Costa Rica
Costa Rica country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east.
Rich Russians 'bribed their way onto Costa Concordia's lifeboats...
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Rich Russians stuffed wads of cash into the pockets of Costa Concordia crew members to bribe them for coveted places on the lifeboats, it has been claimed. Italian investigators are looking into eyewitness accounts that 'expensively dressed Eastern Europeans' paid off staff as 'the disabled were left to fend for themselves'. Giglio resident Franca Anichini also said the first residents to reach dry land on lifeboats were not 'wounded women and children' - instead, she saw 'healthy men and elegant women in evening gowns who were speaking Russian' being the first to be saved, RadarOnline.com reported.
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 12:19:01 AM
RI Governor Insists On 'Holiday Tree'
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(NewsCore) - A Rhode Island lawmaker is calling Gov. Lincoln Chafee "Governor Grinch" for defying politicians and deciding that the state would have a "holiday tree" instead of a "Christmas tree." The governor defended his decision by arguing that it is in keeping with the state's founding in 1636 by religious dissident Roger Williams as a haven for tolerance -- where government and religion were kept separate. Chafee, an independent, said in a statement issued Tuesday that his stand was a continuation of past practice, "and does not represent a change of course on my part." But Rep. Doreen Costa,...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 12:19:01 AM
Jim Costa (D) Down Ten According to Suvery USA (Good god if this is true 100 is possible)
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Outside Money Takes Toll on Incumbent Democrat Costa in CA-20, Chance of GOP Take-Away Increases: In an election for US Representative from California's 20th Congressional District today, 10/25/10, Republican challenger Andy Vidak is atop incumbent Democrat Jim Costa, 52% to 42%, according to SurveyUSA polling conducted in English and in Spanish for KFSN-TV Fresno.
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 12:19:01 AM
San Joaquin Valley's tradition of bipartisan cooperation meets bitter end (thank goodness!)
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In this fight, legislation and congressional effectiveness are becoming collateral damage. Nunes repeatedly has been blocked from offering California water amendments, which has fueled his frustration. In turn, he sharpens his own weapons. On Wednesday, a House subcommittee was scheduled to approve Costa's legislation offering federal funds for California water projects during droughts. Farmers support it. Costa, though, withdrew his bill in the face of amendments prepared by Nunes and other Republicans. Viewed politically, the amendments waiving the Endangered Species Act and turning on California irrigation pumps would box Costa into an election-year corner. Voting for them would have rendered...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 12:19:01 AM
Obama: Water for Votes and Other Atrocities
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Obama: Water for Votes and Other Atrocities Obama has now joined the likes of all other despots who have ever walked and practiced their tyrannies upon planet Earth. Tyrants like Sadaam Hussein, Josef Stalin, Pol Pot, Robert Mugabe, Kim Jong-il and Fidel Castro are now unequivocally united with the US Usurper and Dictator-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama in their complete and total subjugation of their countries peoples.Obama turned off the spigots in California’s Central Valley in order to destroy crops, fruit trees, farmers’ livelihoods etc. in that once extremely fertile and productive area and to give him a large hammer to...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 12:19:01 AM
Buying Votes With Water
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Politics: The water spigots are back on, at least temporarily, in California's Central Valley. Turned off to protect a tiny fish, they happen to be in the districts of two congressmen "undecided" on health care reform. One could chalk it up to good fortune or just good constituent service. But in the middle of a contentious health care debate marked by Cornhusker Kickbacks and Louisiana Purchases, we may be forgiven if we find an announcement by the Department of the Interior regarding California's water supply a tad too coincidental. On Tuesday, the Department of the Interior announced it was increasing...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 12:19:01 AM
Democrat Rep. Jim Costa Got $128M for school in his district for Obamacare "yes" vote
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Bret Baier reported on Fox News reported today that Republican Congressman Jim Costa received $128 million in federal funding for a school in his district for his vote for the healthcare bill in Congress.
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 12:19:01 AM
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