More troops lost to suicide
12:53 pm in General News by A. Riot
For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide than it has to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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12:53 pm in General News by A. Riot
For the second year in a row, the U.S. military has lost more troops to suicide than it has to combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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4:33 pm in Economic News by Abdom Roig
Imagine what would have happened to the economy if Congress had extended the tax rates permanently instead of just for two years. Imagine what would have happened if the payroll tax holiday had been for a year for the employee and the employer, and for the full 12.4% Social Security portion. Imagine if the Democrat-controlled Congress had lost its collective mind and actually reduced the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%. Imagine no taxes on
Read more from the original source: Instead Of Strong Trickle-Down Revival, We Get Lethargic Trickle-Along Survival
7:34 pm in General News by Alan Thompson
Alaska Republican Don Young, who lowered his profile during the 111th Congress amid ethics questions, is making a comeback this year.
See the original post: Young gets his groove back
5:40 am in Economic News by 1stRichard
‘Housing Market Setback Forecast” the newspaper headline said. A recently released report on housing says that home sales are down more than 25% and the inventory of unsold homes is about 50% higher than it was the same time last year. This is just one of innumerable stories about the woes of the housing market. We all understand about human beings having woes. But how can a housing market have either setbacks or woes? Moreover, why
Go here to see the original: Why Fuss Over ‘Underwater’ Homeowners?
3:18 am in Economic News, General News by Aaron Simac
Several years ago, much was heard about a “nuclear renaissance” in America. After a nearly 30-year hiatus, the prospects of growing demand for electric power, likely caps on greenhouse gas emissions and sizable federal loan guarantees led the nation’s utilities to express interest in building 28 new reactors. But their enthusiasm has waned considerably, a victim of the economic downturn, falling prices for competing energy sources such as natural
Continue reading here: How To Spur A Nuclear Revival In U.S.
3:28 am in General News by Andy Postel
Defense: While America has stopped production of its stealth fighter, China prepares to challenge U.S. air supremacy in the Western Pacific with its own. China is on another Long March, one it hopes will lead to military supremacy over the U.S. at least in the Western Pacific. It is deploying a carrier-killing mobile missile, the Dong Feng 21D, and is expected to launch its first aircraft carrier this year, the refurbished ex-Soviet carrier
1:11 pm in General News by Aaron Simac
The founder of the Tea Party Caucus in the House has introduced a bill to repeal the financial regulation law that passed last year.
See the original post: Roundup: Bachmann seeks financial repeal
1:11 pm in General News by Shelly Autin
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot at a constituent event in Tuscon, Ariz., today. This is the CQ profile which was written earlier this year.
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1:11 pm in General News by angie fitch
Rep. Giffords was holding her first constituent event of the year in Tucson Saturday when she was shot.
9:26 am in Economic News by A. Roberts
Between the November elections and legislative battles, it’s been a tough year for President Obama. But there is hope for 2011. Obama can follow the long tradition of U.S. presidents who turned from frustration at home to success abroad by resolving to conclude the World Trade Organization’s Doha Round of global talks next year. In principle, he already supports the idea. He and his fellow world leaders regularly pledged to wrap up the round –
Read more: For Obama, Free Trade Is Key To Success
10:36 am in General News by Aaron Sparks
Five dollars per gallon of gas by 2012! A former president of Shell Oil considers this likely. The average price on Christmas Day for a gallon of regular gas reached $3.28 in Los Angeles County, the highest price since October 2008. In one month, the price rose 13 cents, up 35 cents year to year. Where are the calls to sic Obama’s Justice Department on Big Oil to hold the oil companies accountable for “market manipulation”? Why aren’t we hunting
Originally posted here: $5 Gas Under Obama? What, No Pitchforks?
8:36 am in Economic News by aaronlewis142
The Civil War is about to loom very large in the popular memory. We would do well to be candid about its causes and not allow the distortions of contemporary politics or long-standing myths to cloud our understanding of why the nation fell apart. The coming year will mark the 150th anniversary of the onset of the conflict, which is usually dated to April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on federal troops occupying Fort
Here is the original post: After 150 Years, Civil War Will Be Re-Fought
12:59 am in Action Alerts, Activist Training & Education by Shelly Autin
A New Jersey man whose seven-year prison sentence was commuted this week and is now seeking to get his felony gun charge conviction overturned blamed judicial “bullying” for his guilty verdict.
Brian Aitken told Fox News on Thursday that he is armed with an e-mail he claims he received earlier this week from a juror who told him that then-Superior Court Judge James Morley pushed the jury into obtaining a conviction.
“Interestingly enough, I got an e-mail from one of the jurors a night or two ago, and he told me, ‘You know, we all pretty much knew what was going on. We knew the judge was bullying us to this position. That’s why we came back three times and asked for the exemptions,’” Aitken said.
Aitken, an entrepreneur and media consultant with no prior criminal record, was arrested in January 2009 in New Jersey for possession of two locked and unloaded handguns he legally purchased in Colorado but didn’t have a carry permit for in the Garden State.
He was convicted and in August 2010 sentenced to seven years in prison. But after serving four months in a New Jersey prison, the cause célèbre for gun advocates was released Monday when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie commuted the sentence.
He says he now wants to clear his name.
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12:01 am in General News by 454COR/Earl G.
A coalition of moderate House Democrats and Republicans voted to clear a compromise year-end tax package, sending the bill to the White House.
Read the original: Tax-cut bill heads to Obama
12:01 am in General News by Aaron Lee
To get a sense of how things will work in the 112th Congress, look at next year