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Report says Wal-Mart received $1B in government subsidies. - May. 24, 2004 - 0 views

  • 91 Wal-Mart stores have received individual subsidies ranging from $1 million to about $12 million
  • $245 million
  • 84 of Wal-Mart's distribution centers received an average of $7.4 million
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  • $624 million
  • 69 Wal-Mart stores received other low-cost financing of about $138 million
  • uses taxpayer dollars to create jobs that tend to be poverty-wage, part-time and lacking in adequate healthcare benefits
  • $9 billion in profits can wrest job subsidies from state and local governments
  • 75 percent of our jobs are fulltime and we offer solid healthcare benefits starting at less than $35 a month for individuals
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Massive US Government Subsidies for GE Soybeans - 0 views

  • US soy crop GM varieties are the principal beneficiary of huge subsidies
  • 70% of US soy bean value now comes from the US government
  • collapse in world oilseed prices
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  • US farm subsidy policy is artificially promoting GM production at the expense of other non-gm oilseeds
  • US's commitment to free world trade in the agricultural sector is something of a fraud
  • The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians
  • orcing consumers to buy things they don't want providing large taxpayer revenues to produce those things in the first place
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"The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam" - 0 views

  • conversation at the President's "ranch" in Crawford, Texas, between Bush and Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar
  • month before the President launched his invasion of Iraq
  • at the edge of an invasion, and eerily "at peace with himself."
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Voters unhappy with Bush and Congress | U.S. | Reuters - 0 views

  • Bush's approval rating to another record low
  • The number of Americans who believe the country is on the wrong track jumped four points to 66
  • job approval rating fell to 24 percent
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  • present problems for both parties
  • one-quarter of Americans, or 26 percent, believe the country is headed in the right direction
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Senate Passes Bill To Allow Motorcycling Without Helmet | News | WXMI.com | FOX 17 | Gr... - 0 views

  • Motorcyclists could ride without a helmet if they buy an annual state permit
  • Granholm may veto
  • pay a $100 annual state permit fee to allow them to opt out of wearing a helmet.
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  • pay $200 for three years
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It's Official -- Belmont Bans Smoking In Some Homes - News Story - KNTV | San Francisco - 0 views

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  • extends the city's current smoking ban to include multi-unit, multi-story residences.
  • still be allowed in single-family homes and their yards
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Ron Paul Wins Debate In Another Landslide - 0 views

  • Ron Paul won another debate by a landslide this week despite efforts on the part of the mainstream media to limit the Congressman's exposure
  • participated by over 22,000 people
  • Paul received 86%
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  • Critics have again charged that the polls were deluged by Ron Paul internet spammers.
  • suggested their own polls have been fixed simply because Ron Paul won them.
  • CNBC even removed its own poll
  • when they realized Ron Paul was winning
  • Neo-Con blog sites do not even include Ron Paul in their polls
  • not as a result of one person voting multiple times, as in all the online polls only one vote per IP address is allowed
  • only allowed Paul a total of 5:44 minutes
  • 6.5% of the time allotted in total to all candidates
  • Giuliani and Fred Thompson were both asked over double that amount.
  • slammed the candidates who willingly accepted the idea of striking Iran from the air without the authorization of Congress
  • calling for massive cuts in spending
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Think Round: Korean Company Develops Spherical Solar Cell - 0 views

  • highly efficient round solar cell
  • It utilizes a method wherein there is little waste of silicon.
  • capable of greater power efficiency and flexibility in applications than conventional flat solar cell panels
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  • captures light from all directions
  • will not block views as some conventional flat solar cell panels
  • little or no waste product
  • production costs in producing Sphelar are halved
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Bush says brother could be president - Politics - MSNBC.com - 0 views

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  • President Bush suggested Wednesday that he’d like to see his family’s White House legacy continue
  • said Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is well-suited for another office and would make “a great president.”
  • “I would like to see Jeb run at some point in time, but I have no idea if that’s his intention or not,” Bush said
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  • younger Bush has not said.
  • Neither can seek re-election because of term limits.
  • Jeb Bush has repeatedly said he is not going to run in 2008
  • it wouldn't be a good idea.
  • latly rejected the idea in an interview with Chris Matthews
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The Two Best Green Funds - Kiplinger.com - 0 views

  • Alternative energy, says manager Jack Robinson, will become a huge part of the global economy
  • socially responsible funds earn their keep. Winslow Green Growth (888-314-9049, symbol WGGFX) is at the top of that list.
  • WFI Industries (WFI.TO) "is probably our favorite stock today,"
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  • produces geothermal energy, mainly for new housing developments. Pipes just five feet underground can pump 55-degree air
  • cutting utility bills and saving energy.
  • First Solar (FSLR). The company will "soon produce electricity in many parts of the country that is no more expensive that traditional power,"
  • doesn't employ costly silicon
  • Fuel Tech (FTEK) is another favorite
  • boilers burn cleaner, but the utilities don't have to shut them down for cleaning so they save money,"
  • Should oil prices plunge, these stocks will likely fall much further and faster than traditional energy stocks because most alternative-energy companies trade at lofty prices
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Bush Vetoes Children's Health Bill - New York Times - 0 views

