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Santorum Wins Iowa
But the full count might never be complete.
http://www.humanevents.com/artic…Not that it matters, straw poll BS.
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The Des Moines Register calls this “a tie for the ages.” I can think of some other, more colorful phrases to describe it.
There are too many holes in the certified totals from the Iowa caucuses to know for certain who won, but Rick Santorum wound up with a 34-vote advantage.
Results from eight precincts are missing — any of which could hold an advantage for Mitt Romney — and will never be recovered and certified, Republican Party of Iowa officials told The Des Moines Register on Wednesday.
GOP officials discovered inaccuracies in 131 precincts, although not all the changes affected the two leaders. Changes in one precinct alone shifted the vote by 50 — a margin greater than the certified tally.
The certified numbers: 29,839 for Santorum and 29,805 for Romney. The turnout: 121,503.
So fifteen days later, Iowa authorities still can’t count 121,503 votes accurately, but they’re kinda thinking maybe that Santorum fellow ended up 34 votes ahead
- locustsloth0
"Subsequent analysis suggests that Keystone's job-creating potential is more modest. The U.S. State Department calculated last year that the underground pipeline would add 5,000 to 6,000 U.S. jobs. One independent review of Keystone puts that number even lower, with the Cornell University Global Labor Institute finding that the pipeline would add only 500 to 1,400 temporary construction jobs. The authors of the September report also said that much of the new employment stemming from Keystone would be outside the U.S.
Transcanada itself cast doubt on its employment forecast when a vice president for the company told CNN last fall that the 20,000 jobs Keystone would create were temporary and that the project would likely yield only "hundreds" of permanent positions.
Another reason for the discrepancy appears to stem from what that 20,000 figure really means. As Transcanada has conceded, its estimate counted up "job years" spent on the project, not jobs. In other words, the company was counting a single construction worker who worked for two years on Keystone as two jobs, lending fuel to critics who said advocates of the pipeline were overstating its benefits."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-5051…
Nixing KeystoneXL, is nothing more than a forced move, created by the Republicans. Obama wasn't against the pipeline until the Repubs forced him to make a decision. Those who made that stipulation don't give a rats ass about the 6000 jobs that were to be created. They knew he wouldn't shorten his timeline, so they knew he would say no, rather than risk a possible ecological disaster, and then they can trump up this job-hater bullshit.
FUCKING FIRE THEM ALL* AND START OVER!
- *Except Bernie :Dlocustsloth
- that's still 5,000 to 6,000 jobs! you think that doesn't matter. Job Creation, this guy is a fucking pawn.********
- FUCKING FIRE THEM ALL* AND START OVER!
I like that talk!!! YES******** - It's a quarter of what TransCanada said they'd be creating. It's bullshitlocustsloth
- Well, that was hype, there's no doubt. Still, again 5K to 6K worth of jobs. Done right, that's a lot of income for families.********
- The current admin said it was too quick of a decision to make in 2 months, will be reviewed later. Actually, will not surprise********
- Agreed. So why wouldn't the Repubs let it go thru the proper channels to ensure it's done right?locustsloth
- me if they pass it. This clown isn't producing jobs, let's face it. This might actually make him look good. Timing.********
- Or did they want credit for all of the possible cleanup jobs after a mishap too?locustsloth
- I dunno... because like we've been talking about, both sides are FUCKING clowns! What's in it for me mentality!!! BS********
- Ohhh yeah, you're right. They do that shit. R's are notorious for that. "if there's a disaster, we get the contract for that too"********
- it's all over the Marcellus Shale drilling, different story, same shit.********
- you have to keep in mind all of the residual industries / biz's that this produces as well, similar to enviro cleanup co's********
- pipe / crane businesses. Huge $! Friend works in this biz, ridiculous.********
- I'm for it, if it's done correctly and safely, however, NEVER if it's run by morons that will hurt the environment.********
- http://www.sfgate.co…********
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EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations Because Of President’s Piracy Stand: “Not Give A Dime Anymore”
http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/…Hollywood moguls who gave Obama $56 million(!) say 'no more'
- oh noes, nameless moguls off the record, pull support. Whatever shall he do?!?!locustsloth
- he he, well yeah, true. however, money is money and you see these DINOs in effect, hypocrisy et al.********
- it's Hollywood rich fucks (1%'ers) that are lobbying Congress, etc.********
- But somehow Hollywood is liberal...DrBombay
- Ramanisky20
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is abandoning his presidential bid and endorsing Newt Gingrich.
