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• This Is Why Jim Gray Will Be Mayor

  
  Page One — Authority: 557
  Jim Gray has released his statement on the Kentucky League of Cities audit : “The audit report of the KLC speaks to a larger issue.   When you total the costs of these scandals from the past year, we the taxpayers are being stuck with more than a $3.5 million tab for questionable spending, bonuses, perks, ...
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• Republican Corruption Contributed, Too

  
  Seeing the Forest — Authority: 128
  People talk about how the conservatives brought us deregulation, which led to the financial crisis. But there was something else the conservatives brought us that I think is just as responsible: corruption, crony capitalism and the predator state. Why isnt anyone making the connection?And why... [[ This is a ...
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• Estate of Denial news round-up (12.17.09)

  
  Estate of Denial — Authority: 141
  It’s been another big estate news day.  Note the article posted about how the Nina Wang estate looting trial has harmed credibility within Hong Kong’s formerly revered feng shui community .  We find this an interesting example of using a guise of respectability for abusive purposes.  Feng shui “master” ...
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• Abuse of power

  
  Aguanomics — Authority: 479
  Emily Green writes a compelling portrait of power and corruption: Once again the Resnicks are using influence to bend the rules to their purposes. This time, instead of bullying a newspaper using a flagrant fabrication about a journalist, they are bullying a politician to have the opinions of scientists overturned ...
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• Bill to make Harley-Davidson the official Wisconsin motorcycle stalls

  
  goldiron — Authority: 144
  Bill to make Harley-Davidson the official Wisconsin motorcycle stallsDecember 17, 2009MADISON – A proposal to name Harley-Davidson as the official Wisconsin motorcycle has stalled in the state Legislature.The sponsor of the bill asked that a vote in committee to send it to the full Assembly for debate be delayed so ...
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• Pakistan defence minister stopped from leaving country

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Islamabad, Dec 18 (IANS) Pakistan Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar was Thursday stopped from leaving the country at the airport here, a media report said.The minister, along with his delegation, was scheduled to leave the country for an official visit to China. He was intercepted by the Federal Investigation ...
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• New Jersey Does it again Ranks 50th in climate for business ownership

  
  The Ridgewood Blog — Authority: 143
  The only worse climate for business ownership in the entire United States can be found in the District of Columbia... Small Business Survival Index 2009: State Rankings Rank State 1 South Dakota 2 Nevada 3 Texas 4 Wyoming 5 Washington 6 Florida 7 South Carolina 8 Colorado 9 Alabama 10 Virginia 11 Ohio 12 Alaska ...
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• The greatest and scariest conspiracy ever!

  
  The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette — Authority: 138
  by PPJ Correspondent Michael Webster: Syndicated Investigative Reporter. Dec 17, 2009 at 12:30 PM PST.As the first year of the Obama Administration comes to a close, many questions remain about the mysteries of the so-called “dark side” of the “war on terror”.  No investigation by this administration of the ...
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• Porkulus Didn’t Go Where Jobs Are Needed, It Went to Democrat Districts

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 536
  The Washington Examiner brings us the latest slap in the face from the Democrats. This pretty much proves what most of us have known along – that stimulus spending has nothing to do with creating jobs and everything to do with politics. The Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia is one of the ...
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• 2nd District: Isaac Hayes Adds Phylicia Lyons as School Adviser

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 547
  -By Warner Todd Huston Republican south-sider Isaac Hayes has a tall order on his hands; face and defeat Chicago machine favorite and incumbent Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. But Hayes has added a new education adviser to his campaign staff that shows that he is serious in his effort to defeat Jackson and offer the ...
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• How the Scientology Organization deals with external criticism, illustrated by the example of the Anonymous Movement in the U.S.A.

  
  Graham E. Berry — Authority:
  I wish to thank the State of Hamburg and Ursula Caberta for inviting me to deliver my opinions on how the Church of Scientology handles its external critics. [1] The brief answer is that Scientology handles critical messages by attacking and trying to destroy the messenger with denials, deception, ...
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• Thursday Afternoon Dept of Ruh Ros & Hot Messes

  
  Page One — Authority: 557
  Dear USPS/Frankfort Capitol staff: Thanks for losing the Golden Poo Awards recently shipped to Governor Steve Beshear and Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo. Aww, today’s Rand Paul scandal that I gave Joe has gone national. And the story is terrible. Maybe now the press in Kentucky will pay attention. [ The Hill ] ...
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• Asif Ali Zardari on shaky ground after amnesty overturned

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 571
  PAKISTANS Supreme Court has thrown the government into further turmoil by overruling an amnesty protecting President Asif Ali Zardari, ministers and 8000 bureaucrats from prosecution. The decision effectively revives thousands of criminal and corruption charges against public officials quashed under the ...
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• Legal fee dispute under consideration; ‘conspiracy of silence’ alleged

  
  Estate of Denial — Authority: 141
  Challenge to $40 Million Contingency Fee Now in Referee’s Hands Attorney for client’s estate argued that three Graubard Miller lawyers were in a ‘conspiracy of silence’ regarding monetary gifts from the client Nate Raymond December 17, 2009 New York Law Journal ...
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• Bulletproof Interview Special – Global Compliance Challenges in 2010: Chris Barbee on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

  
  Bulletproof — Authority: 423
  As companies begin to successfully navigate the myriad reputational challenges inherent in the increasingly global regulatory infrastructure, Bulletproof Blog™ presents the first in a series of video interviews with leading regulatory and compliance strategists. In today’s installment, Chris Barbee, a Global ...
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• CLIMATEGATE - Copenhagen: A climate of manipulation

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 681
  Some naive folk, who probably still don’t understand that governments do not, in fact, make money of their own but merely take what has been earned by others and redistribute it to causes they think will win them the most votes, may believe that the wealth redistribution will actually lower the temperature of the ...
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• Particpiate in re-drawing CAs political boundaries

  
  Aguanomics — Authority: 479
  via DW For Californians willing to invest big hours for a shot at making history and creating a more competitive Legislature, today marks your chance. Cost to apply? Nothing. Expected to be watched closely nationwide, California will begin implementing a power-to-the-people initiative, Proposition 11, passed by ...
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• Paying Off Our Enemies in Afghanistan?

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  Here’s a story about the Afghanistan War that should get more attention: the Washington Post’s Walter Pincus reports that U.S. trucking companies hired by the Pentagon are allegedly paying off warlords and the Taliban to ensure a safe passage on their deliveries. These companies have made thousands of trips ...
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• Intelligence Improperly Collected on U.S. Citizens

  
  goldiron — Authority: 144
  Source: NY TimesWASHINGTON — In February, a Department of Homeland Security intelligence official wrote a “threat assessment” for the police in Wisconsin about a demonstration involving local pro- and anti-abortion rights groups.That report soon drew internal criticism because the groups “posed no threat to ...
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• Dont Act Now, Its Not Too Late Yet by David Swanson

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 502
  The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today, Wednesday, December 16th, on a war funding bill that will pay for the escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Nobody will tell you that. Theyll tell you its a "defense" bill, and that a small part of it -- a mere $130 billion -- is for wars (which therefore ...
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