Posted on January 5th, 2012 by Carlo Capomazza
With 2012, state laws kick in on everything from immigration to shark fins being allowed to be in soup. State legislatures passed close to 40,000 new laws in 2011, and a number of those measures take effect on Jan. 1. On some issues, like immigration, state laws are taking markedly different stands. But here’s what’s cooking in California.
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Posted on November 6th, 2011 by Carlo Capomazza
“Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
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Posted on October 1st, 2011 by Carlo Capomazza
I don’t normally send out requests to sign petitions as I’m not sure how effective they are and I think we all get petitioned out. A personal call or letter to your elected official is often the best way to be heard.
* In this case though I think it is very important to respond to the request to sign the petition for the FairTax’s consideration on the whitehouse.gov site.
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Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Cartoon Blog
Is anyone else sick of the Chris Christie “will he or won’t he ” dance? Maybe not if if your presidential hopes lie in either Rick Perry or Mitt Romney beating Barack Obama. It was a busy week of news.
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Posted on September 23rd, 2011 by Carlo Capomazza
But behind the pomp and pageantry, Solyndra was rotting inside, hemorrhaging cash so quickly that within weeks of Mr. Obama’s visit, the company canceled plans to offer shares to the public. Barely a year later, Solyndra has become one of the administration’s most costly fumbles after the company declared bankruptcy, laid off 1,100 workers and was raided by F.B.I. agents seeking evidence of possible fraud.
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Posted on September 23rd, 2011 by Carlo Capomazza
“They China have made possible systematic stealing of intellectual property of American companies and have not been very aggressive to put in place the basic protections for property rights that every serious economy needs over time,” Geithner told a forum in Washington.
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Posted on September 17th, 2011 by Carlo Capomazza
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
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Posted on August 9th, 2011 by Cartoon Blog
Hyper partisanship and the messy battle to raise the debt limit has caused the approval ratings of Congress to sink. A recent CBS News/New York Times poll even had the disapproval rating of Congress at 82 percent, the highest in decades.
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