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Obama Olympics trip carries political risks
Added 1358 days ago in Opinion
cnn.com — President Obama's decision to head to Copenhagen, Denmark, later this week to make a push to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago is not without political controversy. Critics say Obama is making a risky move, since key issues - ranging... More Is Obama possibly wasting political capital by attempting to personally pitch for the Olympics?
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Volcker Says China's Rise Highlights Relative U.S. Decline images.huffington...
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Volcker Says China's Rise Highlights Relative U.S. Decline
Added 1358 days ago in Business
bloomberg.com — Former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker said the rise of China and other emerging economies has underscored a decline in the comparative economic and intellectual leadership of the U.S. "I don't know how we accommodate ourselves to... More Does China's rise underscore the U.S.'s decline?
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Obama and the limits of style
Added 1359 days ago in Politics
newsweek.com — The president's problem isn't that he is too visible; it's the lack of content in what he says when he keeps showing up on the tube. Obama can seem a mite too impressed with his own aura, as if his presence on the stage is the Answer.... More Is Obama all stylr?
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Correcting the Federal 2010 Census
Added 1374 days ago in Politics
Are you optimistic that President Obama on his own initiative will order the Census Bureau to amend the Federal 2010 Census Questionnaire to include an inquiry into citizenship? (The number of seats each state receives in Congress will... More Are you optimistic about this issue?
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U.S. Payroll Losses Slow, Unemployment Rises to 9.7% images.huffington...
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U.S. Payroll Losses Slow, Unemployment Rises to 9.7%
Added 1383 days ago in Business
bloomberg.com — The pace of U.S. job losses slowed in August as signs emerged that the recession is ending, while the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high, underscoring threats to consumer spending gains in the recovery. Employers cut 216,000 from... More Has unemployment peaked or more shedding to come?
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Citizenship Inquiry on the 2010 Census
Added 1384 days ago in Politics
As many people are aware, the 2010 Federal Census does not yet even inquire into citizenship. Are you concerned that if the Census Bureau fails to enumerate the number of citizens in each state, there may be a problem with voter fraud in... More Does this issue concern you?
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Temporary Work Visas for Foreign Nationals
Added 1398 days ago in Politics
Although unemployment in some states is approaching 11%, and over 15,000,000 Americans are searching for work (that does not count the underemployed), the government every month issues some 160,000 new visas to foreign nationals to enter... More Is this a reasonable policy?
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Racist-right-wing-extremists numbers rising at town halls User provided
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Racist-right-wing-extremists numbers rising at town halls
Added 1403 days ago in Opinion
splcenter.org — The 1990s saw the rise and fall of the virulently antigovernment "Patriot" movement, made up of paramilitary militias, tax defiers and so-called "sovereign citizens." Sparked by a combination of anger at the federal government and the... More Is the GOP feeding racist-right-wing hate against the president at town halls?
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'A Recovery Only a Statistician Can Love' media3.washingto...
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'A Recovery Only a Statistician Can Love'
Added 1406 days ago in Business
washingtonpost.com — The pile of economic data indicating that the worst of the recession is over just keeps growing. In the past few weeks, the government has reported that businesses last month shed the smallest number of jobs in nearly a year. The savings... More Is the market misinterpreting economic data?
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Jobs Losses Dwindle as Unemployment Rate Drops media3.washingto...
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Jobs Losses Dwindle as Unemployment Rate Drops
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washingtonpost.com — Job losses shrank dramatically in July and the unemployment dipped slightly, bolstering hopes that the end of the recession is near. Non-farm payrolls fell by 247,000 in July, the Labor Department reported this morning, far fewer than many... More Employment recovery thanks to Obama policies...
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