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...matters financial, both parties manage money through traditional channels, visiting high profile finance sites like Yahoo! Finance and the major online banks. Across all sites, Democrats are more likely to visit lottery sites (specifically those in Georgia and Maryland) than their conservative counterparts, while Republicans are more likely to visit their investment bankers online...
...What issues are being ignored in this campaign? A. The whole idea of freedom, diversity and choice inside the electoral arena is a major issue, especially as the overwhelming power of commercial money in our elections has drawn the two parties into more and more of a convergence on corporate-power issues. One metaphor for [my] campaign could be the tugboat campaign, pushing candidates toward the harbor of the people and away from the harbor of giant corporations...
Americans love to shop, even for religion. More than 40% of U.S. adults have changed their faith since childhood, many opting for no faith at all. That's the key finding of a major study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which surveyed 35,000 people in five languages to create the most detailed portrait yet of the country's religious landscape...
...Israeli government is under mounting pressure from civilians living within range of Gaza's rocket barrages, and from right-wing politicians, to launch a major ground offensive inside the coastal strip that houses 1.5 million Palestinians. Israel, strongly supported by Washington, has tightened its siege on Gaza in the hope of stopping the constant rocket attacks...
...Israeli sweep into Gaza could also play into the hands of Hamas. Sources within the organization have told TIME that there is nothing the military commanders within Hamas would like better than to provoke a major Israeli assault. Hamas would count on an international backlash against Israel if it were to roll its tanks into Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, for a long and messy occupation. Even Israel's firmest ally, the U.S. might not approve such a potentially bloody move. Security aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have said they had been told...