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Jan 28

“ Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

— Ronald Reagan

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“ When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.

— Clarence Darrow

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Jan 16

“ Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor

— Stephen Sondheim

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Dec 22

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has issued a ban for cash payments over 1k euros.

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Dec 16

“ Be yourself, everyone else is taken

— Oscar Wilde

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Dec 15

69 is the number

of fund raisers Obama has attended so far this year. That’s one every five days.

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“ Character is much easier kept than recovered.

— Thomas Paine

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Dec 14

» The few who voted against indefinite detention of US citizens

The National Defense Authorization act allows the indefinite detention of US citizens who are suspected by a Presidential Administration of terrorist connections...without ever having a trial.

Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
Sen. Mike Lee [R, UT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D, OR]
Sen. Rand Paul [R, KY]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]

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Dec 05

The US national debt passed the $15 trillion mark recently.

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“ Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways of doing something.

— Robert Heinlein

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