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Iran's Oil Mafia April 16, 2007 Frontpagemagazine.com Hassan Daioleslam Robert William (Bob) Ney is a current federal prisoner and a former Ohio Congressman from 1995 until November 3, 2006. Ney pled guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in relation to the Jack Abramoff lobbying and bribery scandal. Ney reportedly received bribes from Abramoff, other lobbyists, and two foreign businessmen - a felon and an arms dealer - in exchange for using his position to advance their interests. Conspicuously missing from this dossier of disservice to the country was Ney’s assistance in the creation of a Washington-based lobbying...

Jake Rush, Under the Surface What the slick video does not mention is that Rush – as “Chazz Darling,” “Staas van der Winst” and a host of other roles – was a long-time member of the Mind’s Eye Society, otherwise known as “Camarilla.” Mind’s Eye, or MES, is a nationwide community of gothic-punk role-players who come together to take on personas of vampires and other supernatural beings (known as Kindred), dealing with night-to-night struggles “against their own bestial natures, hunters, and each other.” MES has a number of different sects, with names such as Vampire: The Requiem; Vampire: The Masquerade;...

Last year, when Larry Scanlon, the Director of Political Operations for one of the nation’s largest government unions, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), stated “the more members coming in, the more dues coming in, the more money we have for politics,” it was symbolic of a system corrupted by union bosses who enrich themselves at the expense of America’s taxpayers. While AFSCME and other government unions are settling contracts that require members to pay more for their health insurance and retirement, as well as furlough days,

I was just thinking about the Jeremy Glick episode. O'Reilly may be moderate politically, but that doesn't mean unbiased these days. His problem is that he isn't neutral when it comes to the United States. He is pro-American. To the left, that's biased.

Without the status, Chinese firms are vulnerable to anti-dumping accusations by business rivals in other countries BEIJING - At least one Chinese maker of television sets is being driven to the wall by business rivals quick to pounce on a rule that makes it easy to file anti-dumping complaints against China. Sichuan Changhong Electric Company's exports of TV sets to the United States, once making up two-thirds of its total output, have dwindled to a drip since the US Department of Commerce slapped a 24.48 per cent duty on the import of its 21-inch or larger models. The punitive action...