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San Andreas produced 5.3 quake in Calif.
United Press International, by Staff
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Posted By:NorthernDog, 10/21/2012 3:42:41 PM
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| KING CITY, Calif. -- California's central valley was jiggled by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake Sunday, days after the anniversary of the big Bay Area quake of 1987, seismologists said. Sunday's shaker occurred shortly before midnight PDT and was centered outside King City, about 160 miles south-southeast of Sacramento, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no reports of damage or injury in the rural area. The USGS said the quake occurred along California's famed San Andreas Fault, which triggered the famed 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and the Loma Prieta quake in Oct. 17, 1989, which killed 64 people
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Comments:
Another little jolt - just to remind everyone.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
mominNoCA, 10/21/2012 4:09:18 PM (No. 8950704)
5.3 isn't that bad by California standards.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
earlybird, 10/21/2012 5:23:21 PM (No. 8950842)
I haven't checked the proposed route for Obie and Jer's high speed rail, but I seem to recall its going through the Central Valley.
We don't need it, we can't afford it, and this would be a lousy place to put it.
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Syrian Islamists kill boy, 15, in front
of parents for disrespecting prophet
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Washington Times, by Cheryl K. Chumley
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/10/2013 8:49:34 PM
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Members of an al Qaeda-linked group in Syria executed a 15-year-old boy in front of his parents after kidnapping and torturing him for making disrespectful statements about Islam´s Prophet Muhammad, a human rights group in the region claimed. Mohammad Qataa was seized Saturday in Aleppo by gunmen with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria — formerly known as the Nusra Front — after he was overheard saying during an argument with another, “Even if the Prophet Muhammad comes down [from heaven], I will not become a believer,” according to Reuters. The captors displayed the bloody and beaten boy
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Zuckerberg Plans Fundraiser
for Cory Booker’s Senate Run
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Bloomberg News, by Elise Young
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/10/2013 8:13:46 PM
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Facebook Inc. (FB) co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, will give Newark Mayor Cory Booker some help in his U.S. Senate bid, which the New Jersey Democrat plans to formally announce today. Booker, 44, will enter the special-election race to replace Senator Frank Lautenberg, a five-term Democrat who died at age 89 on June 3. The mayor plans events in Newark and Willingboro Township, according to Kevin Griffis, a spokesman. Zuckerberg, who hasn’t declared a party affiliation, held his first political fundraiser on Feb. 14, when he welcomed New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
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Greenhouse gases nearing highly
dangerous levels, study finds
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Los Angeles Times, by Neela Banerjee
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/10/2013 8:10:00 PM
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WASHINGTON — Emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are growing at such a rate that the world will probably exceed a safe limit in average global temperatures by the end of the century and veer into a higher temperature zone that would profoundly damage economic growth and most other aspects of life, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Emissions of greenhouse gases, mostly carbon dioxide, need to stay below certain levels so that they do not push average global temperatures higher than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), scientists and policymakers have warned.
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After Soda Ban Fizzles, NYC
Health Dept. Says Diabetes-
Related Deaths at Record Levels
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Yahoo! News, by Brent Lang
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/10/2013 3:09:36 PM
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New York City´s health department released a report Monday showing that diabetes-related deaths in the five boroughs reached a record high of 5,695 in 2011. The findings come roughly three months after Mayor Michael Bloomberg´s administration suffered a setback to its efforts to ban the sale of sugary sodas bigger than 16 ounces in movie theaters and restaurants. The mayor´s administration argued that the restrictions would help reduce obesity and other health issues, but the proposal faced a fierce blowback from restaurant owners and exhibitors who accused Bloomberg of operating a "nanny state" and jeopardizing their businesses.