- gonna be a battle royale between Newt and Mitt. Both, goofy names. well then there's Barrack. WTF?********
- gonna be a battle royale between Newt and Mitt. Both, goofy names. well then there's Barrack. WTF?
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Obama's Keystone Denial Prompts Canada to Look to China Sales
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/ar…President Barack Obama's decision yesterday to reject a permit for TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline may prompt Canada to turn to China for oil exports.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in a telephone call yesterday, told Obama "Canada will continue to work to diversify its energy exports," according to details provided by Harper's office. Canadian Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver said relying less on the U.S. would help strengthen the country's "financial security."
The "decision by the Obama administration underlines the importance of diversifying and expanding our markets, including the growing Asian market," Oliver told reporters in Ottawa.
Currently, 99 percent of Canada's crude exports go to the U.S., a figure that Harper wants to reduce in his bid to make Canada a "superpower" in global energy markets.
- Sounds like diversifying was already in the works, KXL decision just upped the timeline.locustsloth
- yep********
- vaxorcist0
Harper's a conservative,and a HUGE spinner of political stories... so he will probably ring the panic bell about selling oil to china in order to get Romney elected in US..... he'd rather deal with Romney than Obama....
- Selling to China instead of the US isn't so easy as just picking up the phone.waterhouse
- I agree with both of you. it's a fucking charade or stunt.********
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- 1-5 haah haah
what does 5 say?74LEO - Statisticians********
- HEHHEH********
- 1-5 haah haah
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hahahaha
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- Ramanisky20
A Party of Asshats ... who will never beat Obama
- all politicians rub eye with middle finger at debate Nit!74LEO
- never underestimate your opponents, it's how you lose at everything.********
- the funny thing, take a gander at the last Democratic crop, including your Messiah, how's he doing. Hillary!? haha OMG!********
- FFS there would be no Hillary Clinton if she weren't riding the coat tails if Bill Clinton the last 25 years. Real marriage?!********
- Whom else, fucking John Edwards, he's going to fucking jail and he cheated on his cancer stricken wife!? HA!********
- who else, which other shitbags ran in 2008 for the Dems? Chris Dodd. Joe Biden? hahahahah ROFL hilaious********
- obviously, you don't know enough about your own party to even defend them, this is fun!!! hahaha OMFG********
- Funny, no response from Ramanisky2. What? Waiting for your minions to show up and support you. Pussy!********
- yaaaawnRamanisky2
- ahhahaha that photo rulescolin_s
- Tweedledum and Tweedledeeutopian
- yeahhhhhhhhhh again no facts, just moronic comments********
- Ramanisky20
sweet 4 more years of cut & paste nonsense from panacea and the likes
- ha ha wow are you confident, especially with this moron of a president. you'll be stuck with the same guy if Romney wins********
- so does it really matter? Get fucking real, dumbass.********
- BHO's lack of experience is really starting to show, huh?********
- yaaaawwwwnRamanisky2
- ha ha wow are you confident, especially with this moron of a president. you'll be stuck with the same guy if Romney wins
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Obama officials concede his new defense strategy increases war risk
http://www.worldnewstribune.com/…President Obama hailed the strategy as a “smart, strategic set of priorities” that were formulated based on the need to renew American fiscal strength with smaller conventional ground forces and an overall leaner military.
However, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the new strategy unquestionably increases risks to U.S. national security interests.
//Smart guy!
