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Some Latino activists are seeking to drum up support among [illegal aliens] to boycott the 2010 census as a strategy to prod the federal government to overhaul immigration laws. -- If it gains traction, the effort led by the Rev. Miguel Rivera, head of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders...

Generically Challenged by: Alana Goodman, July 02, 2009 The Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 was passed to help bring generic drug competition into the pharmaceutical market, but panelists at a June 23rd Center for American Progress (CAP) discussion argued that the U.S. government should be doing more to regulate pharmaceutical companies. They claim their proposals could save Americans over $35 billion over the next ten years. The Hatch-Waxman Act encourages generic pharmaceutical companies to challenge brand-name drug patents in court. Once the generic companies win the patents, they are able to sell the medication at reduced rates. Opponents of this act...

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It wasn’t written with a potpourri of cut-and-pasted magazine headline letters, but Lincoln police are in possession of what technically amounts to a ransom note for a kidnapped coffee maker. Lara Volkmann, 54, was cited on suspicion of misdemeanor larceny for allegedly swiping her niece’s Mr. Coffee machine. Officer Katie Flood said Volkmann held the $10 coffee maker hostage after a week of unpaid housesitting. Flood said that on Sunday Volkmann’s niece returned to her house near 49th and Superior streets and discovered Mr. Coffee was missing.

Don't forget, Obama broke away from McCain in the polls last September during the economic crisis because voters saw Obama as the person to fix the economy. (fools)

A little boy goes to his father and asks ‘Daddy, how was I born?’ The father answers, ‘Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway! Your Mom and I fell for each other at first site in a chat room on yahoo after she was googling me. I set up a date via e-mail and met with Mom at a cyber-cafe. We sneaked into a secluded room, where your mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used...

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs and the Obama administration found the press corps slightly less friendly than they are used to yesterday, when CBS's Chip Reid asked why the questions for Wednesday’s town hall on healthcare were being selected beforehand. Gibbs tried to dodge the issue, and asked for it to be asked after the town hall meeting in question, but then Helen Thomas became involved, saying, “We have never had that in the White House. I’m amazed that you people … call for openness and transparency.” Reid and Thomas didn't let up for a second, especially Thomas. To see...

On June 9 President Obama called a press conference where he announced, "Several financial institutions are set to pay back $68 billion to taxpayers." He said, "It's worth noting that in the first round of repayments from these companies the government has actually turned a profit." The moment was hailed as a policy triumph for the Obama administration, and a sure sign the economy was on the road to recovery. While Mr. Obama's announcement came as welcomed news, few questioned what would become of the returning funds, as it was rightly assumed that any money or profit would be returned...

Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators and Congresswomen do not pay into Social Security and, of course, they do not collect from it. You see, Social Security benefits were not suitable for persons of their rare elevation in society. They felt they should have a special plan for themselves. So, many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. After all, it is a great plan. For all practical purposes their plan works like this: When they retire, they continue...

WASHINGTON -- Republicans seized on downbeat economic news to say the $787 billion economic stimulus plan isn't working as advertised and took swipes at President Barack Obama's broader agenda, while the White House vowed to do "whatever it takes" to revive the still-struggling economy.The unemployment rate rose to 9.5% last month, as nonfarm payrolls sank by 467,000, disappointing numbers that raise questions about when the long-awaited economic recovery will finally begin. Since the recession started at the end of 2007, the economy has lost 6.5 million jobs. The jobless rate -- already at its highest level in a quarter century...

America’s Independence Day Tea Party to Take Place in Chicago on July 4th at Navy Pier’s Gateway Park from 12-4pm Chicago, Il ReTeaParty.com have recently coordinated to host Tea Parties around the country on Saturday July 4th. The America’s Independence Day Tea Party Movement is a nationwide demonstration forum for any and all groups and individuals dissatisfied with the current governance of the United States, regardless of ideology, partisan identity, or political affiliation. On July 4th, 2009, we are asking Americans everywhere to re-declare our inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Chicago’s Tea Party will take...

NEW YORK – A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" cannot publish it in the United States because it too closely mirrors Salinger's classic without adequate parody or critique, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts issued her written ruling in Manhattan after considering arguments in a lawsuit brought by the 90-year-old reclusive author against the publishers of "60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye." Batts said Swedish author Fredrik Colting had "taken well more from `Catcher,' in both substance and style, than is necessary for...

On the eve of a trip to Moscow, President Barack Obama chided Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday for keeping "one foot in the old ways of doing business." By contrast, he said Putin's handpicked successor as president understands that Cold War behavior is outdated.

(breakingviews.com) -- A battle is brewing over U.S. state sales taxes on online purchases. Internet retailers Amazon.com and Overstock.com are scaling back their operations in states that demand they collect these taxes. While this won't dent their revenues much, it foreshadows a larger clash over the taxation of internet commerce. Cash-strapped states are firing the first shots.

The New York Times this morning has a long lead editorial on reforming what is laughingly referred to as the New York State Legislature. As the state has relentlessly declined over the last few decades both economically and politically, the Legislature has become something straight out of Gilbert and Sullivan, populated by pompous time-servers and buffoons who do as they’re told by party leaders:

Even though UK's National Health Service has bent over backwards to please Muslims, it obviously is not enough. It will never be enough until they completely dominate the world. Muslim NHS dentist 'tried to force patients to wear traditional Islamic dress' A Muslim NHS dentist faces being struck off after a tribunal ruled he tried to force patients to wear traditional Islamic dress before treating them.

ANOTHER TIRESOME ENGLISH-LANGUAGE JIHAD MAGAZINE Introducing Defenders of the Truth

No, wait, don't start throwing white gloves at me in anger! I didn't say it--I just thought it. It's Steppin' Out magazine's Chaunce Hayden who actually put that idea on paper, and I'm merely here to share his fuming words with y'all as a public (or perhaps pubic) service. Check out Hayden's reasoning and see if you don't gag, spew, wince, and totally agree: It's time for the voice of reason. Michael Jackson was an a-hole. There, I said it, and I'll say it again. Michael "creepy, boy-loving" Jackson was an a-hole. Got a problem with that? Too bad. I...