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• GOP tries new strategy to get Canada pipeline

  Sun Jan 29, 2012
  • Unfortunately, it's not an environmental issue, but just a political game. Look for Obama to preempt the Republicans by negotiating some green frilly edges to the project and approving a revised submission.

• Obama's insourcing jobs plan faces an uphill battle

  Wed Jan 25, 2012
  • Simple tax policy. Bigger tax breaks for wages and benefits paid in the US. No tax deductions for labor costs incurred overseas. Simple message -- invest in our market if you want to enjoy our market. Selling goods and services is just one side of the cycle.

• Marine to serve no time in Iraqi killings case

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • I'm not saying mistakes won't be made. I'm saying: 1. Admit the mistakes, 2. Regret the mistakes, and 3. Pay for the mistakes.

• Marine to serve no time in Iraqi killings case

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • Grenades through doorways and windows, into residential homes from which hostile fire is not coming, is not "prepping" the room, it is reckless homicide, at a bare minimum. whitewash.

• Marine to serve no time in Iraqi killings case

  Tue Jan 24, 2012
  • May the ghosts of the dead find their killers and haunt them until the end of their days, and if the killers die without remorse, may the ghosts curse the lives of the killers' children and then may the ghosts find peaceful rest. Amen.

• Possible implications for November in exit poll data

  Tue Jan 10, 2012
  • Notes == (1) Paul plus Huntsman beat Romney. If there were only 2 candidates, would Romney win? (2) NH is a blue state -- the winner of the Republican love fest is irrelevant in Nov. (3) Romney winning means that he competes with Obama for Independents. Conservatives will vote Romney, not Obama.

• Time runs out on Microsoft smart watches

  Mon Jan 2, 2012
  • Failed because SPOT technology was a ultra-low bandwidth one-way service (FM radio back signals). Ugly on top of it. We knew from the start that it was a limited, nicheless product, but Bill was hell-bent on it.

• Iranian official clashes with msnbc TV hosts

  Thu Nov 17, 2011
  • By going soft in reaching a common position with Russia (and maybe China - to be seen), the US may in fact be acknowledging that the next necessary step is military action. Look for this to get really scary.

• Buy a home, get a US visa, Senators propose

  Thu Oct 20, 2011
  • How about this?

• Freddie Mac reports 2Q loss, asks for $1.5B in aid

  Mon Aug 8, 2011
  • Specifically, related to Freddie Mac, watch them starve on increasingly unfunded budgets. The Rich have paid off their houses. The Rich don't, by and large, invest in residential real estate.