Today's edition of quick hits:
* Tahrir Square is once again the center of massive Egyptian protests.
* On a related note, ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak's health is reportedly failing. Reuters reports that he "was declared clinically dead by his doctors on Tuesday." (Update: Mubarak is now reportedly "clinging to life" in a military hospital.)
* Eurozone: "As Greece's political parties maneuvered to form a new government Tuesday, the country's creditors were signaling a willingness to discuss revised terms for Greece's bailout package to reflect its rapidly deteriorating economy."
* Might Germany step up? "Angela Merkel is poised to allow the eurozone's 750bn bailout fund to buy up the bonds of crisis-hit governments in a desperate effort to drive down borrowing costs for Spain and Italy and prevent the single currency from imploding."
* Pakistan: "The Supreme Court dismissed Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday, drastically escalating a confrontation between the government and the judiciary and plunging the political system into turmoil."
* Flame virus: "The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected critical intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage attacks aimed at slowing Iran's ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with knowledge of the effort."
* Demanding answers: "If JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon got the kid-gloves treatment in the Senate, the boxing gloves were out in the House Tuesday."
* The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will begin "releasing detailed information on Americans' complaints about their credit cards, part of a public database that the agency hopes will be both comprehensive and granular." Good.
* Former Gabrielle Giffords aide Ron Barber is now Rep. Ron Barber (D-Ariz.).
* Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is aware of Internet memes.
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"...declared clinically dead by his doctors on Tuesday."
your health doesn't get much more failing than that.
They are still counting CA - Prop 29 cigarette tax. It trails by ~17,500 votes out of 5 million with about 250,000 votes still to be counted.
http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_20891782/prop-29-california-tobacco-tax-measure-trails-by
http://www.news10.net/news/article/197463/2/Votes-still-uncounted-Prop-29-losing-by-razor-thin-margin
Help ! ! I am attempting to email Maddow.blog. No Joy. I am looking for a link to the graph on the 18 Jun show showing gov't employment during the last 4 recessions.
Thanks
You mean this?
http://wonkwire.com/2012/06/12/chart-of-the-day-20/
Delighted by the CFPB's Cordray and the exposure of over 40,000 complaints about credit issuers...Keep it up!
This information violated the National Security Act of 1947 when it was first leaked.
Leaking information without the proper authority jeopardizes human life and national security, which falls under the general category of treason.
J. Bohner assigned M. Bachmann to sit on the following.
She has access to all of the details for projects being conducted by the following.
That provides access to information about the cyber attack on the Iraqi nuclear facility that was leaked.