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Joe Biden runs up bill of $585,000 for just ONE NIGHT in five-star Paris hotel (and taxpayers will pick up the tab)
Daily Mail [UK], by Meghan Keneally
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Posted By:Attercliffe, 3/22/2013 11:15:51 PM
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| Paris may be known as the City of Light, but that title certainly doesn’t mean that visitors are light on spending as Vice President Joe Biden’s one day trip cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars. When Mr Biden and his hefty entourage stayed in Paris for an evening in early February and it cost $585,000.50 for that single night.[Snip] Because the hotel doesn´t offer a Vice Presidential suite, Mr Biden likely enjoyed a title bump as he probably stayed in the two-room Presidential Suite which goes for 2,975 euros per night. The 1,851-square foot suite features
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Comments: And after that Vice President and Doctor Biden went to visit London.
Isn´t that special?
What sequester?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
cartcart, 3/22/2013 11:23:26 PM (No. 9239506)
"Let them eat caca."
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JonR, 3/22/2013 11:30:04 PM (No. 9239514)
Irresponsibility and arrogance epitomized!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mitzi, 3/22/2013 11:32:54 PM (No. 9239518)
Did he even know he was in Paris? /s
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 3/22/2013 11:38:47 PM (No. 9239523)
He is a hypocritical Bas****. Good time Joe my foot .Con-man joe who has never held a job outside of govt.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
veritas, 3/22/2013 11:47:37 PM (No. 9239529)
OK, maybe if you really, really try, kinda squint over your shoulder, and have an awesome ability to suspend disbelief, you could say, "Well, it´s an official trip, so, even if it cost bundle, it´s legit."
Or... you could say: "At some point, legitimate trip or not, spending like this is theft. Period.".
That´s theft. In case you missed it.
Theft.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Hazymac, 3/22/2013 11:58:29 PM (No. 9239535)
During this time of economic hardship for many if not most Americans, this immoral, profligate, damn-the-serfs, almost unbelievably over the top, king´s ransom wild spending by the top two figures (and their unforgivably huge entourages) in this inexcusable Administration can only be called provocative in the extreme. And I mean provocative to the point where these people should be run out of town after having their travel and vacation budgets chopped to a tenth of what they are now. Who the hell do they think they are?
It really takes low character to live a six star existence on the taxpayers´ dime, especially when these shameless pols travel with retinues of literally hundreds of people. Biden and Zippy are so far beneath contempt they should disappear into the earth´s mantle and burn. Worthless bums.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Muguy, 3/23/2013 12:00:57 AM (No. 9239538)
Vice-President Bite Me--
Sequester THIS!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden, 3/23/2013 12:26:13 AM (No. 9239553)
No conscience... pity them.
Eternity has its Rewards.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
snakeoil, 3/23/2013 12:30:09 AM (No. 9239555)
When I visit Paris Tennessee or Texas I prefer Motel 6. One of the reasons this stay costs so much if after Clueless Joe left they had to replace the towels.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
MEMcL, 3/23/2013 12:46:20 AM (No. 9239559)
This is not a funny situation. I am outraged by the irresponsible, senseless spending of our money. The bloated White House staffing and lifestyle is abhorrent. We have to demand accountability!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bighambone, 3/23/2013 1:01:31 AM (No. 9239563)
I have not seen any reports of this extravagant spending in the so-called liberal mainstream USA media. If they ever commented on the costs of this trip at all, they would claim that G.W. Bush spent more, even if it was not true, and most Americans would never know the difference.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
HisHandmaiden, 3/23/2013 1:19:34 AM (No. 9239573)
W went to Camp David or Crawford... big difference...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 3/23/2013 2:21:39 AM (No. 9239591)
Here we are reading the Daily Mail again.
Why isn´t anyone in Congress protesting the hyprocrisy ? Would be be wishful thinking for anyone on MSM to ask this same question ?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 3/23/2013 2:55:02 AM (No. 9239602)
Biden knows the meaning of success His needs are more, so he gives less He looks at this world and wants it all So he strikes like Thunderball!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
beamer, 3/23/2013 4:08:41 AM (No. 9239613)
Wheee! Aint this fun! Sorry about that you sucker taxpayers. Pay up or we throw you in jail!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Deedo, 3/23/2013 6:43:39 AM (No. 9239677)
I wouldn´t know how to spend that kind of money.
