Bailout Thread

12 Comments

1. 

   idredit on October 1, 2008 at 7:06 pm

   Important aside:  Candy Recalled

   Candy with chemical in Chinese milk found in Conn

   Connecticut inspectors find tainted White Rabbit candy from China in Asian markets.

   The state Department of Consumer Protection has found candy on several store shelves in Connecticut that is contaminated with an industrial chemical blamed for sickening tens of thousands of infants in China.

   The department is warning people not to eat the White Rabbit Creamy Candy, which was imported from China and sold primarily at Asian markets.

   Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said tests on the candy by the Connecticut Agriculture Experiment State Laboratory found melamine, which is used in plastics manufacturing, and has been associated recently with contaminated infant formula and other milk protein-containing products in China.

   The distributor of the candy, Queensway Foods Company Inc., of Burlingame, Cal., says it is recalling White Rabbit.

   (This version CORRECTS name of chemical to Melamine instead of Melanine.)

2. 

   keyman12 on October 1, 2008 at 8:22 pm

   Ok ppl read Mike Whitney here…

   http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20915.htm

3. 

   ejmw on October 1, 2008 at 8:52 pm

   Vote starting now on C-SPAN.

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     ejmw on October 1, 2008 at 8:53 pm

     And by ‘now’ I mean ‘soon’.

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   ejmw on October 1, 2008 at 9:11 pm

   They aren’t really keeping the CSPAN graphic up to date.  Dodd voted yes, Feingold voted no.  They are like 1/3 of the way through but the graphic reads Y=13, N=4.

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   ejmw on October 1, 2008 at 9:12 pm

   Well, it is obvious this thing is going to pass the Senate.  We’ll see how it does in the House.

6. 

   ejmw on October 1, 2008 at 9:21 pm

   It passed 74-25 (or 75-24, I was in the kitchen).

   Not sure who didn’t vote.

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     Man Eegee on October 1, 2008 at 9:23 pm

     Kennedy?

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       ejmw on October 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm

       You win!

       

7. 

   Zandar1 on October 1, 2008 at 10:28 pm

   So the bill that most likely won’t solve the problem now has an extra $110 trillion in various pork bullshit stuffed into it, meaning that House conservatives are even less likely to vote for it, as well as pissing off the Bush Dogs (who voted for the bill in a 3-2 margin).

   Look, some real legislation to solve the problem and regulation to prevent it from happening again must be passed, instead we get a mountain of garbage with chocolate syrup on it and a shovel.

   This is even worse legislation than it was Monday.

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     Salunga on October 1, 2008 at 10:51 pm

        Krugman was on Countdown tonight and he said the same thing. Better then Paulson’s plan(heh) but worse then Monday. He still wants it passed and then pass some sort of partial nationalization of the banking system in January or February. Hopefully with Obama and a  more progressive congress.

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   ejmw on October 1, 2008 at 10:32 pm

   Roll call vote is up.