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		<title>Here are some New Laws that our California State Legislature has Enacted in to Law effective Jan. 1 for 2012 and on&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["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."]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehouse.gov Requests 5000 signatures in October for #Fairtax.org Petition to get Obama Response!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Best Political Cartoons of the Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>IN RUSH TO ASSIST #SOLYNDRA, #OBAMA MISSED WARNING SIGNS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>CHINA ‘VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE’ IN STEALING U.S. TECHNOLOGY</title>
		<link>http://www.visionaryrealtynews.com/2011/09/china-%e2%80%98very-very-aggressive%e2%80%99-in-stealing-u-s-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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. ]]></description>
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		<title>So every day, 10 men go out for beer and the bill for all 10 adds to $100. If they paid their bill like we pay taxes, it would go like this:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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!]]></description>
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		<title>Worst Congress Ever &#8211; So Obama should Speak of Bold New Policies to Boost Business, Cut Spending and Regulation #cartoon</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Learning the Hard Way? Cartoon on Presidential policy and the National Debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cartoon: 
Obama: Let's compromise. You collect more money and I'll reduce our speed.
House of Representatives, the most accurate representation of the citizenry unlike the good ole' boy Senate: Mr. President change course we're going to crash.]]></description>
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		<title>CA FAIR Act signed, FAIR is fair &#8211; and now law. California is a kinder and gentler state indeed.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FAIR Education Act will bring classroom instruction into alignment with existing non-discrimination laws in California and would add the LGBT community to the existing list of underrepresented cultural and ethnic groups, which are covered by current law related to inclusion in textbooks and other instructional materials in schools. California is a kinder and gentler state indeed.]]></description>
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