Detroit Free Press: Growing mounds of petroleum coke raise fears along Detroit River

Hulking, pitch-black mounds resembling coal have grown exponentially in the last week along the banks of the Detroit River in southwest Detroit, prompting concern about potential…

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USA Today: Campaign advisers tied to lending crisis

USA Today, Updated:   4/3/2008 12:20 AM

WASHINGTON — On the campaign trail, Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have proposed cracking down on the predatory lending that they say helped fuel the foreclosure…

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CSMonitor.com: Penny Pritzker steps into limelight as Commerce nominee

Businesswoman, overachiever, and someone who can say no to people in power, Penny Pritzker is stepping out of the shadows of her famous family name and her wealthier relatives to forge her own persona…

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HuffPost: Clarence Thomas: Obama Only President Because He’s What ‘Elites’ Expect ‘From A Black Person’

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas doesn’t speak much on the job, but during an interview last month at Duquesne Law School in Pittsburgh, Pa., he offered some candid insight into…

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BlackAgendaReport.com: Breitbart Lives? New York Times & Slate.com Do Sloppy Racist Hatchet Job on Black Farmers Lawsuit

Though Andrew Breitbart has been dead a year, his rancid brand of hatemongering slander is alive and well. Its latest rotten pustule burst upon the face of last Friday’s New York Times in a 5,000 word piece by Sharon LaFraniere, with an assist from self-described

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NY Times: U.S. Opens Spigot After Farmers Claim Discrimination

In the winter of 2010, after a decade of defending the government against bias claims by Hispanic and female farmers, Justice Department lawyers seemed to have victory within…

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HuffPost: Pat Toomey: Background Checks Died Because GOP Didn’t Want To Help Obama

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) revealed that some members of his party opposed expanding background checks for gun sales recently because they didn’t want to “be seen helping…

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CrooksandLiars.com: Ted Nugent Blames Rise of Military Suicides On Obama

This article doesn’t fit the general thrust of Thoughtful Processes… However… In light of Ted Nugent’s sorry musings, we couldn’t help but post this.  Just reflect on this article and Ted’s quest to serve the country, the next time he tells someone to ‘suck on his machine gun’.

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