Nov
08
2009
Republicans Winning, Shopping Over Children
- Against a backdrop of heightened public concern about government intrusions, six in ten Americans favor extending the Patriot Act, but majorities oppose expanding it by adding new FBI powers to issue subpoenas and access US mail.
- A solar panel company (Evergreen Solar) that received $58 million in state aid to build its factory in Massachusetts is now moving jobs overseas.
- According to Lord Sacks, Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Europe’s population decline is attributed to its secular residents who are too selfish to have children.
- Walmart is defending its sick leave policy after a workers’ advocacy group issued a scathing report saying the company made it difficult for employees to take sick time for themselves and their children.
- The NYPD has gone on the reservation sending its drug czar upstate to try to help cut off a massive pipeline of pot and ecstasy to the city run by Mohawk Indian smugglers on the Canadian border.
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