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Western Firms Move R&D, Other Assets To Growing China
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Western-Firms-Move-RD-Other-ibd-357490363....
Doug Tsuruoka , On Monday December 14, 2009, 7:08 pm EST
You might have noticed a big moving van with the words "China" parked outside some U.S. companies these days.
Growing numbers of U.S. and other foreign firms are shifting key operations to China -- including R&D centers, regional offices and other corporate units. The list includes tech, drug and bank giants.

State budget cuts would devastate Toledo area schools, superintendents say
By TOM HENRY
and JIM PROVANCE
BLADE STAFF WRITERS
Catastrophe. Devastation.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091215/NEWS24/91...
No matter how hard area school superintendents and legislators tried to explain yesterday how the state budget mess could affect their districts, the theme was one of impending doom.

December 11, 2009
BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal. There's only one way to counter the power of organized money, and that's with the power of organized people. This is the theme of our broadcast this week.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12112009/watch.html
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12112009/watch2.html

1. 6.57 Alabama (13-0) SEC
2. 6.38 Texas (13-0) Big 12
3. 5.71 Cincinnati (12-0) Big East
4. 5.51 TCU (12-0) MWC
5. 5.50 Florida (12-1) SEC
6. 5.19 Boise State (13-0) WAC
7. 4.83 Oregon (10-2) Pac 10
8. 4.63 Iowa (10-2) Big 10
9. 4.33 Ohio State (10-2) Big 10
10. 4.23 Georgia Tech (11-2) ACC
11. 4.17 Virginia Tech (9-3) ACC
12. 4.01 Penn State (10-2) Big 10
13. 4.00 Miami (FL) (9-3) ACC
14. 3.62 West Virginia (9-3) Big East
15. 3.58 BYU (10-2) MWC
16. 3.50 Pittsburgh (9-3) Big East
17. 3.42 LSU (9-3) SEC
18. 3.37 Wisconsin (9-3) Big 10
19. 3.30 Oklahoma State (9-3) Big 12

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts12042009.html
Goldman Sachs senior executives are arming themselves with New York gun permits, according to Alice Schroeder on Bloomberg.com. The banksters “are now equipped to defend themselves if there is a populist uprising against the bank.”
http://groups.google.com/group/soldiersofsolidarity/browse_thread/thread...

Toledo Blade
By ROSE RUSSELL
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091205/COLUMNIST...
NOT many people can say that an international figure intervened for them on their own turf, as Kim Bowers and Carlos Rice can now say.

Elizabeth Warren

Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the banking bailouts
December 3, 2009

Can you imagine an America without a strong middle class? If you can, would it still be America as we know it?

Federal reps fail the middle class
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091111/OPINION03/911...
In 1991, James Carville coined the phrase "It's the economy, stupid" when Bill Clinton ran against George H.W. Bush. It was effective and Mr. Clinton won.

Well, President Obama, "It's jobs, not health care" that is the number one issue on people's minds. Month after month, the media try to get us to believe the economy is getting better as more and more of my friends and family lose jobs.

1. 6.16 Texas (12-0) Big 12
2. 6.12 Alabama (12-0) SEC
3. 5.95 Florida (12-0) SEC
4. 5.50 TCU (12-0) MWC
5. 5.13 Cincinnati (11-0) Big East
6. 5.12 Boise State (12-0) WAC
7. 4.37 Iowa (10-2) Big 10
8. 4.36 Oregon (9-2) Pac 10
9. 4.33 Ohio State (10-2) Big 10
10. 4.08 Virginia Tech (9-3) ACC
11. 4.00 Penn State (10-2) Big 10
12. 3.91 Georgia Tech (10-2) ACC
12. 3.91 BYU (10-2) MWC
14. 3.72 Pittsburgh (9-2) Big East
15. 3.66 Miami (FL) (9-3) ACC
16. 3.37 Oklahoma State (9-3) Big 12

Experts point throttles, not floor mats, in Toyota incidents
Ken Bensinger and Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times

Herbert Armstrong Got the Word Out About British-Israel!

SNL Obama Jintao Press Conference in Beijing (VIDEO) - Click here for funny video clips

Was the Fort Hood shooting perpetrated by radical Muslim Jihadist an orchestrated distraction? Was the shooting timed to prevent coverage of the Nov 5th D.C. Health Care Rally at the Capital Building? Was there a direct connection between Hasan and Obama? Did Rahm or Axelrod or someone else in the Administration who knew Hasan was a "loose canon" give Hasan his "marching orders?"

Shouldn't these be the questions the media is asking? Why is the media silent on this connection?

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George Washington issued our country's first Thanksgiving Proclamation on October 3, 1789. In it, President Washington wrote:

"Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor . . .

1. 5.90 Texas (11-0) Big 12
2. 5.59 Florida (11-0) SEC
2. 5.59 Alabama (11-0) SEC
4. 5.55 TCU (11-0) MWC
5. 5.05 Cincinnati (10-0) Big East
6. 4.45 Georgia Tech (10-1) ACC
7. 4.41 Boise State (11-0) WAC
8. 4.33 Ohio State (10-2) Big 10
9. 4.16 Iowa (10-2) Big 10
10. 4.10 Pittsburgh (9-1) Big East
11. 4.09 Oregon (9-2) Pac 10
12. 3.92 Penn State (10-2) Big 10
13. 3.91 Virginia Tech (8-3) ACC
14. 3.82 Oklahoma State (9-2) Big 12
15. 3.27 Miami (FL) (8-3) ACC
16. 3.05 Wisconsin (8-3) Big 10
17. 3.00 North Carolina (8-3) ACC
18. 2.95 Clemson (8-3) ACC

Morning Meeting's Dylan Ratigan suggests four ways to fix the banking system which include: transparency, capital backing bets, tax code discouraging short-term profits and ending "Too Big To Fail."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#33620166
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#33909299

Lou Dobbs discusses the mutual decision that was made for him to leave CNN in this complete, unedited interview.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-17-2009/exclusive---lou-d...
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-17-2009/exclusive---lou-d...
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-november-17-2009/exclusive---lou-d...