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Boehner opens door to cutting U.S. oil tax breaks

Posted on April 26th, 2011 at 13:51 by John Sinteur in category: News

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Congress should consider cutting multibillion-dollar subsidies to oil companies amid rising concern over skyrocketing gas prices, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Monday.

"It’s certainly something we should be looking at," Boehner said in an ABC News interview. "We’re in a time when the federal government’s short on revenues. They ought to be paying their fair share."

"Everybody wants to go after the oil companies and frankly, they’ve got some part of this to blame," he said.

But Boehner said he also wanted to "see all the facts" first.

And those fact come in the form of numbers.

Numbers on campaign-donation checks.


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Computer glitch opens un-staffed supermarket to happy Kiwis

Posted on April 26th, 2011 at 13:06 by John Sinteur in category: News

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Canny Kiwis were given a Good Friday bonus when a computer system automatically opened a supermarket to all comers.

The Mill St Pak ‘n Save in Hamilton, New Zealand should have been shut for Good Friday, but the godless computer system overrode a manual command to shutter up, and flicked on the lights and threw open the automatic doors at 8am despite a complete absence of any staff.


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  1. Desiato on April 26th, 2011 at 17:56:

    I didn’t know “canny” was slang for “thieving”. Hunh.

  2. Sue W on April 29th, 2011 at 2:06:

    This is the fantasy of many of the people I know. We are so screwed, if the trucks stop rolling up to the loading bays…

If you’re shopping for a hut, try somewhere else

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Many UK royal wedding security steps would not work in US

Posted on April 26th, 2011 at 6:38 by John Sinteur in category: News

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British authorities prepping for the nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton say they will likely use random stop-and-searches, closely monitored closed-circuit cameras spread throughout London and "pre-emptive policing," which means police can arrest someone for a terror charge-even planning or inciting a terror act-before they have all the evidence related to it, to enforce order and maintain safety.

Even the uploading of photos to a new iPhone app is being restricted within the vicinity Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace on the wedding day.


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  1. Dillon on April 26th, 2011 at 7:43:

    I like how the article makes it seem that Americans are behind the U.K. on security matters, but makes no mention of the Constitution forbidding such intrusive policing or the fact that Americans historically place a higher value on individual liberties than our European cousins.

  2. Jim on April 26th, 2011 at 11:28:

    Although it may be true that certain liberties are upheld strongly in the US, such as the liberty to bear arms, but I’d also note that the US will grant you less ‘rights’ when it is deemed necessary by the powers that be, as the article below demonstrates nicely, or Guantanamo Bay, or airport security as done by TSA, or …

  3. Mudak on April 26th, 2011 at 12:05:

    I was wondering if there’s a distinction to be made, between “would not work” and “wouldn’t be attempted”.

  4. Gareth on April 26th, 2011 at 15:00:

    Dillon, you think the US has historically placed a higher value on individual liberties than your European cousins. Well I suppose that’s true if you restrict your comments to white middle class English speakers in full employment and good health.

  5. Dillon on April 27th, 2011 at 1:03:

    I am just saying that it is very silly the article makes no mention of the fact that many of the measures being taken in London would be flatly illegal in the United States because we have a written Constitution that would prohibit such measures. The British on the other hand have a Parliament that is checked by no such document and has the power to pass any legislation it wishes.

  6. Sue W on April 29th, 2011 at 2:01:

    As a expatriate Brit of the female persuasion I feel entitled to say that I’ll be freaking glad when this is all over and we can get back to total war, all the time, mediawise.
    As for the Owner’s grandson? Good forelock-tugging luck to you sor!