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California can't be saved as long as they have pension obligations that far outstrip any potential new sources of income. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/06/opinion/la-oe-crane6...
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The DA and cops are in it for convictions not justice. Anyone in the police or DA's office who had a hand in railroading him should get 10 years in jail.
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Bureau of Labor Stats and US census: $13k=pension for private sector worker in NY state $27k=pension for public sector worker in NY state Pensions will push states to declare bankruptcy. Illinois is the worst and I am surprised any business
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If Manning had given the data to Al-Qaeda would we feel the same way?
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Most would prefer to buy locally if prices are competitive. They don't mind paying reasonable taxes. But when the price of things on Amazon are significantly less ...
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Why do you think products have an MSRP? It's a number that has no bearing on the true value of a product.
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It sounds like the previous system was stacked against the corporations. Why shouldn't the system be designed to discourage frivolous suits? Stockholders are people too. If a person brings suit and loses, their lawyer should also be held ac
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How will this work for Windows 7? Most user accounts will not have write access to the Firefox folder. Will the updater use the system account?
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Education is a team sport. The parents ought to be held equally if not MORE accountable.
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Follow the money: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N0000... He gets lots of money from those that would benefit from broader patents.
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First off BP has an overriding obligation to its stockholders. Second, BP has a PR playbook for this scenario that is based upon decades of experience. For the moment BP's money is making the rules.
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I take it the parts that remain classified contain the max speed and altitude?
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Chrome 5 was the clear performance winner. "In Google’s own V8 benchmark ..." Google browser and Google benchmark? Can we get a benchmark from an unbiased source?
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Time to get rid of all federal taxes except a national sales tax. Our Rube Goldberg tax system has got to be the single biggest drag on economy. Imagine the money that goes into complying with taxes doing something constructive.
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How about telling us what font type is best for various writing situations.
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Good.Adobe should have in its flash licensing a prohibition against having tools that convert to video formats viewable on an iphone.
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Flash based, which is a major bummer.
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Illegal by whose standards? How the information was obtained outside of Germany may be a crime, but not in Germany. As a citizen of Germany you are required to provide to the German government information that determines taxes owed. Any att
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2001-2010
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US federal government? DC government?