Political & Elections

pima · pima

I am not sure where I fall on this appointment. Panetta is a very intelligent man, but the majority of his career has not been military related, but more political. The military is in a precarious situation currently not only because of all the action (Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya), but also becau...

longprime · longprime

Soon I will be gone from CC. Forever. No new avatars. Cough.

BigG · BigG

A ban on trade and freezing of assets: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13188920 Qaddafi has access to funds despite "sanctions": http://www.debka.com/article/20872/ How are the Iranian sanctions "biting"? http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailed...

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/27/house_votes_to_limit_bargaining_on_health_care/?page=full

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

...Superman announces that he is going to give up his U.S. citizenship. Despite very literally being an alien immigrant, Superman has long been seen as a patriotic symbol of "truth, justice, and the American way," from his embrace of traditional American ideals to the iconic r...

longprime · longprime

In the private messagei, reply to infraction, moderator Entomom, I said that the thread was political. This is infraction #2. I think I am going to do a swan dive. I am not long for CC.

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

A transgender employee hired to oversee urine tests administered to men has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Camden drug treatment center that fired him after it confronted him about his gender last summer.[url]http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110412_Transgender_N_...

longprime · longprime

Dear LongPrime, You have received an infraction at College Confidential. Reason: rude, political comments ------- Please reread CCs Terms of Service, neither rudeness to other members or political comments are permitted. EM Moderator ------- This infraction is worth 1 point(s) and may result...

poetgrl · poetgrl

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20110415/US.Westernized.Woman.Killed/

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

A Canadian comic has been ordered to pay CA$15,000 (US$15,745) to a woman he taunted along with her same-sex partner during a show in a Vancouver restaurant three years ago, the Vancouver Sun reported Thursday. [url]http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/lesbian-insults-get-c...

longprime · longprime

More impediments to making money. HR 729 of the 112th Congress. If passengers don't like it, take the train or fly another carrier. - I can't believe so many R's voted for this bill. Where is the TP's when you need them? FDA finds rodent droppings on Delta Plane. FDA is not satisfied with the explanatio...

longprime · longprime

Long ago got rid of bonds except for those in balanced funds. Congress, Playing chicken is making you look like Chicken****.

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/events/docs/A%20National%20Strategic%20Narrative.pdfmove beyond a strategy of containment to a strategy of sustainment (sustainab...

SamuraiLandshark · SamuraiLandshark

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-school-lunch-restrictions-041120110410,0,4567867.story?page=2

pima · pima

Okay, so yesterday for the 1st time in my life I called all 3 of my MOCs, and didn' end there I also called Reid and Boehner's office. They got an earful from me. Bullet and I are taking the 1-2-3 punch. 1. He is a GS, in other words no paycheck come Monday 2. Retirement bennies including VA health care will b...

geeps20 · geeps20

who said this: "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. ... Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad c...

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.htmlHe polled his audience at the San Antonio Convention Center, starting by asking how many considered themselves politically liberal. A sea of hands appeared, and Dr. Haidt estimated that liberals made up 80 percent of the 1...

winchester · winchester

Krugman gets it (you heard right) A Tale of Two Moralities the great divide in our politics isn’t really about pragmatic issues, about which policies work best; it’s about differences in those very moral imaginations Mr. Obama urges us to expand, about divergent beliefs over what constitute...

zoosermom · zoosermom

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/nancy-pelosis-absurd-math-on-senior-citizens-losing-their-meals/2011/04/06/AFUf51rC_blog.html?hpid=z1

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

UN troops firing on the Ivory Coast yesterday or today... hopefully no full government collapse.

justamomof4 · justamomof4

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/requiring-algebra-ii-in-high-school-gains-momentum-nationwide/2011/04/01/AF7FBWXC_story.html

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.theage.com.au/business/world-business/11-dead--but-execs-paid-safety-bonus-20110404-1ctik.html

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html

longprime · longprime

As we have been witnessing the Japan Nuclear Problem, I heard that the Japanese will need to cover US$300B+ in damages and liabilities to the TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co) disaster. TEPCO is effectively bankrupt. I can understand NOLA-Katrina, where USA take the liability because USA under the i...

SamuraiLandshark · SamuraiLandshark

I have to admit his silence stumps me on this issue. Heck, he weighed in on Harvard's professor Gates and even had a beer summit with Gates and Crowley. Limited military engagement in another country's war...and no conversation with the American public? [url]http://online.wsj.com/article/...

