Is it time for Kofi Annan to give up in Syria? by Richard Gowan | The Middle East Channel

A growing number of Western diplomats argue privately that it time for Kofi Annan to declare his bid to resolve the Syrian crisis has failed.   U.S. officials have stated publicly that Annan's peace plan "is failing," and the Saudi foreign minister  …

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Democrats shun Obama’s Arkansas challenger

Wolfe dismissed Martin’s claim, saying the party accepted his $2,500 registration fee March 1 for the primary. “They’re not going to get away with it, because the courts won’t put up with it,” said Wolfe, who is a lawyer. “It will be a summe …

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The TED Talk The Right Does Not Want To Discuss | Addicting Info

OK, so the premise is that “job creators” do not actually create jobs and giving them more money does not improve the economy. There are two different aspects to this that Hanauer is discussing. The first is the myth that the wealth of the rich will trickle down. …

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Romney: 'Day One'

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Crossroads GPS Launches Ad Against Kerrey in Nebraska

The ad attacks Kerrey for supporting the bank bailout while he was a board member at a company that sought bailout money.“Kerrey’s company tried a bureaucratic ploy to get bailout funds, but the ploy failed,” the ad says. “These schemes were called a dis …

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Mason Dixon Poll: Internet Major Factor in 2012 Election

"In today's ever-changing media landscape, it's essential that political campaigns, the media and the voters themselves have a clear understanding of how citizens receive their news and information," said Ron Sachs, president and CEO of Ron Sachs Communications. "Modern politic …

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Palin Still 'Spark' for Underdog Candidates

Sarah Palin is back — endorsing Republican upstart candidates who are anxiously seeking to get to Washington. According to ABC News, the former Alaska governor has returned to the fold after a two-year hiatus — and her success in two primary victories on Tuesday, a …

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House Ignores Obama Veto Threat, OKs $642B Defense Bill

The House on Friday ignored a presidential veto threat and passed a $642 billion defense bill that abandons the deficit-cutting agreement that President Obama and congressional Republicans backed last summer. On a 299-120 vote, lawmakers backed the spending blueprint that adds …

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Instead Of Congratulating Facebook Millionaires, Democrats Want To Tax Them

And as with that unknown teenage pre-med major in the early 1980s named Michael Dell taking apart Apple IIs in his Austin, Texas dorm room, no central planner doling out "investment" money could have found Mark Zuckerberg and his Beantown college roommates in 2003 and realized  …

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Hubris Alert — President Obama Is Now Bragging That He, Too, Is a Fiscal Hawk

But since taking office, Obama's policies have made everything far worse. And that's abundantly clear if you compare the rest of the CBO's 2009 forecast to Obama's actual results. In each and every year, Obama spent far more than the CBO had projected, took in far less in rev …

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