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Fallout From Copenhagen Felt In Businesses And World Capitals
CleanTechies Blog | December 21st 2009 by CleanTechies
Reverberations from the disappointing Copenhagen climate summit continued to be felt worldwide, with political leaders blaming each other for the meeting’s outcome, U.S. senators saying that the lack of progress will make it harder for Congress to read more
Global Water Crisis: You’d Think Water Would Be a Basic Right
CleanTechies Blog | December 21st 2009 by CleanTechies
In the slums of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, about 1 million poor people pay up to 30 times more for water of dubious quality brought to them in old tanker trucks than middle-class citizens pay for clean and safe water provided by the local public water read more
Al Franken’s Defense Amendment, Providing Recourse for Rape Vic…
Illinois Deserves the Truth | December 21st 2009 by Illinois Deserves the Truth
Clearing the way for the real squeaker 60-40 Senate vote on health care at 1 a.m. this morning, was another key weekend Senate vote – the 2010 Defense Appropriations bill – which passed Saturday night by a less squeaky margin 88-10. The b read more
Quick Thoughts on Health Care
Recent Health News | December 21st 2009 by Travis
Evidently, Nevadans think its fine to commit adultery and pay off your mistress and her compliant husband, but it’s just wrong to save tens of thousands of lives w ith health care reform….I’m reminded of my constant refrain to gradu read more
Are We Watching the End?
A Feather Adrift | December 21st 2009 by Sherry Peyton
Washington is looking more and more like the bloated, rotted corpse that was ancient Rome. You may think that is going a bit too far, but frankly, I don’t think it is. After all, Rome, which as we all know, was not built in a day, didn’t read more
NY Times Article on Surrogacy - the Debate Continues
Surrogacy & Egg Donation Issues | December 21st 2009 by Theresa Erickson
With all of the attention this industry has given the NY Times Surrogacy article last week, which I myself had blogged about here, I wanted to give everyone a few additional updates to ponder. Once is from the American Fertility Association, an read more
Idaho Loan Originator Bond Abolished
Surety Bonds Blog | December 21st 2009
On 02/01/2008, the state of Idaho introduced a new law named HB 450 concerning loan originators. The new law eradicates the surety bond requirement in existing law for the loan originators. The law demanded a surety bond in the quantity of $10,000, w read more
R18+ Classification For Video Games in Australia
The Whole Story | December 21st 2009
The Commonwealth Government has finally released its discussion paper which briefly summarises the key arguments for and against an R 18+ classification for computer games. Censorship Ministers in Australia have considered the issue of an adult clas read more
The Copenhagen Effect – CSP Daily News
Earn up to Rs. 40,000 per month through simple online copy/p… | December 21st 2009
CSP Daily News The Copenhagen EffectCSP Daily NewsMost importantly, we remain committed to comprehensive legislation that will create millions of new American jobs, power new industry and enhance our …Obama secures ammunition for Congress read more
Democrats In Trouble over Health Care
The Whig | December 21st 2009 by Septimus
Barack Obama emerged from his meeting with Senate Democrats this week to claim Congress was on the "precipice" of something historic. Believe him. The president is demanding his party unilaterally enact one of the most unpopular and complex pieces of read more
The Senate's Bill: Should It Pass?
