100 Dollar Oil Is Coming

Agreed… Pelosi Says Democrats Haven’t Gotten Credit For All They’ve Done

National Debt Has Increased $5 Trillion Since Pelosi Vowed “No New Deficit Spending”

New Ad Ties Barney Frank to Fannie & Freddie Meltdown (Video)

Families Making $60K a Year Now May Qualify For Food Stamps

Oh My… ’60 Minutes’ Airs Devastating Segment on National Unemployment (Video)

Thug Trumka to minions: “Get mad,” “fight back”

Treasury Draws Negative Yield for First Time During TIPS Sale

Large Trucks Must Cut Emissions as Much as 20%, U.S. Says

Bair Says Regulators Will Uncover More Flaws in Foreclosures

Bernanke Says Regulators `Intensively’ Reviewing Foreclosures

China Raises Fuel Prices to Help Cool Economy, Conserve Energy

Assured Guaranty Loses Bond Insurers’ Last AAA Rating

Cotton Jumps 4.2% to Record as China Cold Spell Threatens Crops

RI Dem: Obama can ‘take his endorsement and shove it’…

‘He ignored us and now he’s coming into Rhode Island treating us like ATM machine’…

Obama panel mulls end to mortgage interest, child tax deductions

WIRE: Fed’s secretive $300B CITIBANK bailout

Dollar at Risk of Becoming ‘Toxic Waste’

Hits new 15-year low versus yen

Germany Accuses US of ‘Manipulating Dollar’

China, India, Brazil, Turkey get more power at IMF

KRUGMAN: OBAMA DIDN’T SPEND ENOUGH!

PAPER: Will someone please shut Krugman up

France braced for second week of strikes, blockades

Costing country $500 million a day

NYT: Public Housing Repairs Can’t Keep Pace With Demand

60 MINS: When Unemployment Benefits Run Out (Hat Tip: Curtis Frantz)

Texas sends AMAZON.COM a $269 million tax bill

Home Sales Up 10%

Karzai Admits Taking Bags of Iranian Cash

Lawsuit Alleges that MERS Owes California a Potential $60-120 Billion in Unpaid Land-Recording Fees (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

What’s Behind the US Currency Promotion?

Karl Rove: President Obama Received $400 Million in Help From Outside Groups in 2008, I Don’t Recall That Being a Threat To Democracy (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Signs of the Times

I.M.F. Gains Sway, but Its Authority Is Uncertain

Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts

Global Money Blowout Trumps Fiscal Austerity

Goldman: Fed Asset Buying May Reach $2 Trillion

Treasury Shields Citigroup as Deletions Undercut Disclosure (Hat Tip: Brian B.)

Unions Do Fire Some People After All

Governor Bredesen Got the Calculations Right

Obamacare Frankenstein Is Scarier Than “Zombie Legislation”

Dear Government Unions: We’re Not Making This Up

Is Bernanke Going To Start Printing Money To Buy California State Debt?

Unemployment In China Is Just 4.1%, But Its Unemployment Problem Is Still Gigantic

The Dangers Of Living In A Land Of Strung Out Debt Junkies

Obama Undermines Hard Work and People Who Play By The Rules (Hat Tip: Nancy Jacques)

World stocks up as G-20 vows to avoid currency war (Hat Tip: Brian B.)