Ted Rall.

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More tax cuts for the investor class? Nice move, Harry!
Senate leaders have scheduled a vote for Wednesday on the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan rejected by the House.
Majority Leader Harry Reid and GOP Leader Mitch McConnell say, however, that they’re going to add a tax cut package already rejected by the House on Monday.
The [...]

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I don’t know if you’ve seen that email people have sent around, asking for donations to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin’s name. Turns out it was a pretty successful campaign:
So far, the scheme seems to be getting a strong response. As of Friday, Planned Parenthood had taken in $802,678 in donations from 31,313 people, said [...]

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What do you think of this Obama ad?

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From Avenue Q:

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In Philly this Saturday for the Obama campaign. Info here!
Free concert for Pennsylvanians will be huge opportunity to register voters and sign up volunteers; preferred tickets must be picked up at campaign offices.
The concert will take place on the Saturday before Pennsylvania’s voter registration deadline on Monday.
Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 20th and 22nd Streets.
Gates [...]

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Yep:
RALEIGH, N.C. - Elizabeth Edwards tied the nation’s lagging economy to its struggling health care system Tuesday as she joined an effort in battleground states to discredit the health care proposals of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
[...] Elizabeth Edwards said during a conference call Tuesday that medical bills often lead to foreclosure, a primary factor [...]

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Ian Welsh on the past 30 years:
Congress after Congress, Administration after Administration systematically stripped rules and regulations from the financial system to make more and more leverage and thus more and more profits possible. Tax levels on the rich collapsed and unearned income was taxed at lower and lower rates, while those who earned their [...]

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John Kerry has donated $1M to the DSCC.

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Jason Mraz:

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An anthem for our times, don’t you think? Bruce live:

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Happy Birthday, Libra! Multi-talented, versatile and blessed with a chameleon-like ability to fit into almost any environment or circumstance, you’re a Libra with Gemini undertones. Many of you look younger than your years without a single surgical touch-up. Your quirky humor, quick laugh and gift for imitating others make you the guest of honor at [...]

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Blame Newt!

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So CNN has some newsperson standing in a popcorn store in Illinois and she basically sets the business owner up to talk about how he’s so worried about getting credit, etc. Well, it turns out that the guy hasn’t actually tried to use his line of credit - he’s just afraid it won’t be there [...]

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From Monkeyfister.

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That’s the headline for this NYT article, but here’s the funny thing: Only a few of the people cited in the piece think we should jump into anything. Isn’t that funny?
Seems to me the only people who think we have to rush into this are the ones who have direct financial interests.

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Bush is on the teevee right now, urging Congress to SAVE THE WORLD with the bailout plan!!! He says don’t worry, it won’t really cost anything because the assets will grow in value!!! (And isn’t it sad that the only people who listen to him are congressional Democrats?)
Even though we wouldn’t really own any actual [...]

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Got a glitch in a CD? Try toothpaste, my favorite all-purpose household item. I just polished out a deep scratch that was keeping me from ripping a Prince CD to my computer.
But wait, there’s more!
I also use a dab of toothpaste to clean my bathroom sink. Not only does it do a nice job, [...]

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Via email, Michael Moore today:
The presidential race may still be close in the polls, but the Congressional races are pointing toward a landslide for the Democrats. Few dispute the prediction that the Republicans are in for a whoopin’ on November 4th. Up to 30 Republican House seats could be lost in what would be a [...]

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Glenn has two posts you should read - one on the new domestic spying powers of the FBI:
The agents have basically unfettered authority to go out and really conduct invasive investigations against innocent people who have done nothing to give the FBI any level of suspicion that they’re doing something wrong, and that’s extraordinary. That’s [...]

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Cybersecurity expert Stephen Spoonamore predicts a McCain-Palin win:

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I just love this:
Dear Wall Street,
Hi, this is the lobbyist for a group called The Taxpayers, Debtors, and Insured People of the United States. Now that we’ve rejected the first bailout plan, I’m sure that in the spirit of tough, free market capitalism, and spirited negotiations, you’ll consider our second offer. Here are some terms [...]

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As of 7:28 a.m. I think I’ll celebrate my natal day with The Boys:

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Susie’s been a great friend to me since we met five years ago, and I’m quite glad she was born. No one has done more to make me chill out and get cynical, for which I owe her big time. Though I’m sure she also appreciates not having to talk me down off the ledge [...]

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What Digby said. Go read the whole thing, it’s long but worth plowing through.

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Fred Astaire:

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“There are going to be casualties of this, it’s not pleasant, but the less the U.S. bails everybody out, the more bullish it is for the U.S. in the long run. Because it means the system isn’t completely corrupt. You can’t have socialism for rich people, capitalism for everyone else.”
- Christopher Wood, publisher of weekly [...]

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The Righteous Brothers:

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A couple in Florida gets a divorce so she can qualify for Medicaid to cover her cancer treatments.

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