The Late Show
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On Friday, July 15, the White House announced that the president would meet with the Dalai Lama. This was after weeks of speculation, and only one day before the Dalai Lama’s long-planned week in Washington was scheduled to end. In other words, the White House waited until the last minute and thereby squandered much of the good will such a meeting can engender. On the same day, it was announced that the United States would finally recognize the Transitional National Council in Libya as the country’s legitimate government. This step has been urged upon the White House for months, and...
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 06:10:46 AM
Fear factor drags stocks lower ("Dems own this economy" Wasserman Schultz)
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A stock sell-off intensified Wednesday afternoon amid gloomy manufacturing data and renewed fears aboout Greece's debt problems. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) dropped 195 points, or 1.6%, with all 30 of blue-chip index's stocks trading lower. Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) were among the biggest laggards. Other financial stocks followed suit, with shares of Wells Fargo (WFC, Fortune 500) and Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) down 3%. The S&P 500 (SPX) slipped 24 points, or 1.9%, with a 10% drop in shares of Owens-Illinois (OI, Fortune 500) leading the...
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 06:10:46 AM
Just Say No to the No-Fly-Zone
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Now, the international community has finally gotten off it's collective *ss and has decided that it wants yet another protracted Iraq Western style No Fly Zone, let me remind everyone what happened the last time Europe screwed up it's collective 'courage' to demand that the US Air Force deploy to the Middle East. We are still deployed in Iraq with no real end in sight.
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 06:10:46 AM
NH Lawmakers To Work LateWednesday...Because OfPoetry Contest
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Concord, N.H. - New Hampshire House lawmakers — not known for short speeches — plan to wax long into the night to free their chamber for a statewide poetry competition. The House had planned on meeting three days this week to vote on more than 250 bills. When they scheduled the three sessions, House Speaker William O’Brien had already promised the 2011 New Hampshire Poetry Out Loud program could hold its statewide championship in Representatives Hall at 7 p.m. Thursday. O’Brien hopes to finish the work on bills Wednesday night.
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 06:10:46 AM
DNC and Dems’ Private Club Delinquent on Taxes 16 Times in 7 Years
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The Democratic National Committee and the party’s private club in the nation’s capitol have been delinquent with tax payments on sixteen separate occasions over the last seven years, Pajamas Media has learned. According to District of Columbia government records, since 2004 the Democrats’ main political committee and its National Democratic Club — an exclusive restaurant and hideaway on Capitol Hill where prominent Democrats and their guests dine — have been hit with fines and interest penalties in excess of $115,000 for failure to pay their property taxes on time.Officials at the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue reviewed tax records...
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 06:10:46 AM
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