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• Ron Paul's pointless Internet presidency
• Should a Nation's Public Be Obligated to Share Military's Struggles?
• New ads pitch Marine Corps' kinder, gentler side
• Exxon Mobil sees dip in oil, gas output this year
• Exxon pegs spending at $185B over next 5 years
• LIUNA Endorses President Obama for Second Term as President
• A star is born on 'Game Change' named Sarah Palin
• Congress Is No Fun Anymore
• Exxon Mobil sees dip in oil, gas output this year
• Damning HBO film 'Game Change' airs as Sarah Palin makes noise about 2016 run
• The Spring Movie Preview
• Wayne State starts 'Wounded Warriors' scholarship
• Senate Outlook; Iran
• Is the 'Stop Kony' viral video saving lives?
• Women deplore restrictions in male-dominated Iraq
• Urban Science Announces $1 Million Endowment to Wayne State For Col. Gregory Gadson Scholarship For Wounded Warriors
• Recipients Announced for 2012 Military Child of the Year(R) Award
• UK lawmakers: Prepare for loss of global influence
• Veterans for Liberty Super PAC to March on the RNC for Ron Paul
• Iraq starts oil exports from new floating facility
• Envoy Annan warns against more force in Syria
• Global Aerospace and Defense Industry to Reach US$465 Billion by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
• Sandra Fluke on Her Role in the Contraception Controversy: 'I Would Do This Again'
• 10 things you need to know today: March 8, 2012
• QuickMedical Supports Wounded Warrior Project
• Today in History
• Today in History
• Army: 285 Madigan patients had diagnoses reversed
• Powerful, intimate, thoughtful 'An Iliad'
• Suicides, Mental Health Woes Soar Since Start of Iraq War, Study Finds

Ron Paul's pointless Internet presidency Posted: Ron Paul, President of the Internet! Hail to the online chief! Four more years!

Should a Nation's Public Be Obligated to Share Military's Struggles? Posted: COMMENTARY | An article by Jake Tapper, Richard Coolidge, and Sherisse Pham at ABC News' Political Punch reveals that only 1 percent of Americans serve in the military. Many military veterans are upset that so few Americans are knowledgeable about, or are even sympathetic to, the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Critics complain American civilians are disassociated from their nation's military endeavors, with some completely unaffected by Iraq and Afghanistan while others have suffered dearly.

New ads pitch Marine Corps' kinder, gentler side Posted: They've long been known as devil dogs, leathernecks and "the first to fight." But U.S. Marines, with their self-described expertise in "killing people and breaking things," now want to promote their kinder side as well.

Exxon Mobil sees dip in oil, gas output this year Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said its 2012 oil and natural gas output would drop 3 percent from last year even as it increases spending to bring several large new projects on line, and its shares fell 1.2 percent. Despite the expected drop in 2012, production should increase by an average of 1 to 2 percent annually through 2016, the company told analysts in New York on Thursday. ...

Exxon pegs spending at $185B over next 5 years Posted: Exxon said Thursday that it will spend about $150 billion over the next five years to find more oil and natural gas to satisfy the world's growing energy appetite.

LIUNA Endorses President Obama for Second Term as President Posted: WASHINGTON, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The General Executive Board of LIUNA - the Laborers International Union of North America - has endorsed Barack Obama for a second term as President. The endorsement comes after a unanimous vote of the union's board on Wednesday.

A star is born on 'Game Change' named Sarah Palin Posted: A certain segment of the U.S. population will presumably shun "Game Change."

Congress Is No Fun Anymore Posted: Congress isn't as much fun as it used to be because lots of the perks, like free food from lobbyists, are gone, while the moderate pay and low public esteem remain. And also because, for some, it's harder to master the horse trading behind closed doors that helps an ambitious politician rise in the ranks.

Exxon Mobil sees dip in oil, gas output this year Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp said its 2012 oil and natural gas output would drop 3 percent from last year even as it increases spending to bring several large new projects on line, and its shares fell 1 percent. Despite the expected drop in 2012, production should increase by an average of 1 to 2 percent annually through 2016, the company told analysts in New York on Thursday. ...

Damning HBO film 'Game Change' airs as Sarah Palin makes noise about 2016 run Posted: WASHINGTON - The hotly anticipated HBO movie "Game Change" airs this weekend just as former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has audaciously reinserted herself into the American political scene, suggesting on so-called Super Tuesday she'd step in to save the Republican party if necessary.

The Spring Movie Preview Posted: The days are getting longer and March has come in like a lion, which means it is springtime! And spring means the beginning of the big, loud popcorn movies that will both thrill and disappoint us all the way through Labor Day. So let's take a look at what's coming out from now until June, because while the weather might be turning nice, it's still more fun to sit inside in the dark.

Wayne State starts 'Wounded Warriors' scholarship Posted: Wayne State University announced a $1 million gift Thursday to create a new scholarship named for a U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in the Iraq war.

