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![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 10:31am Occupy L.A. wants its murals back. ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 3:23pm As anyone who pays attention can attest, the current crop of elected officials in Congress ranks among the more doltish of all-time, which is saying a lot, 6 Feb 2012 at 6:54am We have seen the world created by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, and it doesn’t work. ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 6:20pm Though more than three years have passed since the city hosted then-presidential candidate Barack Obama's announcement of Joe Biden as his running mate, Springfield, Ill. remains irked that the White House has not footed the bill for some $55,000 in police overtime and other costs associated with the event. .. One alderman suggested turning the matter over to a collection agency. ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 6:43pm A great deal of credit for VIPR improvement should go to Amtrak's police chief, John O'Connor, who was so outraged about an incident in Savannah, Georgia, in February 2011 that he angrily threw VIPR teams off Amtrak property until they learned how not to make fools of themselves. ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 12:09pm Panem and Circenses(Bread and Circuses) described the methods used by Roman Caesars to exert control on the populace and distract the masses from important matters of public affairs, policies and society by having them feast and watch gladiators fight to the death in Roman arenas. Little has changed in 2,000 years, and if America can be compared to the Roman empire of today, its rulers and media associates are still using similar ploys and tools to brainwash most people into oblivion. 6 Feb 2012 at 5:27am From schools to prisons, outsourcing government's works typically ends with cronyism, waste and unaccountability ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 1:13pm ......................................................... ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 12:28pm (Image Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) There is a general consensus in the political realm that it’s going to be very difficult, nay — just shy of impossible, for any of the other remaining GOP candidates to defeat Mitt Romney. After all, none of the other candidates have the same level of ground organization, the same strong financial support, and some of them aren’t even on the ballot in all 50 states. All of these factors are important, and certainly should not be overlooked. However, the Republican Party nomination is won by achieving one goal; being the first candidate to ga ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 11:03am Meet John Fleming , the unfortunate Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana who made that wonderful and all-too-common mistake of thinking that an Onion article was real and telling his Facebook followers to read it... ![]() 2 Feb 2012 at 1:04pm When 98 percent of Catholics use birth control, why is Obama in hot water for making sure insurance covers it? ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 11:49am Romania's government collapsed Monday following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of raising public anger over biting cuts. ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 10:50am Follow Yahoo!'s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! President Barack Obama leads both GOP front-runner Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in a hypothetical general election matchup ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 9:37am Susan G. Komen Foundation’s initial decision to defund Planned Parenthood put Vice President Karen Handel under scrutiny. The foundation stated that their controversial decision was not politically motivated. But it was, according to emails obtained. ![]() 6 Feb 2012 at 7:21am Would Mitt Romney be the richest president of all time? Not even close. George Washington's land made him far wealthier. But still, Romney is worth more than the last eight presidents, combined, times two. |
![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm Republican presidential rivals agreed Wednesday night that Europe's countries should rise or fall on their own without any American bailout 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm The origin of homosexuality has become something of a political litmus test for presidential candidates, almost akin to their stance on abortion ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm To understand Perry's relationship with Latinos, it helps to consider the state he's governed for the last decade ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm In several cases, the Texas lobbying campaign won funds for programs that Perry now says he opposes as fiscally irresponsible intrusions on state responsibilities ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm As the First Family heads to this island retreat, one Vineyard lover fears imminent Obamization ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm Barack Obama hit the road Monday for his three-day Midwestern bus tour toting an array of political baggage ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm It's not clear why the straw poll should be very interesting in the first place. Maybe it's just fun to have some empirically-measured competition between the candidates ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm The Supreme Court may have settled the Social Security issue 74 years ago, but there are some on the right who see a legal case as the best hope for getting rid of the program ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm As everyone awaits the third Republican presidential debate of the season, Bill O'Reilly is wrapping up his show on Fox News. When he threatens to call Professor Cornel West a "pinhead," America knows. It's go time ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm He may not have announced anything yet, but Rick Perry's travel itinerary in the coming days makes it easy to believe that he'll be a Republican candidate for President in a week’s time ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm President Barack Obama seems to need another Mike Deaver, who served as White House chief of staff under Ronald Reagan -- someone who understands that sometimes a good picture is really worth a thousand words ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm A week in, here's the hand Obama has drawn: the return of double-dip recession fears, an emboldened Tea Party, a sinking Dow, stagnating employment, and the nation's credit rating downgraded for the first time in 70 years ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm Having Standard & Poor's downgrade the creditworthiness of the United States is a little like having the Catholic Church lecture scout leaders on the proper behavior toward boys ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm Few Republicans who value their careers would run as a touchy-feely politician. But is compassionate conservatism dead, or just mostly dead? ![]() 9 Nov 2011 at 8:35pm It's unclear if purely political incentives for another hostage situation are really there |
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