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• White House Weighs Broad Gun Control Agenda
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Big Banks To Pay $8.5 Billion To Settle Foreclosure Fraud

Happy Hawaiian Holidays from Dear Leader.

• Big Banks to Pay $8.5 Billion to Settle Foreclosure Fraud - Bloomberg
• Google's Eric Schmidt Arrives in North Korea
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• Occupy Wall Street Harvard Grad Charged with Possession of Bomb Making Materials
• How Aurora Shooter James Holmes Might Get Away With Insanity Defense
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Paul: 'No One In Washington Has The Balls To Cut Spending'

Forget the cliff, the United States is broke.

Transcript is inside.  This is worth reading.

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AXE FALLS: Morgan Stanley Slashes 1,600 Jobs

Full story inside.

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HOT LINKS: Chinese Credit Agency Downgrades U.S.

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Goldman Sachs Succeeds In Tax Evasion Where Al Gore Fails

Goldman awards Blankfein before the tax deadline.

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Harry Reid Attends Opening Of Clark County Shooting Park

Hypocrisy Watch

Flashback - April 1, 2010.

Nevada Senator Harry Reid was joined by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, members of Nevada's congressional delegation, state and local leaders over the weekend for the grand opening of the Clark County Shooting Park. Reid led the effort to secure the land and funding needed to build the 2,900-acre world-class shooting park. The new facility will make our communities safer, protect the natural desert environment and provide a place for people of all ages to learn about shooting sports. "Nevadans aimed high when we set out to create the largest and most advanced shooting range in the world," said Reid. "But we kept a steady eye on our target. And today, with great pride, Nevada has hit the bulls-eye."

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SEC Prefers Porn To Rule Of Law In U.S. Banana Republic

Guest post from John Titus.

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Gov't Motors Employees To Receive $7,000 Bonuses

Let them eat iPads.

Woman tries buying iPads with Food Stamps (EBT Card).

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Obama: 'The Rich Still Aren't Paying Their Fair Share'

Happy New Year from Dear Leader.  Obama on the cliff.

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End The Fed, Stop The Stealth Goldman Sachs Bailout!

Occupy this...

The best rant from 12 months of Occupy protests.

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LINKS: Obama Gears Up For Carbon Tax Fight

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REPORT: Geithner Leaving Treasury At End Of January

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William Cohan: Geithner To Replace Bernanke?

First, Bernanke actually has to leave.

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