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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
[Commentary] The Hotline posted this video a few days ago, but for those who haven't seen it, you should definitely check it out. It tells the tale (or perhaps tail) of then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani banning the ferrets of New York in 1999.
It pokes fun at a humorous issue (how many of us own a ferret? how many of us know anyone who owns a ferret?) while addressing a very real concern that progressives have with Giuliani–that he has a sharp authoritarian streak in him (that's actually what makes him appealing to conservatives).
At the end of the video, one ferret says that a Giuliani presidency would mean "The whole world, the whole country would become a cage." Indeed. I'm with you, my furry friend.
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