Everyday Citizen | December 20th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
Rising health care costs are crippling the economy, squeezing middle class families' budgets, and making health care unattainable for a growing number of Americans. More than 14,000 people lose their coverage every day. We know that as the number of read more
Judicial Review: A Law repugnant to the Constitution is void
Blog @ Morewhat.com | December 20th 2009
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Wouldn’t It Have Been Better For Republicans If They Cooperated…
Donklephant | December 20th 2009
I noted some months back that it was smart politics for Republicans to compromise on health care. Yes, they’re the minority party, but if they had worked with Dems the size and scope would have been more to their liking. And they could have ea read more
Doctor’s Admission that “Medical Errors are Our Bad” - May…
Illinois Deserves the Truth | December 20th 2009 by Illinois Deserves the Truth
Enough people are talking about the pros and cons of the guts of the health care bill that we probably don’t need to stick our PopTort nose(s) in it, too. But we do have to say that when it comes to liability issues, we are relieved to see read more
Georgia County Manager’s Bond
Surety Bonds Blog | December 20th 2009
HB 1182, a new law introduced on 02/13/2008, has implemented a county manager in the state of Georgia. HB 1182 produced a county manager for Toombs County who is now required to obtain a surety bond from a licensed surety company able to do business read more
United Healthcare & Wellpoint win delay on healthcare tax
WeThePeople | December 20th 2009
You read that headline correctly. They had it planned all along and that may be at the core of why United Healthcare, symbol UNH, stock moved up almost 18% in just 8 trading days. Here's some excerpts from the news out this morning from Bloomberg.com read more
Australia's Big Brother Laws on Dogs and Cats
Adventure Australia | December 20th 2009 by Tyrone Buchanan
Big Brother is alive and well and living in Australia. Animal rights activist are pushing the Government to introduce laws directing people to take their dogs for walks every day. If you own a pet you will have to live by a code of behavior. Under ex read more
Which LGBT-Related Legislation or Cases Had the Most Impact for Y…
Mombian | December 20th 2009
Share your opinions, dear readers: Which LGBT-related legislation and/or court cases had the most impact (positive or negative) on your lives this past year? Which do you think had the most impact overall on LGBT parents and their children, and on LG read more
Senate Democrats Secure 60th Vote. Health Care Legislation To Pa…
The Whig | December 20th 2009 by Septimus
I hope you like what is in there, because it is going to pass.Huffington Post: Obama hails 60th Senate vote for health care Jubilant Democrats locked in Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as the 60th and decisive vote for historic health care legislation Satur read more
CBO Gives Dems A $132B Christmas Present
Donklephant | December 19th 2009
Christmas is coming early this year for the Dems. With the news that Ben Nelson is falling in line so Dems can avoid a filibuster, the passage of this health care bill has become much more likely (almost a certainty?). Basically, Republicans can cr read more
HUGE: Democrats Have 60 Votes For Health Care Bill
Donklephant | December 19th 2009
They got Ben Nelson. From Wash Post: Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the final Democratic holdout on health care, announced to his colleagues Saturday morning that he would support the Senate reform bill, clearing the way for final passage by Christmas of P read more
Bill Would Add Engineer to Commissioners’ Staffs
KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog | December 19th 2009 by Dan
This item is from RadioWorld: Snowe Introduces Bill to Add Tech Experts to FCC Commissioners Staffs 12.18.209 Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, has introduced a bill that would potentially add one electrical engineer or computer scientist to the staffs of read more
Dems’ Health Reform 60 Vote Fraud
Blog @ Morewhat.com | December 19th 2009
Ben Nelson gets his. What do you get? read more
Senator Ben Nelson: I Want Stuff
Blog @ Morewhat.com | December 19th 2009
the vote buying continues read more
Does Michigan Have a Split Personality?
Get Off The Couch News | December 18th 2009 by Joan Young
if you like this article, click the Blip chiclet! commentary based on several sources Michigan simply can't seem to get its head together when it comes to tourism. The "Pure Michigan" campaign, to woo visitors to the state has won national Mercu read more
Joe Lieberman Sucks ... I mean Socks
Electronic Village | December 18th 2009 by Wayne Hicks
It breaks my heart to see President Obama's approval ratings taking a nosedive as a result of inaction by the US Senate on health care reform bill. I keep reminding myself that Obama is a smart brother with a vision ... and that he isn't deterred by read more
Congress Redirects Stimulus from Wall Street to Main Street
Kansas Free Press | December 18th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to create urgently needed new jobs for construction workers, teachers, police officers, firefighters and others, and to extend critical assistance for the unemplo read more
Depression on Wheels
The Desidooru Saloon | December 18th 2009 by dan
When the price of oil hit $150 a barrel, the first major alarm sounded. Something was wrong. Now we have a clearer idea of what it was. To make a long story short, leading economists have a one-stop solution for just about everything: stimulate consu read more
Obama at Copenhagen: “The Time for Talk Is Over”
CleanTechies Blog | December 18th 2009 by CleanTechies
Saying that “the time for talk is over,” President Obama called on the 193 nations at the Copenhagen climate summit to put aside divisions and agree on a treaty to tackle the threat of global warming. “We are running short of time, and at this read more
Obama’s Copenhagen Speech
Cato @ Liberty | December 18th 2009
By Roger PilonPolitico asks, “Was he convincing?” My response: In Copenhagen this morning, President Obama convinced only those who want to believe — of which, regrettably, there is no shortage. Notice how he began, utterly without d read more
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