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    Arms to Iran to Hold Hostages

    The evidence indicates that Reagan made a deal with Iran to hold on to the hostages till after the 1980's election for arms. The former CIA director, Vice-President candidate and future President, Bush 1, used his CIA contacts to facilitate the deal. American's wonder why Iran holds a grudge...
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    Private industry & State working together

    Private industry and state security, keeping the plutocracy safe from the world. Your taxes at work, unless blacklisted. Blacklisting activists is a human rights scandal. An inquiry is overdue | Dave Smith | Comment is free | theguardian.com "Blacklisting is no longer an industrial relations...
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    Influence-peddling

    Jack Abramoff's influence-peddling scheme is back. :party: Congress made a show to limit this scheme in 2007 after lobbyist Jack Abramoff's influence-peddling scandal, but left a big loop hole. All the lobbyist have to do is create a nonprofit and its business as usual. U.S. lawmakers travel...
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    Fracking

    I guess it's better than having the companies gagging the kids with poison. Children given lifelong ban on talking about fracking | Environment | theguardian.com "Two young children in Pennsylvania were banned from talking about fracking for the rest of their lives under a gag order imposed...
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    Police=Highway robbers

    It appears the forfeitures laws have incentivized some local and state police officers to become highway bandits. Pull one over for a pretext violation, confiscate your property with no need to be charged with a crime. Sarah Stillman: The Use and Abuse of Civil Forfeiture : The New Yorker "Yet...
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    Bradley Manning verdict

    Convicted on 20 counts for whistleblowing. Conviction won't stop whistleblowing, only the leaks will be what the government wants leaked.
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    Reining in the banks

    Sen. Mccain & Warren introduce a revised Glass
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    Kansas judge needs to be judged

    Can't have public servants helping the public. Longtime court employee fired for offering advice - Local News - Kansas City, MO | NBC News "A Kansas City man freed from prison three decades after being wrongfully convicted of rape considers Sharon Snyder his "angel" for giving him a public...
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    Lobbyist

    Are there policies regarding lobbying at this site ? Such as lobbyist, or those that have a financial interest to support lobbyist ? Such as technical, back office , fund raising, marketing, support, etc. The key word, is financial interest. Does this site require disclosure ?
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    Keep politicians hands off the election process

    Voting is national, we need a national solution. Ending the Voting Wars | TPM Editors Blog We could eliminate all the problems with voter registration fraud, double voting across state lines, noncitizen voting, and onerous state voter identification requirements by tasking a national...
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    Smart phone screens

    Save your money for the upgrade.:) Revolutionary ultrathin, flat lens: Smartphones as thin as a credit card? Scientists are reporting development of a revolutionary new lens -- flat, distortion-free, so small that more than 1,500 would fit across the width of a human hair -- capable in...
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    Muslim world: Religion is again being used as a political tool.

    It appears one group religious wingnuts have been goaded by another group of religious wingnuts. Cairo, Benghazi and beyond: Beware the false fury - Opinion - Al Jazeera English "Attacks on embassies and rage against insult to Prophet Muhammad in the Muslim world have a frightening echo...
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    US Federal Elections 2012

    Well both conventions are over. Let round 2 begin. Thought ex-President Clinton's convention speech provided a surplus of details while both ex-President Bush I & II had a deficit, but were much shorter.
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    Vote Counting

    E-voting machines vulnerable to remote vote changing | InSecurity Complex - CNET News "The Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne Laboratory, which is a division of the Department of Energy, discovered this summer that Diebold touch-screen e-voting machines could be hijacked remotely...
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    Political fund raising

    IMO the source is right of center, but it and Fox News are the only ones I've found that mentioned the foreign political contributions. Foreign Cash Disqualifies Romney from Presidential Bid | Veterans Today "No other American presidential candidate has ever left the US to garner campaign...
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    Good Governance

    With the polarization of US politics, thought a look around the world would be insightful. Good Governance: General Good Governance Series: Which Goverment Is Best - SPIEGEL ONLINE Case studies on Good Governance: Brazil Good Governance Series: How Brazil Became a Model Nation...
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    Voting Fraud

    The current drive by the some politicians to disenfranchise voters by requiring government mandated voting ID, restricting early voting , absentee voting and registering to vote is a waste of money to solve a problem that doesn't exist. This drive has one goal only, to take away the right of...
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    Syrians attempting to overthrow al-Assad

    Another dictator nibbling the dust? Rebels seize border posts as Damascus fighting rages | News | DW.DE | 20.07.2012 "Rebels said on Thursday they had seized a number of Syria's border crossings, raising fresh questions about President Bashar al-Assad's grip on power."
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    Small Business vs Large Business

    This appears to be a clear example of entrapment. A young entrepreneur aiding the U.S. governments efforts in Afghanistan while saving the American taxpayer money, but undercutting well connected and wealthy American defense contractors. Patriotic Americans should come to the aid of this...
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    U.S sued for providing Foreign Aid by the recipients.

    Good thing a judge threw out this frivolous lawsuit. The nerve of these people, we sent them Dr. Mengele's best student. Guatemala Syphilis Study Lawsuit: Dismissal Despite United States Experiments On Natives In 1940s "From 1946-1948, the U.S. Public Health Service and Pan...
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    Doctor partially blamed for cops death

    Cop dies during 3-way sex; widow wins $3M lawsuit "The jury on Friday found that Dr. Sreenivasulu Gangasani and the Cardiovascular Group were 60% to blame for Martinez's death from atheroschlerotic coronary artery disease, agreeing with the plaintiff that the doctor did not properly...
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    Another police beating caught on tape

    Man in California beat to death for not allowing police to search his bag | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012 Used this video as the time line can be advanced. Beating starts about 15:30, video is over 30 minutes. Two officers charged.
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    Romney vs. Obama

    Let the games begin.
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    Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail

    Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail | Politics News | Rolling Stone
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    Cold fusion is back ?

    This Friday in Woodland, TX http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/nets201... Should be interesting !!!