#ding

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda. ↗

— John Yoo

#abu #against #al #apply #between

Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs. ↗

— John Yoo

#detention #does #even #facilities #holding

We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a lot of times they couldn't pay the rent. We wouldn't throw them out so we lost the building. ↗

— Dick York

#bought #building #going #live #lost

Well, I've been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War, about Western foreign policy and all that. I try not to let it get to me, but sometimes I just think that there's no hope. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#been #fifty #foreign #foreign policy #get

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#dominant #leading #political #political power #possible

What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#american economy #because #developments #economy #envy

Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building. ↗

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

#art #believe #building #create #drive

Housing was ground zero for the Great Recession. Between early 2006 and Obama's inauguration in 2009, average house prices fell by a third across the country. In certain areas, including cities as diverse as Akron, Orlando and Las Vegas, house prices fell by more than half. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#akron #areas #average #between #certain

Lenders look at potential borrowers from many angles before extending credit: How much of its income will a household need to put into debt repayment? How large is the down payment? Does the borrower have a job with a stable income? What is the borrower's credit score? ↗

— Mark Zandi

#before #borrower #borrowers #credit #debt

The extension and expansion of the payroll tax holidays for workers would be number one on my list and key to avoiding recession. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#expansion #extension #holidays #key #list