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POPSSAVE Act Discharge Petition Filed, Gaining Momentum
The Senate attached an immigration enforcement measure sponsored by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to its Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolution before passage on March 13. The amendment would create a deficit-neutral reserve fund that fully covers completion of the 700-mile border fence and at least 6,000 National Guard troops at the border. The fund also would cover: implementing the exit data portion of the U.S. VISIT entry/exit system at airports, seaports, and land ports of entry; training/ reimbursement for state and local immigration law enforcement under the Section 287(g) program; and expanding the zero tolerance illegal entry prosecution policy to all 20 border sectors. The principle mission of the caucus, which includes Republican Senators David Vitter (La.), James DeMint (S.C.), Jeff Sessions (Ala.), James Inhofe (Okla.), Elizabeth Dole (N.C.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), Johnny Isakson (Ga.), Richard Burr (N.C.), and Roger Wicker (Miss.), "promote a true, achievable alternative
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POPSShip emissions kill 60,000 a year Most ships run on bunker fuel, which is cheaper than distillate, but more polluting. Many freighters are registered in countries with few regulations. It also occurred to me that the bunker fuel was a product from oil refineries, and companies who need to get rid of it somehow to avoid it lining the bottom of the barrel. Just burn the evidence
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POPSThe spread of the Black Death The story continues at the site. One of the dramatic results that was directly related to the deaths of large sectors of the population, was the shortage of laborers, which the land owners 'resented' (apparently now they were expected to pay laborers-sounds familiar.) The Roman Catholic Church was ineffectual against the plague. There are some who believe the black death allowed the Renaissance to develop
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POPSS. Carolina and Ga. Governors Propose New Jointly Run Port Big news in the ocean freight business. South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue announce intention to develop a jointly run port facility in Jasper, SC. Modelled on the Ports of New York and New Jersey, the new port facility would share responsibility and funding on a bi-state basis serving the southeastern US. This is huge news as ocean vessels continue to get larger. Savannah, Georgias primary commercial deep water port, is limited in capacity by Savannah River, on which it sits. The new port would be capable of handling increased capacity container ships and as a green field project, potentially attract co-located commercial distribution centers.
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