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11 May 2011 10:48

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Tech: When Google uses lobbyists, they use them for awesome reasons

While the food industry lobbies Arizona politicians to keep Happy Meals happy, Google lobbies Nevada politicians to allow self-driving cars. Awesome. source
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19 Apr 2011 21:06

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Politics: Offshore online gambling sites do lots of lobbying work

Fun fact about that Barney Frank thing we posted yesterday — Barney Frank gets a lot of money from online gambling sites, thanks to the help of this lobbyist. It’s not working so well. source
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14 Sep 2009 09:30

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World: Osama bin Laden released a new message. Really? He’s still alive?

  • The time has come for you to liberate yourselves from fear and the ideological terrorism of neoconservatives and the Israeli lobby. The reason for our dispute with you is your support for your ally Israel, occupying our land in Palestine.
  • “Osama bin Laden” • In a new message from “the leader.” The message had “him” saying that Israel was the crux of the conflict between al-Qaeda and the U.S. “He” went further, saying that there was no real policy shift under Obama due to lobbyists. We hope “he” gets to see the outside of a cave every once in a while. • source
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