Recession only now starting
America Blog Jun 27 08Hopefully he's wrong but there's plenty to suggest he may be correct. Since last June, we've seen a fairly consistent pattern to the economic mood swings. Every three months or so, there's a round of bad news about housing, followed by warnings of more bank write-offs and then a string of disappointing corporate earnings reports. Eventually, things stabilize and there are hints that the worst may be behind us. Stocks regain some of their lost ground, bonds fall and then -- bam -- the whole cycle starts again. It was only in November that the Dow had recovered from the panicked summer sell-off and hit a record, just above 14,000. Full story...
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McCain's "beginning to act like one of those movie characters who steals the wrong ring and turns into a troll"
America Blog 3 hours agoGail Collins in the NYT. Extremely difficult to excerpt - it's that good:
I miss the good old days. Remember when the presidential campaign was all about oil drilling? That sure was fun.
Republcans are dumping McCcain -- and dumping on him
America Blog 4 hours agoThere is so much information in this article from the top political writers at the New York Times that the whole thing is worth a read.
So when is McCain going to repudiate his supporters' calls for Obama to be assassinated?
America Blog 5 hours agoI just saw that McCain issued some erratic statement today calling on Obama to apologize because Rep.
Man holds up Obama monkey doll at Palin rally
America Blog 7 hours agoWho wants to be associated with this kind of Republican party? Or with a candidate who inspires this kind of hate and intolerance? You'd think the stock market didn't just lose 20% of its value in the past month, the way Mccain, Palin and their hateful crowds are acting.
In Philly tonight, "The Alaska Disasta"
America Blog 8 hours agoSarah Palin is dropping the puck tonight at the Philadelphia Flyers hockey game. Thanks to Keystone Progress, she's got her own playing card:
McCain/Palin: The first totally unethical ticket in history
America Blog 9 hours agoSteve Benen did some research:
The McCain/Palin ticket is the first in American history in which both candidates were found to have violated ethics standards before a national election.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Mr. Obama has been presidential;" McCain "became the incredible shrinking man."
America Blog 10 hours agoNewspaper endorsements are starting. Not sure they have much of an impact with voters, but they do capture the sentiment about the candidates and can be illuminating.
Palin lies to reporter about ethics report
America Blog 11 hours agoShe's even unethical when talking about ethics.
At McCain event, Iowa pastor apparently wants Jesus to honor his own name by defeating Obama
America Blog 12 hours agoIowa Independent liveblogged McCain's campaign event in Davenport, Iowa. Why McCain is campaigning in Iowa defies explanation.
Did McCain acknowledge that he lost?
America Blog 13 hours agoVery weird video (below) from Josh Marshall over at TPM. Yesterday, McCain was forced to tell his own supporters to STFU after a week of inciting them to yell death threats about Barack Obama.
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