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  • Final-stretch talks on huge TPP trade deal open in Atlanta (U.S. Sovereignty Forfeit Alert)

    10/05/2015 4:46:15 AM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 19 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | 09/30/15 | Paul Handley
    Trade ministers from the United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim countries opened final-stretch negotiations Wednesday trying to seal a deal on the world's largest free-trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Ministers are under pressure to bridge differences over a handful of key issues which prevented an agreement during top-level talks in Hawaii in July. The stakes were high for many, with farm and pharmaceutical industry lobbyists from various countries and civil society activists gathered at the same Atlanta hotel to defend their interests. And as the ministers began meeting Wednesday, a handful of protestors marched through the lobby of...
  • California Recall Election Enters Final Stretch [has info about Rhonda Miller refutation]

    10/06/2003 6:49:50 PM PDT · by John Jorsett · 15 replies · 183+ views
    Macon Area Online ^ | October 6, 2003 | Adam Tanner and Gina Keating
    HUNTINGTON BEACH/SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - California's tumultuous recall election entered its final hours on Monday as actor Arnold Schwarzenegger brushed off sexual misconduct charges in a final sprint for the governor's mansion and Gov. Gray Davis battled to save his job. When the polls open on Tuesday morning, Californians will decide whether to oust Davis, an unpopular Democrat famous for his lack of charisma and dedication to fund-raising, then pick from an assortment of 135 replacement candidates. What began as a Republican-led protest vote over Davis' handling of the state's economy and recent energy crisis has become a referendum on...