Did Biden buy a yacht or a fleet of cars via the hotels?
Perhaps he purchased a number of antique furnishings or paintings?
More evidence that the Left intends to establish a ruling class that lives like royalty while the rest of us toil in the rice paddy fields.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
beca, 3/23/2013 6:53:06 AM (No. 9239690)
i wrote all my reps and sent this info...no it wont do any good but i wanted them to know we the people are watching........this is totally uncalled for and just blatant in your face waste.....it infuriates me
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
judy, 3/23/2013 6:55:07 AM (No. 9239693)
The taxpayers would love to see the list of people he took with him. What a sad country we have.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Starlady, 3/23/2013 6:56:38 AM (No. 9239694)
If it takes 130+ security to keep the VP safe he should just stay home. The traveling should be left to our Secretary of State. There is no excuse for this kind of expenditure when we are in so much debt. Joe just looks like the fool he is, at least it will be useful should he decide to run for President in 2016. For example, this is how your VP lives while you don´t have a job or enough food to feed your family.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 3/23/2013 7:14:11 AM (No. 9239702)
The hypocrisy of the Democrats is breath-taking.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 3/23/2013 7:22:17 AM (No. 9239709)
Biden is an important Democrat elite and it is allowed. The Media will give him a pass. A Republican, on the other hand, would be crucified for this behavior.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Freeloader, 3/23/2013 7:24:51 AM (No. 9239713)
Surely there must be MOTEL 6 locations in Paris and London Joey "B" and his bride could have stayed in?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
udanja99, 3/23/2013 7:35:50 AM (No. 9239734)
To paraphrase zippy...
At some point, you´ve SPENT enough money.
( That point was reached several $ trillion ago )
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Grambo, 3/23/2013 7:45:25 AM (No. 9239757)
Hollande is smiling because the French economy just took a turn for the better, thanks to Joe Biden and the US taxpayer.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
dwbbb, 3/23/2013 8:15:22 AM (No. 9239805)
Brings all new meaning to the term public servant.
Joe´s been a taker his whole life.
Apparently, public servants have Super EBT cards for use in places like Paris. Who knew?
/S
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Judith, 3/23/2013 8:19:10 AM (No. 9239816)
Can´t we peons at least be entertained by pictures of the rooms and details of the services/food provided?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Red Jeep, 3/23/2013 8:28:01 AM (No. 9239831)
This trip of Biden´s was in early February. Why are we just learning about it now? Why do we have to learn about the trip from a foreign newspaper?
Weren´t our MSM Obama Parrots informed or did they go too?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
cobieone, 3/23/2013 8:38:41 AM (No. 9239859)
I saw a commercial yesterday on NBC for an upcoming Brian Williams interview with Rahm Emanuel. They were just laughing and having a great time, making the mayor look like this good time, cuddly dude. I´m sure the serious news anchor hit him hard with the questions about how his city is failing miserably under his leadership. s/
The media is dead. There is no MSM in our nation anymore. There will be no mention of the extravagant spending by this administration, or anything else that shows them in a negative light. Of course, when W dared to take a vacation in Crawford, front page news!
Beyond disgusting.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
uno, 3/23/2013 8:45:36 AM (No. 9239867)
#22 - That reminds me, there once was a draft-dodging, tax-evading, dope-smoking, coke-sniffing, money-laundering, pants-dropping, weenie-wagging, wife-cheating, womanizing, finger wagging liar, self-serving, hornswaggling, double-dealing, power hungry, money grubbing thief, influence peddaling sleaze-bag (who was convicted of perjury, impeached and disbarred) who managed to turn the Whitehouse into a Motel 6 brothel. I´m sure Bite-Me wishes he was VP then, but back then ash-trays were only thrown, not walking, talking officials!
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
catfur27, 3/23/2013 8:48:41 AM (No. 9239870)
...wow...I can´t wait for the U.S. media to jump all over this and crucify the flaming hypocrite..................................(cue the crickets)
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 3/23/2013 9:01:51 AM (No. 9239889)
This is Joe Biden mooning WTP
Had enough yet?
