[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Economic forecasters at the University of Pacific have found that the Californian economy is in a recession, in contrast to the findings of the UCLA Anderson forecast, reportsthe Sac Bee. In the terms of numbers, UoP forecasters stress that it’sjust a quibble, with the economy getting only slightly worse in thelast quarter.

Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the invasion ofIraq. Bob Mulholland of the DNC is celebrating it at the CaliforniaProgress Report by noting that the Iraq War has lasted longer than WWII. (He means US involvement in WWII, but give it a little more time.) Herightly lambasts McCain for his claim that Iran and Al-Qaeda areintimately connected, but the suggestion that McCain’s starting tosuffer from dementia or Alzheimer’s is a low blow.

Photo courtesy of the AFP.

by blogswarm [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

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