Senate Outlook; Iran Posted: Rank the top five Senate races in order of the most likely to switch party control.

Is the 'Stop Kony' viral video saving lives? Posted: Thanks to a massively successful video, Joseph Kony is now a household name — but that may not put an end to the warlord's reign of terror in Africa

Women deplore restrictions in male-dominated Iraq Posted: Iraqi women sharply criticised societal restrictions placed upon them in events marking International Women's Day on Thursday, arguing they were second-class citizens in male-dominated Iraq.

Urban Science Announces $1 Million Endowment to Wayne State For Col. Gregory Gadson Scholarship For Wounded Warriors Posted: Award provides veterans with up to $50,000 annually for engineering, entrepreneurial education at Wayne State University

Recipients Announced for 2012 Military Child of the Year(R) Award Posted: Each Deserving Young Patriot Wins $5,000

UK lawmakers: Prepare for loss of global influence Posted: Britain can no longer ignore that its influence on the world is shrinking amid the rise of developing nations, a panel of senior lawmakers said Thursday in a sharply critical report.

Veterans for Liberty Super PAC to March on the RNC for Ron Paul Posted: Kokesh, Carter and Cox "raising a division" for Paul ahead of Tampa convention.Bethesda, MD (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 Following a successful march on the White House on President's Day under the banner "Veterans for Ron Paul," three Iraq War veterans have announced the formation of Veterans for Liberty Super PAC. This week, the committee announced the organization of a march on the Republican National Convention in August to lobby delegates to support Paul in the all-important second round of voting at what many are now certain will be a brokered forum. ...

Iraq starts oil exports from new floating facility Posted: BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq began loading oil from a long-awaited new floating Single Point Mooring (SPM) platform in the Gulf on Thursday, two sources at the state-owned South Oil Company said, in a breakthrough that could substantially boost its exports. "We started the loading at 2:45 pm (1145 GMT). The loading process is normal. The situation of pipes and the SPM is stable, and we have no problems," said one of the sources. The average loading rate into the tanker Maersk Hirado was 22,000 barrels per hour, the source said. ...

Envoy Annan warns against more force in Syria Posted: CAIRO (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the U.N.-Arab League special envoy on Syria, said on Thursday any further militarization of the crisis there would only make the situation worse, indicating that he rejected any foreign intervention against President Bashar al-Asaad's government. Annan was speaking after talks with League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby, who for his part said no one wanted a repeat of the Libya scenario in which NATO air strikes boosted the rebellion that toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. "I hope no one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation. ...

Global Aerospace and Defense Industry to Reach US$465 Billion by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Posted: GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on the Aerospace and Defense Industry. Aerospace and Defense Industry worldwide is projected to reach US$465 billion by the year 2017. With developed economies in Europe slowing down as a result of the European sovereign debt crisis and with the US government expected to adopt austerity in its defense budget following the downgrade in its debt ratings, developing economies are poised to drive growth in the industry in the next few years. ...

Sandra Fluke on Her Role in the Contraception Controversy: 'I Would Do This Again' Posted: Last week Sandra Fluke became famous overnight. But the cascading sequence of events leading to Rush Limbaugh's tirade against the 30-year-old Georgetown law student began two months ago. At a Republican presidential debate on Jan. 7, moderator George Stephanopoulus mystified Mitt Romney -- and many observers -- by pressing Romney about his views on contraception. Two weeks later, the Obama Administration announced it would require Catholic universities and charities to include birth control as their health coverage. ...

10 things you need to know today: March 8, 2012 Posted: A high-ranking Syrian official defects, a massive solar storm heads toward Earth, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion

QuickMedical Supports Wounded Warrior Project Posted: According to QuickMedical, the purpose of the Wounded Warrior Project is to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of injured service members.Issaquah, WA (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 Wounded Warrior Project™ (WWP) exists to honor and empower Wounded Warriors who incurred service-connected injuries on or after September 11, 2001. On that date, America watched in horror as approximately 3,000 people died including hundreds of firefighters and rescue workers.The tragic events of Sept. ...

Today in History Posted: Today is Wednesday, March 8, the 68th day of 2012. There are 298 days left in the year.

Today in History Posted: Today is Wednesday, March 8, the 68th day of 2012. There are 298 days left in the year.

Army: 285 Madigan patients had diagnoses reversed Posted: The Army has identified 285 more patients at Madigan Army Medical Center in Washington state who had their diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder reversed by a forensic psychiatry team in the past five years.

Powerful, intimate, thoughtful 'An Iliad' Posted: Greek poet Homer's 8th-century B.C. epic, "The Iliad," told the story of the mythical 10-year Trojan War, featuring two warrior heroes, the wrathful Greek, Achilles and noble Hector, the peace-loving Trojan prince.

Suicides, Mental Health Woes Soar Since Start of Iraq War, Study Finds Posted: Study:Suicide Risk Factors for Soldiers Include Depression, Anxiety

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