  • Bush vetoed the children’s health insurance bill
  • sparking unusual dismay from some prominent Republicans.
  • “Because the Congress has chosen to send me a bill that moves our health care system in the wrong direction, I must veto it,” Mr. Bush
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  • approved by Congress with unusual bipartisan support
  • Bush and his backers argue that the bill would be a step toward federalization of health care, and that it would steer the program away from its core purpose of providing insurance for poor children and toward covering children from middle-class families
  • one lawmaker who is usually allied with the president promised to try to corral votes to defeat his veto
  • “It is estimated that if this program were to become law, one out of every three persons that would subscribe to the new expanded Schip would leave private insurance,” the president said
  • an irresponsible use of the veto pen
  • “It won’t even cover kids on the program today, much less reach out to cover more kids.”
  • president who is willing to throw away a half trillion dollars in Iraq is unwilling to spend a small fraction of that amount to bring health care to American children
  • “heartless veto” showed how “detached President Bush is from the priorities of the American people.”
  • “Today the president showed the nation his true priorities: $700 billion for a war in Iraq, but no health care for low-income kids.”
  • he has resorted to political and ideological gamesmanship rather than seek a bipartisan solution that would protect this nation’s most vulnerable children.”
  • vote their conscience or join the president in putting ideology above kids.”
  • “absolutely confident” that there was strong enough opposition in the House to sustain a veto
  • send me the bill, I will veto it, and then we will get about the business of trying to find some common ground
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      common ground for who, both parties voted for the bill.
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Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations - New York Times - 0 views

  • Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations
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U.S. says DPRK must abide by joint document for peace, normal relations - 0 views

  • The United States said Thursday that a peace treaty formally ending the Korean war and the normalization of its relations with the DPRK will hinge on the Asian nation's abiding by the document agreed upon at the six-party
  • all conditioned on the DPRK's progress abiding by the joint document reached at the six-party talks
  • certain actions that we expect by the end of the year
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  • DPRK agreed to disable its existing nuclear facilities and provide a declaration of all its nuclear programs by the end of this year.
  • President George W. Bush
  • common commitment of the participants in the six party talks to realize a Korean Peninsula that is free of nuclear weapons
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AFP: US: Korean peace hinges on six-party process - 0 views

  • peace treaty formally ending the Korean war and the normalization of US-North Korean ties would depend on the Stalinist regime abiding by an agreement that calls for dismantling its nuclear weapons program.
  • United States, Japan, China, North and South Korea, and Russia.
  • certain actions that we expect by the end of the year, such as the disablement of (the) Yongbyon (nuclear complex), and their actions will be met with actions on our end," said Johndroe.
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  • agreed to step up trade, travel and political exchanges, including starting a freight train between the impoverished communist North and prosperous South and flights for the growing number of South Korean tourists.
  • remain technically at war
  • joint declaration, North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il and South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun called
  • declare a formal end to the Korean War.
  • United States and China also fought in the war on opposite sides, meaning their signatures are necessary to finish it.
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Critical Mass celebrating 15 years of free-form bicycle advocacy - 0 views

  • Critical Mass in San Francisco marks the 15th anniversary of the rebellious rolling ride that locally has propelled the bicycle movement into the political mainstream
  • "The role of Critical Mass has been a double-edged sword," said Leah Shahum
  • tactics of Critical Mass can spark anger and turn people off altogether to efforts aimed at making the streets more accommodating to bicyclists
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  • through its high visibility and outside agitation, has pushed the issue into public consciousness and influenced public policy.
  • more, well, middle of the road
  • Valet bicycle parking is now commonplace at major events in town
  • Superior Court judge last year blocked implementation of San Francisco's official bike plan.
  • creation of more bike lanes, even if that means removing traffic lanes and on-street parking spaces to accommodate cyclists at the expense of the more numerous members of the public who drive.
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Boston Airport Bomb Scare Should Scare Scientists on Wired Science - 0 views

  • Star Simpson, a 19-year-old MIT sophomore
  • encircled Simpson outside the airport, machine guns drawn and leveled
  • charged with disorderly conduct and possessing a hoax device
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  • Will scientists and technologists soon live in fear of someone point a finger at them in a public place?
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MIT student arrested at Logan in bomb scare - Local News Updates - The Boston Globe - 0 views

  • charged with possessing a hoax device today at Logan International Airport for wearing a sweatshirt that had a circuit board affixed to the front with green LED lights and wires running to a 9-volt battery
  • Star Simpson, 19, was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt
  • inquire about an incoming flight from Oakland
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  • holding a lump of what looked like putty
  • surrounded by police holding machine guns.
  • quickly determined that the device was harmless.
  • charged with possessing a hoax device
  • shocked and appalled that somebody would wear this type of device to an airport."
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The Jena 6: Right Problem, Wrong Protest - 0 views

  • Folks should go to jail for stomping a random (and lone) person into the ER,
  • Not for attempted murder, of course not, but aggravated battery sounds about right
  • Jena High also boasts "black bleachers" where honkies fear not tread.
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  • don't know this either: the names of the true inheritors of the Civil Rights Movement, the brave students who sat under the "white tree".
  • asked, and received, permission to do so.
  • no march last week, no year of unrelenting "Afro-sphere" agitation, had the school refused them permission and no black took it on himself to kill whitey in revenge.
  • same oppression to which the black community continues to apply anachronistic, gotcha!, 60s-style tactics.
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Inhabitat » CHINA'S NO CAR DAY- September 22nd - Mozilla Firefox - 0 views

  • SHANGHAI residents are encouraged to take public transport or walk to their destinations on September 22
  • residents will be asked to avoid driving private cars within the Inner Ring Road
  • not mandatory, but in some areas, driving will be banned outright.
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  • blocked for use by private cars.
  • Other cities will join Shanghai in banning cars from some downtown areas
  • more public transit vehicles will be sent onto the roads to help commuters cope
  • 10 percent to 15 percent more buses
  • Government officials have been asked to set an example by abandoning their cars for the day
  • Leaders of state-owned enterprises were also urged to take a lead role
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