Nation
How Nancy Pelosi Made Millions Blocking Credit Card Legislation: BGThose sick of Debbie Wasserman-Schultz have reason to cheer: Hot Air
GOP Rep. Bachus Profited from ‘Inside Trades’ on TARP: BG
Obamacare Arrives at the Supreme Court: Malkin
Tea Partiers, Like Peaceniks, Upset Political Order: Barone
The GOP Dilemma on a Balanced Budget Amendment: PJM
Economy
The Euro Is Dead: ZHBiden: First Guy We Called for Economic Advice Was Jon Corzine: JWF
Europe shows how a fat public sector consumes an economy: smh
Men from Occupy Portland Arrested with Homemade Grenades: VS
Bring the supercommittee out from behind closed doors: Exam
Confirmed: EFSF Is A Fraud: Denninger
The Obama Psalm: Spartacus
Big banks binge on Bush-Obama 'venture socialism': Exam
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage: Awl
Gunrunner & Energygate
Good advice to the GOP candidates from a Brit: SSIWho Holder sent guns to: Hyperviolent drug cartel decapitates members of internet chat rooms: Daily News
I increasingly hear a legal term being mentioned: Misprision of a Felony: SSI
Climate & Energy
Obscene Green Gold Rush Embarasses the New York Times: MeadPacific Gas and Electric: not so climate smart after all: Watts
Bummer: Drying Your Hands Like A Rational Human Now Bad For Globull Warming: RWN
Media
Throw Them All Out -- Including Politico: BigJTom Friedman: 'I’d Give Obama High Marks for Fulfilling Bush's Foreign Policy': NB
Pelosi drives even Jon Stewart crazy: JWF
The Cowards of Penn State: Pundette
Photoshopping the Past: Belmont Club
Grand Jury Report on Jerry Sandusky: Public Intelligence
AP, NYT Not Yet Reporting $433M Perelman-Smallpox Cronyism Story: NB
Bummer: Little People Who Can’t Vote Lose Obsession With Barack Obama: RWN
Did CBS intentionally squelch Bachmann in the debate?: Hot Air
World
The Devil's Smile: Sultan KnishAcropolis now: Greece may be just the start: MacLeans
Pigs’ heads found at planned Swiss mosque site: iOTW
A 2012 World View: What is the End Game?: NMJ
Clinton, Albright Smile: Hundreds of North Korean Nuclear Experts Are Working in Iran: GWP
300 lashes for practicing black magic: Arab News
Sci-Tech
Six Lessons I Learned From Bombing Iran: WiredSo You Want To Be A Zero Day Exploit Millionaire?: InfoWeek
Israel May Have Developed Cancer Vaccine: Atlas
Cornucopia
Heartless: iOTWReport: Mother Of Murdered Gay Lover Speaks Up: Dollard
Seven Reasons Life is Hard for Everyone: Hawkins
Image: iOwnTheWorld
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: National Right-to-Carry Act Slated for House Floor on Tuesday
QOTD: "How did Nancy Pelosi snag one of the most coveted initial public offerings in history? ...Pelosi received her Visa IPO almost two weeks after a potentially damaging piece of legislation for Visa, the Credit Card Fair Fee Act, had been introduced in the House. If passed, the bill would have cut into Visa’s profits substantially by lowering so-called “interchange fees,” the 1% to 3% charge retailers pay Visa when customers use Visa cards for purchases. Interchange fees are a critical source of revenue for the four credit card companies–$48 billion in 2008, to be exact.
...[But] with at least ten percent of the Pelosi family’s entire stock portfolio invested in a single stock, Nancy Pelosi clearly had a vested interest in ensuring that Visa’s profits were protected. And that is exactly what she accomplished. Despite broad public support for the bill—77% in one study—Pelosi saw to it that the bill never made it to the House floor." --Wynton Hall
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