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"Jobless claims were actually even better than some down here [on Wall Street] thought," cashin said. But he cautioned that political conflict such as the ongoing health-care debate is constituting a form of class warfare -- which could hinder America's return to economic health.

"It's bubbling up again, all this 'Wall Street versis Main Street' stuff...If we could get back to work again instead of pointing fingers, things in this country would go a lot better."

Art Cashin: Class Warfare a Threat to US Recovery

CNBC, Published: Thursday, 24 Dec 2009 | 11:36 AM ET, via Duncan Black / Atrios Eschaton.

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Privacy law was largely created in the pre-Internet age, and new rules are needed to keep up with the ways people communicate today. Much of what occurs online, like blog posting, is intended to be an open declaration to the world, and law enforcement is within its rights to read and act on what is written. Other kinds of communication, particularly in a closed network, may come with an expectation of privacy. If government agents are joining social networks under false pretenses to spy without a court order, for example, that might be crossing a line.

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Published: December 13, 2009
Privacy law was largely created in the pre-Internet age, and new rules are needed to keep up with the ways people communicate today.

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