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Sun spots

Posted at 7:37 AM on February 24, 2009 by Bob Collins (0 Comments)
Filed under: Economy

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It was a gorgeous sunrise across the frozen tundra of flyover country this morning. Against the backdrop of a collapsing economy, we caught ourselves singing "the sun will come up tomorrow," before we recalled another famous sun-phrase: "Red sky in morning, sailor take warning."

Tonight, Barack Obama gives his speech to a joint session of Congress and we'll figure out which he's going with. I'll live blog it here at 8 p.m.

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