Air Force’s unmanned F-16 fighter jet completes first flight
• http://rt.comThe US Air Force and the Boeing aerospace and defense corporation announced they have successfully converted a retired F-16 into a drone.
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Federal Workers' 2011 Salary Data Exposed Online
• CBS NewsYour paycheck information, or that of your neighbor's, is likely on a new database that went public Tuesday morning. It opens the curtain on the personal payroll of over one million federal workers.
Paypal, Credit Cards and Government Censorship by Proxy?
• Szandor Blestman dot com"Something has happened recently that threatens even this most modest means of trying to earn a living."
Congress overturns incandescent light bulb ban
• washingtontimes.comCongressional negotiators struck a deal Thursday that overturns the new rules that were to have banned sales of traditional incandescent light bulbs beginning next year.
Add to stalemate over payroll tax the threat of government shutdown
• csmonitor.comCongress continues to skirmish over the best way to extend unemployment benefits and the payroll tax cut. A separate bill to fund the federal government for the rest of fiscal 2012 is caught in the crossfire.
Why You Should 'Think Twice' About Leaving America To Find a Better Life
• Independent.co.uk via Rense.comThis can happen to any Country at any time!
Disapproval of Congress Hits All Time High of 84%
• http://www.prisonplanet.com/Disapproval of Congress has hit an all time record high of 84% according to a Gallup poll released today, barely a week after pollster Pat Caddell warned that a dramatic loss of confidence in the country’s leadership meant Americans were now “pre-rev
When a Cut Is Not a Cut
• http://www.thedailybell.com/One might think that the recent drama over the debt ceiling involves one side wanting to increase or maintain spending with the other side wanting to drastically cut spending, but that is far from the truth.
US Aid May be Fueling Afghan Insurgency
• http://news.antiwar.com/The billions of dollars of American aid flowing into Afghanistan every year may be inadvertently fueling the insurgency and the corruption rampant within the government and financial sectors
Entire police force laid off in small Texas town
• http://www.rawstory.com/Crime is on the rise in one small Texas city because the police department has been padlocked and the officers sent home.
Let's All Trade Hats!
• Yahoo! search to confirm a rumorPetraeus to replace Panetta, who will replace Gates. Are you keeping track? Of course not, that's why they do it!
11 Things You Should Know About The U.S. Postal Service Before It Goes Bankrupt
• Business InsiderThe Postal Service is nearly $15 billion in debt. It has stayed afloat by borrowing $12 billion from the U.S. Treasury. The agency has lost $20 billion since 2007.
The 535 Americans who are blocking peace in the Middle East
• http://www.newstatesman.com/The US Congress is so in thrall to the American Israel lobby AIPAC that it more of a hindrance to the peace process than the Knesset itself.
Patrick: Dewhurst to blame for airport groping ban failing
• http://www.statesman.com/State Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, widened his criticism of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst this afternoon over what he said was a late-night ambush by Dewhurst that killed his so-called airport groping bill.
This Important New Bill Could Transform Health Care, if it Passes
• http://articles.mercola.com/Consumers are largely kept in the dark about the potential health benefits of foods and supplements. Why? Because current law makes it illegal for food and supplement producers to share this information.
Senate kills bill targeting $2 billion in Big Oil subsidies
• http://www.rawstory.com/WASHINGTON — The US Senate defeated a bill taking aim at some $2 billion in annual subsidies to some of the world's largest and most profitable oil companies amid deep voter anger at high gasoline prices.
Michigan Man Could Receive 20 Year Sentence for Fake YouTube Video
• maximumpc.comThe video, which as since been removed from YouTube, makes it appear that Emory is singing provocative lyrics to a group of children in a first-grade classroom.
They're Harming Your Business? Let Them Know (Seriously)
• www.drscoundrels.comDo you have something that is interfering in your business that you simply can't get the officials you deal with to listen to? Seriously - if you feel you have an answer to how government can get out of the way of you creating jobs - check this out
Why can't Chuck get his business off the ground?
• Institute for JusticeOne of the principal obstacles to creating new jobs and entrepreneurial activity in cities across the country is the complex maze of regulations cities and states impose on small businesses.
We will probably work up to the point where we’re killing 20 horses a day.”
• The PPJ GazetteEven more troublesome is the fact that Rep. Wallis is also the Executive Director of the United Organizations of the Horse (UOH), which is diligently working towards the development of a horse slaughter plant in Wyoming. The UOH website states that
Will Bureaucracy Fell Spain's One-Man Cathedral?
• Time.comAlmost 50 years ago, Justo Gallego wanted to thank God for curing his tuberculosis, so he built a cathedral — by himself. A problem with zoning permits may mean Spain's one-man cathedral will have to come down.
Pentagon workers tied to child porn: Security agencies were left at risk, investigators say
• Bryan BenderFederal investigators have identified several dozen Pentagon officials and contractors with high-level security clearances who allegedly purchased and downloaded child pornography, including an undisclosed number who used their government computers t
Washington DC Named Highest Earning City While Rest of Country Struggles
• Mondo FrazierWhile the rest of the country is watching their pennies, it's raining taxpayer money in the Imperial Capital. Washington DC was named the highest-earning city in the United States last week.
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