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August 14, 2013
Economists, business owners and employees are worried that the Affordable Care Act is resulting in fewer hours for workers.The networks had been ignoring this shift toward part-time work and its relationship to Obamacare earlier this year, but NBC…
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August 21, 2013
The Federal Reserve has spent more than $2 trillion buying up assets since 2008 (often government bonds and mortgage securities) in an attempt to shore up the economy. Proponents argued what was called “quantitative easing” or QE was necessary “…
‘Hyperactive’ Hurricane Season Almost Makes Record for Zero Hurricanes; Networks Quiet about Climate
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September 13, 2013
Peak hurricane season has arrived and on Sept. 10 as Tropical Storms Humberto and Gabrielle churned in the Atlantic, the season was nearing a record: for NOT having a hurricane. Humberto finally ratcheted up to hurricane status on Sept. 11, just…
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December 19, 2013
A South Dakota circuit court judge heard arguments on Dec.
17 from both sides in the lawsuit by Beef Products Inc. (BPI) against ABC News
over its coverage of lean finely textured beef in 2012.
Reuters reported that ABC’s lawyers asked for the $1.2…
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February 4, 2014
A growing anti-Israel movement recently targeted fizzy drink machine maker, SodaStream, and its celebrity spokesperson: Scarlett Johansson.Johansson, a Jewish-American actress, recently starred in a Super Bowl commercial for the company, which…
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February 25, 2014
Chipotle says it’s all about “food with integrity.” “Facts with integrity,” not so much. Marketing efforts by the burrito chain once owned by McDonald’s smear many of America’s farmers and use scare tactics to drive consumers away from Chipotle’s…
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February 28, 2014
The limited government, anti-bailout Tea Party movement party turned five years old on Feb. 27. They marked the occasion with an event in Washington, D.C. including speakers Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. Sen. Rand Paul, R- Ky., and Sen.Ted Cruz, R-…
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March 5, 2014
In a huge victory for the second-largest U.S. oil company, a U.S. district judge ruled March 4, that a $9.5 billion award against Chevron by an Ecuadorean court was “obtained by corrupt means.” The massive figure had been lowered by Ecuador’s…
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March 18, 2014
Science blogger and biological anthropologist Greg Laden once said that taking away the future from generations by promoting climate denial was a “criminal act.” He doubled down on that March 16, saying that was only “wishful thinking” at the moment…
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May 15, 2014
Is “The Gray Lady” that way because the sexist owners of The New York Times won’t pay her enough for a proper dye job? This and other delightfully schadenfreude-alicious questions are worth pondering now that the paper has “unexpectedly” fired…