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• Jack has it right: It truly is an accounting vortex

  
  CPA Success — Authority: 420
  Jack Ciesielski is dead-on in his post "An Accounting Vortex,"  in which he describes the turbulent, spinning changes in accounting regulations and standards. Specifically, he is referring to the SECs quick reversal from a slowdown to a race to get to IFRS fast.  Then there is the House bill exempting ...
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• Recent Statutory Instruments – OPSI

  
  Current Awareness — Authority: 157
  The National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2009 The Plant Health (Fees) (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2009 The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications, Transitional Provisions ...
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• Reid Says Health Bill Will Be Done by Christmas

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, said Tuesday that he expected to bring health care legislation to the floor next week.
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• Stewing Over Stupak

  
  Mad Kane's Political Madness — Authority: 494
  This feminist is furious over the abortion-coverage-banning Stupak Amendment to the House health care reform bill. And no, Stupak isn’t a Hyde Amendment-equivalent. It’s the Hyde Amendment on steroids.I’ve never been a third party-proponent. But Stupak’s inclusion in the House bill shows such disregard and ...
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• Economic Scene: Falling Far Short of Reform

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Overhauling the health care system means making it more efficient, saving lives and giving Americans a long overdue raise. But the House bill won’t meet these goals.
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• Save the Music: From Sampling to Streaming

  
  JETLawBlog: The Official Blog of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law — Authority: 126
  "Hi, my names Iggy, please purchase my music." As a big music fan, I was not surprised to read that a new report shows that those who download the most music illegally also spend the most money on music. I know that from firsthand experience. However, while this “sampling” theory has been suggested for years, ...
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• View of the Mayor’s Race From One Who Opted Out: I Could Have Won

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  Anthony D. Weiner said of the Bloomberg campaign, "They were afraid of me."
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• Australia Considers Same-Sex "Marriage"

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 133
  By Thaddeus M. BaklinskiCANBERRA, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As part of its inquiry into the Marriage Amendment Bill the Australian government yesterday heard arguments for and against same-sex “marriage.”The Australian Green party is pushing for the redefinition of marriage as part of their platform ...
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• Representatives Bubp and Martin Provide Testimony on Restaurant Carry Bill

  
  Buckeye Firearms Association - Defending Your Firearm Rights — Authority: 533
  Buckeye Firearms Association leader Linda Walker was in attendance Thursday, November 5, as State Representatives Danny R. Bubp (R-West Union) and Jarrod B. Martin (R-Beavercreek) gave sponsor testimony in support of House Bill 203 before the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee. The bill would allow Ohioans ...
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• If Cap and Trade Doesn’t Work, Obama will Make it Work

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  All the talk in Washington is surrounding a government health insurance plan, but there’s a little discussed insurance plan in the Boxer-Kerry cap and trade bill that’s worth some attention. The Senate version of the cap and trade bill includes a section that grants the President the authority to “direct relevant ...
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• If Cap and Trade Doesn’t Work, Obama will Make it Work

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  All the talk in Washington is surrounding a government health insurance plan, but there’s a little discussed insurance plan in the Boxer-Kerry cap and trade bill that’s worth some attention. The Senate version of the cap and trade bill includes a section that grants the President the authority to “direct relevant ...
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• Two Big Two Fail

  
  The Melting Pot Project — Authority: 433
  Number Two fully approves of this legislation. Two pages. Thats the length of the "Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist" bill that Senator Bernie Sanders introduced on Friday. The proposal would require Timothy Geithner to submit a list...
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• Chris Big PR Adventure

  
  Bank Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 123
  According to Darrell Delamaide at FinReg21 , Senator Chris ("Friend of Angelos") Dodd opened a public relations campaign to try to burnish his tarnished reputation in Connecticut by introducing in the Senate today financial institution reform legislation that makes that proposed by "The Change" seem both dowdy and ...
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• Mary Fallin Falacious Federal Fiscal Fit Was Funded

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 476
  How can Mary Fallin complain that ending a government-run program will force people to use a government-run program?
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• BIG BROTHER: UK to Mandate Personal Data Storage

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 884
  In an age where privacy is becoming increasingly hard to come by, the British government is further hastening its demise for citizens in the UK. According to The Telegraph , all internet service providers and telecommunication companies will be legally required to store records of all personal communications for one ...
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• Needle Exchanges Could Be Limited Under Congressional Bill

  
  Information on HPV — Authority: 144
  The New York Times reports on federal legislation that could limit needle exchanges. “A bill working its way through Congress would lift a ban of more than 20 years on using federal money for needle exchange programs. Source: Needle Exchanges Could Be Limited Under Congressional Bill
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• NARAL: Mark Kirk No Longer Pro-Choice After Stupak Vote

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 460
  A leading abortion rights group delivered a rebuke to Republican U.S. Senate contender Mark Kirk today for supporting an amendment to the House-passed health care reform legislation that would prevent taxpayer-backed insurance policies issued under the plan from providing abortion coverage. More on Health Care Read ...
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• Military Families Act Protects Families Who Protect US

  
  CAUSA — Authority: 121
  This press release comes from our allies at the National Immigration Forum . The National Immigration Forum is the leading immigrant advocacy organization in the country with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation. For Immediate Release ...
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• BIG BROTHER: UK to Mandate Personal Data Storage

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 163
  In an age where privacy is becoming increasingly hard to come by, the British government is further hastening its demise for citizens in the UK. According to The Telegraph , all internet service providers and telecommunication companies will be legally required to store records of all personal communications for one ...
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• WALMART, CHILD HUNGER AND NUTRITION…?

  
  The Writing On The Wal — Authority: 131
  Blogger Jill Richardson asks: What does Walmart have to do with improving school lunch and fighting child hunger? Richardson was responding to the witness list for a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing next week chaired by Walmart Senator Blanche Lincoln. From La Vida Locavore : When Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D- ...
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