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CNN: Liberal bloggers admit conservatives have upper hand on Twitter

August 21, 2009Liberal bloggers admit conservatives have upper hand on TwitterPosted: August 21st, 2009 12:00 PM ETFrom CNN Audience Interaction Producer Eric KuhnWhich party has the upper hand on Twitter?WASHINGTON (CNN) - Liberal bloggers established online political activism, besting their conservative rivals during President George W. Bush's eight years in office. But conservatives are now finding great success 140 characters at a time. Even this week, the conservative organization Club For…See More
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Breitbart: Twitter streams break Iran news dam

Twitter streams break Iran news damJun 15 03:47 PM US/EasternA gunman stands on the rooftop of a building in Tehran. Protestors in Iran ...Protestors in Iran on Monday used Twitter for battle cries and to spread word about clashes with police and "hard line supporters" of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Twitter messages, some with links to pictures, streamed from Iran despite reported efforts by authorities there to block news of protests over Ahmadinejad's claim of having been fairly…See More
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Telegraph.co.uk: China warns Federal Reserve over 'printing money'

na warns Federal Reserve over 'printing money'China has warned a top member of the US Federal Reserve that it is increasingly disturbed by the Fed's direct purchase of US Treasury bonds.By Ambrose Evans-PritchardLast Updated: 1:52PM BST 27 May 2009Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, said: "Senior officials of the Chinese government grilled me about whether or not we are going to monetise the actions of our legislature.""I must have been asked about that a hundred times…See More
Blog post by MacroPol May 27, 2009
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Drudge: Obama: 'WE'RE OUT OF MONEY'

'WE'RE OUT OF MONEY'Sat May 23 2009 10:32:18 ETIn a sobering holiday interview with C-SPAN, President Obama boldly told Americans: "We are out of money."C-SPAN host Steve Scully broke from a meek Washington press corps with probing questions for the new president.SCULLY: You know the numbers, $1.7 trillion debt, a national deficit of $11 trillion. At what point do we run out of money?OBAMA: Well, we are out of money now. We are operating in deep deficits, not caused by any decisions we've made…See More
Blog post by MacroPol May 23, 2009
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Reuters: Blue collar U.S. males lose more ground

FEATURE-Blue collar U.S. males lose more groundMon May 18, 2009 7:00pm EDT* U.S. male unemployment rate surges past national average* Blue collar men take worst hit, wages keep falling* Construction may recover; many assembly jobs are goneBy Ed StoddardDALLAS, May 19 (Reuters) - Rodney Ringler is an unemployed blue collar male without a college degree. He's hardly alone. Men like him have been the main victims of the current recession in the United States."I haven't worked since December of…See More
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CNN: Liberal bloggers admit conservatives have upper hand on Twitter

August 21, 2009

Liberal bloggers admit conservatives have upper hand on Twitter

Posted: August 21st, 2009 12:00 PM ET



From CNN Audience Interaction Producer Eric Kuhn





Which party has the upper hand on Twitter?

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Liberal bloggers established online political activism, besting their conservative rivals during President George W. Bush's eight years in office. But conservatives are now finding great success 140 characters at a time. Even… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on August 21, 2009 at 11:50am

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Breitbart: Twitter streams break Iran news dam

Twitter streams break Iran news dam



Jun 15 03:47 PM US/Eastern



A gunman stands on the rooftop of a building in Tehran. Protestors in Iran ...





Protestors in Iran on Monday used Twitter for battle cries and to spread word about clashes with police and "hard line supporters" of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Twitter messages, some with links to pictures, streamed from Iran despite reported efforts by authorities there to block news of protests over… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on June 15, 2009 at 3:35pm

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Bloombegr: Stimulus ‘Sugar High’ Won’t Stem Unemployment

Zoellick Warns Stimulus ‘Sugar High’ Won’t Stem Unemployment



By Timothy R. Homan



May 30 (Bloomberg) -- World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned policy makers that fiscal-stimulus plans are insufficient to turn around the “real economy” and rising joblessness threatens to set off political unrest across the globe.



“While the stimulus has given an impulse, it’s like a sugar high unless you eventually get the credit system working,” Zoellick said in an interview… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on May 30, 2009 at 7:54pm

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Pravda: American capitalism gone with a whimper

American capitalism gone with a whimper

Front page / Opinion / Columnists

27.04.2009 Source: Pravda.Ru



It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.



True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on May 29, 2009 at 9:26pm

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Telegraph.co.uk: China warns Federal Reserve over 'printing money'

na warns Federal Reserve over 'printing money'



China has warned a top member of the US Federal Reserve that it is increasingly disturbed by the Fed's direct purchase of US Treasury bonds.



By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Last Updated: 1:52PM BST 27 May 2009



Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, said: "Senior officials of the Chinese government grilled me about whether or not we are going to monetise the actions of our… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on May 27, 2009 at 11:49am

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Drudge: Obama: 'WE'RE OUT OF MONEY'

'WE'RE OUT OF MONEY'

Sat May 23 2009 10:32:18 ET



In a sobering holiday interview with C-SPAN, President Obama boldly told Americans: "We are out of money."



C-SPAN host Steve Scully broke from a meek Washington press corps with probing questions for the new president.



SCULLY: You know the numbers, $1.7 trillion debt, a national deficit of $11 trillion. At what point do we run out of money?



