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• Sustainable transportation being screwed on the federal transportation bill

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 417
  I suppose it makes sense that if you are completely unwilling to raise the federal gasoline excise tax, which hasnt been raised in about 20 years (since 1993, and inflation adjusted the rate should be 27 cents/gallon, and it is still 18.4 cents/gallon), that the dollar requirements for the maintenance and upgrading ...
  10 hours ago

• Fast and Furious Update: Issa Threatens Holder with Contempt of Congress

  
  Lake Minnetonka Liberty — Authority: 135
  I just received an email from Congressman Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) office, and as I alluded to in my last post on Big Government, zero hour is fast approaching for Attorney General Eric Holder. He is to appear before the  House Oversight Committee for questions over Fast and Furious this Thursday at 9 am, and the ...
  2 days ago

• All Quiet on the Western Front: a look at the Five-Year Strategic Plan for U.S. International Broadcasting

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 147
  By Alan L. Heil Jr. This article originally appeared at American Diplomacy. It is republished here, slightly modified, with permission of the author and American Diplomacy. As the Voice of America marks its 70th anniversary, what lies ahead for all of the world’s publicly-funded overseas networks in the year ...
  1 week ago

• Research We Bought, Congress Wants Us to Buy Again From Publishers

  
  Rogue Medic — Authority: 110
  - As if SOPA and PIPA were not misguided enough, some in Congress want us to have to pay twice to read research. We already pay for the research. The only requirement placed on the publishers is that they make the content available for free after one year. the publishers essentially receive the research for free, ...
  1 week ago

• Federal Prosecutor to Take 5th Amendment in Fast and Furious Probe

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 120
    Federal Prosecutor to Take 5th Amendment in Fast and Furious Probe January 20th, 2012 Via: Politico : A senior federal prosecutor in Arizona intends to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights rather than testify before a House committee next week looking into the Justice Department’s handling of the Fast and ...
  1 week ago

• Practitioners Offices: Lessons from the Past

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  2nd story physicians office; construction began in 1915 read more
  2 weeks ago

• Practitioners Offices: Lessons from the Past

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  2nd story physicians office; construction began in 1915 read more
  2 weeks ago

• SOPA & PIPA: Blacking Out the Tyranny

  
  The Swash — Authority: 131
  *Written by Rob Rimes . Today is a great day for liberty. As I write this it is January 18 th , 2012 and the Internet is ablaze with anger towards SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act). Not only was The Swash down in protest of these dastardly bills but Internet giants Wikipedia and Reddit were down ...
  2 weeks ago

• They Withhold Information from the Public

  
  Why I Hate CCA — Authority: 112
  Quick link here to a story about the riot that took place in the CCA-operated facility in Sayre, Oklahoma last year (seems to be a trend today, huh?).  Three months after the riot took place,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Democrats push to subpoena FHFA over principal reductions

  
  Housing Wire — Authority: 670
  Democrats on the House oversight committee are pushing to subpoena the Federal Housing Finance Agency to obtain an analysis looking at what effects principal reductions would have on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.FHFA Acting Director Edward DeMarco has long defended the agencys policy of keeping Fannie and Freddie ...
  2 weeks ago

• DSM-5: How Reliable Is Reliable Enough?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  This is the title of a disturbing commentary written by the leaders of the DSM 5 Task Force and published in this months American Journal of Psychiatry. The contents suggest that we must lower our expectations and be satisfied with levels of unreliability in DSM 5 that historically have been clearly unacceptable. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Conflict Of Interest Concern Has One Watchdog Group Asking For Latest Yaz Review To Be Thrown Out

  
  PharmaWatchDog — Authority: 114
  Last week we reported that there was something fishy going on with the safety panel that was convened in order to review the very controversial drugs, Yaz and Yasmin.  Apparently there were several reviewers that had ties to the drug maker.  The FDA, however, did not disclose the connections to the public, and the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cummings Accuses Issa Of Protecting Republicans Caught In Countrywide VIP Loan Program

  
  TPMMuckraker — Authority: 729
  Back in early 2011, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued his first subpoena for information about members of Congress who received sweetheart mortgage deals under the Countrywide VIP program called "Friends of Angelo." By doing so he abandoned the historical practice of referring matters ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bexar County probate judge v. Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct

  
  Estate of Denial — Authority: 119
  Here’s an interesting ruling issued earlier this month by the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.  Note that the plaintiff-appellant, Tom Rickhoff , is a Bexar County Probate Judge and the defendants are members of the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct . TOM RICKHOFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Think Long Committee’ won’t go for 2012 ballot

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 463
  The Think Long Committee for California – a panel of experts funded by an itinerant billionaire that had developed plans for tax reform and a citizens’ oversight committee – will delay putting its plans to voters from 2012 to 2014. The committee, which released its report in November, issued a statement today ...
  2 weeks ago

• No U.S. Troops, But An Army Of Contractors In Iraq

  
  Paternal Prose — Authority: 147
  The U.S. troops have left Iraq, and U.S. diplomats will now be the face of America in a country that remains extremely volatile. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, along with several consulates, will have some 15,000 workers, making it the largest U.S. diplomatic operation abroad. those diplomats will be protected by a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama prepares to publish payments to doctors from drug companies

  
  Dvorak Uncensored — Authority: 422
  …The Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment. Many researchers have found evidence that such payments can influence doctors’ treatment decisions and contribute to higher costs by encouraging ...
  2 weeks ago

• SOPA Will Protect Monopolies From US

  
  Rogue Medic — Authority: 110
  - In response to the proposed SOPA and PIPA legislation, this site will go dark tomorrow. SOPA and PIPA are about more than just privacy or copyright or due process, but I decided to address copyright. - - - - - Section. 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ex-McDonald’s Worker Says He Was Told To Brush Mouse Droppings Off Burger Buns And Serve Them Anyway

  
  InvestmentWatch: Emerging markets, Real Estate, Personal finance, Business management, Politics, Economics — Authority: 149
  by Kim Bhasin McDonald’s has a little PR crisis starting to bubble after a former employee filmed a mouse trapped in a bag of Big Mac rolls with his cell phone camera at a Philadelphia store, reports Fox 29 (via the Consumerist). The worker, Karruim Demaio, tells Fox 29 that it was “about the sixth or ...
  2 weeks ago

• Obama ready to publish payments to doctors from drug companies

  
  Eideard — Authority: 127
  Obama ready to publish payments to doctors from drug companies.
  2 weeks ago

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