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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131979)	5/6/2012 11:04:00 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131979)	5/7/2012 9:46:29 AM
From: locogringo	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Gallup Seasonally Adjusted U.S. Unemployment Rate Up in April Princeton, NJ - U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, showed a modest decline to 8.3% in April from 8.4% in March. However, applying the government's historical April adjustment to Gallup's unadjusted number yields a seasonally adjusted April estimate of 8.6%, up from 8.1% in March. (Snip) Gallup's U.S. underemployment measure combines the unemployed with those working part time but looking for full-time work. This unadjusted measure increased to 18.2% in April from 18.0% in March. The underemployment rate was 19.3% in April 2011. gallup.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131979)	5/7/2012 11:14:26 AM
From: longnshort	7 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

That was fast: Giddy Obama invites new French Socialist BFF to the White House Posted at 9:38 am on May 7, 2012 by Twitchy Staff \| President Obama and François Hollande are totes going to be besties. Kinda like Meghan McCain and Sandra Fluke. When Obama called to congratulate the French president-elect, he invited him to visit the White House later this month for a lefty gab-fest. They can stay up late reading Marx and Engels while mocking austerity measures and fiscal restraint. Oh, and they’ll have to gossip about Stinky Sarkozy. Good times! The Twitterverse noted the budding friendship.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131979)	5/7/2012 11:44:48 AM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Wealthy French eye move across the Channel ft.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131979)	5/7/2012 11:56:08 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Secret U.S. program releases high-level insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace David Guttenfelder/AP - Former Commander of the International Security Assistance Force Gen. David Petraeus, center, who is now director of the CIA, tours the grounds of the U.S.-run Parwan detention facility near Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept. 27, 2010. By Kevin Sieff, The Washington Post KABUL — The United States has for several years been secretly releasing high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, a bold effort to quell violence but one that U.S. officials acknowledge poses substantial risks. As the United States has unsuccessfully pursued a peace deal with the Taliban, the “strategic release” program has quietly served as a live diplomatic channel, allowing American officials to use prisoners as bargaining chips in restive provinces where military power has reached its limits. But the releases are an inherent gamble: The freed detainees are often notorious fighters who would not be released under the traditional legal system for military prisoners in Afghanistan. They must promise to give up violence — and U.S. officials warn them that if they are caught attacking American troops, they will be detained once again. There are no absolute guarantees, however, and officials would not say whether those who have been released under the program have later returned to attack U.S. and Afghan forces once again. “Everyone agrees they are guilty of what they have done and should remain in detention. Everyone agrees that these are bad guys. But the benefits outweigh the risks,” said one U.S. official who, like others, discussed the issue on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the program. The releases have come amid broader efforts to end the decade-long war through negotiation, which is a central feature of the Obama administration’s strategy for leaving Afghanistan. Those efforts, however, have yielded little to no progress in recent years. In part, they have been stymied by the unwillingness of the United States to release five prisoners from Guantanamo Bay — a gesture that insurgent leaders have said they see as a precondition for peace talks. Unlike at Guantanamo, releasing prisoners from the Parwan detention center, the only American military prison in Afghanistan, does not require congressional approval and can be done clandestinely. And although official negotiations with top insurgent leaders are seen by many as an endgame for the war, which has claimed nearly 2,000 U.S. lives, the strategic release program has a less ambitious goal: to quell violence in concentrated areas where NATO is unable to ensure security, particularly as troops continue to withdraw. The releases are intended to produce tactical gains but are not considered part of a grand bargain with the Taliban. U.S. officials would not say how many detainees have been released under the program, though they said such cases are relatively rare. The program has existed for several years, but officials would not confirm exactly when it was established. The process begins with conversations between U.S. military officials and insurgent commanders or local elders, who promise that violence will decrease in their district — or that militants will cease fighting altogether — if certain insurgents are released from Parwan. The value of the tradeoff and the sincerity of the guarantee are then weighed by senior military officials in Kabul, officials said.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131979)	5/7/2012 12:14:32 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224749

Dow Jones 12:00 PM Averages: DJIA 13,002.59 DN 35.68 05/07 12:00 PM 30 INDUS 13,002.59 DN 35.68 OR 0.27% 20 TRANSP 5,256.81 UP 29.17 OR 0.56% 15 UTILS 467.15 DN 0.73 OR 0.16% 65 STOCKS 4,437.24 DN 0.62 OR 0.01% (END) Dow Jones Newswires 05-07-121200ET Copyright (c) 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. kennytroll spinning on markets ????????????

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131979)	5/7/2012 1:29:35 PM
From: locogringo	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Another milestone for the FOOD STAMP Muslim President: Number of PhDs receiving federal aid more than tripled from 2007 to 2010 According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, between 2007 and 2010, the percentage of people with a graduate degree who were on food stamps or were receiving another kind of federal aid more than doubled, reaching 360,000. In 2007, 9,776 people with PhD’s were receiving some kind of aid. In 2010, that number had more than tripled to 33,655. For people with master’s degrees, the number spiked from 101,683 to 293,029. Austin Nichols of the Urban Institute crunched those numbers for The Chronicle using census data.