Via the Politico : University of Michigan economist Donald Grimes sees focusing on reviving manufacturing in the state as a doomed strategy. In today’s cut-throat competitive economic environment, he says, Michigan is largely going to lose jobs to lower-cost states like Alabama. Instead, Grimes argues that Michigan needs to focus on transitioning to a “knowledge” economy –industries that rely on highly educated and skilled workers.

Non cenna ad arrestarsi l’atteggiamento persecutorio del PSNI nei confronti dell’ex pow repubblicano John Connolly. E’ stato infatti portato all’attenzione del 32 County Sovereignty Movement, il tentativo da parte del PSNI di ‘reclutare’ come informatore un parente  dell’ex O.C. (Officer Commanding, ndr). L’uomo, proveniente dalla contea di Cavan, stava guidando in un’area del Fermanagh quando è stato fermato da un’auto di pattuglia del PSNI con la sirena accesa.

DigitalJournal.com ‘Cash-for-Clunkers’ Becomes a Republican Target New York Times The government’s “cash-for-clunkers” program has become the latest political flashpoint, as Obama administration officials urge the Senate to approve more money for the program, and Republicans raised concerns about it on Sunday. …

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I picked up a story on the BCR Feeds page from Taxing Tennessee titled “John Tanner says constituents are DUMB as rocks“. In his story, Ben Cunningham states, “Ole John clearly believes his hillbilly constituents simply don’t have the gray matter to understand all the complicated goins on in our nation’s Capital.” He provides a John Tanner quote from the Politico and linked to the original story.“The Blue Dog mentality is best described from my standpoint as, on economic and finance, center right, and on social issues, center left,” says Rep.

Speaker of the House Nancy “Stretch” Pelosi made all sorts of enws last week, but no headline was better than the one from The Politico, which claimed that Pelosi “couldn’t care less” if she is liked by the commoners. Well, that’s good, because she is as unpopular as the Free Credit Report.com singers now. Luckily, [...]

To paraphrase our current President, Sarah Palin’s supporters acted stupidly in defending Meg Stapleton’s decision to deny divorce rumors on Palin’s Facebook page. Conservatives4Palin is leading the charge to conflate the unsourced Alaska Report story with CNN , in an apparent attempt to push the “media martyr” meme. They start out calling Alaska Report’s Dennis Zaki a “CNN stringer,” but then, later in the story, he gets a promotion: I call B.S. on both Politico and Tommy Christopher here.