OBAMA: Well, we are out of money now. We are operating in… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on May 23, 2009 at 10:16am

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Reuters: Blue collar U.S. males lose more ground

FEATURE-Blue collar U.S. males lose more ground

Mon May 18, 2009 7:00pm EDT

* U.S. male unemployment rate surges past national average



* Blue collar men take worst hit, wages keep falling



* Construction may recover; many assembly jobs are gone



By Ed Stoddard



DALLAS, May 19 (Reuters) - Rodney Ringler is an unemployed blue collar male without a college degree. He's hardly alone. Men like him have been the main victims of the current recession… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on May 18, 2009 at 6:10pm

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New York Post: 100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES

100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES

JOE SCARBOROUGH, GLENN BECK AND OTHERS ON OBAMA'S SHORT, ERROR-PRONE TIME IN OFFICE

April 28, 2009

Posted: 12:38 pm

April 25, 2009



1. "Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of 'earmarks,' urging changes in the way that Congress adopts the spending proposals. Then he signed a spending bill that contains nearly 9,000 of them, some that members of his own staff shoved in last year when they were still members of Congress. 'Let there… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on April 28, 2009 at 8:21pm

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Wall Street Journal: Presidential Poison

APRIL 23, 2009.Presidential Poison

His invitation to indict Bush officials will haunt Obama's Presidency..Articlemore in Opinion ».

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Mark down the date. Tuesday, April 21, 2009, is the moment that any chance of a new era of bipartisan respect in Washington ended. By inviting the prosecution of Bush officials for their antiterror legal advice, President Obama has injected… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on April 23, 2009 at 8:30pm

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CNSNews: CIA Confirms: Waterboarding 9/11 Mastermind Led to Info that Aborted 9/11-Style Attack on Los Angeles

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CIA Confirms: Waterboarding 9/11 Mastermind Led to Info that Aborted 9/11-Style Attack on Los Angeles

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief



Khalid Sheik Mohammad, a top al Qaeda leader who divulged information -- after being waterboarded -- that allowed the U.S. government to stop a planned terrorist attack on Los Angeles.



(CNSNews.com) - The Central Intelligence Agency told… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on April 21, 2009 at 9:20pm

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New York Times: Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says

April 22, 2009

Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says

By PETER BAKER

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques banned by the White House did produce significant information that helped the nation in its struggle with terrorists.



“High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on April 21, 2009 at 9:17pm

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SNL: Spoof of Obama managing private sector

Posted by MacroPol on April 9, 2009 at 7:30am

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Pew Research: The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey Reveals a Fluid and Diverse Pattern of Faith

The U.S. Religious Landscape Survey Reveals a Fluid and Diverse Pattern of Faith

February 25, 2008





An extensive new survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life details the religious affiliation of the American public and explores the shifts taking place in the U.S. religious landscape. Based on interviews with more than 35,000 Americans age 18 and older, the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey finds that religious affiliation in the U.S. is both very diverse and… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on April 4, 2009 at 8:09am

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Pew Research: Religious Beliefs & Practices

Summary of Key Findings

A major survey by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that most Americans have a non-dogmatic approach to faith. A strong majority of those who are affiliated with a religion, including majorities of nearly every religious tradition, do not believe their religion is the only way to salvation. And almost the same number believes that there is more than one true way to interpret the teachings of their religion. This openness to a range of… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on April 4, 2009 at 8:07am

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Washington Post: Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers

Obama Town Hall Questioners Were Campaign Backers

Updated 7:02 p.m.

By Garance Franke-Ruta

President Obama has promised to change the way the government does business, but in at least one respect he is taking a page from the Bush playbook, stocking his town hall Thursday with supporters whose soft -- though far from planted -- questions provided openings to discuss his preferred message of the day.



Obama has said, "I think it's important to engage your critics ...… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on March 29, 2009 at 8:06pm

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The Hill: Gregg: U.S. couldn't even join EU due to debt levels

March 26, 2009

Gregg: U.S. couldn't even join EU due to debt levels

@ 8:51 am by Michael O'Brien



The United States wouldn't even be eligible to enter the European Union if it wanted to because of its debt levels, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) claimed Thursday.



"We won't even be able to get into the EU if we wanted to," Gregg said this morning on MSNBC, "because our government is so large and so huge."



The European Union's Stability and Growth Pact (SGP)… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on March 27, 2009 at 6:42am

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New York Post: O'S FOREIGN FAILURES

O'S FOREIGN FAILURES

March 25, 2009

Ralph Peters



AMERICA'S enemies smell blood and it's type "O."



All new administrations stumble a bit as they seek their footing. But President Obama's foreign-policy botches have set new records for instant incompetence.



Contrary to left-wing myths, I wasn't a fan of the Bush administration. (I called for Donald Rumsfeld to get the boot in mid-2001.) But fair's fair. Despite his many faults, Bush sought to do good.… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on March 26, 2009 at 7:00am

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Politico: Geithner 'open' to China proposal [for a new global currency]

rch 25, 2009

Geithner 'open' to China proposal



Geithner, at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the U.S. is "open" to a headline-grabbing proposal by the governor of the China's central bank, which was widely reported as being a call for a new global currency to replace the dollar, but which Geithner described as more modest and "evolutionary."



"I haven’t read the governor’s proposal. He’s a very thoughtful, very careful distinguished central banker. I generally… Continue

Posted by MacroPol on March 25, 2009 at 10:33am

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