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Silicon Valley Swings To Republicans
phantomfive writes Silicon Valley is making a mark in Washington as Google has recently replaced Goldman as the largest lobbyist, but until recently, most of the money from Silicon Valley went to democratic candidates. In 2014, that has changed, and Republicans are getting most of the money. Why the change? Gordon Crovitz suggests it's because Harry Reid blocked patent reform. Reid gets a large chunk of donations from trial lawyers, who oppose the reform.
I was flabbergasted at just how few people are involved in the fighting in Syria on the Turkish border. For all of the attention it gets in the media, you would think it was two mighty armies. Instead, we are talking about a war where "reinforcements" consist of 150 fighters and two airdrops of bullets and food.
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
Really? REALLY? I'm sorry, perhaps you need to review how we got into Iraq, started two conflicts by choice at the same time, while having completely unrealistic expectations on how things would go. How many trillions of dollars were spent? What about the sheer millions of dollars given to Iraqi politicians, money larger than what we spend on education or infrastructure that have completely disappeared. Obama has done some stupid shit, but NOTHING compares to what George W. Bush has done in his 8 years as president. The only person who can even compete with Bush is Reagan.
Great numbers. Not a single source on any of them. If your source is your ass then please state so.
Unemployment rates:
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries...
Deficit numbers:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/... (First Spreadsheet)
95% of recovery goes to top 1%:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/mon...
Death toll in Afghanistan:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.o...
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