The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Perspective on a Gray Monday ...

    By Deadman on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 2:25pm | Politics, Business, Potpourri

    So, the market is down 555 points, almost 5 percent. Yet so far this is no October Black Monday, like when the market dropped 13 percent on October 28th, 1929 or when it dropped 22% on October 19, 1987. (Note: Things are moving fast, market down another 100 points since I started writing).

    This is, in many ways, even worse - just another Gray Monday, where we get the continued, orderly drip-drip-drip of a market with no confidence, and no idea of where we are headed.

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    People who channel 16-year-olds think Palin won

    By Michael Wolraich on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 12:09am | Politics

    I spent the debate blogging as a 16-year-old, and I have to disagree with the assessment of a Biden win. The experience was, to be honest, very weird. Writing as SarahPalinGrrrrl in previous posts did not require me to get into her head. She and I maintained a respectful distance from one another. But during the live blogging, there was no time for that. I had to be SarahPalinGrrrrl. OMG. As a result, I listened to the debate the way a 16-year-old might have, or at least how I imagine that a 16-year-old might have.

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    BREAKING: McCain pulls out of Michigan

    By Michael Wolraich on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 3:16pm | Politics

    Politico: John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, according to two Republicans, a stunning move a month away from Election Day that indicates the difficulty Republicans are having in finding blue states to put in play.

     

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    RSS Feed Back Online

    By Michael Wolraich on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 3:07pm | Politics, Potpourri

    We just launched, and we're still working out kinks in the blog. The RSS feed on the main page was down, but it's back, baby. So get your DagBlog posts hot off the blog at http://dagblog.com/rss.

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    You're kidding, right? Right?!?

    By Deadman on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 11:56am | Politics, Business

    So yesterday I wrote about how the Senate was making the bailout plan bigger but not better in order to get reluctant legislators aboard.

    Oh man, you have no idea. It makes me want to cry.

    According to the WSJ, A bill that was originally 3 pages is now more than 400 pages. Among the useless 'sweeteners' tacked onto the plan:

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    LIVE DEBATE BLOGGING!!!!! GOOOOOO SARAH!!!!

    By SarahPalinGrrrrl on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 11:38pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

    OMG!!!! RU excited for sarah palin's debate? I SOOOO AM!!!! GOOOOO SARAH!!! she's going to kick that biden dude's WRINKLY OLD ASS!!! LOL!!! he totally looks like draco malfoy's evil dad in harry potter.

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    A better bailout ... or just a bigger, badder one??

    By Deadman on Wed, 10/01/2008 - 2:07pm | Politics, Business

    So now the Senate is going to try its hand at passing a bailout plan.

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    John McCain - Steady at the Helm in Turbulent Seas

    By Michael Wolraich on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 1:42am | Politics

    John McCain on the state of the economy

    1/10 McCain: I don't believe we're headed into a recession. I believe the fundamentals of this economy are strong, and I believe they will remain strong.

    Huzzah, the fundamentals are strong!

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    Holy *%$# ... Bailout defeated, market collapses

    By Deadman on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 5:54pm | Politics, Business

    OK, I was wrong. Really wrong. I was sure politicians would approve this bailout bill, no matter how publicly unpopular it was. The short-term risks of not doing something seemed too enormous - a complete freeze of the credit markets and the subsequent collapse of the economic system that relies so heavily on that free flow of credit.

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    I LOVE YOU, SARAH PALIN!

    By SarahPalinGrrrrl on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 12:44pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

    sarah palin is a total INSPIRATION to me!! i am SOOOOOOOO EXCITED that she could be our next vice president, maybe even our PRESIDENT! Surprised for someone with her talent to be a vice president proves that anyone can make it in america. YAY SARAH!!!!!!!!! you go, GIRL!!!!!!

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