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We the People Are the “Job Creators” Now

We the People Are the “Job Creators” Now

One of the more remarkable truths to our current world is that technology has a constructive and destructive effect. Enter Visionary Eric Byler. This man is bringing Interactive advocacy and entrepreneurship to the world. The Poliblogger Is...

July 27, 2012 10:52 am / no comments

 

The Occupy and Tea Party Beer Summit

The Occupy and Tea Party Beer Summit

Watch: The Occupy and Tea Party Beer Summit | Mother Jones. How do you get tea partiers and occupiers at the same table? Buy lots of beer. It certainly worked at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, the nation’s...

April 17, 2012 9:45 am / no comments

 

Senate ready to pass highway programs overhaul – USATODAY.com

Senate ready to pass highway programs overhaul – USATODAY.com

Senate ready to pass highway programs overhaul – USATODAY.com. Horray! Now I can stop worrying that the Pulaski Skyway in NJ is going to just drop us off 300 ft down to the ground, or that the Bridges of yesteryear will kill more people like...

March 13, 2012 10:24 pm / no comments

 

U.S. News – Drunk buggy driving? Amish nabbed after hitting cop car

U.S. News – Drunk buggy driving? Amish nabbed after hitting cop car

U.S. News – Drunk buggy driving? Amish nabbed after hitting cop car. Drunk Driving Amish hit Cop Car?! I am assuming the only beings hurt here were probably the horses. Explain to me how they, sober as they were, did not see a cop car?...

March 12, 2012 11:38 am / no comments

 
 

 
 

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  • Bachmann’s absurd claim of a vast IRS health database of ‘sensitive, intimate’ information May 24, 2013
    “So now we find out these people are making decisions based on our politics and beliefs, and they’re going to be in charge of our health care. There’s a huge national database that’s being created right now. Your health care, my health care, all the Fox viewers health care, their personal, intimate, most close-to-the-vest secrets will be in that database, an […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • GOP lawmaker questions how Harry Reid ‘obtained’ false claims about Mitt Romney’s taxes May 23, 2013
    REP. PAUL GOSAR: “Are you aware that in July 2012 Senator Harry Reid claimed Mitt Romney hadn’t paid taxes for the last 10 years and claimed to have the information supporting that? Are you aware of that? I’m sure you are.” Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Has anyone been ‘fired’ because of the Benghazi attacks? May 22, 2013
    “Why does Benghazi go on? No one was ever fired? So, people made tragic errors. No one’s accepting responsibility and no one was fired.” — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), on CNN’s “State of the Union,” May 19, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’ May 21, 2013
    “That’s a very serious offense that happened where Republicans on the Hill, we voluntarily provided these e-mails to, took one of them, doctored it and gave it to ABC News in an attempt to smear the president.” Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • A bushel of Pinocchios for IRS’s Lois Lerner May 20, 2013
    In the days since the Internal Revenue Service first disclosed that it had targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, new information has emerged from both the Treasury inspector general’s report and congressional testimony Friday that calls into question key statements made by Lois G. Lerner, the IRS’s director of the exempt organizations divis […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Holder’s incorrect claim on the ‘Fast and Furious’ criminal citation decision May 17, 2013
    Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.): “In the AP [Associated Press] case you have appointed Ronald Machen, and I’m sure he is a fine U.S. attorney, but can he be considered to be independent when in fact when this Congress held you in contempt he was the individual who refused, on your orders, to prosecute the case? If he will obey your orders in not living up to a […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Barbara Boxer’s claim that GOP budgets hampered Benghazi security May 16, 2013
    “I believe if we want to know what happened in Benghazi, it starts with the fact that there was not enough security. There was not enough security because the budget was cut.” — Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), speech on the Senate floor, May 14, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • How many pages of regulations for ‘Obamacare’? May 15, 2013
    “Obamacare is fully implemented January 1st, even though the regulations haven’t been written yet. And Brian, we’ve got 33,000 pages of regulations that they’ve already written. If we stacked it up here, it would be seven feet tall.” Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Obama’s claim he called Benghazi an ‘act of terrorism’ May 14, 2013
    “The day after it happened, I acknowledged that this was an act of terrorism.” — President Obama, remarks at a news conference, May 13, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • The claim that Senate Democrats have produced a ‘balanced budget’ May 13, 2013
    “I first want to thank the chair of our committee, the budget committee, for doing such a terrific job in bringing us all together. My colleagues on the committee, as we all know, we worked very, very hard together in order to be able to put together a balanced budget that reflects the values of the American people, that’s fair, that’s balanced in values and […]
    Glenn Kessler

