Slate: The real AIG scandal isn't the bonuses, it's that their counterparties are getting paid back in full. Boss Rush and Blubbering Bircher Beck defended the bonuses.  

Ken Silverstein: AIG and Congress: Washington on $53,000 a day

Attackerman: Something in the way

Ezra Klein: Secret liberal cabal plots to run the universe

Mercury Rising: A sliver of good news, but it might be based on bullshit.  I always have high hopes but low expectations

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