DIA -.40%, SPY -.26%, QQQQ -.22% 10-Year Treasury -4/32 yielding 3.98% Oil -94 cents to $57.26/bbl Dollar +.6% versus yen/near unchanged versus euro The markets lost a bit of ground today even though the Bureau of Economic...
Read MoreThe newest item on our menu this afternoon is an excerpt from Robert Parry’s excellent “Bush’s Alternative Speech”: in Parry’s own words:It is hard to even imagine what George W. Bush would have to...
Read MoreChief Tootie Montana, Mardi Gras Indian Chief Tootie Montana collapsed at the podium at a City Council meeting in New Orleans on Monday. He died after uttering his final words into the microphone, “I want this to...
Read MoreJust for the hell of it I decided to run a word check of Bush’s speech to see if demonstrated his usual diversity of vocabulary. I wasn’t disappointed.Bush invoked the word “terror” or a variation...
Read MoreAP: With a possible historic vote looming on a measure supporting same-sex marriage, the head of the United Church of Christ on Tuesday publicly endorsed the resolution for the first time. The Rev. John H. Thomas said Tuesday...
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