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  • Gay Mormon Characters In The Arts Step Out Of The Shadows May 24, 2013
    By Kellie Kotraba Religion News Service(RNS) Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time. His name was Joe Pitt, and he was in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches.”Read More... More on Religion and Sexuality […]
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  • Russia Earthquake: Powerful Temblor Hits Off East Coast In Sea Of Okhotsk May 24, 2013
    MOSCOW -- A powerful earthquake on Friday hit Russia's Far East with tremors felt as far away as Moscow, about 7,000 kilometers (4,400 miles) west of the epicenter.Marina Kolomiyets, spokeswoman for Obninsk's seismic station of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told The Associated Press the epicenter was in the Sea of Okhotsk, east of the Russian co […]
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  • Rebecca Vitsmun, Atheist Oklahoma Tornado Survivor, Sees Thousands In Indiegogo Campaign Donations May 24, 2013
    After a vicious tornado ripped through her Moore, Okla. home on Tuesday, Rebecca Vitsmun was lucky to be alive. After graciously handling an awkward moment while discussing the aftermath on national television, more good fortune is headed her way.In a Tuesday interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Vitsmun was asked if she was thanking "the Lord" f […]
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  • Northern California Earthquake: 5.7-Magnitude Temblor Causes Minimal Damage May 24, 2013
    GREENVILLE, Calif. -- A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls. But authorities said there were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage.The temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles southwest of Susanville in far north […]
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  • Laury Silvers: The Blessings of Food May 24, 2013
    Muslims have no trouble seeing the blessings in food, we know the good when we see it. We see the light of God in it and we share that light. It is like all things, a sign of God for us to read. It is a taste of Paradise in this world. […]
    Laury Silvers
  • Elizabeth Warren Student Loans Bill Endorsed By Several Colleges, Organizations May 24, 2013
    A little more than two weeks after introducing her first bill, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is already seeing a wave of strong support.Back on May 8, Warren announced her plans to set student loan interest rates at the same level big banks receive from the Federal Reserve. Come July 1, some student loan rates are set to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 perc […]
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  • Blended Family Friday: Meet Chelsea And Jeremy's Family May 24, 2013
    As part of our Blended Family Friday series, each week we're spotlighting a different stepfamily to learn how they successfully blended their two families together. Our hope is that by telling their stories, we'll bring you closer to blended family bliss in your own life!This week, we're introducing Chelsea and Jeremy's family. Below, Che […]
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  • British Muslims Condemn Savage Attack On Drummer Lee Rigby May 24, 2013
    By Trevor Grundy Religion News ServiceLONDON (RNS) Leaders of Britain’s 2.8 million Muslims reacted with horror and anger following Wednesday’s (May 22) slaughter with knives and machetes of an off-duty British soldier in the streets outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in south London.Read More... More on Woolwich Attack […]
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  • U.S. Drone Guidelines Could Reduce 'Signature Strikes' May 24, 2013
    By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for attacking non-Americans and could reduce controversial "signature strikes" targeted at suspicious groups rather than individuals. But the drone guidelines announced by President Barack Obama o […]
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  • Anderson Cooper On Arias Juror Video: 'Well That Was Actually Pointless' May 24, 2013
    The jurors in the Jodi Arias trial have had a rough day, to say the least. After 13 hours of deliberations, they were unable to reach a consensus on the convicted killer's punishment for the murder of Travis Alexander. Some jurors were in tears after the hung jury was announced, and one seemed to mouth "I'm sorry" to the parents of Arias […]
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