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		<title>Citizens United: Does it apply to foreign corporations?</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2010/02/02/citizens-united-does-it-apply-to-foreign-corporations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine brought up an interesting point in an interesting way.   Basically, he inquired as to whether Citizens United will permit foreign corporations to spend their money to run political commercials, and then admitted he felt ill at the thought.  I agree.
Luckily, and somewhat hopefully, I believe the answer is as follows:
First, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Citizens United v. FCC really that bad?</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2010/01/28/is-citizens-united-v-fcc-really-that-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In another political decision, Citizens United vs. Federal Communications Commission, the Supreme Court made some sense of certain portion of McCain-Feingold &#8212; by striking down certain portions of it.
Please do not be confused by this ruling &#8212; especially if you listen to the left.  It is not a a &#8220;major victory&#8221; for Big Oil, Wall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Cap — Save the NFL!</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2010/01/26/save-the-cap-save-the-nfl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[January 26, 2010. New York.] This past weekend&#8217;s NFC Championship game involved a team from Minnesota and a team from New Orleans.  Yet, there was an estimated 57.9 million people watching.  (And that happened with Joe Buck in the booth!)  This is the highest number in a non-Super Bowl game since &#8220;The Catch&#8221; in 1982 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nobel Peace Prize: Gore, Palmeiro, and now Obama.</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2009/12/14/nobel-peace-prize-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To start, I want congratulate President Obama for his victory in winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.   He joins Mikhail  Gorbachev (1990) and Nelson Mandela (1993) as notable leaders who won this prestigious award.  He also joins Al Gore (2007) and Rafael Palmeiro (1999) as Americans that cleary do not deserve such an award.  Now, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup 2010: Group of Death?</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2009/12/10/world-cup-2010-group-of-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[New York. December 10, 2009.]  After the groups were chosen for the 2010 World Cup, immediately, soccer (a.k.a. non-US football) fans and commentators  commenced the &#8220;Group of Death&#8221; argument.  As in prior years, the debate ended fast, with little controversy.  Few have chosen to disagree with the football brass on this issue.  (Note the usage of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citibank Bailout: “Six-Figure-Taxpayer/Citi Field”</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2008/11/26/citibank-bailout-six-figure-taxpayerciti-field/</link>
		<comments>http://www.randompolitic.com/2008/11/26/citibank-bailout-six-figure-taxpayerciti-field/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[New York. November 26, 2008.]  The New York Mets and Citigroup Inc. [NYSE:C] are still claiming that the $400 million naming rights package will be honored, yet, Citi has watched its stock price drop from its 52-week high of about $35 to almost $3 per share.  Of course, this forced the government&#8217;s hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did the 2008 Election Deflate the Stock Market?</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2008/11/23/did-the-2008-election-deflate-the-stock-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.randompolitic.com/2008/11/23/did-the-2008-election-deflate-the-stock-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.randompolitic.com/2008/11/23/did-the-2008-election-deflate-the-stock-market/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[New York. November 23, 2008.]  At the start of this past Friday&#8217;s trading day (Friday the 21st), there had been 12 trading days since the 2008 Election.  During that time, the Dow Jone Industrial Average (DJIA) had dropped to its 5-year low.   On November 4, 2008 (Election Day), the DJIA closed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Grown Talent — Red Sox, Mets and Yankees (2008)</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2008/04/02/home-grown-talent-red-sox-mets-and-yankees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.randompolitic.com/2008/04/02/home-grown-talent-red-sox-mets-and-yankees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[New York. April 2, 2008.]  The 2008 baseball season has finally begun.  Let me reminder all baseball fans which team in the Northeast is truly the &#8216;home grown&#8217; team.  If you listen to those who hate the Yankees (both on the street and in print), you will often hear that they are &#8220;bought,&#8221; yet, when you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Grown Talent — Who Really has it? (2007)</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2007/09/13/home-grown-talent-who-really-has-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.randompolitic.com/2007/09/13/home-grown-talent-who-really-has-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[New York. September 13, 2007.]  I have to admit, after years of hearing about how the Yankees &#8220;buy&#8221; their teams and have no &#8220;home grown talent,&#8221; I started to believe it.  My response was always &#8212; what about Jeter and Posada, and Mariano and Pettitte, and now, Cano and Cabrera &#8212; and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interleague: Yes, the AL is that Dominant!</title>
		<link>http://www.randompolitic.com/2007/09/10/interleague-yes-the-al-is-that-dominant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.randompolitic.com/2007/09/10/interleague-yes-the-al-is-that-dominant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[New York. September 10, 2007.] So, interleague play is long gone and it is time to crunch the numbers &#8212; as expected, the American League is the better conference.  The numbers just do not lie.  Although, I have to admit, the American League East surprised me with a total .500 winning percentage against the National [...]]]></description>
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