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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

May 22, 2012 - Morning Headlines

- Nearly a month after the Secret Service prostitution fallout came to light, the DEA is now under investigation for hiring prostitutes in Columbia (CNN): http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/us/dea-prostitution-probe/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

- A study by the Health Care Cost Institute claims that healthcare costs are rising much faster than inflation (MSNBC): http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/21/11792712-health-care-costs-rose-faster-than-inflation-despite-weak-economy?lite

- The IAEA claims it has reached a deal with Iran that will allow the UN agency to conduct a probe into Iran's nuclear program (ABC News): http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nuclear-chief-deal-iran-reached-16401649#.T7tzA9xPomE

- President Obama answers campaign questions at NATO summit, attacks Mitt Romney's time at Bain Capital (Fox News): http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/21/obama-defends-bain-ads-accuses-romney-missing-what-this-job-is-about/?test=latestnews
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  1. Loyal WatcherMay 22, 2012 at 5:33 AM

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/education/scholarship-funds-meant-for-needy-benefit-private-schools.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

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  2. Loyal WatcherMay 22, 2012 at 1:32 PM

    "Stocks Return More With Democrat In White House: BGOV Barometer"

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/stocks-return-more-with-dem-in-white-house-bgov-barometer.html

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    1. AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 5:48 PM

      See response to your lame, baseless CBS article below. You libs are airheads. You don't really know anything, but when you think you got a "oh, I gotcha" post, you hold it as fact. Maybe you should do some real research behind this. Posting a garbage, chopped opinion piece isn't reality. Your tinfoil hat is crooked.

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  3. Loyal WatcherMay 22, 2012 at 1:51 PM

    "This chart of spending by president shows that Obama is actually the least spendthrift of recent presidents"

    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-57400362/is-obama-really-spending-and-regulating-more/

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    1. AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 5:46 PM

      You are retarded. The CBS article is factless. It makes one argument with one graph that is not true, and you post it like it is. You are a sucker. When Bush left office he was responsible up to $10.9 trillion in debt. Obama is about to hit $16T. That's $5T. You do the math. $5T in 3 years of budget. You can post all the liberal CBS spin articles you want. Facts are facts.

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    2. AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 5:50 PM

      And yes, you cute little CBS article had one, ONE paragraph by ONE economist (using no data sources) as proof. Seriously, loyal watcher... doesn't that strike you as odd? Slim? Stretching? I know you are better than this.

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  4. AnonymousMay 22, 2012 at 5:51 PM

    This is an excellent object lesson on how a media source is able to use fabricated "statistics" (the U.S. Presidental-term bar chart of real per-capita government spending) to misrepresent (or at the very least, imply) the attributes of a U.S. political party. What is not shown at all is the majority party that controlled either the U.S. House or Senate. Government spending bills always begin in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Obama administration budgets of $3.6, $3.8, $3.7, and (proposed) $3.8 trillion and accumulated debt of over $5 trillion in JUST three (3) years, are far larger than anything we have experienced in the past, and the government-reported CPI of 3 percent or less indicates only trivial monetary inflation, that I seriously doubt the published chart has ANY connection to reality. Wake up, sheeple.

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