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In this Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gets ready to board his campaign plane in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

George And Mitt: Of Republican Fathers And Sons

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Romney’s Plutocratic Paranoia

In this Aug. 13, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, flanked by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at a campaign event in Miami. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (CONNECTICUT) — Much has been said and will be said about the video featuring Mitt Romney’s bigotry toward […]

John Stoehr
بواسطة John Stoehr
In this Aug. 13, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, flanked by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at a campaign event in Miami. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

(CONNECTICUT) -- Much has been said and will be said about the video featuring Mitt Romney's bigotry toward the "47 percent" who support President Barack Obama. Most of the discussion will be about politics, which can be summed up in a word: devastating. This has the look of something that can't be overcome even with the millions Romney has at his

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Israel Stealing Palestinian Resources

In this Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 photo, Jewish settler Orit Struk walks past a shop in the Israeli-controlled area in the West Bank city of Hebron. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (CHICAGO) — Israel wants it all. For decades, it’s been systematically stealing Palestinian land and resources. Al Haq’s new report provides more evidence. Titled, “Pillage of […]

Stephen Lendman
بواسطة Stephen Lendman
In this Monday, Aug. 20, 2012 photo, Jewish settler Orit Struk walks past a shop in the Israeli-controlled area in the West Bank city of Hebron. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

(CHICAGO) -- Israel wants it all. For decades, it's been systematically stealing Palestinian land and resources. Al Haq's new report provides more evidence. Titled, "Pillage of the Dead Sea: Israel's Unlawful Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory," it details grand theft and war crimes. They benefit Jews by

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Israeli Defense Chief Proposes West Bank Pullout

In this Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File) Israel’s defense minister called for a unilateral pullout from much of the West Bank in published comments Monday, saying Israel must take “practical steps” if peace efforts with the Palestinians remain stalled. […]

Associated Press
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In this Feb. 18, 2012 file photo, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

Israel's defense minister called for a unilateral pullout from much of the West Bank in published comments Monday, saying Israel must take "practical steps" if peace efforts with the Palestinians remain stalled. The comments by Defense Minister Ehud Barak appeared to put him at odds with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has resisted making

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Decades Of Federal Dollars Helped Fuel Gas Boom

In this June 25, 2012 file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy without […]

Associated Press
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In this June 25, 2012 file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy without the government subsidies that solar and wind power demand. "The free market has worked its magic," the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council, an industry group, claimed over the

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Romney Adviser’s Firm Says Most States Will Expand Medicaid — If Obama Is Re-Elected

Protesters continue their stance at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 28, 2012. (Mannie Garcia/MintPress) The consulting firm headed by the man planning Mitt Romney’s White House transition –should there be one — says most states eventually will expand Medicaid under the health law, if President Barack Obama is re-elected. […]

Phil Galewitz
بواسطة Phil Galewitz
Protesters continue their stance at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 28, 2012. (Mannie Garcia/MintPress)

The consulting firm headed by the man planning Mitt Romney’s White House transition –should there be one — says most states eventually will expand Medicaid under the health law, if President Barack Obama is re-elected. A report completed this week by Leavitt Partners, led by Romney adviser and former Health and Human Services Secretary Mike

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More Work, Fewer Staff Add Up To Longer Waits For Medical Examiner Reports

A sign for the medical examiner is shown in this March 20, 2006 photo. (Photo by Brett L. via Flikr) The city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is reporting a sharp rise in processing times for several key procedures, according to statistics released in the annualMayor’s Management Report released this week. The Medical Examiner […]

Nathaniel Herz
بواسطة Nathaniel Herz
A sign for the medical examiner is shown in this March 20, 2006 photo. (Photo by Brett L. via Flikr)

The city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is reporting a sharp rise in processing times for several key procedures, according to statistics released in the annualMayor’s Management Report released this week. The Medical Examiner needed nearly twice as long in the last fiscal year to process DNA in sexual assault cases as it did the

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