Posted on 22 March 2013.
I have been too angry to write about Cyprus until today. I cannot imagine what the people in the USA or any nation would do or could do with the possibility of a forcible, foreign inspired “tax” on bank savings. I do not subscribe to the “taxation is theft” theory of libertarianism. But this truly [...]
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Posted on 19 February 2013.
I read in the New York Times last week about the Chilean movie NO, a film based on the successful upset effort to force General Pinochet from power in his country. (NO has been nominated for Best Foreign Film and I must warm my readers that it is rated R, probably for political violence, and [...]
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Posted on 19 September 2012.
The New York Times writes today, “The 112th Congress is set to enter the Congressional record books as the least productive body in a generation, passing a mere 173 public laws as of last month. . . . Appropriations bills, once the central function of the legislative branch, have been ditched in favor of short-term spending [...]
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Posted on 14 August 2012.
Yesterday, The New York Times reported, “The new health care law is known as the Affordable Care Act. But Democrats in Congress and advocates for low-income people say coverage may be unaffordable for millions of Americans because of a cramped reading of the law by the administration and by the Internal Revenue Service in particular. Under rules proposed [...]
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Posted on 07 June 2012.
Poll: Most want Supreme Court to overturn individual health care mandate By Leigh Ann Caldwell CBS June 7, 2012 CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. A new CBS News/New York Times poll reveals that nearly seven in ten Americans [...]
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Posted on 03 May 2012.
On its Editorial Page Editor’s Blog, The New York Times complains, “Long before he became the Republican leader, Senator Mitch McConnell had built a career out of opposing limits to political fundraising and spending, supposedly in the name of free speech. . . . But Mr. McConnell has outdone himself with a legal brief submitted [...]
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Posted on 21 January 2011.
It’s now been almost two years since President Obama announced on his second day in office that “Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.” But this policy was announced hastily, and as Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell pointed out a year ago, “[President Obama] didn’t provide any details about how the [...]
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Posted on 04 October 2010.
It hasn’t even been a week since President Obama assured a group of Iowans in a backyard discussion that under Democrats’ unpopular health care bill, “[I]f you’ve got health care through your employer, that’s not going to change, except to make it a little bit safer and more secure.” But today, there’s yet another story [...]
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Posted on 01 October 2010.
On Wednesday, President Obama was in Iowa to again attempt to sell his policies, particularly his unpopular health care law. In a backyard discussion, a woman expressed her concerns to the President about his health care bill. Obama assured her, “[T]here’s nothing in the bill that says you have to change the health insurance that [...]
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Posted on 27 September 2010.
BreakingNews: Three more Cuban political prisoners will be released from jail, the Roman Catholic Church announces – NYT http://nyti.ms/b5iGnq
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Posted on 16 July 2010.
Yesterday, the Senate passed the severely flawed Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill. Though the Obama administration has long promoted the bill as a signature agenda item, it’s clearly lost its luster politically and with the general public. It’s not hard to see why. Speaking on the floor prior to the vote yesterday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch [...]
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Posted on 30 June 2010.
Wednesday June 30, 2010 Roundup: The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, these links are mostly outside of the Mainstream Media. This feature is designed to save you [...]
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Posted on 28 June 2010.
Monday June 28, 2010 Roundup: The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, these links are mostly outside of the Mainstream Media. This feature is designed to save you [...]
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Posted on 14 June 2010.
Monday June 14, 2010 Roundup:
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Posted on 31 May 2010.
Memorial Day – Please Remember our Fallen Heroes and Heroines!
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Posted on 29 May 2010.
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Posted on 08 May 2010.
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Posted on 12 April 2010.
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Posted on 08 April 2010.
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