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Halliburton stock jumps as operations flourish

Halliburton Co. saw a double-digit jump in its stock price this morning after its third quarter earnings beat Wall Street expectations and CEO Dave Lesar expressed confidence in the company’s ability to weather the current economic crisis.

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Digby on the result of her "coming out" as a woman:

My lack of gender identity precluded some of the online sexism, derision and rudeness that are so common for women writers. I've since been schooled in the phenomenon.

IIRC, the most furious sexist attacks occurred whenever she dared evince even the slightest skepticism toward one candidate in particular. Read below the fold...

And if they do, I'm sure the Democrats would never grant them retroactive immunity for them anyhow. Sure, Bush, Reid, Pelosi, and Obama did just that for the telcos with FISA [cough] reform, but the two situations are completely different. For some reason. But isn't technology swell? The great Walter Pincus: Read below the fold...

Krugman:

I don’t want to suggest that everyone would be better off under the Obama tax plan. Joe the plumber would almost certainly be better off, but Richie the hedge fund manager would take a serious hit.

So, I'm happy that Richie might take a hit on his taxes, depending on the quality of his accountant. Read below the fold...

Colinoscopy:

"He will have a role as one of my advisers," Barack Obama said on NBC's "Today" in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush's former secretary of state, endorsed him.

"Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that's a good fit for him, is something we'd have to discuss," Obama said.

Well, a question:

Judy Miller for press secretary? Read below the fold...

So close.... Read below the fold...

No?

Then we didn't win the war. It really is as simple as that. Read below the fold...

Via Digby, Donna Brazile still has a job, and she's on the teebee!

[Obama's] going to have to put things on the table that perhaps many of us would not like to see a Democratic president put on the table in terms of cutting back on spending, freezing hiring and making some real tough decisions. So, I think he will be constrained by the deficit and also by the fact that we're still in two major wars.

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Looking for something else, I ran across Christopher Lydon musing on Boston and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He had this to say about the Boston Public Library: Read below the fold...

Nice to know the Patriot Act and FISA don't just apply to civilians. According to an article at Military.com:
The Senate Intelligence Committee is examining allegations by two former U.S. military linguists that the super-secret National Security Agency routinely eavesdropped on the private telephone calls of American military officers, journalists and aid workers. Read below the fold...

A rematch in N.H. 1st District contest

Shea-Porter has been unwavering in her dedication to getting health care to every American citizen.

"The plan I support is Medicare for all," the incumbent congresswoman said on her campaign Web site. "It is cost effective and the structure is already in place.

"With Medicare, health care is privately delivered," the site says. "This allows the freedom to choose your own doctors."

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Those are the key phrases in Sarah Palin's answers to the nation's energy needs. In Scranton on the 14th, and in Roswell today, McCain running-mate Sarah Palin repeats the drumbeat.

In discussing Mr. McCain's plans to get American back on the road to energy independence, Mrs. Palin called it a national security issue. The governor said there is more coal in the United States than there is oil in Saudi Arabia and promised Pennsylvania, with its coal reserves, will have a key role to play.
"Drill, baby, drill, and mine, baby, mine," Mrs. Palin said as the crowd roared its approval.

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The Howler's massive takedown on "kill him" continues. Read the whole thing for the detail; the bottom line for me: Read below the fold...

And second frost.

Part of me still thinks the electric heater is cheaper, and that I should save the wood for when I really, really need it -- but it really is not cheaper. Read below the fold...

Happy days on Wall Street! And to think I imagined there was some kind of crisis! Guardian:

Financial workers at Wall Street's top banks are to receive pay deals worth more than $70bn (£40bn), a substantial proportion of which is expected to be paid in discretionary bonuses, for their work so far this year - despite plunging the global financial system into its worst crisis since the 1929 stock market crash, the Guardian has learned.

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