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POPSRARE PHOTO: The Day Harry Met Ron.... The black-and-white snapshot shows “Potter” stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint as chubby-cheeked adolescents strolling side by side, their eyes cast down to their shadows.
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POPSShooting Them In The Foot "Conservatives touted abstinence-only education, which was a flop, when real sex education was needed, most desperately in red states. According to 2006 data from the Guttmacher Institute, those red states accounted for eight of the 10 states with the highest teenage birthrates. And, a study titled “Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?” that was conducted by Benjamin Edelman, an assistant professor of business at Harvard Business School and published earlier this year in the Journal of Economic Perspectives found that subscriptions to online pornography sites were “more prevalent in states where surveys indicate conservative positions on religion, gender roles, and sexuality” and in states where “more people agree that ‘I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage.’ ” They could avoid this hypocrisy by focusing more on what happens in their own bedrooms and avoiding the trap of judging what goes on in everyone else’s."
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POPSHarley Davidson Dealer Forced To Remove Message—America Is Not A Muslim Country
Shop owner Erik Dunk says Harley Davidson got involved after a motorist complaint and told him they wanted him to remove it. "I have put things that I felt were incorrect that President Bush did with no problem. I've had a number of things up I felt President Obama did that were beyond the scope of our constitution that were improper that got no response. As soon as I put the ‘M’ (muslim) word up, that's when things started to really boil," Dunk said. Dunk says reaction he got to News 10 Now's story Wednesday actually showed him just how much support he has across the nation. "I've gotten calls from California, from Madison, Wisconsin, down in Hamilton and downstate down by Long Island. We've been getting calls and each and every one of them are, 'Thank you for what you're doing.' 'We support you 100 percent.' 'What can we do?'" said Dunk. http://news10now.com/content/top_stories/474500/anti-president-obama-message-removed-from-business/
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POPSDid Anti-Obama Campaign Contributions . . . . . . . Dictate Which Chrysler Dealers Were Shuttered? As an employee of one of the affected dealerships... First, this isn't just Chrysler's decision. They were forced into bankruptcy by President Obama. When Chrysler emerges from bankruptcy the Federal Government will be a junior partner in the new Chrysler. This is SOCIALISM! Wake up people! This isn't about business it's about politics and control. My dealership is in the top 125 out of the 3500 plus dealerships nationwide...yet we are on the list. We are not small nor are we rural. We are in a large major metropolitan area. Our new vehicle inventory alone is well over $4.0 million. Is that small? Secondly, Chrysler is already "shopping" for dealers to take over the open "points" (another name for franchise) left by the closed dealerships. Again, you think this is just business.
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POPSUnconstitutional: Obama Seizes Private Businesses (Update) Think of this for a moment, your private dentist, or doctor, has been treating you for way ten years, along comes that warm fuzzy sounding “”Health Insurance for everyone”, where the Government comes into your dentist’s office, or your Doctor, and tells them, you must now practice out of this facility under this agency or you must stop practicing medicine/Dentistry, thereby forcing the closure of their private business. Its coming folks. The Federal Government is acting in a blatantly unconstitutional manner, and no one seems to be talking about it. The silence in the mainstream Media is nothing short of thundering. The Government is seizing private businesses, and this is just the start. Is this the hope and change you voted for? Government seizing private business? This is not hope. It’s the wanton destruction of the very thing that makes us a free people, the Constitution of the United States. 10th Amendment, 5th Amendment
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POPSCronyism in My Hometown A must read letter by the president of a local Dodge dealer. In the past year, we have embarked on several creative initiatives in order to remain profitable and out of bankruptcy court. Though Dodge district sales are down by about 50%, our new vehicle sales actually increased comparing April 2008 and April 2009. Though I am a Washington, DC-educated attorney and former employee of the US Department of Labor and the US Senate and an active advocate of the American way of life, it is difficult for me to view this abrogation of our franchise rights as anything more than a manipulation of US bankruptcy court and law so that Chrysler LLC can transfer wealth between dealers they like and those they dislike, those that have agreed to under-table favors and those that haven't, and to settle old vendettas. This is not the purpose of US bankruptcy protection and, surely, it isn't why the US Treasury has given billions to Chrysler to keep them in business.
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POPSThe Messiah in Action Our facility was recently totally renovated at Chrysler's insistence, incurring a multi-million dollar debt in the form of a mortgage at Sun Trust Bank. HOW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN THIS HAPPEN? THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY Hey all your progressives. A government that can get away with doing this can come and take everything you own tomorrow. Where is the outrage and protest at overweening government arrogance and thuggery?
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POPSMcDonald’s Caves In To Anti-Gay Group Demands Sadly, Mickey D has decided to permit a homophobic hate group dictate their corporate policies. Giving into these boycotts does nothing but encourage groups, such as this one, to continue to strong-arm major businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. I am hoping my GLBT friends will refuse to do any business with McDonalds.
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POPS Finger-Licking KFC In Fallujah, Iraq Full Meal $3.50 “I remember when I was here last in July 2004 and things were much different than they are now,” said Sgt. Steve J. Arnoux, a 25-year-old vehicle commander from Browning, Mont. “When we would go out on convoys in the city, the attitude was a lot different. It seemed like we were just waiting to get ambushed. Now we stop at KFC.”
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POPSKumble backs under-fire Dravid Yes Kumble is right. Just bcz Vijay Mallya has bought the team RC he cannot assume he can speak ill of one of the giants of Indian cricket - Rahul Dravid. Vijay Mallya should search his own soul - have all his acquisitions and other business decisions been always right?
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POPSWounded Warriors Franchise Opportunities "It makes me proud that Little Caesars has chosen to recognize the contributions of America’s veterans in such a meaningful way. This program is a win-win for qualified veterans and for the company.” Mike Shaub Petty Officer 2nd Class (Machinist Mate) U.S. Navy (1976-1980) Little Caesars Pizza founders Michael and Marian Ilitch opened their first restaurant in Garden City, Michigan in 1959. Today, Little Caesars is the world’s largest carry-out pizza chain, and one of the top four international pizza chains with restaurants on five continents. Little Caesars is expanding in prime locations across the U.S. and internationally, and provides franchisees with ongoing training and support.
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POPSDefenders of Journalism Should Root For Cubs? As a fan of the valiant, injury-plagued (and still reigning World Champion) St. Louis Cardinals, I suppose I should take offense at this piece. But even with tongue firmly in cheek, CJR is making a serious point: the better the Cubs do in the post-season, the more the franchise might fetch in a sale. Too bad the Cubbies will choke like they always do. - Louis Hau
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POPSNBA In Las Vegas Based purely on image concerns following the referee betting scandal, NBA Commissioner David Stern won't even consider putting a franchise in Las Vegas. But maybe it's the best place to monitor gambling habits. -Tom Van Riper
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