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On Jobs Numbers, Robert Reich Comes Up Short

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Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor, apparently doesn't know how the unemployed are counted. Writing in today's Salon, he says: "Over 15 million Americans were jobless in November. This doesn't include those who are working part-time but would prefer ...
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Anyone Think…

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...it is a coincidence that President Obama scheduled a surprise visit to Afghanistan on the same day a very poor jobs report came out? Not me. Very few things will knock this kind of jobs report from the top of ...
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Chimp Concedes: We Don’t Understand the Climate

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Last March, in an effort to demonstrate something most of the delegates at the United Nations COP-16 global warming conference in Cancun ought to absorb -- namely, that the Earth's climate is complicated, and understanding it as yet remains beyond ...
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In Case You Missed It…

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...ABC News will now be run by a member of the advisory board of the Soros-funded Center for Public Integrity (Christiane Amanpour, also of ABC, is on its board). How's that for objective journalism? Share Article | Permalink Email Article ...
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Why Do Virginians Brag So Much?

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In 2007, Virginia claimed America started with the settlement of Jamestown in 1607, but the first European settlement of what is now the U.S. was in Florida, and the first English settlement, in North Carolina After decades of wondering, I'm ...
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U.S. Pushing Montreal Protocol as an Easy-Win Climate Treaty to Ban Emissions

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U.N. officials, desperate for a win at the sleeper climate talks in Cancun, are now proposing a means to cut greenhouse gas emissions that should wake us all up: the 1987 Montreal Protocol. This from Greenwire in yesterday’s New York ...
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NOAA Makes Monkey Out of Chimp; Agency Out-Forecasts Trained Chimpanzee – Who Knew?

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Washington, DC - NOAA made a monkey out of Dr. James Hansimian, The National Center for Public Policy Research's trained hurricane-forecasting chimp, by producing a more accurate hurricane forecast for 2010. Today marks the official end of the 2010 Atlantic ...
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U.S. Special Envoy Promising CO2 Emissions Cuts “Even Without Domestic Legislation”

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As U.N. negotiators attempt to lower the expectations bar on the climate change talks that kick off today in Cancun, keep your eye on Todd Stern, the Obama Administration’s special climate change envoy and the U.S. government’s representative at the ...
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Nationwide Poll of Conservative Voters Finds Big Business Should Fear Tea Party Activists

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Washington, DC – Companies supporting President Obama's big-government policies risk suffering a dramatic drop in customer favorability, a newly-released nationwide research survey of conservative voters conducted by FreedomWorks and the National Center for Public Policy Research reveals. In one example ...
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Massive Land-Grab Effort Urged by Democrats in Lame Duck

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Source: iStockphoto.comJust two days ago I wrote about a possible vote during the lame-duck session to hike up funding levels under the “oil spill bill” for the federal land-grab program, the Land and Water Conservation Trust. Even more threatening are ...
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