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WaMu, Under U.S. Pressure, Scrambles for Deal or Capital

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:20:43 -0700

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Schneier on Security: Draft Statement of Ethics for the Intelligence Community: "First, do no harm to U.S. citizens or their rights under the Constitution."

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:25:50 -0700

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"Dubai real estate deals and a number of crooked enterprises connected to the Karzai family have created crony capitalism in a country awash with U.S. cash and U.S. blood. Nearly 1000 U.S. soldiers have died. And for what? To make Afghanistan safe for crooks, drug dealers and crony capitalism?"

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:55:30 -0700

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U.S. Code § 2340A "Whoever commits or attempts to commit torture shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both, and if death results to any person from conduct prohibited by this subsection, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life."

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:56:00 -0700

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"The U.S. -- first under the Bush administration and now, increasingly, under Obama -- is more and more alone in its cowardly insistence that special, new tribunals must be invented, or denied entirely, for those whom it wishes to imprison as Terrorists."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:13:02 -0700

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Climate Rage: "With Copenhagen now likely to begin before Congress has passed even a weak-ass climate bill co-authored by the coal lobby, U.S. politicians have dropped the superhero metaphors and are scrambling to lower expectations for achieving a serious deal at the climate summit."

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:39:58 -0700

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Though the U.S. is required to get stock when buying bad assets under the bailout, pressing for a good deal or voting rights is discouraged. Wall Street gets our money, and we get no control. Rip off!

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:18:53 -0700

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In the U.S, is there a lot of pressure for people of certain religions or ethnicities to avoid interfaith/interethniticity marriage?

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 05:47:46 -0700

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Iraqis Consider Alternative Deal For U.S. Presence--Negotiations to take... two or three YEARS?

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:25:29 -0700

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Iraqis: Deal Close On Timetable For US Withdrawal...major unresolved issue is the U.S. demand for immunity for U.S. soldiers from prosecution under Iraqi law.

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:32:44 -0700

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Anti-American bloc gains ahead of Iraq vote - A Sadrist prime minister, or one under the movement's influence, would likely call for a faster withdrawal of U.S. forces, who are currently scheduled to be gone by the end of next year.

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:50:58 -0700

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Article I, section 6 of the U.S. Constitution: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States." -- Hillary Clinton cannot legally be Secretary of State

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:26:49 -0700

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The killings continue, escalating. For all the U.S.'s mistakes about information, WMDs, preparation, etc., perhaps the most fundemental mistake was not understanding or even sensing the underlying dynamics of Iraqi society.

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:01:31 -0700

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demand for manufactured goods dropped 0.8 percent, much worse than the 0.7 percent gain that economists had expected. Economists worry that factories will remain under pressure because of weak consumer spending as American households deal with continued layoffs and rising unemployment.

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:23:29 -0700

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The Big U.S. Banks go to Washington D.C. to beg for "capital", but when it comes to helping California and other states with fiscal issues, they tell them "sink or swim"

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:11:16 -0700

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Today’s employment situation report showed that things have taken a turn for the worse for full-time workers with the full-time unemployment level jumping to 13,901,000 workers or 11.1% of the civilian workforce (pic)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:34:29 -0700

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The standard recipe for oil and natural gas is simple: Take animal or plant remains, bury them under layers of Earth's crust, turn up the pressure and temperature, and set a very, very long timer.

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:14:56 -0700

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Alberto Gonzales acknowledged for the first time Thursday that U.S. attorneys might have resigned under pressure from the Justice Department

Fri, 11 May 2007 12:59:59 -0700

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WSJ.com: "Over the last 35 years, one job was created in the U.S. for every $25,000 of venture capital invested. That’s 10x cheaper than the most generous job creation estimates of the recent stimulus package.".

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:08:49 -0700

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Article I, section 6 of the U.S. Constitution: "No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States." -- Hillary Clinton cannot legally be Secretary of State

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:27:11 -0700

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