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Wall St fantasy, Main St reality
Wall St fantasy, Main St reality
While Wall St continues to speak of recovery, Main St continues to fear a "double-dip" recession.  Since the dismal stock market lows of March 2009, record fiscal stimulus, unprecedented money pr ...
09 Sep, 2010
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Boxer and Fiorina face off in first Senate debate
Boxer and Fiorina face off in first Senate debate
Last night, the two candidates for California’s US Senate seat squared off in the first of their debates this election season. From the angle of getting on-topic answers out of the candidates, the deb ...
02 Sep, 2010
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California unemployment rate stays above 12%, while black unemployment at extremely high levels nationwide
California unemployment rate stays above 12%, while black unemployment at extremely high levels nationwide
The Golden State's July 2010 unemployment numbers came out in a report by California's Employment Development Department Friday, and they don't look good.With over two million unemployed, California's ...
24 Aug, 2010
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National Black Police Association backs marijuana legalization initiative
National Black Police Association backs marijuana legalization initiative
A national association which represents African American police officers has officially thrown its weight behind the cannabis legalization initiative, Proposition 19. The campaign to decriminalize mar ...
21 Aug, 2010
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Coffee Party and Tea Party confront internal and external challenges
Coffee Party and Tea Party confront internal and external challenges
As the midterm elections draw near, both the Coffee and Tea Parties are striving to guard against other movements seeking to compromise their overall message.  While both parties are radically di ...
13 Aug, 2010
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California budget crisis:  a genuine tragicomedy
California budget crisis: a genuine tragicomedy
If it wouldn’t too terribly inconvenience the California legislature when they return from their month-long July vacation - taken in lieu of working together to pass a budget - could they possibly try ...
27 Jul, 2010
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Surging Independent sentiment, lesser evilism, and Tea Party politics
Surging Independent sentiment, lesser evilism, and Tea Party politics
These days, it seems like we are provided with new evidence of the American public’s desire for Independent and third party alternatives to the Democratic and Republican parties on a regular basis. &n ...
21 Jul, 2010
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Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Bullets, Bombs, and Banks
Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Bullets, Bombs, and Banks
This is how leading trends forecaster Gerald Celente succinctly summarizes the current state of affairs in the United States.  Celente, a self-proclaimed "political atheist" who is often critical ...
25 Jun, 2010
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Catalina Island consular event heats up illegal immigration debate
Catalina Island consular event heats up illegal immigration debate
For California cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, opposition to the Arizona immigration law has been strident.  Their reaction is quite typical, considering that their citizens and govern ...
15 Jun, 2010
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California budget update
California budget update
The negotiations and desperate scramble to find $20 billion somewhere, anywhere, to close the 2010 California deficit continue.  In a major body blow, the federal government has pulled $2 billion ...
10 Jun, 2010
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