Senator Jim DeMint has placed a 'hold' on Transportation Security Administration Chief Nominee Erroll Southers due to concerns that questions about collective bargaining and possible unionization of the TSA. ...
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Here is a concerned citizens take on America's potential move from Capitalism to Socialism. By Kathryn Milliron, Staff Writer, Politisite.com and Iron Mill News. NowPublic Contributor PhotoGirl I’ve...
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In early 2008, the EU responded to Israel's recent killing of 300 Gazan civilians with this statement:"The policy of isolation of the Gaza strip has failed at both the political and humanitarian level," the...
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France 120 000, Paris alone 20 000 protesters The movement "Juifs et Arabs pour la paix", "Jews and Arabs for peace" a special Paris peace action marched together to stop the massacre in Gaza. On the photos to...
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I'm sad! I love Torontoist! "At the end of this month, I will be stepping down as Torontoist's Editor-in-Chief. I've loved everything about this job since I started it, and my decision to leave was not an easy...
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" WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional leaders said that adding tax breaks and increasing federal deposit insurance should improve chances a $700 billion financial rescue plan will pass the Senate Wednesday...
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"Federal Court Rules Against Federal Subversion of State Medical Marijuana Laws by ACLU Blog of Rights (03 Sept, 2008) The court battles over medical marijuana and state versus federal laws continues For the first time, a court has recognized that a concerted effort...
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AKA "Peer-to-patent", this process posts patent applications online for the public to review, helping to uncover cases of "prior art" and obvious ideas that shouldn't be patented, and helping the Patent Office to cut down on mistakes and through paperwork."WASHINGTON (AP) --...
"MnIndy video: RNC protesters show and tell of injuries from cops By Chris Steller 9/9/08 8:38 AM With city officials in St. Paul and Minneapolis alternately fanning and smothering the sparks of independent RNC policing investigations, this Minnesota...
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A couple of years back, bands were all about animal names: Animal Collective, Frog Eyes, Grizzly Bear, Arctic Monkeys, Deerhoof, Deerhunter. Then there were all of those canis lupus-inspired names: Wolf Parade, We...
"Deccan Chargers skipper VVS Laxman has hit back at Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who blamed his captaincy for the team’s failure in the Indian Premier League. Afridi’s outburst prompted an angry reaction from Laxman, who said: “Afridi has no team ethics. He...
Could growing fresh vegetables help save crumbling inner cities around the world and tackle hunger? Putting in the spade-work at one of the charity's gardens That is the ambitious aim of a charity called Urban Farming, which has...
This news coupled with fact that tens of thousands of Britons were offered and took 100% mortgages when prices were high sees the possibility of many families losing their homes to repossession. The global credit crunch bites deeper."Britons have collectively seen nearly...
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Architect and professor Inge Roecker is leading a group of architecture students from UBC's School of Architecture in designing and building a Centre for Women's Health and Wellness in Vancouver's Downtown...
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Jim Kunstler is sensing something in the air. Could it be the symptoms of peak oil?" We're in a strange collective psychic bubble. We'd like to forgetabout all these troubling rumors of hardship and...
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