Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
What a mess. The truth has finally come out… “John Edwards admitted to ABC News in an interview with Bob Woodruff Friday that he repeatedly lied about an extramarital affair with a 42-year old campaign employee,” Rielle Hunter. Everybody’s talking about it, because this type of messy stuff is the stuff that the media thrives [...]
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Filed under: ABC News, DKos, Democrats, Election '08, Elizabeth Edwards, In The Blogosphere, In The News, John Edwards, N.Y. Times, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Presidential Primaries, Scandals
Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Darrell Prows
Are covered bonds the next fiasco?
“The U.S. Treasury Department is continuing to consider ways to resuscitate weak homebuying activity, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday, highlighting the potential of covered bonds as a “promising” solution.”
“Covered bonds are securities created from either mortgage loans or public sector loans and make up one of the oldest and [...]
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Filed under: Bush Admin, BushCo, Corporatism, Credit Crisis, Darrell Prows, Economic News, Economy, Housing
Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
A quick note to readers: I’ve needed to take some time away from blogging recently due to some family and health related concerns. I’ll still be blogging lightly for a while to come. I hope readers will stick around while I work through all of this and some of our other writers will pitch in [...]
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Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
Both Udall, Schaffer oppose abortion measure : Elections : The Rocky Mountain News
The measure in question is a Colorado ballot issue (Amendment 48) which would define into law that “life begins at conception” (or the “every sex act is sacred” measure).
In effect, it would outlaw ALL abortions, including the Plan B (the morning after pill). [...]
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