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CHART OF THE DAY: Scary! Investors Trust Blogs More Than They Trust Their Brokers.

Absolutely, I would lend money to Warren before I lent it to Barack.

The news on this front, unfortunately, is getting worse rather than better:

The bond market is saying that it’s safer to lend to Warren Buffett than Barack Obama.

via Treasury Securities No Longer Risk-Free? – ProfessorBainbridge.com.  I think he’s equating us with Zimbabwe now.  The only way to stop this realistically is to cut the money funds off.

if we can defund it while we’re working towards that end, it’ll be like ripping the engine out of the car that drives the bill — and it’s very doable.

From TDN:

Alain Enthoven, Marriner S. Eccles Professor of Public and Private Management, Emeritus, Stanford University, Center for Health Policy delivers remarks at San Francisco health care reform discussion.

All for a huge monster that leaves a health care gap for kids.

it turns out the letter of the law provided a less-than-complete guarantee that kids with health problems would not be shut out of coverage.

And keeps sex offenders on Viagra.

I really should have gotten a degree in hacking.

Convicted TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez earned $75,000 a year working undercover for the U.S. Secret Service, informing on bank card thieves before he was arrested in 2008 for running his own multimillion-dollar card-hacking operation.

The information comes from one of Gonzalez’s best friends and convicted accomplices, Stephen Watt. Watt pleaded guilty last year to creating a sniffer program that Gonzalez used to siphon millions of credit and debit card numbers from the TJX corporate network while he was working undercover for the government.

via Secret Service Paid TJX Hacker $75,000 a Year | Threat Level | Wired.com.

Shoot, what would Peggy the Moocher do then?

Democrats have the votes to defeat all of the amendments, but some of them may be difficult to openly oppose. The Medicare Advantage restoration could be a big problem for Democrats who need seniors to support them in upcoming votes, for example. The amendment process puts each issue on the floor individually, making it much more difficult for Senators to vote one way and proclaim themselves another in the future.

via Hot Air » Blog Archive » “Poison pills,” errors could derail reconciliation process.

UPDATE:  They will continue to work on the socialist in chief’s agenda.

Buh bye!  h/t RBO

* Closing ACORN’s remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1st; and

* Developing a plan to resolve all outstanding debts, obligations and other issues.

via Acorn folds – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com.