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• Myths, Scares, Lies, and Deadly Innocent Frauds: Part One

  
  Corrente — Authority: 629
  One characteristic of modern political and economic discourse is frequent asserting of beliefs about economics and money that have been variously described by some observers as myths , scares , lies , innocent frauds , and deadly innocent frauds . Innocent frauds was the courteous labeling of such beliefs by John ...
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• U.S. Social Security Will Go Bankrupt In 2010

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  U.S. Social Security Will Go Bankrupt In 2010 Economics / US Debt Dec 08, 2009 - 03:16 AM By: Gary North For the third time in my life, the Social Security System will go belly-up. The first time was in 1977 – well, almost. To head off the bust, Jimmy Carter got Congress to pass a major FICA tax increase – sorry, ...
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• EU Ministers expected to issue statement on East Jerusalem today

  
  UN-Truth — Authority: 124
  Today could mark an important step in the Middle East peace process. EU Foreign Ministers are to meet to consider a statement on East Jerusalem and a future Palestinian state. As the Jerusalem Post’s Herb Keinon reports, there has been heavy lobbying: “Israel is pushing for a text much shorter than the ...
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• For Conservative Movie Lovers: Hal Needham, Burt Reynolds and ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ Part 1

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 746
  These days, big-city philistines posing as cultural elites call it “flyover country.” From the comfort of a private jet, it looks like a vast ocean of emptiness. And yet, every election day, media newsrooms find themselves grudgingly painting that part of the map red — blood red. To them, the American ...
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• Taking the Tesla for a spin

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  We took a short spin in a Tesla to see what an all-electric sports car was like. The Roadster Sport wasn’t totally silent, but it wasn’t loud — and it was fast (zero to 60 miles per hour in under 4 seconds). We got lots of looks, too. Tesla calls it “performance with a clean conscience” but building the ...
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• U.S. says no to Arctic fishing

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  (Reporting by Yereth Rosen in Alaska) There is currently no commercial fishing conducted in U.S. Arctic waters, and now there won’t be: a formal ban on commercial seafood harvests in U.S. waters north of the Bering Strait went into effect on Thursday. Environmentalists and fishery managers applauded the move as a ...
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• Forest carbon schemes – new hope for the Amazon?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  By Stuart Grudgings In the tiny settlement of Boa Frente on the banks of a tributary to the Amazon river, bright blue butterflies flitting through trees and the constant squawks of parrots add to the feeling of a paradise on earth. The poverty endured by most of its residents quickly shatters that illusion, but ...
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• What to do while the world burns

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A firefighter puts out a fire at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang This opinion piece by Mort Rosenblum originally appeared in GlobalPost . The views expressed are his own. For the full article, click here . PARIS, France — Back when primal-scream therapy was the rage in ...
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• America Held Hostage (video)

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 473
  In the BBC documentary, “America Held Hostage”, Bahman Kalbasi tells the story of the Iran Hostage Crisis with accounts by American officials held at the American embassy for the 444 day ordeal. The documentary features footage from November 4, 1979 when students mobbed the embassy in about an hour’s time, by ...
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• Jobs Jive

  
  Liberty's Life Line — Authority: 121
    There was a commercial not too long ago where a young man looked out his window to the village green where a bundle of money had just fallen.  He calls his wife/girlfriend over to show her.  She suggests running down and getting it, but he says, no, let’s wait.  Next you see a frizzy headed guy down on the ...
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• Ouch! Last week Chris Matthews compared Obama to Jimmy Carter, this week to Neville Chamberlain.

  
  I Hate the Media Article Feed — Authority: 577
  Let’s see, which is worse? Being compared to one of the worst American presidents of the 20th century or being compared to one of the worst British prime ministers of the 20th century? We have to think about this one for a minute or two. OK. That’s long enough. We’ve decided it’s worse to be compared to ...
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• Sailing into an icy cauldron

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Reuters employee Pauline Askin has sailed for the Antarctic  for a six -week expedition on the icy continent where she will help restore Mawson’s huts named after Australia’s most celebrated Antarctic explorer on Commonwealth Bay, the windiest place on earth. During the expedition, Pauline will report on ...
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• Daled Amos: Netanyahus Settlement Freeze Is Not A Betrayal--And Neither Was Begins (Updated)

  
  NOAH DAVID SIMON : — Authority: 148
  Daled Amos surprised me by considering that perhaps a growth freeze in Judea and Samaria is not a bad thing. his argument is that Begin did it before his peace talks, but then it is pointed out that Carter claimed the agreement was different. Lets hope that the paper trail of the internet age clarifies that Bibis ...
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• Jason Carter Announces State Senate Run

  
  Decatur Metro — Authority: 481
  Earlier this week we learned that former Decatur commissioner John Ridley was considering a run for Georgia Senate seat that’s being vacated by David Adelman.  This morning, everyone is talking about how Jason Carter, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, has announced he is running for the glorious seat of ...
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• Jason Carter to kickoff state Senate campaign

  
  Fresh Loaf — Authority: 641
  Grandson of former president intends to fill Adelmans soon-to-be-vacant seat
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• Your morning jolt: House Republican chairman calls for Glenn Richardson to step down

  
  Political Insider — Authority: 438
  State Rep. Judy Manning of Cobb County has become one of the first House Republicans to openly call for the resignation of Speaker Glenn Richardson. From this morning’s Marietta Daily Journal: As chair of the Children and Youth Committee, Manning said she’s worked closely on the subject of mental illness and ...
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• Anatomy of a Failed Presidency!

  
  One Man's Thoughts — Authority: 132
  The following is an interesting article from American Thinker by Geoffrey P. Hunt. Dr. Hunt is a social and cultural anthropologist.  He has had nearly 30 years experience in planning, conducting, and managing research in the field of youth studies, and drug and alcohol research. Currently Dr. Hunt is a Senior ...
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• Obama Poll Watch [November 2009] — Scraping Fifty Percent

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 419
  But, by doing so, his approval numbers continued their gradual slide downwards this month. And, although not reflected in our once-a-month snapshot, the truly worrisome thing for the White House is that for the first time, Obamas numbers flirted with going below 50 percent. This isnt an enormous deal (as, for ...
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• GOP Introduces Geithner Penalty Waiver Act

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 582
  Congressmen John Carter (R-TX) and Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) yesterday introduced the Geithner Penalty Waiver Act, requiring that the IRS assess the same penalty against U.S. taxpayers that came forward in the UBS tax fraud investigation as paid by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for failing ... Instapundit found ...
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• Here We Go Again

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 716
  By Robert Scheer After 30 years of failure, and thanks to the political opportunism of the current commander in chief, the Afghanistan war is still without end or logical purpose. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries December 1, 2009 Obama Makes It Official: 30,000 More U.S. Troops to Head to ...
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