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Brazil Passes UK As 6th Largest Economy

The Guardian reports: Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the world’s sixth-largest economy, according to a team of economists. The banking crash of 2008 and the subsequent recession has relegated the UK to seventh place in 2011, behind South America’s largest economy, which has boomed on the back of exports to China and the far east. Russia and India …

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Taxpayers Fund Perry’s Campaign Travel

Rick Perry is the only sitting governor in the race and says that it’s only fitting for his state’s taxpayers to pay for his “extravagant” security detail. Because anytime he mentions Texas, they win. Or something. Available records show that spending on out-of-state travel has skyrocketed since Perry began crisscrossing the nation in pursuit of the Republican nomination. Online reports …

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Gingrich Campaign Head: Missing The Virginia Ballot Is Like Pearl Harbor

As I reported on Saturday, Newt Gingrich failed to raise the required petition signatures to get on Virginia’s primary ballot. Today his campaign head says on Facebook: Newt and I agreed that the analogy is December 1941: We have experienced an unexpected set-back, but we will re-group and re-focus with increased determination, commitment and positive action. Throughout the next months …

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