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The End Of America: Movie

Its not over yet, as we speak the Bush administration is looting our treasury and our future.

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The Fall of the U.S. Auto Industry

Due to the failure of management at all levels of American Business, General Motors who have had years of profits may now be... more

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I thought they just got a bailout from the government?

I guess I was wrong, this is ridicioulus if they have billions of dollars yet they need to again lay off an additional 53,000... more

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The crisis in the Congo continues at escalating levels

This not look like this is the end to the advancement of the DR Congo Rebels?

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Impeach Bush To Stop Pardons

The Founding Fathers clearly anticipated a corrupt President might pardon his co-conspirators, and specified impeachment as the... more

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More Trickery Lies and Deception from the County of Maui and its' Business Partners

The County of Maui says that they consider themselves a protected public trust user? What the fuck is this a protected public... more

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Restore Natural Stream Flow That Was Here Prior to the Arrival of The Americans.

Because of the greed of the money that the Illegal State of Hawai’i, and the Illegal governing body The County Of Maui,... more

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More Allegations of Misconduct in Alabama Governor Case

Next month in Atlanta, a federal court will hear the high-profile appeal of former Alabama governor Don E. Siegelman, whose... more

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City hall's nearing despotism

Discretionary zoning and deal-making with developers have become the norm and municipalities are increasingly using money tucked... more

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Experts Concerned About Experience Of Newly Elected Judges

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Soon five new district judges will preside over courtrooms in Mecklenburg County. The worry with some... more

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Is Beijing Fudging Its Pollution Numbers?

A report has been published suggesting that the Chinese government may have falsified statistics in reporting decreases in air... more

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New York Gov. Cuts Education Funding, Saves Millionares !

New York Gov David Paterson on Wednesday unveiled $2 billion of spending cuts he says are needed to clip deficits created by the... more

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Canadian prisoner, too fat for cell, released early

Canadian prison authorities were forced to release a 450-pound (205 kg) drug gang member this week because he was too large for... more

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Warning of new Osama bin Laden attack

Osama bin Laden is planning an attack against the United States that will out do by far, the September 11, an Arab newspaper in... more

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Boomerang. Roping and entrapment warrant F%$^ head.

Sabotage links to a number of selffish empowered people in the south alabama region. This is my personal info they were caught in... more

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Policeman arrests 48 relatives

A Chinese police chief of a remote county of southwestern China has arrested 48 of his own relatives for various crimes, 25 of... more

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Al Gore New York Times Op Ed Nov 9, 2008: "Here is the good news:"

November 9, 2008 Op-Ed Contributor The Climate for Change By AL GORE Excerpts: Here is the good news: the bold steps... more

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There was more bad news for the embattled government of Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on Monday, when a Miami court convicted a Venezuelan secret agent of attempting to cover up an alleged illegal donation to her 2007 election campaign by Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chávez. Justice Minister Anibal Fernández accused Venezuelan-American businessman Guido Antonini Wilson, a Key Biscayne resident who collaborated with the FBI to secure the conviction of his former associate Frank Duran in Miami yesterday, of "being paid to say what he says." But that's unlikely to help soften the latest blow to a government reeling from a drastic fall in public approval ratings, and a loss of confidence in Argentina's peso.
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Former Chávez associate Antonini Wilson was caught trying to smuggle a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 in cash from Venezuela into Argentina last year but was allowed to return to his Miami home by the Argentine authorities, where — the court found — undercover emissaries from Venezuela and Argentina, Duran among them, had tried to threaten and bribe Wilson to hush up a political scandal that threatened the leaders of both countries.

The setback in Miami comes barely a year since Cristina Fernández triumphantly walked away with the presidential elections, taking 45% of the vote against an opposition whose energies were divided among 13 candidates. The press at home and abroad hailed her as Argentina's "New Evita" and its "Hillary", and voters believed that Fernández would distinguish herself from the previous administration by repairing the country's relations with the U.S., bruised by close ties with Chávez. She was also expected to improve relations with her domestic opposition.

