Pearls before swine (Balloon-juice.com)

James Wolcott finds an epic PJTV celebration of Atlas Shrugged, led by heavily-bepearled host Amy Holmes. I thought about embedding, but it's not for the faint of heart. And here's a lengthy podcast discussion of the film that I participated in with the people from Read It And Weep. Update. The Read It And Weep [...] Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, RSS Feeds and Widgets via Feedzilla.

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Digital Media Could Make Or Break Presidential Race

Between Sarah Palin's half-million Twitter followers and President Obama holding a town hall meeting at Facebook headquarters on Wednesday, there's no denying that new media will have a huge impact on the 2012 presidential election ? and not necessarily in the ways you would expect.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/20/135553017/new-media-could-make-or-break-presidential-race?ft=1&f=1057

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Will Pentagon Budget Cuts Hurt Military Readiness?

On Capitol Hill, all parties agree: U.S. defense spending will be scaled back, starting in 2012. The conversation now is about the degree of the cutbacks. Mary Louise Kelly talks with Gordon Adams, who oversaw military budgets during the Clinton administration, about what makes sense and how the battle between Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill is likely to shape the Pentagon's future spending.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/20/135563996/pentagon-looks-to-trim-budget-without-damaging-miliatry?ft=1&f=1014

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Participatory Budgeting Is Music To Medellin's Poor

The Colombian city is one of the largest in the world to practice participatory budgeting ? which has helped bring arts and social services to streets otherwise torn by poverty and violence.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/20/135152789/participatory-budgeting-is-music-to-medellin-s-poor?ft=1&f=1004

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FAA suspends 2 over movie

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday announced the suspension of a Cleveland air traffic controller and a front line manager after the controller was discovered watching a movie on a portable DVD player while on the job.

The announcement coincides with the Monday launch in Atlanta of a nationwide tour by top FAA officials and union representatives, to discuss professionalism and safety at air traffic control centers.

It also comes after the agency suspended a Miami controller on Saturday for falling asleep while directing air traffic.

Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/vUl3urp9OvU/index.html

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Some in both parties oppose new Medicare advisory panel (San Jose Mercury News)

WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans are joining together to oppose one of the most important features of President Barack Obama's new deficit reduction plan, a powerful independent board that could make sweeping cuts in the growth of Medicare spending. Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, News Feeds and News via Feedzilla.

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