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Are Taiwanese Chinese?
Pakistan Defence Forum | 4 hours ago
During the last census (i.e. year 2000) in the United States, there were three sub-categories for East Asian Americans. The three categories were Chinese-Americans, Korean-Americans, and Japanese-Americans. There was an uproar over the three sub- read more
Senate approves landmark healthcare overhaul
Andi Kurniawan | 5 hours ago by Andi Kurniawan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate approved President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare overhaul on Thursday, backing sweeping changes in the medical insurance market and new coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans. read more
Obamas salute military in their Christmas message
Source Net Online | 6 hours ago by genesis villavicencio
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama offered Christmas wishes to the nation on Thursday, including a special thanks for the U.S. military. They urged Americans to help support military families this holiday read more
Americans will warm to health care bill
Thaifiles.net | 6 hours ago by tagecho seagullt
Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd says he expects the federal health care legislation to be extremely popular, despite opinion polls that show a majority of Americans oppose it.1 Vote(s) read more
Legal English - Thy Shall Use Shall Correctly
Mr English 101 | 7 hours ago by Winn
While perusing websites for an idea for this blog entry, I came upon a rather controversial topic - the use of shall. Researcher Roger Foley at the University of Lapland in Finland examines the use of shall in a Legal English sense in European read more
Health Care: All Over But The Secrecy
Outside The Beltway | OTB | 8 hours ago by James Joyner
David Lightman and William Douglas of the McClatchy Newspapers syndicate point out that the real action on the health care bill will take place in the murky world of conference committees, which–like many other things on the Hill–don̵ read more
Additional Articles
Sport Forward | 8 hours ago by Pro Linker
The hardest thing to control is consuming too much of anything. Americans are too fat and in debt. This is the result of the inability of not controlling ourselves and breaking things into smaller pieces. Training too much can lead to injuries and read more
What’s Wrong With Global Government
The Pissed Off Citizen | 8 hours ago by TPOC
Sometimes, I get so caught up in being opposed to something I fail to remind myself as to WHY I’m opposed to it. Yesterday I found myself – in the wake of so much news in the past few months regarding swine flu and the WHO; climate change and Cop read more
Why consumers want an MSN-phone more than a Twitter-phone
Giapy Technology World | 9 hours ago by Angela
When INQ Mobile showed me a phone with a fast built-in Facebook app earlier this year, my immediate reaction was: “It’ll do Twitter, too, right?” Sure enough, the latest version does Twitter. But it turns out that my enthusiasm puts read more
Obama Sends his Minions Christmas Greetings Announcing More Gover…
Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom | 10 hours ago by Clay Bowler
Once again, we find when it comes to holiday greetings, Obama can't go without patting himself on the back. Here is the latest Obama Christmas greetings to minions. It basically announces more government and less freedom, and it leaves out basically read more
Obamacare To Cost Middle Class Families $15,000 A Year
MyInfo4U.net | 10 hours ago by Emanuel
Paul Joseph WatsonPrison PlanetFamilies struggling in the midst of a deep recession who earn a combined total greater than $88,200 and don’t have their health care covered by their employer will be hit with a mandatory annual fee of about $15,000 a read more
"This is for my friend Ted Kennedy" said Sen. Byrd as h…
Haystack Commentary | 10 hours ago by Zorek Richards
At 7:16 a.m., the Senate passed on a 60-39 party line vote a sweeping health care bill that will tighten insurance regulations, provide insurance for 31 million more Americans and cost $871 billion over the next decade.Senate Majority Leader Harry Re read more
Americans Hunkering Down for a Chilly Economy
Ki's Austin Real Estate Blog | 10 hours ago
According to recent polls, more Americans would rather see the government work on the economy then work on the environment. The economy remains at the forefront of Americans' minds and tops the list of concerns. Despite the empirical evidence that read more
Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul Bill
Suzie-Q | 11 hours ago
President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., spoke at the White House after Senate voted on the health care bill on Thursday. - Luke Sharrett/The New York Times ROBERT PEAR | NYT | December 24, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Senate voted read more
Video: President Obama Statement on Health Reform Passage
RootsWire | 11 hours ago by Steve Hanson
Original Author: noreply@blogger.com (Lowell) In a historic vote that took place this morning, members of the Senate joined their colleagues in the Ho read more
Explaning Christmas