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Ohio Dept. Of Insurance: Obamacare
To Increase Individual-Market
Health Premiums By 88 Percent
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Forbes, by Avik Roy
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/10/2013 10:12:28 AM
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Democrats continue to try to dismiss the evidence that Obamacare will dramatically increase the cost of insurance for people who buy it on their own. But on Thursday, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced that, based on the rates submitted by insurers to date, the average individual-market health insurance premium in 2014 will come in around $420, “representing an increase of 88 percent” relative to 2013. “We have warned of these increases,” said Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor in a statement. “Consumers will have fewer choices and pay much higher premiums for their health insurance starting in 2014.”
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After Sandy, a new threat:
soaring flood insurance
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/9/2013 12:11:59 PM
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TOMS RIVER, N.J. — George Kasimos has almost finished repairing flood damage to his waterfront home, but his Superstorm Sandy nightmare is far from over. Like thousands of others in the hardest-hit coastal stretches of New Jersey and New York, his life is in limbo as he waits to see if tough new coastal rebuilding rules make it just too expensive for him to stay. That’s because the federal government’s newly released advisory flood maps have put his Toms River home in the most vulnerable area — the “velocity zone.” If that sticks, he’d have to jack his house up
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Stockholm´s male train
drivers wearing skirts to work
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Telegraph [UK], by Chris Irvine
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/9/2013 11:18:04 AM
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More than a dozen male employees working for the Roslagsbanan train services in the Swedish capital have been wearing skirts in order to keep cool. One of the drivers, Martin Åkersten, explained that temperatures can hit 95F (35C) in the train cab during the summer. Uniform regulations by the train company Arriva state that skirts or long trousers are acceptable. At a meeting last year, drivers were told that shorts were not allowed. They have given their blessing to the men wearing skirts however. "To say anything else would be discrimination," Thomas Hedenius, the communications head
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In nation´s breadbasket,
Latinos stuck in poverty
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Associated Press, by Gosia Wozniacka
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/9/2013 10:46:44 AM
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FRESNO, Calif. — On a warm spring day, farmworker Cristina Melendez was bedridden and unable to make her way back into the asparagus fields of central California for the kind of backbreaking work she´s done since childhood. The 36-year-old mother of seven was desperate. Her bank account had been at zero for months, the refrigerator was nearly empty, and she didn´t have enough to cover the rent. Lacking health insurance, Melendez couldn´t see a doctor or afford medication, so her illness dragged on — and another day came and went without work or pay. A native of Mexico
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Analysis: Few options for companies
to defy U.S. intelligence demands
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Reuters, by Lawrence Hurley and Joseph Menn
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/8/2013 11:17:28 PM
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WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Internet companies that want to resist government demands to hand over customer data for intelligence investigations have few legal options, due to the classified nature of such probes and a court review process shrouded in secrecy. Google Inc, Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp are among the big U.S. technology companies that were outed this week as key sources of data for the National Security Agency (NSA), under a surveillance program referred to inside the spy agency as Prism. While the companies have uniformly denied knowledge of Prism
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TSA has a problem with
Chewbacca actor´s cane,
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Deseret News [Salt Lake City, UT], by Jackie Hicken
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Peter Mayhew — known for playing Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films — challenged a different sort of Galactic Empire at the Denver Airport on June 3, and walked away with his lightsaber cane in hand. While passing through the airport after attending Denver Comic Con, the 7-foot-2-inch actor tweeted a picture of Transportation Security Administration agents holding the cane, which looks like a Star Wars lightsaber. According to Yahoo, the 69-year-old actor tweeted that TSA wouldn´t allow him through with his cane and asked for retweets to spread the word.
