Jon’’s NewsCloud Journal

“What we need isn’t more tuna, but a renaissance in American sushi; to discover for ourselves — and perhaps to remind the Japanese — what sushi is all about. A trip to the neighborhood sushi bar should be a social exchange that celebrates, with a sense of balance and moderation, the wondrous variety of the […]

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CIA Director Michael V. Hayden told the Iraq Study Group “the inability of the government to govern seems irreversible,” adding that he could not “point to any milestone or checkpoint where we can turn this thing around,” according to written records of his briefing and the recollections of six participants.
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Nuclear and coal plants less attractive, but renewable energy also hurt.
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What is most shocking to me is that a city that is 70% white has a public high school population that is only 40% white.
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Only five states have lobbyist spending exceeding Washington’s, according to the Center for Public Integrity, a government watchdog group that has compiled overall lobby spending totals for all 50 states.
In Washington, the reported spending for the first five months is again on track to exceed the $43 million spent last year, according to state public […]

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As candidates tabulated how much money they raised in the year’s second quarter, Mr. Obama, of Illinois, appeared to be leading contenders from either party, raising at least $31 million for the primary campaign alone. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York, raised about $21 million for the primary, a spokesman confirmed Sunday, and […]

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