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Monday, December 14, 2009

News The Morning News: Lieberman, Dubai, Uganda, TARP and Texts

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:21 AM

Posted by news intern Jon Brock

Healthcare: Lieberman says he will not vote in favor of the reform bill unless some integral things are dropped.

Bailout: Abu Dhabi to give Dubai $10 billion in order to alleviate debt and the increasing concerns about its financial stability.

Italy: Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi received a fractured nose and two broken teeth after a man hit him in the face with a statuette.

Uganda: They're still wanting to kill the gays.

Climate: United Nations negotiations have come to a halt after developing nations demand that the rich countries raise their targets for emission cuts.

TARP: Citigroup is laying out plans for repaying the bailout money it received last year as quickly as possible...so it can escape the current pay curbs installed under the bailout terms.

Iran: Intent on trying three Americans who crossed the border from Iraq back in July.

Texting: U.S. Supreme Court will decide how much privacy people have when texting via employer-owned/issued devices.

And because you Slog readers are so difficult to please with videos, you get another Sam Brown drawing. Enjoy! (Click to enlarge)

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Comments (11) RSS

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oh man, no Tiger Knox or Amanda Woods?

là où est mon fromage?

Posted by pissy mcslogbot on December 14, 2009 at 7:47 AM

that is one bouyant robot

Posted by Swearengen on December 14, 2009 at 8:06 AM

Sorry, Pissy, no cheese today . . . at least until Mudede gets to work.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on December 14, 2009 at 8:18 AM

The insurance companies, of course, stand to make many more billions if health-care reform fails or is eviscerated. Quite a deal when you consider that they probably bought all those senators for only a few million total.

Posted by this guy I know in Spokane on December 14, 2009 at 8:28 AM

good job, Unpaid Intern; you're well worth every penny they are paying you....

Posted by timesarehardallover on December 14, 2009 at 8:37 AM

Statuette to the face for Lieberman, I say.

Posted by Joe M on December 14, 2009 at 9:01 AM

@6: Plastic Jesus?

Posted by rob!

on December 14, 2009 at 9:05 AM

Joe Lieberman is a prima donna.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on December 14, 2009 at 9:09 AM

@6 Ah, you beat me to it. I agree, statuette to the face for him. Make the outside ugly to match the ugliness inside of him.

Posted by Hernandez

on December 14, 2009 at 9:37 AM

re: the TARP repayment. So, remember all those people who said that the bailout for those institutions was a no-strings giveaway and we'd never see that money again? I guess they were wrong. Whose idea was it to make executive pay contingent on repayment?

Posted by February 5th, 2009 on December 14, 2009 at 9:42 AM