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Congress Base Pay $174,000: House Working Days 155 (Adjourned): Senate Working Days 146 (and Counting): Bills Passed 57 vs. 40-year Average of 242
December 17, 2013 0

Congress Base Pay $174,000: House Working Days 155 (Adjourned): Senate Working Days 146 (and Counting): Bills Passed 57 vs. 40-year Average of 242

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Congress passed 57 bills in 2013, compared with an average of 282 passed bills per year from 1973 through 2012 The House recently adjourned for the year after being in session for only 155 days in 2013. The Senate has logged 146 days in session so far this year. In Congress’s first year, 1789, members were in session for 168 days

Sharp Decline in France PMI; Private Sector Employment Drops 21st Time in 22 Months
December 16, 2013 0

Sharp Decline in France PMI; Private Sector Employment Drops 21st Time in 22 Months

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Flash France Composite Output Index falls to 47.0 (48.0 in November), 7-month low Flash France Services Activity Index drops to 47.4 (48.0 in November), 6-month low Flash France Manufacturing Output Index slips to 45.3 (48.0 in November), 7-month low Flash France Manufacturing PMI falls to 47.1 (48.4 in November), 7-month low Both the manufacturing and service sectors signalled sharper reductions in output than in November. Services activity decreased for the second month running, and at the fastest pace since June. Meanwhile, manufacturers posted a marked decline in production, extending the current sequence of contraction to five months

Italy "Pitchfork Protests" Continue; "LettaSpeak" Translation; Nonworking Parts
December 15, 2013 0

Italy "Pitchfork Protests" Continue; "LettaSpeak" Translation; Nonworking Parts

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The "pitchfork protests" in Italy have now gone on for a week. RT reports ‘Pitchfork’ protesters clash with police in week of anti-austerity rallies Protesters in several Italian cities have clashed with police amid anti-austerity protests which have lasted for almost one week. The so-called “Pitchfork†protesters are marching against cuts and calling for the government to resign.

How to Open a Wine Bottle With a Shoe
December 14, 2013 0

How to Open a Wine Bottle With a Shoe

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"Dirty Jobs" Mike Rowe on the High Cost of College; Get Ready to Get Dirty; What’s Wrong With the College Model?
December 13, 2013 0

"Dirty Jobs" Mike Rowe on the High Cost of College; Get Ready to Get Dirty; What’s Wrong With the College Model?

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Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs chimes in on the US education system in an interview with Nick Gillespie on Reason.Com . click on above link if video does not play Rowe : If we are lending money that ostensibly we don’t have to kids who have no hope of making it back in order to train them for jobs that clearly don’t exist, I might suggest that we’ve gone around the bend a little bit. Gillespie : We are doing everything we can to push every kid to go to a four-year college.

Italy’s "Pitchfork Protests" Spread to Rome; Interior Minister Warns of "Drift Into Rebellion"
December 13, 2013 0

Italy’s "Pitchfork Protests" Spread to Rome; Interior Minister Warns of "Drift Into Rebellion"

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Reuters reports Italy’s ‘pitchfork protests,’ in fourth day, spread to Rome . Italy’s "pitchfork" protests spread to Rome on Thursday when hundreds of students clashed with police and threw firecrackers outside a university where government ministers were attending a conference. Truckers, small businessmen, the unemployed, students and low-paid workers have staged four days of rallies in cities from Turin in the north to Sicily in the south in the name of the "pitchfork" movement, originally a loosely organized group of farmers from Sicily.