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France Fights Universal Care's High Cost - WSJ.com
Seeded on Fri Aug 7, 2009 7:06 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
In recent months, France imposed American-style "co-pays" on patients to try to throttle back prescription-drug costs and forced state hospitals to crack down on expenses.
San Diego group plans 'kiss-in' at Mormon temple
Seeded on Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:27 PM EDT (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
SALT LAKE CITY — A gay rights group plans to stage a mass kissing demonstration outside the San Diego Mormon temple as a show of support for a gay couple cited for trespassing in Utah after sharing a kiss on church property.
Amidst Questions About Their Numbers, White House Says Stimulus Will Save or Create 600,000 Jobs in the Next 100 Days - Political Punch
Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:13 AM EDT (ABC News Blogs)
In January, when the Obama team began presenting their pitch for the stimulus plan, they denied an overly rosy scenario.
L.A. Unified pays teachers not to teach - Los Angeles Times
Seeded on Fri May 22, 2009 11:22 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
About 160 instructors and others get salaries for doing nothing while their job fitness is reviewed. They collect roughly $10 million a year, even as layoffs are considered because of a budget gap.
US Rushing to Get More Authority Over Financial Giants - Financials * US * News * Story - CNBC.com
Seeded on Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:38 PM EDT (CNBC Top News and Analysis)
The White House and Congress are rushing to write legislation that allows the federal government to take over and unwind the businesses of a large financial institution—such as AIG or Citigroup the way it now can with commercial banks, CNBC has learned.
FDIC's Bair: 'Too Big to Fail' Strategy Must End - Economy * US * News * Story - CNBC.com
Seeded on Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:26 PM EDT (CNBC Top News and Analysis)
The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said Thursday that the government's strategy in the financial crisis of bailing out huge institutions deemed "too big to fail" must be replaced by a new model.
US is Already Bankrupt: Analyst - CNBC.com
Seeded on Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:21 PM EDT (CNBC Top News and Analysis)
Technically, the U.S. is already bankrupt because it has a debt that is almost four times the size of its economy, says Puru Saxena, CEO of Puru Saxena Wealth Management. He tells CNBC's Amanda Drury & Sri Jegarajah that the U.S. is at risk of hyperinflation.
Chief justice publicly accepts WND's eligibility petition
Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:11 PM EDT (worldnetdaily.com)
According to Orly Taitz, the attorney who confronted Chief Justice John Roberts at a lecture at the University of Idaho, the judge promised before the gathered crowd that he would, indeed, read and review the briefs and petition.
BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Warning over narcissistic pupils
Seeded on Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:02 PM EDT (BBC News)
The growing expectation placed on schools and parents to boost pupils' self-esteem is breeding a generation of narcissists, an expert has warned.
BBC NEWS | Health | Obesity boom will cost tax payers
Seeded on Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:40 PM EDT (BBC News)
Soaring obesity levels look set to drain local health and public service budgets, which will mean higher taxes for all, experts warn.
Another Dem Questions Obama Plan to Fund Health Reform
Seeded on Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:05 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
"Some of us have real pause about putting substantially more money into the health-care system when we have already got a bloated system," Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad said today, Dow Jones Newswires reports.
Thousands show support for soldiers - Yahoo! News UK
Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:38 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Crowds have gathered in defiant mood to welcome soldiers who were branded "butchers" and "cowards" by a small group of anti-war protesters.
White House nightlife under investigation
Seeded on Sat Mar 7, 2009 2:08 PM EST (worldnetdaily.com)
"It was right to criticize corporate execs for using taxpayer bailout money on bonuses and corporate junkets. In the face of this criticism, it is an outrage for Barack and Michelle Obama to party on, as Rome burns. It's like throwing a party at a funeral," he said.
Stock markets seem to not be sold on Obama
Seeded on Thu Mar 5, 2009 2:47 PM EST (msnbc.com)
At least on Wall Street, the honeymoon is over for President Barack Obama.
14 Right Wing code words you should know
Thu Mar 5, 2009 2:21 AM EST
For my liberal fiends, this is a partial list to improve your knowledge base. For my conservative friends, please feel free to contribute a few of your own;
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Paula Deen's Southern Fried Chicken
Seeded on Thu Mar 5, 2009 2:20 AM EST (FoodNetwork)
This is so delicious its dangerous !!
Democratic Party: Gleeful Ship of Fools
Wed Mar 4, 2009 1:54 PM EST
Somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle, onboard the S.S. Ship of Fools; Commanding Officer Obama: "Change heading 180 degrees to Port, all engines ahead full" Navigator Geithner: "Aye aye Captain, changing heading 180 degrees to Port, all engines ahead full"
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Congressman Introduces Legislation to Take Away 2nd Amendment Right
Wed Mar 4, 2009 10:56 AM EST
Wake up America! The media wants to distract you with the legislation about Barbie's being banned but there is FAR more dangerous legislation entering into congress. HR 45 is a bill introduced by Illinois Congressman (coincidence?) Bobby Rush.
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Rush Limbaugh: Mr. President, Keep the Airwaves Free
Seeded on Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:15 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)
As a former law professor, surely you understand the Bill of Rights. By RUSH LIMBAUGH Dear President Obama:
If I Am Responsible For Your Irresponsibility
Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:52 PM EST
It is my nature to express myself, especially in an era when some would wish me silent. But in good conscience I cannot be silent. I will expunge myself of this venom towards those who deserve it. Be ye warned.
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Obama's National Payday Loan
Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:22 PM EST
With the Democrats controlling both houses of Congress, the politicians in Washington, D.C., can now spend money faster than a drunken sailor who just received his "payday loan." The President's "Stimulus" plan reminds me of a "payday" loan.
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Mad as Hell: National Debt
Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:07 PM EST
I graduated high school, a dewy-eyed optimist in the year of our nation's bicentennial, 1976. Winner of several Academy Awards, the film Network was released that same year.
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Dow "tanks" as Investors "just say no" to Obama/Geither Bank Bail out Plan
Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:21 PM EST
Investors sold off stocks in an apparent "no confidence vote towards the Stimulus and the Bank Bail out Plan today.
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USA Swimming suspends Phelps for 3 months
Seeded on Thu Feb 5, 2009 8:51 PM EST (NBC Sports)
Michael Phelps has been suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming, the latest fallout from a photo that showed the Olympic great holding what appeared to be a marijuana pipe.
Army gets first female four-star general
Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:43 PM EST (msnbc.com)
From its humble beginning 33 years ago at Fort Sill, Okla., the career of Ann E. Dunwoody is ascending to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: four-star general.
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