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
mindyourbubble, 3/23/2013 9:04:32 AM (No. 9239893)
#30, If you wait for the US media to report this, you will have to wait until you are older than Methusla. I´ll bet the almost 600K bill was without the gratuity. That would let "what´s his name" say he saved 120K because he didn´t TIP anyone.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Janjan, 3/23/2013 9:09:15 AM (No. 9239900)
I pay a huge amount of Federal taxes and this worthless piece of crap spent an entire lifetime of it in one weekend. Then they they have the nerve to lecture us about paying our ´fair share´. Beyond disgusting.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
mizzmac, 3/23/2013 9:17:06 AM (No. 9239917)
A fish rots from the head. Biden is following the rotten example of his boss. They´re both utterly arrogant and without conscience.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Arby, 3/23/2013 9:31:18 AM (No. 9239940)
Extra charges for shoveling the bullcrap.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Me?Opinionated?Nah!, 3/23/2013 9:53:27 AM (No. 9239976)
Did you notice how the media made such a big fuss about Joe “Gaffe Man” Biden saying that Gabby Giffords had been “mortally wounded” when she was shot? Not critically wounded. Not gravely wounded. “Mortally” wounded! The media covered his embarrassing blunder incessantly, didn’t they? Didn’t they? No? I wonder why. Is it because we “can’t handle the truth?” No! It’s because Joe’s a Democrat. Simple as that!
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
T-Bubba, 3/23/2013 10:13:07 AM (No. 9240017)
Speaking of top European hotels, do you know the difference between Bidet and Biden?
One is a fixture that spews a constant, gushing stream into our nether orifices, and the other looks like a toilet.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
JimboUSN, 3/23/2013 10:16:19 AM (No. 9240026)
As a "practicing Roman Catholic"...shouldn´t Uncle Joe "The Gaffer" take notes from Pope Francis who just called to cancel his newspaper? Humility does not exist in the Demonrat lexicon.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
LZK, 3/23/2013 10:26:47 AM (No. 9240048)
AND -- there -- Bill O´Reilly is YOUR money...
You wanted to know how it was being spent before you gave VP Bite Me and the Weasel more....
Here´s Uncle Joe!!
LZK
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
chicodon, 3/23/2013 10:27:53 AM (No. 9240049)
OK, substitute the name Cheney for Biden and guess what the reaction would have been.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
RancherJack, 3/23/2013 10:36:09 AM (No. 9240071)
Serving up bovine scatology ... while DWS´staffers are starving ...
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
trapper, 3/23/2013 10:44:16 AM (No. 9240089)
Up all night watching expensive pay-per-view porn on the hotel TV?
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
pineledger, 3/23/2013 10:51:13 AM (No. 9240100)
Imputed income. Send him to jail.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
papasparky, 3/23/2013 10:52:49 AM (No. 9240103)
$585,000.50?? - the fifty cents was the doorman´s tip, right?
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
ncgrammie4, 3/23/2013 10:58:47 AM (No. 9240114)
He learned how to travel in style on the peoples money from the Clintons. What a worthless human.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Butch59, 3/23/2013 11:52:35 AM (No. 9240192)
I still have some coming out of my ears from reading this. I can think of eleventeen things I want to say, but don´t want to get banned from LCom. So, I just say that I was under the impression that the men (sorry the were no women present) that founded this country and wrote the Constitution expressily so that we would NOT have a royal government. Now, when did we cross that line. This country treats it´s rulers (and yes I mean that specific word) as royalty and that they are "entitled" to be treated that way. That is, as long as they are Dims. Republicans are to be treated lower that dirt./rant off
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
trapper, 3/23/2013 12:35:37 PM (No. 9240258)
Sorry for the second post, but this one isn´t a joke. Do these types of stories give anyone else a nagging suspicion in the back of your mind that won´t quite go away? You know. That little "something´s not right" uneasiness? That funny little feeling you get that makes you turn your head and you see someone staring at you? Does anyone else get the uneasy feeling that they know something we don´t know, when they are spending money like there is no tomorrow?
Why - so - serious?
