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from firedoglake.com
By: David Dayen
The AP headline tells you that the House of Representatives rejected an extension of unemployment benefits. But the last paragraph tells you why:

Democrats brought up the bill under a special procedure in which no amendments were allowed and debate was limited. Under the procedure, the bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass.

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from stratfor.com
by George Friedman

This report is republished with permission of STRATFOR

President Barack Obama’s speech in Oslo marking his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize was eloquent, as most of his speeches are.
It was also enigmatic — both for its justification of war and for his speaking on behalf of the international community while [...]

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I was all set to post my thoughts regarding the Abbate case when I realized that there is so much more going on that shouldn’t be neglected.  So, suffice it to say that the sentence passed down upon the bar brawler and woman beater really is a non-story as far as Chicago style justice is [...]

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