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U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

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Salaries of Government Officials – Current Annual Salaries of Top US Government Officials Shown below are the current annual salaries for the top elected and appointed US government officials, along with the annual salaries for these officials in 2000 or 2001. Executive Branch President of the United States 2014: $400,000 2000: $200,000Note: The president's salary was increased from $200,000 to $400,000 in 2001. The president's current salary of $400,000 includes a $50,000 expense allowance.Also See: Presidential Pay, Compensation and BenefitsVice President of the United States 2014: $230,700 2000: $181,400Legislative Branch - US Congress Occupy: Episode Seven Cypherpunks: Episode Eight, pt.1 Occupy: Episode Seven Correa: Episode Six Begg-Qureshi: Episode Five Rajab & Abd El-Fattah: Episode Four Marzouki: Episode Three Horowitz-Zizek: Episode Two Nasrallah: Episode One Revealed: Assange pre-show full interview Hourglass: Promo One Unravelling: Promo Two Assange: Official trailer Episode Two: Teaser Warning: Assange! Controversy! Cypherpunks: Episode Eight, full version, pt.2 Cypherpunks: Episode Eight, full version, pt.1 Ibrahim: Episode Eleven Chomsky-Ali: Episode Ten Khan: Episode Nine Cypherpunks: Episode Eight, pt.2

MSNBC panel makes fun of Romney photo with black grandchild (CNN) — MSNBC panelists on Monday faced criticism after poking fun at a photo of Mitt Romney, his wife and their nearly two dozen grandchildren, zeroing in on the Romneys’ recently adopted African-American grandchild, Kieran. During the segment, which appeared on the show “Melissa Harris-Perry,” the panelists made jokes about the infant standing out. Two of them later responded to critics on Twitter, defending their comments and saying they weren’t directed at the baby. Asked Sunday to come up with captions for the photo as part of a game they were playing, one of panelists, actress Pia Glenn, started singing lines from the song popularized by Sesame Street: “One of These Things Is Not Like the Others.”

Text Cash Network It's Time to Cash In with TCN What does financial freedom mean to you? Does it mean freedom from having to work, yet still being able to enjoy life without concern over money? Does it mean having your life’s basic costs covered, where you’re not worried about car or house payments anymore? Should the government intervene in the economy? One of the main issues in economics is the extent to which the government should intervene in the economy. Free market economists argue that government intervention should be strictly limited as government intervention tends to cause an inefficient allocation of resources. However, others argue there is a strong case for government intervention in different fields. Hoover Dam built in the 1930s with government funds

Summary of what we know about operational prototypes of free energy generators (in English) Welcome to this web page on already operational prototypes of extraordinary "free energy generators". These devices generate technically useful energy without consuming any fuel or any other form of energy. So they can turn extremely important to our energy-starved civilisation.

Bill de Blasio: Central Park’s horse-drawn carriages should ride into history (CNN) — Horse-drawn carriages could soon be a thing of the past in New York City’s Central Park after Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio announced plans to outlaw the popular tourist attraction once in office. “We are going to get rid of horse carriages, period,” de Blasio said at a news conference Monday, saying that the practice is inhumane. “No tourist comes to New York City just to ride on a horse carriage,” Allie Feldman, executive director of NYCLASS, an animal rights group, told CNN. LES 10 FILMS LES PLUS IMPORTANTS A REGARDER Welcome to YouTube! The location filter shows you popular videos from the selected country or region on lists like Most Viewed and in search results.To change your location filter, please use the links in the footer at the bottom of the page. Click "OK" to accept this setting, or click "Cancel" to set your location filter to "Worldwide". The location filter shows you popular videos from the selected country or region on lists like Most Viewed and in search results. To change your country filter, please use the links in the footer at the bottom of the page. Loading...

Fortune 500 2013: Annual ranking of America's largest corporations from Fortune Magazine Companies are ranked by total revenues for their respective fiscal years. Included in the survey are companies that are incorporated in the U.S. and operate in the U.S. and file financial statements with a government agency. This includes private companies and cooperatives that file a 10-K or a comparable financial statement with a government agency, and mutual insurance companies that file with state regulators. It also includes companies that file with a government agency but are owned by private companies, domestic or foreign, that do not file such financial statements.

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