Mittens Loves Full Sail University: His Son Does Business With The Owners

Source: Crooks and Liars

Listen to these consultants (Democratic and Republican) talk about how important pro-private sector politics is as they talk to members of the for-profit education industry about how to manipulate members of Congress The Republic Report continues ...
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Senate panel reins in Pentagon on clean energy

Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune

tool goes here The Pentagon's investment in green energy requires too much green paper for some in Congress. A sharply divided Senate Armed Services Committee voted this week to prohibit the military from ...
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David Lazarus: The joy of making $43,963.64 an hour [Video]

Source: Los Angeles Times

A minimum-wage worker making $7.25 per hour -- as some workers at Simon malls are paid -- would have to work nearly 9,096 years to make what the boss made in a single 12-month period. Someone earning the national median salary of $39,312 wou ...
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Why Is Mitt Romney Embracing Birther Donald Trump?

Source: U.S. News & World Report

So Mitt Romney's newest fundraising effort involves not only appearing with the world's most famous birther, Donald Trump, but also dining with him and a lucky, raffle-winning supporter. OK, I give up: What ...
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Celebrating Old Glory

Source: FOX News

The jury in John Edwards' campaign corruption trial has begun a sixth day of deliberations. Will they finally reach a verdict? Rep. Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, expressed concern about the ex ...
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LIST: AARP's 21 most sexy men

Source: FOX 19 News Cincinnati

One of the biggest battles Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has faced in his two runs for the Republican nomination has been over the issue of abortion. Romney says he is pro-life, whichFull Story > One of the bigge ...
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Man beaten at Florence laundromat for $15

Source: FOX 19 News Cincinnati

A savage beating at a Florence laundromat was caught on tape. In the early morning hours of Tuesday, the victim was alone and inside the Turfway Laundromat. Police say suspects entered the LaundromatFull Story > AARP is out with its list ...
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U.S. declines to label China a currency manipulator

Source: Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration may be getting tougher with China on trade, but its approach in dealing with Beijing on the thorny currency issue remains patient diplomacy. The Treasury Department, in its semiannual report Friday on exc ...
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When the chips are down, Goodbye Mistah Soljah

Source: Hullabaloo

Goodbye Mistah Soljah by digby So the General Election has officially begun and the predictable "race to the middle" is in full swing. What, you ask, has Mitt Romney finally distanced himself from the Birthers? Well, no. They're holding fundr ...
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JPMorgan Mess: Why Mitt Romney’s Wrong on Dodd-Frank

Source: Brookings Institution

When financial giant JPMorgan Chase recently revealed that it had lost far more than $2 billion in a credit derivatives trade gone wrong, the news sent a clear message: Opponents of financial reform are wrong. Without the Dodd-Frank Act an ...
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