The negative legacy that she was looking to repair, of course, was that of her husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, who had chivalrously stepped aside for his wife to stand for office. Still, Fernández was known for her independent streak and as a political heavyweight in her own right, with a record as a combative senator that convinced many she would not be manipulated by her husband.

But her independent image has taken a battering in recent days, as Argentine media have run a series of stories alleging that it is really Kirchner who now handles major decisions, issuing orders directly to government ministers, while the President has been relegated to ceremonial appearances at school openings and industrial projects.

Many politicians, both pro and anti-Kirchner, concur with that assessment. "He is the one definitely calling the shots," says Maria Eugenia Estenssoro of the centrist Civic Coalition Party, which came in second in last year's elections. "It is a big disappointment," says another legislator from Fernández's camp, who requested anonymity. "Kirchner is now in charge again."

Kirchner is referred to ironically as "the former President in office" by Joaquin Morales Sola, the leading columnist in the conservative daily La Nacion, who has stated that Cristina Fernández "is the democratic President with the quickest loss ever in popular support."

According to the pollster Datamatica, Fernández's approval rating has plummeted to only 25%. "Their dream of a dynastic democracy based on the nearly 80% popularity they once enjoyed is shattered," says Senator Estenssoro.

Apart from the embarassing revelations in the Miami courtroom, Argentina's lengthy economic bonanza seems to have been abruptly ended not by the recent worldwide financial meltown but by a series of drastic economic initiatives apparently micromanaged by Kirchner, who now serves as president of the Peronist Justicialista Party, the dominant political force in the country.

-More at Link- There was more bad news for the embattled government of Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on... more

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"A cholesterol of 240 is NOT ELEVATED. This is normal and compatible with good health."

A cholesterol of 240 is NOT ELEVATED. This is normal and compatible with good health.

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No charges for ex-NY governor in prostitution case

Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they will not bring criminal charges against Eliot Spitzer for his role in a prostitution scandal, removing a legal cloud that has surrounded the former New York governor since his epic downfall eight months ago.

U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said investigators found no evidence that Spitzer or his office misused public or campaign funds for prostitution. Investigators found that Spitzer solicited high-priced call girls, but federal prosecutors typically do not prosecute clients of prostitution rings.

"After a thorough investigation, this office has uncovered no evidence of misuse of public or campaign funds," Garcia said. "We have concluded that the public interest would not be further advanced by filing criminal charges in this matter."

The announcement by Garcia signals the end of the bombshell investigation of Emperors Club VIP and means that nine other men described in an indictment as clients of the lucrative prostitution service also have escaped charges. Those clients were never identified.

Legal experts said that local authorities technically could still charge Spitzer as a john, but that it would be highly unlikely.

A remorseful Spitzer issued a statement in which he expressed relief that he will not face charges.

"I appreciate the impartiality and thoroughness of the investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office, and I acknowledge and accept responsibility for the conduct it disclosed," he said. "I resigned my position as Governor because I recognized that conduct was unworthy of an elected official. I once again apologize for my actions."

Spitzer was out of town and unavailable for further comment.

He resigned in March after it was disclosed he was referred to in court papers as "Client-9," who spent thousands of dollars on a call girl at a swanky Washington, D.C., hotel on the night before Valentine's Day.

Garcia said that Spitzer later revealed to investigators that on multiple occasions he arranged for women to travel from one state to another state to engage in prostitution.

The scandal ruined a promising political career for Spitzer, who won a landslide election in 2006 with a vow to clean up corruption. He has remained out of the spotlight since his shocking resignation, spending time with his wife and three daughters, working for his father's real estate business and occasionally being photographed running in Central Park.

He also assembled a high-powered team of lawyers who made an intense behind-the-scenes lobbying effort with the U.S. attorney's public corruption unit. His legal team included former prosecutors.Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they will not bring criminal charges against Eliot Spitzer for his role in a prostitution... more