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Can You Spare a Dollar or Two for an Impoverished, Out-of-Work Politician?
2014-06-14 21:58:32| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Traversing across the nation, in frenzied effort to promote her new memoir, "Hard Times", Hillary Clinton has been unleashing little white lies faster than a used car salesman, in the 1970's, trying to unload a Ford Pinto.
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Texas politician spoofs 'Frozen' in campaign ad - VIDEO
2014-05-08 18:31:14| Electronics - Topix.net
In hindsight, it was only a matter of time before some politician figured out that a majority of the world is obsessed with "Let it Go" from Frozen .
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United Kingdom: Ex-environment minister hits back at politician 'armchair hydrologists'
2014-02-13 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A former Conservative environment minister who has been criticised along with the Environment Agency for mismanaging flood prevention has hit back at what he described as "politicians seeking to become armchair hydrologists". Richard Benyon has been accused by some south-west MPs and the communities secretary, Eric Pickles, of blocking dredging on the Somerset Levels during his period as environment minister. Writing for the Guardian, Benyon said he was "uncomfortable with those that reach...
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United Kingdom: Lord Smith: 'EA staff know 100 times more than any politician about flooding'
2014-02-10 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith has blamed Treasury spending rules for the failure of the agency to spend more on dredging last year, as he said his staff knew 100 times more than any politician about flood defence protection. He also said the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, has been hugely supportive, contrasting that with the sniping and criticism that has come from the communities secretary, Eric Pickles. He denied all knowledge of a document suggesting in 2008 it had been EA...
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Japanese politician causes uproar by giving letter on Fukushima to emperor
2013-11-07 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A novice Japanese lawmaker who wanted to draw attention to the Fukushima nuclear crisis has caused an uproar by doing something taboo: handing a letter to the emperor. The ruckus began at an annual autumn Imperial Palace garden party last week. As Emperor Akihito and his wife, Michiko, greeted a line of guests, the outspoken actor-turned-lawmaker Taro Yamamoto gave the emperor the letter a gesture considered both impolite and inappropriate. Video of the encounter, repeatedly aired on television,...
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