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60,000 Greeks Riot In The Streets
Posted to Economy, Greece, by: Indie...[3/11/2010 1:24:00 PM]

Economic unrest reaching new heights in Greece as protests grow in numbers and violence escalates.

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Take a deep breath while you can!
Posted to Global Warming, by: tpaine2009...[3/11/2010 6:51:00 AM]

According to the United States Agency for International Development, USAID, in 2009, world population stood at 6.8 billion, up about 83 million from 2008. The world total is likely to reach 7 billion in the latter half of 2011, with the bulk of growth in the world’s poorest nations.

Bill Gates in remarks made this past February at the invitation-only Technology, Entertainment and Design 201...

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No Salt For You! New York Salt Ban?
Posted to Felix Ortiz, Personal/Individual Rights, New York, United States, by: thandrol...[3/10/2010 4:32:00 PM]

Believe it or not, Felix W. Ortiz, New York 51st District Assemblyman wants to ban the use of salt in New York restaurants.

He has put forward a bill that "Prohibits the use of salt by restaurants in the preparation of food by restaurants."

Food police is bad enough. But this is food police gone crazy!

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Pre-Screened Questions To Justify Body Scanners
Posted to Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, by: bigbrother...[3/10/2010 4:21:00 PM]

Don't they get it? Tourism and business usage will decline as a direct result of the more invasive efforts of DHS.

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Healthcare Reform Activists Protest in Washington DC
Posted to Howard Dean, Health Care Reform, by: Indie...[3/10/2010 4:11:00 PM]

1,000+ march for health care reform in nation's capitol;

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Why is Meg Whitman Ducking The Press?
Posted to Meg Whitman, Elections, California, by: Indie...[3/10/2010 2:14:00 PM]

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is running for Governor of California as a Republican.

Is she also running from the press?

This event was in Feb 2010. Judge for yourself;

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I Have All The Answers To This Health Care Problem! (Sorry I couldn't resist it)
Posted to Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, New York, United States, by: tpaine2009...[3/10/2010 12:06:00 PM]

Actually I wrote this one day out of total frustration with all the b.s. going on over health care or whatever. It was never edited, so please excuse any errors etc or incomplete thoughts. To me, it seemed that back last July when I originally wrote this that the only winners were BIG special interests and the only losers were all the rest of us! Nothing has changed except that now this program i...

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British Medical Records Go Online Without Permission
Posted to James Gordon Brown, Privacy, United Kingdom - England, by: bigbrother...[3/10/2010 1:19:00 AM]

Outrage in England as 'opt out' not properly implemented.

The British Medical Association is concerned that patients are not being given the proper ability to opt out before their information automatically goes up on a massive computer system controlled by the government.

Over 10 million records are scheduled to go up by June.

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Supreme Court vs Obama
Posted to Barack Obama, Government, United States, by: Indie...[3/9/2010 6:47:00 PM]

Chief Justice says scene at State of the Union 'very troubling'...

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Kucinich Will Vote No On Health Care Bill
Posted to Dennis Kucinich, Health Care Reform, Ohio, by: Indie...[3/9/2010 12:09:00 PM]

Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich Of Ohio says 'this bill represents a giveaway to the insurance industry'.

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Sean Penn And Hugo Chavez
Posted to Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, by: Indie...[3/9/2010 11:59:00 AM]

Sean Penn doing his best to educate the world on Hugo Chavez. Penn criticizes both Republicans and Democrats for their condemning of Chavez.

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Senate Candidate Could Rake in Millions if Bank Fails
Posted to Alexi Giannoulias, Elections, Illinois, United States, by: lucre...[3/9/2010 11:03:00 AM]

Illinois Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias' family will likely take in over $10 million in federal tax refunds for the closure of its Broadway Bank. The bank lost more than $75 million last year, which may qualify it for $12 to $15 million in tax benefits.

According to Crain's Chicago Business, "The expected tax refund comes on top of $70 million in dividends the family took from Broadway'...

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Jon Runyon Blocks And Tackles Toward Congress
Posted to Elections, New Jersey, by: Fashion Czar...[3/8/2010 8:00:00 PM]

The 2010 election season has begun & # 88 is here to save the day.

Its nice have professional athletes entering into the political game. Jon brings a hard work ethic & effective communication (no smoke screens) to get the job done! Since we're all in this together, we need hard hitting leadership that understands teamwork. Our performance gives us a platform for change.....the image I se...

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Free? Sorry, We Don't Believe It
Posted to Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, by: Indie...[3/8/2010 2:12:00 PM]

Nothing is free. Free medical checkups and exams? That just means the cost will be bundled in somewhere else. We thought this healthcare debate was getting substantive, what happened?

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Dan Rather: Obama & Watermelons
Posted to Barack Obama, Media, by: Indie...[3/8/2010 12:28:00 PM]

Dan...are you serious?

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