| #9 Duke City Derby 73 | ||
| Sat. Oct. 4, 6:15 PM | B.A.D. Girls 59 | |
| #4 B.A.D. Girls 117 | ||
| Championship Bout | Texas Rollergirls | |
| #2 Rat City Rollergirls 97 | ||
| Sat. Oct. 4, 7:45 PM | Texas Rollergirls 135 | |
| #3 Texas Rollergirls 108 |
H.R. 1424 passes 263-171
Ward Harkavy
In one of the most remarkable events in the history of American capitalism, Wall Street officially went on full-blown welfare at 1:23 p.m. EST today.
You have bailed out the bankers. Now that you've floated them the money to ensure their soft landing — some would characterize this government intervention as unprecedented socialism — will they return the favor once they get their investment houses in order? Don't count on it. But do count on the bankers and their Capitol Hill allies to angrily characterize your pleas for help as "socialistic."
Tim Dickinson in Rolling Stone: Make-Believe Maverick
This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else, a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition: to become commander in chief, ascending to the one position that would finally enable him to outrank his four-star father and grandfather.
In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled, ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical churches.
In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot.
Laura Rozen: Poker, Hookers, and Black Contracts: Or How To Make a CIA Trial Go Away
Michael Moore: Congratulations, Corporate Crime Fighters! Coup Averted for Three Days!
Glenn Greenwald: The Simultaneous Rejection of the Bailout and a Corrupt Ruling Class
Media Matters: Conservatives blaming minorities and poor poeple for current foreclosure crisis.
Scott Horton: Six Questions for Steven Calabresi, Author of The Unitary Executive
DNN previews the top seeds in the 2008 Western Regional.
Filth and Wisdom
A high-level Republican consultant has been subpoenaed in a case regarding alleged tampering with the 2004 election.
Scott Horton: Internal Justice Probe Suggests Political Manipulation of Prosecutions, Obstruction
The Rude One: Portrait of a Very Small Man in a Very Big Crisis
Epic Fail
Dennis Kucinich: Is this the U.S. Congress or the Board of Directors at Goldman Sachs!
Michael Moore
Let me cut to the chase. The biggest robbery in the history of this country is taking place as you read this. Though no guns are being used, 300 million hostages are being taken. Make no mistake about it: After stealing a half trillion dollars to line the pockets of their war-profiteering backers for the past five years, after lining the pockets of their fellow oilmen to the tune of over a hundred billion dollars in just the last two years, Bush and his cronies -- who must soon vacate the White House -- are looting the U.S. Treasury of every dollar they can grab. They are swiping as much of the silverware as they can on their way out the door.
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Falling for whom? NOTHING in this "bailout" package will lower the price of the gas you have to put in your car to get to work. NOTHING in this bill will protect you from losing your home. NOTHING in this bill will give you health insurance.
Health insurance? Mike, why are you bringing this up? What's this got to do with the Wall Street collapse?
It has everything to do with it. This so-called "collapse" was triggered by the massive defaulting and foreclosures going on with people's home mortgages. Do you know why so many Americans are losing their homes? To hear the Republicans describe it, it's because too many working class idiots were given mortgages that they really couldn't afford. Here's the truth: The number one cause of people declaring bankruptcy is because of medical bills. Let me state this simply: If we had had universal health coverage, this mortgage "crisis" may never have happened.
