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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Americans rejecting US citizenship as tax hikes loom

Americans rejecting US citizenship as tax hikes loom The number of Americans who decided to renounce their citizenship in the second quarter of 2013 increased sixfold the same period in 2012, a number the federal government attributes to strict impending financial disclosure rules. The United States is the only country out of 34 in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that continues to tax citizens regardless of where they live around the world. Now, facing a high national debt and drastic cuts in government spending, US tax enforcers are employing stricter asset-disclosure laws under the Foreign Account Tax… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

PetroChina joins Exxon to dominate Iraqi oil industry

PetroChina joins Exxon to dominate Iraqi oil industry China’s biggest oil producer PetroChina will be developing Iraq’s giant oil field West Qurna with American Exxon Mobil. The deal could make Chinese energy giant the biggest foreign investor in Iraq’s oil industry. China already dominates the oil fields around southern Iraq, Reuters reports. PetroChina was the first foreign company to strike an oil deal in Iraq after US-led forces overthrew Saddam Hussein. It is now developing Iraq’s biggest oilfield Rumaila with BP. The PetroChina-Exxon agreement could be announced in weeks. “PetroChina will participate in developing the field,” Reuters quotes an industry… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Video of Cop Slapping 10-Year-Old Boy Stirs Outrage

A YouTube video of a police officer in Oregon slapping a 10-year-old boy as he removed the child from the care of his mother has stirred outrage. The clip shows an officer from the Eugene Police Department hauling away the child as onlookers tell the boy to run. The officer then appears to slap or lightly punch the boy in the face, before claiming the boy had bit his hand. “You do not hit an underaged child,” shouts one bystander as others threaten to file lawsuits against the cop. “You don’t know who you’re messing with!” shouts another youth as… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Bloomberg want to ban e-cigarettes too?

Does New York City Mayor Bloomberg want to ban e-cigarettes too? New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t just want to limit the use of cigarettes – but electronic cigarettes as well. In a newly leaked draft of three tobacco-related bills soon to be voted on by the NYC City Council, the new definition of “tobacco products” under city law would be changed to include e-cigarettes and related components, parts and accessories. If the ordinances pass, the display of e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco would be banned in retail stores. Also, while tobacco and menthol flavored e-cigarettes would still be available… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Florida’s Sheriffs Backs State’s Stand Your Ground Law

Earlier this week, Florida’s Sheriffs Association voted to support the state’s Stand Your Ground law in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman Trial. The association’s new president, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, announced it agreed to support the law without opposition as written. Tuesday’s voice vote came with 57 Sheriffs in attendance. This is the first public stance the association has taken on the law since it was first passed in 2005. Sheriff Judd said in a prepared statement, “Our current judicial system is comprised of multiple checks and balances to ensure fair and equitable application of all laws, including… View Article

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on August 9, 2013 in Right Edition

Happy Birthday to Me – Americans Support Stand Your Ground

A majority of Americans support “Stand Your Ground” laws, according to a new national Quinnipiac University poll that found strong division along political and gender lines. Fifty-three percent of American voters said they support the laws, which came to widespread national attention after the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Activists in Florida and other states have called for a review of the law, which supporters argue has helped lower crime rates. Forty percent of those surveyed oppose the laws. Voters in households with a gun tilted strongly in favor of “Stand Your Ground,” with 67 percent backing the… View Article

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on August 9, 2013 in World News

Chris Christie Signs 10 Gun Bills Into Law

Chris Christie Signs 10 Gun Bills Into Law New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed 10 pieces of gun legislation into law Thursday. Christie, widely seen as a probable GOP candidate for president in 2016, signed off on the slate of bills, most of which were non-controversial, while leaving five more contentious bills still awaiting his signature or veto. One of the new laws will disqualify any person on the federal terrorist watch list from obtaining firearms identification cards or permits to purchase handguns. “To the extent that this bill will keep guns out of the hands of known terrorists,… View Article

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on August 9, 2013 in World News

Management’s Gun Ban Overturned By Owners

Apartment Property Management’s Gun Ban Overturned By Owners The Washington Times reported on Wednesday that renters at an apartment complex in Douglas County, Colorado were told that they were prohibited from keeping firearms in their apartments by the management company: Renters at an apartment community just south of Denver are between a rock and a hard place, ordered by their landlord to either get rid of their weapons or move out. The manager at Oakwood Apartments in Castle Rock, Colo., sent a notice to renters last week advising them of the new rule banning all “firearms and weapons” from the… View Article

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on August 8, 2013 in Right Edition

Minimum Wage – Mugged Man buys Gun Defends Himself

Minimum Wage – Mugged Man buys Gun Defends Himself Raising minimum wage is not intended to help anyone but the very rich and their political lackeys. But President Obama, who proposed last week to bring the federal minimum wage up to $9 an hour from $7.25, doesn’t seem to realize this. Not only will an increase in the minimum wage destroy the ability of millions to get a job, and it will help perpetuate a system of American Serfdom and Economic Slavery. One of the problems with a technologically advanced society is that the ruling elite have a much harder… View Article

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