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The power grab that destroyed American politics: How Newt Gingrich created our modern dysfunction
2015-05-23 23:52:14| IT Services - Topix.net
In '94, the GOP used Contract with America to claim mandate for right-wing policies. It worked.
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UN climate chief says technology has changed carbon politics
2015-05-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Express: Technological advances that have reduced prices and improved efficiency of renewable energy have helped transform the politics around climate change since 2009 when an attempt to forge a global deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions failed, the U.N. climate chief said Thursday. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, said countries were ahead of schedule in negotiating a landmark agreement on curbing greenhouse gases that can be adopted at...
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Senator Bernie Sanders won't win in 2016 - but he will still change American politics
2015-05-04 17:32:43| IT Services - Topix.net
Earlier this week, longtime Independent Vermont Senator and avowed socialist Bernie Sanders announced that he will run for the presidency in 2016. Sanders's announcement excited liberal activists wary of another centrist Clinton presidency but puzzled most political pundits , who see no chance for a socialist candidate to do much of anything other than draw a few votes away from the eventual Democratic candidate.
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In politics, like car sales, brand loyalty rules: Tony May
2015-04-27 01:31:22| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
More than half of new Ford buyers in the past year traded in old Fords. Same was true for Toyota purchasers.
EDITORIAL: To make electricity cheaper, take politics out of energy market
2015-04-25 11:13:50| Electronics - Topix.net
First, as reported by the Review-Journal's Sean Whaley on April 9, Strip titans MGM Resorts International, Wynn Las Vegas and Las Vegas Sands Corp. want to follow the lead of data storage giant Switch and fire NV Energy, which would allow them to secure their own power supplies for less money. Second, as reported April 15 by the Review-Journal's Laura Myers and Mr. Whaley, Nevada's growing solar industry has accused NV Energy of trying to maintain its power monopoly by stifling a program that lets customers with rooftop solar arrays sell surplus electricity to the utility.
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