Today's Reading/Listening List

The beginning of a trade war?
Reuters - Mexico slaps tariffs on U.S. goods in truck feud

Reuters - Fossil sea monster's bite makes T-Rex look feeble

AP - Justice Thomas: Americans don't sacrifice as much
"Our country and our principles are more important than our individual wants," Thomas told close to 400 people who greeted him with a standing ovation at Washington and Lee University, a Shenandoah Valley liberal arts school.

He quoted President Kennedy's famous, "Ask not what your country can do for you" speech, but said Americans today are more likely to say, "Ask not what you can do for yourselves or your country but what your country can do for you."

Washington Post - Anger Over Firm Depletes Obama's Political Capital
Asked why the administration is attempting to claw back the bonuses now but did not do more to block the payments earlier this month when it was authorizing the latest $30 billion in new loans to the struggling insurer, Gibbs was unresponsive.

"The administration is taking the steps today to go back and see what can be done," he said.

Politico - Tax Hikes Put WH on Defense

Bloomberg - Wells Fargo forced into TARP

AP - 8 Dems oppose quick debate on cap-and-trade

John Goodman - Revisiting the (Health Care) Syllogism

Insider Online - Look to Europe for Health Care Solutions?

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The Pogues - The Body of an American (live)


The Pogues - Waxie's Dargle