Midday snacks 12.14.11

On December 15, 2011, in barack obama, Uncategorized, by

Happy Hump day! Inflatable pig back for President Barack Obama in ’12? The Obama family just got a DVR. MSNBC reporter gives middle finger on live national television. Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert argue about the size of their stories. Ex-Congressmen rake in big money after they leave public office.

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Housing-market experts warned lawmakers that the size of mortgages backed by the government should not be reduced next month amid a weak housing market.

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Congress Urged to Keep Higher U.S.-Backed Mortgage Limits

The Great Divide

On July 29, 2011, in Uncategorized, by Barry Munz

We’re in the midst of a great four-year national debate on the size and reach of government, the future of the welfare state, indeed, the nature of the social contract between citizen and state.

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The Great Divide

Daily Caller – House Speaker John Boehner essentially walked out of debt limit negotiations with President Obama Saturday night. He cited an impasse with the White House on the size of the debt reduction package.

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Boehner says ambitious $4 trillion debt deal isn’t happening
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AFP – President Barack Obama will announce the size of his drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday, mapping out an endgame for a 10-year war that has exacted a fearsome human and financial toll.

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Time.com – So the size of the U.S. troop pullout President Obama is slated to announce later this month now varies by an order of magnitude

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Afghanistan Pullout: Could 30,000 Troops Head Home?
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GOP Pushes Biggest-Ever Cuts

On February 16, 2011, in Uncategorized, by kohler

The House took up legislation to make unprecedented cuts in federal spending this year, opening a freewheeling debate that will showcase the two parties’ views on the size of government.

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GOP Pushes Biggest-Ever Cuts

On February 16, 2011, in Uncategorized, by Barry Munz

The House took up legislation to make unprecedented cuts in federal spending this year, opening a freewheeling debate that will showcase the two parties’ views on the size of government.

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GOP Pushes Biggest-Ever Cuts

-By Warner Todd Huston Remember the floating patch of plastic garbage swirling in the Pacific Ocean between California and Japan that was claimed to be the “twice the size of Texas”? Well if Texas is the size of, well, Teaxs, it turns out that the plastic patch isn’t quite so large. Like most of the

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Great Oceanic Garbage Patch Not So Large As Thought

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Spotting Likely Voters Is Key to Polling

On October 14, 2010, in Uncategorized, by If Bush Did It

How polling firms determine who is likely to vote dictates the forecasts they make for November, and it explains much, if not most, of the fog surrounding the size of the expected Republican victories.

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Spotting Likely Voters Is Key to Polling