Five Days into “Operation New Dawn”, Obama’s Iraq Shell-Game Plays Out

By: Casual Observer Monday September 6, 2010 7:15 pm

Five days into “Operation New Dawn”, Obama’s shell-game plays out.

The Eliminationist Song of Glenn Harlan Reynolds

By: TBogg Monday September 6, 2010 6:30 pm

Taxpayer supported occasional law perfesser Glenn Reynolds is very worried that rogue members of academia may secretly be evil geniuses who seek to destroy their fellow man

Obama’s Economic “Plan”: Ten Times Less Than Adequate and Far, Far Too Late

By: Jim White Monday September 6, 2010 5:45 pm

Over the next few weeks, we will learn what the Obama Administration intends to do in response to the economy not recovering as promised with the 2009 stimulus. Today’s developments on that front are profoundly disappointing.

Where the Sharp Edge of a Knife Connects with Organized Labor

By: TobyWollin Monday September 6, 2010 5:00 pm

Skills are what Americans need to get jobs..or make jobs.

Military Planning Major Fight with White House on Afghan Withdrawal?

By: David Dayen Monday September 6, 2010 4:15 pm

This isn’t a withdrawal, it’s a reshuffle. And the trajectory stays upward.

Shades of George W. Bush: Tom Emmer Has Photo-Op at Company He Didn’t Want Helped

By: Phoenix Woman Monday September 6, 2010 3:30 pm

Remember how it became a running joke that the surest way to see if George W. Bush was going to cut a group’s funding was if he’d done a recent photo-op with it? I mean, it happened again and again.

Well now, today we see Tom Emmer, a tax cut fanatic in the mold of George W. Bush and outgoing governor Tim Pawlenty, had a photo-op at a company that, if Emmer had had his way, would likely have gone under.

Sadrist Shiites Choose Compromise PM Candidate

By: David Dayen Monday September 6, 2010 2:45 pm

Despite the US “end” of combat operations in Iraq (hardly an end when troops are helping repel attacks), the biggest near-term problem is the lack of an actual government to resolve the election from March of this year.

This Labor Day — Americans Need a Job

By: Tracy Emblem Monday September 6, 2010 1:45 pm

Over 14.9 million American workers remain unemployed. Americans must demand that economic policies provide the framework to create good paying jobs at home during the next decade with the least amount of outsourced labor and materials.

Kabul Bank Mess Shows Error of Trusting Corrupt Officials in Afghanistan

By: David Dayen Monday September 6, 2010 12:45 pm

So far, the US has not committed taxpayer funds to save the bank, only providing “technical assistance” to the Afghan government. Did they put together this deal, then?

Obama’s Laborfest Speech Hails Infrastructure Spending

By: David Dayen Monday September 6, 2010 11:46 am

In remarks at Milwaukee Laborfest, President Obama outlined his plan for immediate infrastructure spending, while Republican leaders immediately attacked the idea.

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