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Dragonslayer2, 3/23/2013 1:42:52 PM (No. 9240364)
While Debbie Wasserperson Shultz´s staff is starving? They no standards because it is the NSA (No Standards Adminisration).
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
kono, 3/23/2013 1:45:58 PM (No. 9240379)
How many years has Biden smeared the GOP as the party of the rich and claimed the mantle of compassion for Democrats? And the facial expression he wore when shaking Pope Francis´ hand last week looked like he thought Francis was honored to meet him...
The baseball hall of fame highlights the career of an all-time great named Shoeless Joe Jackson. Unfortunately, all our nation´s leadership can afford (after half a century of fiscal irresponsibility) is Clueless Joe Biden...
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
redwhite&blue2, 3/23/2013 2:13:41 PM (No. 9240420)
Question to the lap-dog rump-swab enemedia:
Did you know that your Vice President is:
1)A convicted plagiarist 2)A hypocrite 3)A demented stooge 4)An elitist idiot 5)A liar 6)An entitled moron 7)A hairplugs dope 8)Always confused 9)A smiling chimp embarrasment 10)A racist lefty liberal creep
Yes, we know, but...THAT´S JUST JOE!
Oh, and about the OTHER guy in the White House? Don´t get me started!
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Eliza M, 3/23/2013 2:14:00 PM (No. 9240421)
Our Lord God, gives our public officials the responsibility for the good of the people whom He puts in charge. WOE! To the Kings who put themselves before the people in whom God Gave charge over. Their judgement will be extremely harsh before the King of King´s! J.M.J
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
jerrodmason, 3/23/2013 2:20:23 PM (No. 9240429)
This is just the bill for the hotel! Do we get to see the bottom line for the whole trip including the entourage that required 160 rooms? Does ANYBODY out there care?
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
glcinpdx, 3/23/2013 2:52:49 PM (No. 9240458)
I´m sure BO´R Will be all over this on Monday, along with Boozehead Beckel and Ju-wan Williams... /s
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
veritas, 3/23/2013 3:29:29 PM (No. 9240486)
Reading the very properly outraged posts sparked the thought that we should limit the travel expenses of these [pre-deleteds] to the most they ever paid when in the private sector and paying out of their own pockets.
Uh-oh. I see the flaw....
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
Lawsy0, 3/23/2013 4:41:50 PM (No. 9240559)
Joe, you´re ugly and your mama dresses you funny!
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
4Justice, 3/23/2013 5:04:45 PM (No. 9240586)
Congress wouldn´t jump on this...at least not the establishment, professional politicians. They do the same thing!! But everyone here is right. These hypocrites will be given a pass not only by the media but also their supporters and they will make claims tha Bush and Cheney did worse. They are already saying Cheney made a personal fortune off the Iraq war. The point is that NONE of our elected officials should be spending taxpayer money like this for any reason. I don´t care of they are Democrat or Republican. We all need to get these sleazeballs out of office and limit their ability to spend money. We can´t let them run our lives. They are supposed to be at OUR beckon call.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
mominNoCA, 3/23/2013 5:18:26 PM (No. 9240602)
Old Plugs puts the par-tay in the Democratic Party, doesn´t he? We peons will appreciate the fact our sacrifices go to such a good cause (cough).
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
ExPatYank, 3/23/2013 5:23:00 PM (No. 9240611)
Just what did the American taxpayer get in return for their $1M investment in Biden´s boondoggles?
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
luckyx3, 3/23/2013 5:36:06 PM (No. 9240622)
there are no words for this hypocrisy
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
AutumnJoy, 3/23/2013 6:10:26 PM (No. 9240660)
"What difference does it make at this point!?"
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
tusker, 3/23/2013 9:40:38 PM (No. 9240834)
That´s what it takes to secure a Biden Parisienne hooker.
Were I a Parisienne hooker, I´d pass on a night with Plugs at treble this tab.
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM
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On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program. The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012. In the chilling interview, a distraught Ms. Smith, in tears, pleaded for answers and spoke of the efforts to silence her. Ms. Smith first relayed how her son, prior to the attack, requested additional security in advance and warned the State Department: He did tell them, ahead of time, he typed it into his little typewriter over there,
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Vanishing workforce weighs on growth
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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM
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Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba
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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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