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Subverting the Statehouse: Uncovering the Other ALECs

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 11:31 AM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
Seeded by Stephen-one shot-one kill

Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists: Lobbyists who circumvent normal lobbying regulations and procedures to advance the corporate agenda in statehouses nationwide on the taxpayer dime. If Washington DC is the new Versailles, run by corporate overlords and their lobbyist-hired  …

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2000 Years of Marriage Hyprocrisy Or Those Special Friends

Wed May 16, 2012 9:43 AM EDT
By bubbuh

Pat Buchanan, professional bigot for almost four decades now, was on TV yesterday. While there, he managed to lie about homosexuality for lunch. For dessert, he casually mentioned in his column that the descendants of American slaves should feel grateful that they were so desce …

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Sharpshooters Could be Called to Deal with City's Deer Problem

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 9:14 AM EDT (ABC Local Affiliates)
Seeded by maddad

May 16, 2012 (BLOOMINGTON, Ind.) -- A group studying the problems of deer in a southern Indiana city is expected to recommend the use of sharpshooters to reduce the number of animals.

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President Obama's Wealth Level Makes Him One of the Elite 1%

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 8:47 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Seeded by truthlover

President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account.  "This is a checking account used by the president and the first lady," said White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage. The president's other principal assets …

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Firefighters...Drinking on The Job!

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 8:21 AM EDT (wxyz)
Seeded by maddad

DETROIT (WXYZ) - Would you ever consider cracking open a cold beer and downing it at work?

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Merkel-Hollande Meeting Yields Greece Growth Signal - Bloomberg

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:33 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
Seeded by jfxgillis

Requests for measures to bolster growth will be“considered” and the European Union may also “approach Greece with proposals,” Merkel said late yesterday at a joint press conference with Hollande during his first official visit to Berlin. “Greece ca …

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Student Charged with Murder of Man Found in Park, Claims Sexual Assault

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 7:16 AM EDT (wtsp)
Seeded by maddad

New Port Richey, Florida -- A high school student has been arrested and charged with the death of a man whose body was found in Starkey Wilderness Park Sunday afternoon.

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BREAKING: A Good Laugh for Us Fellow Viners (includes funny links to The Dictator)

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 4:35 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
Seeded by Bart Gruzalski

Introducing The Dictator to the Vine--we need laughs in the midst of this Great Recession, our dueling candidates for president, death in Afghanistan, threats against Iran, and the plunging Euro. What is it with our obsession with satirising dictators? Thank the Lord we  …

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Nike-Sponsored Bible-Quoting Top Boxer Slams Obama: 'Gays Must Be Put To Death' | The New Civil Rights Movement

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 3:37 AM EDT (Politics | The New Civil Rights Movement)
Seeded by easyjjgrand3

A Nike-sponsored Bible-quoting top boxer who recently became a lawmaker in the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao, reportedly says gays “must be put to death” and is throwing punches at U.S. President Barack Obama for his comments last week in support of same-sex m …

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Mr. Boehner and the Debt - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Wed May 16, 2012 3:06 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Seeded by easyjjgrand3

It clearly does not bother Speaker John Boehner that he pushed the United States to the brink of default last year. It does not matter that the deep spending cuts in the resolution he demanded to end that crisis will hurt economic growth. It does not even matter that the House  …

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