Friday Morning News And Links

Active rigs: 189 (steady)

RBN Energy: NGL storage, the series continues.

WSJ Links

Section M (Mansion): seldom read.

Section D (Arena): Later

Section C (Money & Investing):

Section B (Marketplace):

• TrainWreck: young, healthy? leading a healthy lifestyle? -- your premiums go up. 
• TrainWreck: new health insurance will be too expensive for the lowest-paid; 30 million uninsured; here we go.
• GM: maintenance-free deals for two years for new cars;

Section A:

• Obama-NSA spied on all Americans -- well, at least anyone who connected to the Internet; providers had no clue; blame it on Bush Patriot Act; no links; story everywhere; as noted earlier, a new scandal would knock the other bucket of scandals off the front page [Later, Obama press conference, in which he said: "All in Congress knew of NSA intelligence gathering; no one is listening to your phone calls." If that is accurate -- everyone in Congress knew -- it speaks volumes about Schumer, Rangel, Markey, others.]
• Household wealth at pre-recession levels; Obama won't note it because his 47% are not participating
• The president's civil-liberties record questioned: spied on all Americans -- well, any who used the Internet; and all this time folks were concerned about Google tracking ISPs. Cue up Connie Francie
• FISA: the government's secret court
• When NSA calls, ATT, Verizon, Sprint, others answer
• TrainWreck: analysts expect "glitches" in health-care exchanges
• Op-Ed: IRS political timeline -- and the president's speeches; mainstream media fell for it, hook, line, and sinker

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"Don't get so excited. Everyone in Congress knew this was going on." -- Harry Reid

Everybody Knows, Leonard Cohen