grabbing a weapon. He was going to wash his hands. source
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01 Nov 2009 21:36

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Biz: Who takes the second worst of the bankrupt CIT? Small businesses.

  • In the best of times you would have seen a situation where other lenders would certainly have been willing to consider getting into this business. In the current environment, given the constraints on credit generally, there’s not enough capacity out there.
  • Pryor Cashman bankruptcy group law partner Mark Jacobs • Discussing the shape of the market that CIT specializes in. The company, which is well-known for lending to small businesses, already dried up much of its lending due to the credit crunch and the company’s own financial woes. While the CIT says it will continue operating normally as it works its way through Chapter 11, businesses concerned about dealing with a bankrupt company have few other places to turn. In other words, a company that few people have heard of has huge amounts of power over businesses you go to every day. And that company just went bankrupt. Oh CIT. • source
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01 Nov 2009 21:23

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Biz, U.S.: Who probably takes the worst of the bankrupt CIT? Taxpayers.

  • $2.3 billion in CIT TARP funds, gone like the wind? source
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01 Nov 2009 21:16

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Biz: Holy CIT! A massive lender files an equally massive bankruptcy

  • $71 billion the amount in assets CIT Group had when it filed today; it’s the fifth-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history source
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01 Nov 2009 11:23

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Music: It’s November. And it’s raining in D.C. Time to pull out this gem.

  • WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES I CAN FEEL A LOVE RESTRAINED. AND DARLING WHEN I HOLD YOU, DON’T YOU KNOW I FEEL THE SAME. This song is our November 1st jam.source
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01 Nov 2009 11:18

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Music: That giddy sound you hear is us freaking out about Spoon

The decade’s most consistently awesome band has another likely solid album, “Transference,” coming out in January. Get ready to swoon over Britt Daniel again. source
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01 Nov 2009 11:07

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World: Daily poll: Can we take Hamid Karzai’s leadership seriously anymore?

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01 Nov 2009 10:56

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Offbeat: Lord of the cha-ching! Lord Byron’s letters get record auction sum

  • $458,000 for dead poet’s words source
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