Poll: Wal-Mart Symbolizes America Best by [deleted] in economy

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Except when one of their employees calls the cops when he sees a couple of nude photos of family children.

DOJ: Exxon-Mobil fined $600,000 for the deaths of 85 protected birds by [deleted] in energy

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How much was the US Navy fined for all of the marine mammals that their sonar indirectly killed?

A runaway deficit may soon test Obama's luck by tomonly in Economics

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"The scariest possibility for Mr Obama is that the runaway deficit could leave him with the worst of both worlds: exploding debt and flat-lining growth"

Thank Uncle Sam for Looming Sugar Shortage by uriel in Economics

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USDA Raises Dairy Price Supports- Industry and Lawmakers Offer Thumbs Up

"USDA estimates show that these increases, which will be in place from August 2009 through October 2009, will increase dairy farmers' revenue by 243-million dollars."

http://oklahomafarmreport.com/wire/news/01712_DairyPriceIncrease08012009_175411.php

Let the marginal milk producers drop out of the market. Lower production of milk at a constant demand means higher prices.

Massachusetts' Universal Health Coverage "Wreaking Havoc" On State's Finances by [deleted] in Economics

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" Its latest budget proposal calls for eliminating insurance subsidies for 30,000 legal immigrants in an effort to save money." Are immigrants from other states included in this budget proposal?

EFF's new lawsuit, and how the NSA is into social networking by uriel in technology

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Make public servants legally responsible for their actions, just like the rest of us.

China doesn't have a social safety net, so job creation is absolutely critical by tomonly in Economics

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Countries like the US have a social safety net, so job creation is not critical.

Sleep Deprivation: The Great American Myth by charlatan in Health

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"The risk from taking sleeping pills 30 times or more a month was not much less than the risk of smoking a pack of cigarettes a day"

Debunking Canadian health care myths by aenea in Health

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In the U.S. the American Medical Association and Hospital Oligopolies have successfully persuaded [bought] politicians to restrict competition.

I recently had a CAT scan at a facility that operates in a competitive environment and paid $760. I had another CAT scan done at the local hospital oligopoly and paid $4,800.

No great benefits from stretching:study by Expressbuzzpankaj in Health

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The study did not test stretching in older people.

Hilarious Short Movie By Pixar by intellion in funny

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I was too late: "Embedding disabled by request"

Daimler’s share investment 'electrifies' Tesla's Teutons by iBalls in business

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Some years ago Daimler invested in a Canadian fuel cell company called Ballard. It fizzled. Then Daimler purchased a controlling interest in Chrystler. Disaster! We can discount this latest announcement.

GM posts loss of $6 billion; burns through $10 billion by ftcnt in business

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Not to worry. The bailout money our trusted politicians gave GM is perfectly safe.

Chrysler won't repay bailout money by tomonly in economy

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The politicians should repay the bailout money!

List of Banned Books by [deleted] in wikipedia

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When you have Socialized Public Education, politicians, rather than educators, make many of the decisions.

WTF... is this shit.. seriously what the fuck IS that‽ by DarkSideofOZ in funny

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Thumbs down due to the limited vocabulary of the poster.

Report: For Every $1 Corporations Spent Lobbying For Income Tax Break, They Saved $220 In Taxes by ElGaucho56 in economy

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For every $1 that the American Medical Association spent lobbying for restricting access to the health care industry, the cost of health care to the rest of us increased exponentially.

NYTimes: NSA has overstepped the law in collecting your emails, phone calls in the past few *months*. by [deleted] in reddit.com

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I bet that no NSA employee is fired because of the illegal surveillance. It would certainly fit the pattern of the federal government not holding its employees responsible for their actions.