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Paul Cellucci, former
governor and US ambassador
to Canada, dies at 65 from ALS
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Boston Globe, by Bella English
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/8/2013 9:29:32 PM
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Argeo Paul Cellucci, a Hudson native who rose from a smalltown selectman to become governor of Massachusetts and ambassador to Canada, died at his home in Hudson today afternoon after a five-year battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease, according to two close family friends. He was 65. Mr. Cellucci, who served as governor from 1997 to 2001, died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a degenerative and incurable neurological condition. He was surrounded by family, according to a statement from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. A memorial service is planned at the State House
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Deadbeat dad has 22 kids with
14 women, sued for child support
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United Press International, by Kristen Butler
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/7/2013 8:30:32 PM
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Orlando Shaw guessed he had fathered 18 children with 17 women, but he really has 22 children with 14 women, making him the "most expensive deadbeat dad" in Tennessee history. Shaw appeared in court in Nashville when Child Support Services sued on behalf of the mothers for tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid child support over the years. "I was young and ambitious and I love women," Shaw, 33, told WTVF-TV. He said that when he was young he wanted 50 kids, but he´s ready to get "fixed" now. Shaw said he´s proud of all his children
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Edward Snowden has blown
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Telegraph [UK], by Damian Thompson
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 6/9/2013 9:23:19 PM
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"They could pay off the Triads," says Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower interviewed by the Guardian in his Hong Kong hideout. Meaning: the CIA could use a proxy to kill him for revealing that Barack Obama has presided over an unimaginable – to the ordinary citizen – expansion of the Federal government´s powers of surveillance over anyone. Libertarians and conspiracy theorists of both Left and Right will never forget this moment. Already we have Glenn Beck hailing Snowden on Twitter: Courage finally. Real. Steady. Thoughtful. Transparent. Willing to accept the consequences. Inspire w/Malice toward none.#edwardsnowden Snowden will be a Right-wing
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Rubio: In immigration reform,
legalization comes first.
‘It is not conditional.’
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Washington Examiner, by Byron York
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/10/2013 1:07:52 PM
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In a Spanish-language interview Sunday with the network Univision, Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform group, made his strongest statement yet that legalization of the nation’s 11 million currently illegal immigrants must happen before any new border security or internal enforcement measures are in place, and will in no way be conditional on any security requirements. “Let’s be clear,” Rubio said. “Nobody is talking about preventing the legalization. The legalization is going to happen. That means the following will happen: First comes the legalization.
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Obama administration takes first step in
probe on who leaked info about phone,
mail tracking
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Fox News, by Catherine Herridge*
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Posted By: PChristopher- 6/9/2013 2:26:52 AM
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he Obama administration has taken a first step toward opening a criminal investigation into the purported leaking of classified documents related to the federal government tracking Americans´ phone calls and emails, a source familiar with the high-level discussions told Fox News on Saturday. The source said a “criminal report has been filed,” which begins the process. The FBI and Justice Department would likely be involved in such a probe, which is expected to focus on British and U.S. newspapers including The Guardian.
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NSA Leaker Is No Hero
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Commentary Magazine, by Max Boot
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 6/9/2013 4:01:21 PM
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That didn’t take long. The official who leaked top-secret information about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs to fight terrorism has now come forward in the pages of the Guardian to revel in his role “as one of America’s most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning.” Edward Snowden is described as a 29-year-old high school dropout who worked (ironically) on computer security for the CIA before becoming a highly paid contractor at Booz Allen, making a reported $200,000 a year working for the National Security Agency in Hawaii. The Guardian story presents him as a martyr
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Bolton: NSA leaker Edward
Snowden is guilty of treason
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WLSAM.com, by Staff
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 6/10/2013 11:55:04 AM
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(CHICAGO) There is a lot of reaction on WLS this morning to the identification of the man who leaked information last week, about the U.S. Government’s secret surveillance program, which allows the National Security Agency to monitor the phone calls and emails of Americans. Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told Bruce Wolf and Dan Proft on WLS that he thinks admitted leaker Edward Snowden, is guilty of treason: "Number one, this man is a liar. He took an oath to keep the secrets that were shared with him so he could do his job.
