CoOlDiGgY: Mar 9, 2010

the big story (late edition)

Failed Banks May Get Pension-Fund Backing

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is trying to encourage public retirement funds that control more than $2 trillion to buy all or part of failed lenders, taking a more direct role in propping up the banking system, said people briefed on the matter.

Direct investments may allow funds such as those in Oregon, New Jersey and California to cut fees for private-equity managers, and the agency to get better prices for distressed assets, the people said. They declined to be identified because talks with regulators are confidential.

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earlier:

The Real Climategate

Conservation Groups Align With World’s Worst Polluters

Major environmental groups are coming under criticism from within their own ranks for taking positions that some say are antithetical to their stated missions of saving the planet.

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CoOlDiGgY news (late edition)

ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan

*H1N1 "protection" added to next season's flu shots

*Kucinich: Nader-Like Spoiler To Some Dems, Hero To Others

*Bank of America Ending Overdrafts on Debit Cards

*Job openings up sharply in January to 2.7M

*Chile quake moves city 10 feet

*Senate Drops Funding For Summer Jobs Program And Enhanced Subsidies For Poor Families With Children

*Jobless aid, tax breaks clear Senate hurdle

*LifeLock settles with FTC over 'deceptive' ads

*Judge considers sending ex-Edwards aide to jail

*Way Too Big to Save

earlier:

Marjah, the city that never was

WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand. That idea was a central element in the overall impression built up in February that Marjah was a major strategic objective, more important than other district centers in Helmand.

It turns out, however, that the picture of Marjah presented by military officials and reported by major news media is one of the clearest and most dramatic pieces of misinformation of the entire war, apparently aimed at hyping the offensive as an historic turning point in the conflict.

Marjah is not a city or even a real town.

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*Brazil slaps trade sanctions on U.S. to retaliate for subsidies to cotton farmers

*Obama administration plans to close International Labor Comparisons office

*Parents lie to their kids 100 times a year

*If the Enquirer Wants a Pulitzer, It Needs to be Transparent

*Why Americans are so angry

*Cali Governor vetoes $4-billion package of budget cuts

*Top home-school texts dismiss evolution for creationism

the fairer sex

the Girls of CoOlDiGgY

(coming soon)

PG-Rated Upskirts: Celeb Upskirt Fun for the Whole Family

We won't judge you for the way you are raising your family but Family Upskirt Fun is an essential part of healthy bonding. You can teach your family: 1) proper ways of leaving a car (posture) 2) to do laundry regularly 3) the exact location babies come from