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Illinois politician--upon election--immediately shows how corrupt he is by hiring family members in his office. Machine politics as usual. Sad.

High schooler makes negative tweet about politician on field trip to capital, gets trip to principal's office and then forced to write apology letter.

“What we want from a monetary system isn’t to make people holding money rich,” he writes. “We want it to facilitate transactions and make the economy as a whole rich. And that’s not at all what is happening in Bitcoin.”

In a world where there's never enough time and energy, is to focus on the one political issue which most clearly and unmistakably demonstrates what any politician -- or political philosophy -- is made of, right down to the creamy liquid center.

It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.

What a novelty... a politician saying let people be! And the politician is from China.

WASHINGTON—In the wake of what is being called the deadliest midterm election in the nation's history, Washington's sole surviving politician, Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon's 4th Congressional District, emerged from the rubble of the Capitol building Wednesday to announce his intention to rebuild the fallen U.S. government.

Taxpayers have paid out nearly $1 million per year in settlements to congressional employees who have been harassed or otherwise treated badly by their political bosses over the past 14 years, according to records from the Office of Compliance.

Auditors say the New Jersey Turnpike Authority wasted $43 million on unneeded perks and bonuses. In one case, an employee with a base salary of $73,469 earned $321,985 when all payouts and bonuses were included.

Kerin was a member of the city council for the region of Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, and he spent so much time playing Farmville he lost his gig.

Read more: http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/703583/Politician-Fired-For-Farmville....