Chronicles of an Athlete/Artist turned Mom | 12 hours ago by Sara Zimmerman
My family raised me in a non-religious household, despite a Jewish AND somewhat Christian lineage. So we celebrated numerous holidays along with the rest of America, learning a bit here and there about the traditions that started them. And then I wen read more
Chamber of Commerce on ObamaCare passage…
Legislative Aid | 12 hours ago by Anonymous Staffer
Chamber of Commerce on ObamaCare passage: Despite numerous polls showing the majority of Americans are opposed to the Senate health care bill, sixty senators chose to ignore their objections. The business community has been consistent in calling for read more
Small Home Improvements Equal BIG Energy Savings
The Horizon Comfort Zone | 12 hours ago by Horizon Services
Green initiatives for home improvements are great for the environment, but aren’t always financially feasible for many Americans. Thankfully, there are tons of inexpensive solutions to take the load off of your heating and air conditioning system, read more
US Ski Team debuts ‘mobile lunch box’ - USA Today
Manufactured Home Loans | 13 hours ago by Jesse Evans
US Ski Team debuts 'mobile lunch box'USA TodayMiller even ditched his own personal mobile home for the recent races in Italy to try out Korzun's cooking. Korzun will also cook for the Americans at the … and more » read more
* Lest we forget: Lester Rodney
Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf | 13 hours ago by Ron Kaplan
One more legend I missed an opportunity to interview. Rodney, who died at the age of 98, was the sports editor of the communist newspaper, The Daily Worker. He was also a champion in the battle to have Major League Baseball admit African Americans to read more
Senate approves landmark healthcare overhaul n (Reuters)
Daily US News | 13 hours ago by John Andrewes
Reuters - The Senate approved President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul on Thursday, backing sweeping changes in the medical insurance market and new coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans. Source:Senate approves land read more
Bungalow Bill's Wacky Liberal of the Year Recap (8-10)
Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom | 13 hours ago by Clay Bowler
I am about to go off and enjoy my Christmas. Before I do, let's recap Bungalow Bill's Wacky Liberals of the Year so for for 2009.As you know, the BBCW Wacky Liberal of the Year highlights the most outrageous liberals for 2009. As they say stupid, ant read more
Sun Belt Growth Continues but Slows
Outside The Beltway | OTB | 13 hours ago by James Joyner
While most Americans think of the Census Bureau only in terms of the decennial population count, they are actually constantly surveying the demographic trends of the country. Their latest report — and the last before the 2010 count that will read more
Senate approves broad healthcare reform
Economic knowledge | 13 hours ago
President Barack Obama’s hopes of overhauling the US’s inefficient and inequitable healthcare system moved a giant step closer to being realised when the Senate passed a sweeping reform bill that would see 94 per cent of Americans with health ins read more
This Christmas, 78% of Americans Identify as Christian
Free Market Mojo | 14 hours ago by Ariel Goldring
According to a new Gallup poll, 78% of Americans identify with Christianity this Christmas. read more
Finding The Best Returns For Your Savings
Bank Rates, Credit and Deals - RateNerd | 14 hours ago by Bryan
More Americans are setting money aside in savings accounts these days, due to the financial crisis. And investing Americans have become more conservative, holding onto more cash than they might have in the past. Both trends are good ones and will le read more
Listen Up Tea Partiers: It's Time for a Coal Party
Bungalow Bill's Conservative Wisdom | 14 hours ago by Clay Bowler
As you know early this, under the leadership of Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate delivered to Americans a health care plan just in time for Christmas. The health care plan according to the Congressional Budget Office is going to drive up the hea read more
Senate Health Care reform: Representative Slaughter
Prison Abolitionist | 14 hours ago by Margaret J Plews
Well, today the Senate is celebrating the passage of historic health care reform...party line votes, no public payer option - actually, I don't really know what's left. There are a few sources I trust on the issues who may not be heard on msot other read more
Thank You Democrats!
Toner Mishap | 14 hours ago
From the New York Times:The Senate voted Thursday to reinvent the nation’s health care system, passing a bill to guarantee access to health insurance for tens of millions of Americans and to rein in health costs as proposed by President Obama.The b read more
US Senate pass Obamacare bill
The Chronicles from the Empire | 14 hours ago by Sten A. Hankewitz
Capitol building in Washington. The United States Senate passed a health insurance overhaul today, 60-39, as both Democrats and Republicans held unified in their positions on the massive bill that mandates coverage for about nine per cent of the US p read more
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