ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pressure mounted on Thursday for Pakistan’s  President Asif Ali Zardari to resign after a court struck down an amnesty protecting him and other politicians from possible prosecution for corruption.

via Pressure mounts on Pakistan’s Zardari to quit | Reuters.

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Nothing is real in Copenhagen – not the temperature record, not the predictions, not the agenda, not the “solution”. -Andrew Bolt

President Chavez brought the house down.

When he said the process in Copenhagen was “not democratic, it is not inclusive, but isn’t that the reality of our world, the world is really and imperial dictatorship…down with imperial dictatorships” he got a rousing round of applause.

When he said there was a “silent and terrible ghost in the room” and that ghost was called capitalism, the applause was deafening.

But then he wound up to his grand conclusion – 20 minutes after his 5 minute speaking time was supposed to have ended and after quoting everyone from Karl Marx to Jesus Christ – “our revolution seeks to help all people… socialism, the other ghost that is probably wandering around this room, that’s the way to save the planet, capitalism is the road to hell… let’s fight against capitalism and make it obey us.” He won a standing ovation.

via Putting our economy in the hands of Chavez fans | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog.

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President Barack Obama has signed into law a $1.1 trillion bill that increases the budgets in many areas of the government by about 10 percent, including health, law enforcement and veterans’ programs.

The bill lumps together six of the 12 annual appropriations bills for the 2010 budget year that began Oct. 1.

Most Republicans opposed the bill, citing runaway federal spending. They also pointed to an estimated $3.9 billion for more than 5,000 local projects sought by lawmakers from both parties.

via Obama signs $1.1 trillion spending bill into law – Yahoo! News.

Memo to Yahoo News: “local projects sought by lawmakers” are generally known as “earmarks.”

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[Alan] Greenspan backed a proposal by Democratic Senator Kent Conrad and Republican Senator Judd Gregg for an 18-member task force on deficit reduction.The commission would recommend possible spending cuts or tax hikes the Senate and House of Representatives would have to consider. A 60 percent super majority would be needed in each chamber for approval.

via Greenspan backs deficit-reduction commission – Yahoo! News.

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