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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Is it a GOP comeback? Or lesser of two evils?

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It's an interesting trend, but if people are merely voting against the Democrats by voting Republican, then the GOP had best not get ove...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Oregon nears highest income tax in the nation

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Taxpayer Ambush in Oregon The public unions win in Portland. It's not often that citizens vote for higher taxes, but 54% of Oregonians h...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Oregon; following California's example?

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Sure looks it. Wealth envy wins, jobs creation loses: Oregon voters pass tax increasing measures by big margin Oregon voters bucked decades...
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How many people are fiscally conservative, but socially liberal? Nearly 60% - the Majority?

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How Many Libertarian Voters Are There? In our new study, David Kirby and I round up various estimates on the number of libertarian-leaning v...

The Swiss, and their Guns

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I got a link to this in my email recently. The email was titled "Why nobody invades Switzerland": In school, I had learned that n...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Social Media Dangers in our Brave New World

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Creepy Ways Your Social Media Data Can Be Used People who use social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are not known for thei...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

FireFox 3.6 update is now available

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Firefox 3.6 is officially out; go get it Firefox 3.6 has officially been released by Mozilla for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The latest version...
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British Conservatives: where are the real ones?

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Where Have All the Conservatives Gone? Britain will hold a general election within the next five months. And after more than a decade of the...

America and Europe: the religious divide

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American and European attitudes toward religion differ quite a lot. The following article examines, in depth, many of the factors that acco...

Haiti and the Dominican Republic: the Divide

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Two countries that share the same Island ( Hispaniola ), yet they are so different. Here is a recent TIME article that looks at the history...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Scott Brown Achieves Victory in Massachusetts

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Brown Scores Upset Victory Over Coakley in Massachusetts Senate Race In a victory few thought possible just a month ago, Republican Scott Br...

Haitian Bank Employee Rescued

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After being buried alive for six days: Her hand was caught between slabs. Firefighters from Los Angeles freed her. As they are pulling her...

Ham Radio assistance for Haiti repelled

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Radio hams flee Haiti after convoy fired on Eight radio amateurs from Radio Club Dominicano (RCD) who were operating under the callsign HI8...

When Disaster Help isn't Helpful

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Learning lessons from past disasters [...] I don't want to send the wrong message: In many ways, reconstruction after the tsunami has be...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Sunday Funnies: "Maxine" does the Economy

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The "Maxine" comic is a popular one in emails, usually regarding issues humorous to seniors, but sometimes other things too. Rece...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Special tax exempt status for Union members?

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Our constitution says that all citizens are to be treated equally under the law. But are some people now "more equal" than others...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Haiti: This Year's January Catastrophe

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It seems like there is at least one major disaster at the begining of every year, and this year its: EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI And a devastating o...

A Tea Party Convention Warning for Sarah?

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I’m Afraid Sarah Palin Might Be Ruining Herself Unintentionally [...] I have much good to say about groups like Tea Party Patriots, but I t...

Will California become the next Amsterdam?

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Is California about to go beyond "Medical" Marijuana? Assembly Plants Seed for Legal Pot in California The first step to legalize ...
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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Bi-sacksual struggles with social networking

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I got this in my email recently: Story of a Challenged Senior... I thought about the 30 year business I ran with 1800 employees, all wi...