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To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done — actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill.
Source:http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=a48c8UpUMxKQ
Tags: barney frank, capitol hill, david reilly, legislation, member of congress, trillion
The cap-and-trade bill that passed the House and is still pending in the Senate will increase food prices by 4.5 percent by 2050 by encouraging landowners to re-forest 59 million acres of farmland by that time.
SecAg Tom Vilsack knows it and now wants to hide that inconvenient truth.
Source:http://www.examiner.com/x-28973-Essex-County-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m12d30-Capandtrade-will-increase-food-prices
Tags: farmland, food prices, inconvenient truth, landowners, million acres, senate, tom vilsack
The idea is simple: If enough people who have money in the big four banks move it into smaller, more local, more traditional community banks, then collectively we, the people, will have taken a big step toward re-rigging the financial system so it becomes again the productive, stable engine for growth it’s meant to be. [...]
Tags: community banks, money, rigging
A reasonable response to the TSA’s weak attempts to respond to the latest failed terrorist attack involving a plane - that it only punishes the public further while failing to provide any actual safety.
Source:http://gizmodo.com/5435675/president-obama-its-time-to-fire-the-tsa
Tags: attempts, terrorist attack, tsa
The Iranian government is covering a lot of news in and outside Iran, that they don’t kill, they don’t torture… Khamenehei I wish you a long life full of suffering I wish you the worst possi
Source:http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-375842
Tags: iran, iranian government, possi, protester, torture
Russia needs to develop “offensive strike systems” to preserve strategic balance with the United States, without producing its own missile defense, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
Source:http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/29/russia.offensive.weapons/index.html
Tags: missile defense, offensive weapons, prime minister, russia, united states, vladimir putin
After a devastating economic crisis Russia seemed to be changing its ways.
But an unexpected rebound in export prices has eased the pressure. As the boom gains strength, memories of tough times are fading fast.
Source:http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/12/29/the-return-of-the-russian-bear/
Tags: boom, economic crisis, export prices, memories, rebound, russia, russian bear, tough times
From CEOs to athletes to Hollywood actors, even these recessionary times are brimming with high achievers who left the rest of the earning world in their dust.
Source:http://www.businesspundit.com/12-highest-paid-people-of-2009/
Tags: ceos, high achievers, hollywood, hollywood actors, recessionary times
TMZ has obtained a never-before published photograph which appears to show John F.
Kennedy on a boat filled with naked women — it’s a photo that could …
Source:http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/28/president-john-f-kennedy-photograph-jfk-photo-boat-yatch-nude-naked-women-mediterranean-sea-jackie-kennedy-ted-kennedy-senator-george-smathers-election/
Tags: jfk, john f kennedy, naked women, photo, photograph
Thailand starts deporting thousands of ethnic Hmong back to Laos, despite international concerns for their safety.
Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8432094.stm
Tags: hmong, international concerns, laos, thai army, thailand