Ross Douthat has solved America’s deficit problem: Good news, America: Using the online budget simulator created by the good people at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, I’ve successfully reduced our deficit to a relatively stable 60 percent of G.D.P. by the year 2018. All it took was means-testing Social Security and raising the retirement age to 68, keeping… Read more »
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Twitter: CNN Breaking News — U.S. Senate passes a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, which now must be reconciled with House version.
Twitter: Obama to intel. director Dennis Blair: “Let me be clear: Pack your s**t.” http://bit.ly/d3H9Ny (joke stolen from @allahpundit re: Van Jones)
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair has resigned, two senior intelligence officials confirm.
Twitter: Stocks down almost 4% today: http://bit.ly/bCQgw4. Nouriel Roubini warns of a further 20% fall, double-dip recession: http://bit.ly/ddPxyj. #PANIC
FriendFeed: More examples unearthed of Blumenthal’s “misplaced words”
On the second day of Google’s I/O conference today, the search giant announced a new product, GoogleTV. The platform, which will be available built in to at least some Sony TVs, as well as available in stand-alone boxes (think TiVO or your cable DVR box), combines your DVR functionality (including program guide), web-based video sites like Hulu, and Netflix streaming…. Read more »
Twitter: U.S. stocks fall sharply amid global selloff: http://bit.ly/dnW6m5. Euro drops, jobless claims rise unexpectedly: http://bit.ly/91NrUQ. EVERYBODY PANIC
Twitter: RT @markknoller: WH is backing South Korea’s charge the a North Korean torpedo sank a South Korean Navy vessel Mar 26, killing 46 sailors.