Author: BooMan

Looking at the Elections

Yesterday was election day and it will take some time to assess the results and figure out what they mean for next year’s elections. For good analysis of the Congressional races that is independent of yesterday’s...

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The Dollar is in Freefall

A friend sent me a simple email message this morning: HAPPY WEDNESDAY!! DOLLAR NEW LOW… OIL NEW HIGH… GOLD $850 For the first time in my lifetime (I think) the Canadian Dollar is worth more than the American Dollar....

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Election Thread

There is a new Democratic governor in Kentucky. You can follow all the results as they come in at Swing State Project. In Philadelphia, the Democratic mayoral candidate, Michael Nutter, is getting about 86% of the vote in the...

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Chaos in the House

I don’t know when they are going to gavel this vote on tabling (killing) Dennis Kucinich’s resolution to impeach the goddamn vice-president, but it is already clear that Pelosi and Hoyer have been outmaneuvered. A...

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Vote to Impeach Cheney

The House is voting on whether to start impeachment hearings for vice-president Dick Cheney. You can watch the vote here and you can get the roll call in about an hour here. Steny Hoyer rose to make a motion to table, or kill,...

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