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McCain’s top economic advisor enables terrorists

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Former Sen. Phil Gramm, called McCain’s econ brain, is co-chair of McCain’s campaign. Gramm, former chair of the Senate Banking Committee opposed President Clinton’s attempt to facilitate tracing of terrorist and criminal money laundering. Since leaving the Senate, the fiercely pro-deregulation Phil Gramm, had been lobbying for Swiss bank UBS this spring [...]

Corruption Stories Across The Divisions

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Via the AP:

Former city councilman Edmund Ford Sr. was acquitted by a federal court jury Wednesday on six criminal charges accusing him of taking bribes to help win city approval for a real estate project.

Updated: Councilman "Duke" Franklin arrested

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Developing story: a reported large number of individuals were being taken into Finley Stadium by combined local, state, and federal law enforcement officials. Among those arrested this morning is Chattanooga City Council District 5 representative John Franklin, Jr.

Lynn Lang, TN’s State Board of Education and What We are Teaching Our Kids

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Education is supposed to be about learning and knowledge. Today’s education seems to be about far more than that, however. From participating in the “Who gets a seat in the Lifeboat?” scenario to curricula dealing with homosexuality, moral issues are taking up more time in schools.

Lynn Lang, TN’s State Board of Education and What We are Teaching Our Kids

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Education is supposed to be about learning and knowledge. Today’s education seems to be about far more than that, however. From participating in the “Who gets a seat in the Lifeboat?” scenario to curricula dealing with homosexuality, moral issues are taking up more time in schools.

Overreaching

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I don’t profess to know much about New York state politics, but when I read that Empire State Senate Republicans might initiate imp

The Wire Episode 59 Review: Lies - They Get Things Done

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“Late Editions” (my AKA “the real final episode of season 4″)

McNulty and Lester’s plan finally bears fruit. The boys catch Monk “jersey rolling” a stop sign and he panics-evading the police which allows them to search his vehicle just after a huge re-up of the yay-yo. Lester, smiling smugly, gets Daniels to hook up warrants for the arrest of Marlo and crew and act on the murder warrant on Chris.

They had to have done something

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That’s a quote from a guy in the video about the ATF raid on Cavalry Arms. The guy owns a business nearby. Is it bad that my first thought is that the something probably consists of not crossing Ts or dotting an I or writing N instead of No on a form?

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