- yaaaaaaawnRamanisky2
- yeah go back up to your post and defend Hillary Clinton and John Edwards. //winners! FFS********
- a party of asshats who will never be president ...Ramanisky2
- h aha, that sounds like what they said about Obama and Bush Jr.********
- you don't know enough about your own party to defend them, MORON!********
- You probably aren't bright enough to realize the majority of Republicans didn't even want Reagan as a candidate.********
- and look at that landslide. FFS are you stupid.********
- ahhhhhhhhhharh yaaawn
your words bores meRamanisky2 - your thoughts bore me, at least I have an educated opinion, all you do is post crap, You ARE what's wrong with the US********
- You're just too stupid to know it.********
- yaaaawwwwwwwnRamanisky2
- Tweedledumutopian
- ukit20
Over a period of mere hours, the roller-coaster Republican race was shaken by a cascade of events: An explosive ABC interview with Newt Gingrich’s second wife, Marianne, in which she describes his request for an “open marriage”; a recount of the Iowa caucuses revealing that Rick Santorum won more votes than Mitt Romney; and Rick Perry’s abrupt decision to drop out of the race and get behind Gingrich.
- hahahaukit2
- it's called smear campaign you fucking idiot. how easily all the shit that Dem's do is easily dismissed by the liberal media********
- no comments on Obama's cocaine binges, when is the last you've heard of that or white GF's.********
- amazing how they keep that all covered isn't it. John Edwards, FFS he cheated on his cancer-striken wife. Get real.********
- DrBombay0
Panacea, I want to plan a trip to Pittsburgh. Want to meet up? I would like a chance to kick your fucking teeth in.
- he was in alabama when he was popfodderjohnny_wobble
- Way to post something 10X more idiotic than anything he ever has. Bravo!locustsloth
- pity mate, I live in Florida. ha ha ROFL!********
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Yeah, this guy... what a complete disgrace. DrBombay, if you are a true American, you would go to DC and kick this guys fucking teeth in instead.
- you can't handle that?troller
- dipshitlocustsloth
- thanks for agreeing locus - Obama is a dipshit.********
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Supreme Court rejects judge-drawn Texas election maps
http://www.reuters.com/article/2…The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in a Texas political dispute, rejecting judge-drawn election maps favoring minority candidates and Democrats in the 2012 congressional and state legislature elections.
- gerrimandering is bullshit, no matter who does it. What about all the times the Repubs did it? No judgement for that?locustsloth
- It's not right, agreed locust, just stating this is going on, crazy.********
- Once Rick Perry's redistricting takes place Austin will be as conservative as the rest of TX.robotron3k
- Rick Perry is a fucking idiot.********
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Rejecting the Keystone pipeline is an act of insanity
http://www.washingtonpost.com/op…President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is an act of national insanity. It isn’t often that a president makes a decision that has no redeeming virtues and — beyond the symbolism — won’t even advance the goals of the groups that demanded it. All it tells us is that Obama is so obsessed with his reelection that, through some sort of political calculus, he believes that placating his environmental supporters will improve his chances.
- I wholeheartedly agree with that notion. Regardless of the inflated job calls, such BS going on with this guy.********
- There are plenty of good reasons to not move full steam ahead.BrokenHD
- I don't think he's appeasing environmentalists, so much as he's actually considering the environmental consequences.BrokenHD
- Highly doubtful, but you can live in that idealistic world if you like.********
- Hero of the stupid!utopian
- http://i.imgur.com/L…utopian
- I wholeheartedly agree with that notion. Regardless of the inflated job calls, such BS going on with this guy.
- locustsloth0
No, that opinion article is bullshit. It doesn't even address the aquafer in Nebraska that the pipeline would cross. a leak would poison the water for millions in that area. TransCanada proposed ONE route to circumvent this in late Nov. Not nearly enough time before the 60 day deadline imposed to verify the possible ecological impacts, or lack thereof.
If a mechanic said "i can put this new gasline in your car, but it may burst into flames and i don't have time to verify if it will or not" you'd likely tell him to hold off.
And that's ON TOP of the bullshit job numbers.But it's brilliant on the Repubs part. Force him into making a move you know he'll make and then criticize him for making.
Brilliant, but absolute repugnant bullshit.- No denying they tried to force the hand, however, it's a charade, calculated charade, much the same.********
- No denying they tried to force the hand, however, it's a charade, calculated charade, much the same.
