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At Least Birthers Do Homework
But the state still gets between 10 and 20 e-mails seeking verification of Obama's birth each week, most of them from outside Hawaii, Kim said Tuesday. via Hawaii... | More »March 18, 12:00 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Reconciling Reconciliation
Reconciliation has been used with increasing frequency. That was bad enough. But at least for the Bush tax cuts or the prescription drug bill, there was significant bi... | More »March 18, 12:00 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
The Most Confusing Lede of All Time
Underlying the latest U.S.-Israel spat over settlements is the deeper — real — problem: There are five key actors in the Israeli-Palestinian equation today. Two of... | More »March 18, 12:00 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Rush on 'Massa'
LIMBAUGH: Are you sure that Paterson appoints or is there a special election? CALLER: I am reasonably sure that Paterson will be appointing the replacement, assuming t... | More »March 11, 9:35 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Shorting America Rocks!
Lower credit risk means a lower price for protection. Zero implies zero risk. The higher the basis points, the higher the implied risk. When U.S. credit default swaps ... | More »March 9, 9:50 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
A Field Guide to Sports Egos
When you have agents and hangers-on handing you money and naked women and Escalades from the age of 14 on, it's bound to swell your head. Some athletes just get a... | More »March 4, 9:36 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Santelli on Predatory Lending: "You can't cheat an honest man"
Look at about the 5-minute mark of this video — Janet Tavakoli debating Rick Santelli about predatory lending. You basically have a whole panel of CNBC goons pooh-po... | More »March 3, 3:04 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Dems Get Religion on Health Care Antitrust Exemption
MY health insurer here in California is Anthem Blue Cross. So far, my group policy hasn't been affected by Anthem's planned rate increase of as much as 39 pe... | More »February 24, 11:20 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
AP: Russians Still Sucking on ?Miracle on Ice?
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) ? They are gathering again at a Winter Olympics, now aging cold warriors. Thirty years ago, they played a game that has been called th... | More »February 23, 4:46 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Re: The Mark Twain House Event
Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:30 p.m. A Pen Warmed Up in Hell: Matt Taibbi and Charles P. Pierce : Rolling Stone political columnist Matt Taibbi and author Charles P. Pi... | More »February 23, 4:13 PM ET| Matt Taibbi -
On the Bailout Hustle
So my new article in Rolling Stone, "Wall Street's Bailout Hustle," is up and online. The piece was a lot of fun to write mainly because I got to learn a lot abou... | More »February 22, 11:59 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Feeling low
Sorry for the lack of posts; I've been really sick for days. I hope to be back at it soon. What are you reading these days? And, are there issues I should be chec... | More »February 17, 11:57 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Tony Mazz's Sox Math
Of course, we thought the same thing when Bay came up for discussion. As it turned out, the Sox dug in their heels on protective language in the event Bay had any inju... | More »February 12, 10:21 AM ET| Matt Taibbi -
Michael Lewis: Wall St. Is Done
To this day, the willingness of a Wall Street investment bank to pay me hundreds of thousands of dollars to dispense investment advice to grownups remains a mystery to... | More »February 11, 11:31 AM ET| Matt Taibbi
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