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• The mass protests continue tomorrow at Gugulethu Square Mall

  
  Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign — Authority: 503
  Gugulethu Anti-Eviction Press Release Protest: March to Gugulethu Mall to protest corrupt and anti-local job application process Time and date: 09h00 on 1 December 2009 Venue: Assembly at Kwezi Hall. March to front of Gugulethu Mall on NY1 Contacts: Malibongwe @ 074-639-9551, Nomvuyo @ 082-687-8533, Mncedisi @ ...
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• The Legal Language May Be About Benefits, But Its Really About Trust

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 128
  One can learn alot about local government (and judicial) ethics by listening to localofficials talk about a conflict situationtheyre in. Heres one from Dallas County,  wherethe district attorneys wife is a politicalconsultant for the campaigns of seven judges before whom the D.A.sofficepractices. read more
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• Hell is thinking about other people.

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 650
  Since childhood Ive been a rather sensitive and justice-obsessed person, but also pretty interested in / attentive to the well-being and inner lives of other people. But I feel increasingly drained. In my field of work there is a lot of getting-ahead through nepotism/ingratiation rather than ability/ passion/effort, ...
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• Corruption, arrogance caused Left’s debacle in Bengal: Bardhan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Corruption, nepotism and arrogance are the three main reasons for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-led Left Front’s dismal show in West Bengal, said Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan.Bardhan classified corruption as wholesale and retail.“Corruption ...
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• 2 Arroyo govt officials under fire for nepotism

  
  Pinoy News and Blogosphere Buzz — Authority: 138
  MANILA – Two aides of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are under heavy fire for nepotism, particularly for allegedly converting the sensitive government agencies that they head into “closed family corporations.”
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• CPI-M) should take blame for Left’s drubbing: Bardhan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) With the Left parties continuing to suffer reverses in the November by-polls following a dismal performance in the Lok Sabha elections, Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan said that the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) should take the major share of the blame ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another One Under the Bus.....its the hopey changy way.

  
  THE BELGIUM FREE PRESS — Authority: 137
  White House Counsel Gregory Craig, who has tried to lead the closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison, intends to resign on Friday according to the Washington Post. That wont stop President Nepotism from his Chicago Politics business model though....he hires Anita Dunns husband Bob Bauer, to replace Craig as ...
  2 weeks ago

• House Specialty

  
  K.S. — Authority: 115
  Pretty awesome: Orchard Lounge has been added to the roster of resident DJs at Chicagos Smart Bar in 2010.Downtempo, space disco, house, tech, b-boy era electro, hip hop, soul, and funk: ­ if you can move, Orchard Lounge will back you up. Formed in Chicago in 2000, OL is the collective of Ben Silver, Spencer Lokken ...
  2 weeks ago

• come on over to my place;

  
  [last year's girl] — Authority: 124
  Trying to catch up, slowly but surely, with bookmarks and photographs and little notes on bits of paper scattered over the sofa I jokingly refer to as my desk. The Made in the Shade Maisonette, which opened its doors in the newly renovated upper floor of De Courcy’s Arcade in the West End at the end of October, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fun Online Poll: Who is the Conservative Scumbag of this week?

  
  Mark Wadsworth — Authority: 441
  Over at ShareCrazy . Choose from Call Me Dave, Nadine Dorries, David Wilshire and Tony Blair. Results will be published on Sunday.
  3 weeks ago

• Local Government Employees on Local Government Pension Boards - An Important Court Case in California

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 128
  Its been over three years since I wrote about theconflict situation of San Diegos pension board. Its members wereselected by the city government labor unions and by the city, and theyworked for the city. When an increase in their retirement benefits wasexplicitly tied to their approval of a reduction in ...
  4 weeks ago

• U.N. contractors case again spurs questions about nepotism

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 958
  UNITED NATIONS -- Nicola Baroncini, a U.N. contract employee from Italy, was doing a routine review of his bosss correspondence in the summer when he stumbled upon an e-mail that would seal his fate.
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• Like father like son, the rise of Sarkozy junior

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  President Nicolas Sarkozys son Jean has shot from a little-known "brat" to would-be national politician in just two years, a meteoric rise unlikely to be derailed by his climbdown in a nepotism row. The college student was forced Thursday to abandon a bid for the job managing Frances top business district, the La ...
  5 weeks ago

• 7199: More Reasons For Lack Of Diversity.

  
  MultiCultClassics — Authority: 506
  The Advertising Age column below offers a smart perspective that actually points to yet another reason our industry lacks diversity. Agencies traditionally replace executives with like executives. Plus, there is an increasing obsession with hiring based solely on category experience. The exclusivity on Madison ...
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• MPs expenses: let them pay for nepotism themselves

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Why should the taxpayer fund MPs wives to show up at the House of Commons a couple of days a week to go on the internet from ten til three wonders Melanie McDonagh.
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• Remove Warren County’s Surrogate Sheriff

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 492
  COMMENTARYBy June MaxamHe’s a triple dipper into your pockets.He embraces nepotism, cronyism and favoritism.He’d rather impose a property tax hike on county homeowners than increase the sales tax one percent.Queensbury voters, be sure to vote on Nov. 3.He’s the only candidate for the position he’s seeking ...
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• Anita Dunn’s Husband to Replace White House Counsel?

  
  BitsBlog — Authority: 140
  Well, yeah, that’s what it looks like. Fox News  Senior White House reporter Major Garrett is reporting this monring in part: White House Communications Director Anita Dunn’s husband is emerging as the top candidate to replace Greg Craig as White House counsel, Fox News has learned. Dunn’s husband, ...
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• Nepotism has always been in vogue

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 148
  A black and white case of Micael Mayne needs his wife nearby Michael Mayne hires his wife. Why not? Nepotism has always been the best way to get a job on PEI. MLAs wives, children, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers. We’re not voting in MLAs – we vote in their families. Nepotism is “patronage bestowed or ...
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• World Briefing | Europe: France: Another Sarkozy Victory

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  President Nicolas Sarkozy’s son, Jean. was elected Friday to the board of the organization that runs France’s most important business district, La Défense.
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• Updates in Paris and Montreal

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 128
  Quote after Quote in Paris Earlier this month the French presidents son supplied me with a quote of the day. Now he has announced he will not pursue a job his father used to have,and he has supplied me with another quote of the day: If the question you are asking me is,‘Did you talk to the presidentabout [the ...
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