Tag: wisconsin
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obamessiah releases $3.73t budget; phony partisan squabbling begins
as tax revenues drop, US borrows 40¢ of every dollar spent from voanews: One key reason that U.S. President Barack Obama, his Democratic Party allies in the Congress and rival Republicans are squabbling over the budget is that the budget deficit is expected to hit its highest level in decades. Newly published budget documents say…
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animal farms get bigger & bigger
from allgov: The last two decades witnessed the continued disappearance of small- and medium-sized farms, thanks to the ever-expanding presence of corporate-owned “factory” farms, according to Food and Water Watch. In a new report, the agricultural watchdog organization found the number of dairy cows on factory farms (those with more than 500 cows) nearly doubled,…
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drugwar updates: money, child care fronts & more
drug money ‘saved banks from collapse’from daily mail: Drugs money saved some banks from collapse at the height of the global crisis the United Nations’ drugs and crime chief claimed today. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, told the Observer that there were signs that some banks were rescued…
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bank failures hit 106 for year; many more are weak
from ap: It’s a big number that only tells part of the story. The number of banks that have failed so far this year topped 100 on Friday — hitting 106 by the end of the day — the most in nearly two decades. But the trouble in the banking system from bad loans and…
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US fighter jets scrambled to intercept stolen plane
from reuters: A pilot stole a small airplane in Canada on Monday and headed south, forcing U.S. military officials to scramble F-16 fighter jets to trail him, before landing on a highway in Missouri and fleeing on foot. The pilot was captured and arrested by Missouri State Troopers a short time after landing the Cessna…
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police state int’l: scanners, chips, checkpoints & promis
your isp is watching you google offers to track you by your cell phonefrom cbsnews: Google is releasing free software Wednesday that enables people to keep track of each other using their cell phones. CNET got a sneak peek at it, and CNET-TV Senior Editor and Early Show contributor Natali Del Conte explained how it…