 - FOXNews.com - Madonna: Palin Cant Come to My Show - Celebrity Gossip |...
5:05pm (2 reviews) politics, music http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,4338...- Madonna banned Palin from her shows! Hahahaha. I think Palin would have been scared to attend, anyway. (This photo is frightening!)

 - You're the villain, pols tell former CEO of Lehman Brothers
6:37am (1 review) politics, greed, finance, lehman http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/10...- What is this an episode of the Sopranos?!!!!
From the page: "Angry lawmakers dragged a Wall Street fat cat [Fuld] before Congress Monday to explain how he walked off with $500 million after bankrupting his company and sparking a global financial panic...CNBC reported Monday that on Sept. 21 - the Sunday after Lehman went bankrupt - Fuld was on a gym treadmill when a weightlifter walked over and knocked him out cold. After his testimony Monday, some said they'd like to do the same."
 - The destructive policies of President Bush - The Boston Globe
6:32am   (13 reviews) politics http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editor...
 - Ifill: Palin "Blew Me Off"
Oct 5, 10:23pm (5 reviews) politics http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05...- From the page: "On "Meet the Press" Sunday morning, vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill said Palin "more than ignored" some of her questions -- she "blew me off." She added that Palin decided to "give a stump speech" instead of a debate, and that there's "little a moderator can do" to stop that. "
 - From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green & Blog Archive & How much is $...
Oct 3, 7:31pm     (5 reviews) intl-development, politics, poverty, deficit http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p?p=50- From the page: "[700 billion...]Would clear the accumulated debt of the 49 poorest countries in the world ($375bn) twice over· Is almost 5 times the annual amount of extra aid needed to achieve all the Millennium Development Goals on poverty, health, education etc ($150bn a year)· Is about 7 years of current global aid levels ($104bn in 2007)· Is enough to eradicate all world poverty for over two years (UNDP calculates it would take $300bn to get the entire world population over the $1 a day poverty line)."
 - Palin: wrong woman, wrong message - Los Angeles Times
Oct 2, 6:29am (15 reviews) feminism, politics, gloria-steinem http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition...- FOR L.A. TIMES - GLORIA STEINEM ON SARAH PALIN...
From the page: "Being a hope-a-holic, however, I can see two long-term bipartisan gains from this contest. Republicans may learn they can't appeal to right-wing patriarchs and most women at the same time. A loss in November could cause the centrist majority of Republicans to take back their party, which was the first to support the Equal Rights Amendment and should be the last to want to invite government into the wombs of women."
 - FactCheck.org: FactChecking Debate No. 1
Sep 28, 7:53pm    (14 reviews) politics http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/...
 - The Real Costs of the Bailouts - WSJ.com
Sep 28, 9:38am (5 reviews) economics, politics, bailout http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12225653...- This is kind of insane!
From the page: "Lawmakers' initial reaction to the Treasury Department's staggering request: shock. That sum amounts to about a quarter of the U.S. government's annual spending. It's more than the Pentagon's annual budget, more than the nation pays out each year in Social Security benefits "
 - International Herald Tribune
Sep 27, 5:06pm    (1 review) politics, america, election, debates http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/27/a...- if you, like me, can't stand the gestures and the attitude of the candidates-- on all sides -- and would rather just read their words, well...a good clean transcript is now available from the presidential debates for reference or reading.
 - Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. & Barkley questions need...
Sep 26, 3:11pm (1 review) business, politics http://minnesotaindependent.com/10689/ba...- From the page: "Who decided that a decision on the bailout package must be reached by Monday? Where did the $700 billion figure come from? Where is the evidence for a credit crunch? What percentage of the financial sector is involved in the current crisis?"
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