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On Tuesday 11/6/12 Obama was re-elected, on Friday 11/9/12 The Supreme Court Appears Ready to Nuke the Voting Rights Act
President Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965. Wikimedia Commons (Reported by The New York Times) Published: November 9, 2012 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would take a fresh look at the constitutionality of the Voting…
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Presidential debate 2012
Jsais: America I think that we are blessed, for the second time since I’ve been voting to have a choice where we are not just voting for the lesser of two evils. Romney if it sounds too good to be true, than it is. No one said change would be easy, but we are blessed to…
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Suicide Now Kills More Americans Than Car Crashes
Suicide has surpassed car accidents as the No. 1 cause of injury-related death in the United States, according to new research. From 2000 to 2009, the death rate for suicide ticked up 15 percent while it decreased 25 percent for car wrecks, the study found. Improved traffic safety measures might be responsible for the decline…
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Washington Post polls: Obama lead in Ohio, edge in Fla. hamper Romney path to victory
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen, Updated: Tuesday, September 25, 8:00 AM President Obama has grabbed a significant lead over Mitt Romney in Ohio and holds a slender edge in Florida, according to two new polls by the Washington Post that indicate there are fresh hurdles in the way of the Republican nominee’s best route…
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SECRET VIDEO: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters
MotherJones.com When he doesn’t know a camera’s rolling, the GOP candidate shows his disdain for half of America. By David Corn on Mon. September 17, 2012 1:00 PM PDT During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the…
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Why the Jobs Problem Is Not Going Away
rebogged from the Harvard Business Review by Kevin Evers | 6:30 AM September 21, 2012 The recovery from the Great Recession has been sluggish, no doubt, but if economies keep adding jobs, slowly but surely, then we’ll be good to go, right? No so, say McKinsey’s Richard Dobbs and Anu Madgavkar at VoxEU. Two long-term trends…