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

[url]http://ec.europa.eu/transport/strategies/2011_white_paper_en.htm[/u...

soccerguy315 · soccerguy315

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/24/cnn-poll-most-americans-okay-with-a-mosque-in-their-community/

Razorsharp · Razorsharp

A quarter of North Korea’s 24m people are starving and the public food distribution system could run dry as early as May, the UN has concluded. Friday’s warning of an impending food crisis poses a dilemma for South Korea and western nations, which have argued that Pyongyang could be...

BigG · BigG

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-on-the-potomac/2011/03/obama-says-he-didnt-inform-mexico-of-u-s-gun-smuggling-operation-because-he-didnt-know-about-it/

amazing · amazing

To put things into perspective. deaths due to the biggest Nuclear accident: 35. Deaths due to the biggest hydroelectric accident: > 200,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam#Casualties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_disaster

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Panetta to be SoD (Preview) I am not sure where I fall on this appointment. Panetta is a very intelligent man, but the majority of his career has not been military related, but more political. The military is in a precarious situation currently not only because of all the action (Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya), but also becau...	pima	4	362	May 2, 2011 by justamomof4
	My time is near (Preview) Soon I will be gone from CC. Forever. No new avatars. Cough.	longprime	18	1124	Apr 30, 2011 by longprime
	Administration Mulls Syrian Sanctions (Preview) A ban on trade and freezing of assets: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13188920 Qaddafi has access to funds despite "sanctions": http://www.debka.com/article/20872/ How are the Iranian sanctions "biting"? http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailed...	BigG	2	218	Apr 30, 2011 by BigG
	more politicians trying to limit union power (Preview) http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/27/house_votes_to_limit_bargaining_on_health_care/?page=full	soccerguy315	10	329	Apr 30, 2011 by Tom1944
	Superman is a Traitor (Preview) ...Superman announces that he is going to give up his U.S. citizenship. Despite very literally being an alien immigrant, Superman has long been seen as a patriotic symbol of "truth, justice, and the American way," from his embrace of traditional American ideals to the iconic r...	Razorsharp	3	314	Apr 29, 2011 by longprime
	Another Infractiomn (Preview) In the private messagei, reply to infraction, moderator Entomom, I said that the thread was political. This is infraction #2. I think I am going to do a swan dive. I am not long for CC.	longprime	5	581	Apr 26, 2011 by SamuraiLandshark
	Transgender Man Sues over Firing for Men Only Job (Preview) A transgender employee hired to oversee urine tests administered to men has filed a discrimination lawsuit against a Camden drug treatment center that fired him after it confronted him about his gender last summer.[url]http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110412_Transgender_N_...	Razorsharp	24	946	Apr 26, 2011 by zoosermom
	Infraction (Preview) Dear LongPrime, You have received an infraction at College Confidential. Reason: rude, political comments ------- Please reread CCs Terms of Service, neither rudeness to other members or political comments are permitted. EM Moderator ------- This infraction is worth 1 point(s) and may result...	longprime	6	352	Apr 23, 2011 by DonnaL
	Wonder why a guy like this only gets 34 years in prison (Preview) http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20110415/US.Westernized.Woman.Killed/	poetgrl	5	548	Apr 23, 2011 by Billy
	Comic Ordered to Pay $15,745 (Preview) A Canadian comic has been ordered to pay CA$15,000 (US$15,745) to a woman he taunted along with her same-sex partner during a show in a Vancouver restaurant three years ago, the Vancouver Sun reported Thursday. [url]http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/lesbian-insults-get-c...	Razorsharp	1	234	Apr 23, 2011 by Billy
	Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights (Preview) More impediments to making money. HR 729 of the 112th Congress. If passengers don't like it, take the train or fly another carrier. - I can't believe so many R's voted for this bill. Where is the TP's when you need them? FDA finds rodent droppings on Delta Plane. FDA is not satisfied with the explanatio...	longprime	0	238	Apr 20, 2011 by longprime
	Standand & Poor's, warning on US Treasuries (Preview) Long ago got rid of bonds except for those in balanced funds. Congress, Playing chicken is making you look like Chicken****.	longprime	9	877	Apr 20, 2011 by john doe
	National Strategic Narrative by Mr. Y (Preview) http://www.wilsoncenter.org/events/docs/A%20National%20Strategic%20Narrative.pdfmove beyond a strategy of containment to a strategy of sustainment (sustainab...	soccerguy315	0	517	Apr 14, 2011 by soccerguy315
