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FHA: Federal Housing Authority Low On Cash, High On Leverage

wsj.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

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The Treasury has announced new "capital cushion" requirements for financial institutions to reduce excessive risk and prevent taxpayer bailouts. Seems...

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Why Democrats Are Losing on Health Care

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

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Thomas Frank

If universal health insurance goes down to defeat, Democrats will have to live with the shame of having been beaten by arguments that a novice debater would have no trouble putting down.

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Cash for Clunker Sequel: Dump the Pump

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Energy Efficiency, Manolo Blahnik, Stimulus Plan, Dollars for Dishwashers, Uncle Sam, Business News
Jill Schlesinger

Given the success of "Cash for Clunkers," the government will introduce a sequel that one observer called "Dollars for Dishwashers". That's not really the name, but it's better than "Clunkers, Part Deux".

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Glenn Beck Gets Ready To Tea Bag

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media

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Matthew Filipowicz

As others have noted, Glenn is getting harder and harder to satirize. I mean really, is it that far off to imagine him dressing up in a tea bag?

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2009: Another Year of Living Dangerously

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, George Bush, Financial Crisis China, Darfur Genocide, Israel Lobby, Japan Stabbings, Obama, Iran, Mumbia Shooting, Tokyo Stabbing Spree, Japan New Ambassador, Cheney Iran, Israel Gaza, Gaza Strip, India Attacks, Nato, Uncle Sam, Financial Crisis, Dick Cheney Iraq, Iran Nuclear Program, Darfur Sudan, India Pakistan Relations, Somalia Pirates, Israel and Palestine Talks, Tokyo Stabbings, Financial Crisis Obama Mccain, FInancial Crisis White House, Gaza Airstrikes, Nuclear Power, Egypt Israel Gaza, Iraq War Funding, Egypt Emergency Laws, Russia Georgia War, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Pakistan Crisis, Iraq War, India Terrorism, Bush 2009 Budget, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Opposition, Somalia Government, Japan, Iraq, Israel Airstrikes, Obama Administration, Us Foreign Relations, Kim Jong Il, Bush Administration, New Year's Commentary, Ukraine, World News
Eric Margolis

The proud towers of Wall Street have fallen, disgorging packs of thieves and fraudsters. The mighty US suddenly exposed as the proverbial king without clothes. Uncle Sam is bankrupt.

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Oil Piracy, OPEC, Saudi Arabia, You and Me

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Opec, Cnbc, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Uncle Sam, Sirius Star, Aramco, Ali Al-Naimi, Chakib Kheklil, Somali Pirates, Vlcc, Pirates Ship Somalia, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

For the first time ever, an unguarded Saudi oil tanker displacing 318,000 tons (the size of a small island), sailing off the Kenyan coast, was picked off by a band of pirates operating a motorized dinghy.

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Democracy 2.0: Uncle Barack Wants YOU!

Brian Ross | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Brian Ross

Obama's launch of Democracy 2.0 is revolutionary: it allows for bi-directional communication, and activism that directs large-scale movements of the grassroots to take particular actions.

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Crime of the Century

Steven Weber | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, George Bush, Npr, Bush Administration, Bailout, America, Pundits, George W. Bush, Uncle Sam, Left Right and Center, Barack Obama, Bushco, Politics News
Steven Weber

Has anything BushCo's ever done benefitted the people or the country? Just admit it: we've been robbed, beaten and stabbed. Those are just the facts, Detective Obama.

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Dear Uncle Sam

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 08.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Uncle Sam, Food Prices, Ethanol, Farm Subsidies, China, Economy, Politics News
Maggie Van Ostrand

It's no wonder people would do anything to get into this country where the streets are paved with gold. That's the only thing we've got that Uncle Sam isn't paying us not to have.

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Dickipedia: Uncle Sam

236.com | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

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Uncle Sam (born July 4, 1776) is the national personification of the United States, an economic and cultural imperialist, the mascot of the New York Y...

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