Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy That’s video of an explosion this morning at the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant in Japan. The explosion didn’t actually cause a meltdown, but it has caused fears of a meltdown to heighten: Officials ordered the evacuation zone around the plant expanded from a […]
You would think someone who has been in Congress for 20 years wouldn’t have any fears of debating a newcomer to the political scene, but not John Boehner: And without saying no specifically, Boehner will not accept the challenge to a debate issued several weeks ago by Coussoule. “I’m involved in the national debate each […]
Whenever we hear about the government trying to regulate internet providers, the right gets in a frenzy. They start screaming about “government takeover” and “interfering in private business”. Perfect examples of this can be seen in Rand Paul speeches. Now a new report shows that internet providers routinely lie about the speeds you get from […]
Courtesy of, well you guessed it – Drudge: OMG! Abandon ship! Of course it is still about 2,000 points higher than it was 2 years ago, specifically on January 20, 2009. Now who was in office until that date? And just for the record, the Dow did drop 163 points today on more European stock […]
We knew it was only a matter of time before Dick Cheney would crawl out from his undisclosed dungeon of torture and make some really absurd statement: “As I’ve watched the events of the last few days it is clear once again that President Obama is trying to pretend we are not at war. He […]
Some troubling numbers from Rasmussen: The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, fell four more points on Saturday to once again reach an all-time low. At 60.1, the Index is down three points from yesterday, down fourteen points from a month ago and down thirty-nine points from […]
The market is falling quick on fears that the bailout package is going to fail. UPDATE: The bailout has failed in the House. Update 2: Final vote was 207 yea, 226 nay. By party: Democrats: Yea- 141 Nay -94 Republicans: Yeah – 66 Nay – 132 It looks like the Republicans didn’t pull their 100 […]
Confederate Yankee: But perhaps the most sinister undertone is the hint of hopefulness among a certain element of the left wing that perhaps someone will succeed in assassinating Barack Obama. Such a tragedy would serve as a confirmation of their firmly held beliefs that conservatives are evil, and could possibly trigger a backlash that would […]
Cold War cometh: Syria sought to revive its security alliance with Russia today, when President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Moscow to clinch a series of military agreements, raising fears that the new Cold War that has erupted in the Caucasus will spill over into the Middle East. “Our position is that we are ready to […]
Here’s the email the Obama campaign just sent out: Friend — The polls are closed in Kentucky and votes are being counted in Oregon, and it’s clear that tonight we have reached a major milestone on this journey. We have won an absolute majority of all the delegates chosen by the people in this Democratic […]