	School doesn't allow parents to pack their kids lunches (Preview) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-school-lunch-restrictions-041120110410,0,4567867.story?page=2	SamuraiLandshark	16	807	Apr 14, 2011 by busdriver11
	Govt shut down ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Okay, so yesterday for the 1st time in my life I called all 3 of my MOCs, and didn' end there I also called Reid and Boehner's office. They got an earful from me. Bullet and I are taking the 1-2-3 punch. 1. He is a GS, in other words no paycheck come Monday 2. Retirement bennies including VA health care will b...	pima	75	2361	Apr 14, 2011 by Bogney
	Debt Ceiling (Preview) who said this: "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. ... Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad c...	geeps20	4	274	Apr 12, 2011 by Razorsharp
	Social Scientist Sees Bias Within (NYTimes) (Preview) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/science/08tier.htmlHe polled his audience at the San Antonio Convention Center, starting by asking how many considered themselves politically liberal. A sea of hands appeared, and Dr. Haidt estimated that liberals made up 80 percent of the 1...	soccerguy315	28	1461	Apr 12, 2011 by winchester
	A Tale of Two Moralities ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Krugman gets it (you heard right) A Tale of Two Moralities the great divide in our politics isn’t really about pragmatic issues, about which policies work best; it’s about differences in those very moral imaginations Mr. Obama urges us to expand, about divergent beliefs over what constitute...	winchester	51	1410	Apr 10, 2011 by winchester
	4 Pinocchios for the Demagogue (Preview) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/nancy-pelosis-absurd-math-on-senior-citizens-losing-their-meals/2011/04/06/AFUf51rC_blog.html?hpid=z1	zoosermom	2	376	Apr 7, 2011 by catahoula
	Ivory Coast (Preview) UN troops firing on the Ivory Coast yesterday or today... hopefully no full government collapse.	soccerguy315	6	284	Apr 6, 2011 by Billy
	Require Algebra II in High School? (Preview) http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/requiring-algebra-ii-in-high-school-gains-momentum-nationwide/2011/04/01/AF7FBWXC_story.html	justamomof4	10	407	Apr 6, 2011 by amazing
	Transocean Executives get "safety bonus" (Preview) http://www.theage.com.au/business/world-business/11-dead--but-execs-paid-safety-bonus-20110404-1ctik.html	soccerguy315	5	355	Apr 6, 2011 by john doe
	How GE pays zero taxes (Preview) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html	soccerguy315	22	846	Apr 5, 2011 by Billy
	Government as a Regulator (Preview) As we have been witnessing the Japan Nuclear Problem, I heard that the Japanese will need to cover US$300B+ in damages and liabilities to the TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Co) disaster. TEPCO is effectively bankrupt. I can understand NOLA-Katrina, where USA take the liability because USA under the i...	longprime	1	235	Apr 3, 2011 by BigG
	Peggy Noonan's op-ed ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I have to admit his silence stumps me on this issue. Heck, he weighed in on Harvard's professor Gates and even had a beer summit with Gates and Crowley. Limited military engagement in another country's war...and no conversation with the American public? [url]http://online.wsj.com/article/...	SamuraiLandshark	62	2216	Apr 3, 2011 by FFF
	EU plan to ban cars in cities by 2050 (Preview) [url]http://ec.europa.eu/transport/strategies/2011_white_paper_en.htm[/u...	soccerguy315	5	513	Apr 2, 2011 by DonnaL
	Disconnect at CNN (Preview) http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/24/cnn-poll-most-americans-okay-with-a-mosque-in-their-community/	soccerguy315	7	353	Mar 29, 2011 by Abyss
	Let Them Starve (Preview) A quarter of North Korea’s 24m people are starving and the public food distribution system could run dry as early as May, the UN has concluded. Friday’s warning of an impending food crisis poses a dilemma for South Korea and western nations, which have argued that Pyongyang could be...	Razorsharp	8	490	Mar 26, 2011 by soccerguy315
	It's a Big Government. Lamest Excuse Ever or Same Old Same Old? (Preview) http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-on-the-potomac/2011/03/obama-says-he-didnt-inform-mexico-of-u-s-gun-smuggling-operation-because-he-didnt-know-about-it/	BigG	3	284	Mar 26, 2011 by soccerguy315
	Deaths from biggest nuclear accident vs biggest hydroelectric accident (Preview) To put things into perspective. deaths due to the biggest Nuclear accident: 35. Deaths due to the biggest hydroelectric accident: > 200,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam#Casualties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_disaster	amazing	6	1967	Mar 26, 2011 by longprime
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