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I noted the other day that Timmeh (or, according to other coverage of this, Helicopter Ben) told the banks to keep their stress test results to themselves. Well, apparently, stockholder and taxpayers are not the only ones left out of the secret. So is Congressional Oversight Board Chair Elizabeth Warren. In fact, she's not even allowed to know the formulas they used to measuring the banks.

So here's a Happy Easter story of puppies and pirates. There once was a Portuguese Water puppy that lived, for a time, with older cousins at a big estate in Hyannisport, MA. Because the puppy's cousin's people were Democrats, the puppy learned not only basic puppy manners, but also a fine respect for Democratic institutions, including social services, tolerance, and solidarity with other working breeds. There came a time when that Portuguese Water

Pirates! Arrrr, they're teh new sharks matey. Scary! And we should rightly be worried about this pirate problem, because CNN, MSNBC and the print have been relentlessly telling us so. First it was the seizure of the quasi American flagged cargo ship Maersk Alabama, and now the pesky pirates have snared an Italian tugboat too. But is the problem really that widespread? Maybe not.

Luis Posada Carriles just got indicted again. Jeff Stein raises concerns about his treatment. Which might make this trial a good teaching opportunity into the way Homeland Security misuses immigration policing.

Tim Geithner is now instructing publicly traded companies to hide data about their financial health.

Leon Panetta just reassured Congress that contractors will no longer be used for interrogations.

Michael Moore endorses Chase boycott.

In addition to pushing Chrysler into bankruptcy, JPMorgan Chase was selling some awful gimmicks to local governments.

We're boycotting Chase to pressure JP Morgan to negotiate with Chrysler and allow it to remain out of bankruptcy. Sign on!