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• Kindly ancient giant Paul Volcker, a nearly invisible member of the Obama administration for its first year, may be gaining in prominence as the pinstriped weasel Tim Geithner fades. [ The Big Money ]

• U.S. stocks had a hissy fit over President Obama telling the banks they could not do whatever they want forever. [ Washington Post ]

• Say goodbye to any Democratic majority anywhere ever again, now that the Supreme Court has allowed the evil Corporates to spend bazillions of dollars on political ads. [ New York Times ]

• A wee problem with sticking accelerator pedals has caused Toyota to recall 2.3 MILLION of its potentially murderous vehicles. [ MSNBC ]

• Scott Brown said that Ted Kennedy's shoes were "very, very big," and we all know whatthatmeans. [ Wall Street Journal ]

• This might be the year that inflation finally comes to bite the enormous Chinese economy in its enormous, inflated ass. [ Los Angeles Times ]