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Why Schumer-Rubio is a Fraud-
The Nutshell Version
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Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By: Pluperfect- 6/10/2013 6:09:57 AM
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Mickey Kaus has produced an excellent, easy-to-use “pocket guide” to the reasons why the Schumer-Rubio immigration reform bill (S.744) is fraudulent. Kaus catalogues the provisions of the bill that promise tough future enforcement, etc. but don’t do what they pretend to do: “Multiple triggers” — Legalization is immediate. DHS just has to write border “plan.” The most any “triggers” can possibly do is delay green cards and citizenship. “90% effectiveness” — If not reached, triggers only toothless commission “Pay back taxes” — Only if already “assessed” by IRS (unlikely). Newly legalized may instead get refunds. “Learn English” — Only need to sign up
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Sources: Pats to sign Tim Tebow
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ESPN.com, by Ed Werder
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Posted By: Kingbubo- 6/10/2013 5:39:04 PM
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The New England Patriots will sign Tim Tebow, league sources told ESPN. The Patriots are signing Tebow, who is expected to participate in the team´s mandatory minicamp Tuesday, as a quarterback, according to sources. The move reunites Tebow with Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, who was the Broncos' head coach when Denver traded into the first round to draft the Heisman Trophy winner in 2010. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick often has spoken with admiration for Tebow's versatility, intelligence and character. Belichick covets what he has described as tough, smart, versatile football players.
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The Scandal Dump is a Smokescreen.
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American Thinker, by Philip Cowan
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Posted By: FlyRight- 6/9/2013 10:40:03 AM
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For several months, the Benghazi scandal lay dormant, apparently forgiven and forgotten. Then, inexplicably, it reared its ugly head when Congressmen Ron Johnson and Jason Chaffetz smelled Obama´s blood in the water. After feigning affliction with the flu, and then ostensibly tumbling down a carpeted stairwell resulting in an unconfirmed concussion, then-Secretary of State Clinton was finally forced to testify before Congress. Clinton´s desperate attempt to put the Benghazi scandal to rest with her now-infamous impassioned declaration -- "What difference, at this point, does it make?"
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IRS manager: White House
not involved in reviews
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Associated Press, by Philip Elliott
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Posted By: john56- 6/9/2013 4:12:39 PM
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Washington - A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea party groups told investigators that he, not the White House, set the review in motion, the top Democrat on the House watchdog committee said Sunday. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., released a partial transcript of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform interview with the unnamed manager in the IRS' Cincinnati office. In it, the employee said the extra scrutiny for tea party groups' tax exempt status was an effort to be consistent
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In nation´s breadbasket,
Latinos stuck in poverty
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Associated Press, by Gosia Wozniacka
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 6/9/2013 10:46:44 AM
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FRESNO, Calif. — On a warm spring day, farmworker Cristina Melendez was bedridden and unable to make her way back into the asparagus fields of central California for the kind of backbreaking work she´s done since childhood. The 36-year-old mother of seven was desperate. Her bank account had been at zero for months, the refrigerator was nearly empty, and she didn´t have enough to cover the rent. Lacking health insurance, Melendez couldn´t see a doctor or afford medication, so her illness dragged on — and another day came and went without work or pay. A native of Mexico
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Getting The IRS Out of Obamacare
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Breitbart´s Big Government, by David Bossie
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 6/9/2013 5:07:54 AM
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As the IRS scandal continues to take shape and the massive overreach of one of the most powerful agencies in Big Government becomes even more apparent, it becomes frightening to think this same agency will soon be heavily involved in your personal healthcare situation. Remember folks, as the United States Supreme Court said nearly a year ago, Obamacare is a tax and thus falls under the jurisdiction of the IRS. (Snip) Georgia Congressman Tom Price has introduced the Keep The IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013 (H.R. 2009). The recently introduced legislation already has
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China and Hong Kong Hold
Edward Snowden´s Fate
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Atlantic, by Connor Simpson
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Posted By: StormCnter- 6/10/2013 5:36:00 AM
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What happens next with the man responsible for leaking a trove of National Security Agency documents to the Guardian rests in the hands of two countries who could decide to send him back to the U.S. with express shipping, or to keep him as a global bargaining chip. Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old American defense contractor, revealed himself as the man responsible for the Guardian´s string of NSA leaks Sunday afternoon. Booz Allen confirmed he was an employee for the last three months. But, for now, he´s in a hotel in Hong Kong ordering room service and covering up
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