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President-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus bill

by reynz on January 10, 2009

What’s the buzz? President-elect Barack Obama wants a stimulus bill on his desk by mid-February, putting negotiations on a fast track. But the economic recovery plan are facing a barrage of criticism from some Senate Democrats. Key measures like the plan’s tax breaks were a return to “trickledown” economics. Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat from [...]

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In Moscow, Igor Panarin’s Forecasts Are All the Rage; America ‘Disintegrates’ in 2010

by reynz on January 6, 2009

What’s the buzz? Igor Panarin has been predicting the United States will fall apart in 2010. He has been interviewed as much as twice a day about his predictions. He presented his theory at a recent roundtable discussion at the Foreign Ministry. The country’s top international relations school has hosted him as a keynote speaker. [...]

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