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                <title><![CDATA[Most of Big Bank's Profits are OUR Tax Money! - @stephanie-ostephanie]]></title>
                <link>https://thenewstalkers.com/stephanie-ostephanie/blog/112/most-of-big-banks-profits-are-our-tax-money</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-20/why-should-taxpayers-give-big-banks-83-billion-a-year-.html   On television, in interviews and in meetings with investors, executives of the biggest U.S. banks -- notably JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon -- make the case that size is a competitive advantage. It helps them lower costs and vie for customers on an international scale. Limiting it, they warn, would impair profitability and weaken the countrys position in global finance.  So what if we told you that, by our calculations, the largest U.S. banks arent really profitable at all? What if the billions of dollars they allegedly earn for their shareholders were almost entirely a gift from U.S. taxpayers?  ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 13:01:04 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA["A Killing Machine": Half of All Mass Shooters Used High-Capacity Magazines - @stephanie-ostephanie]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[  http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/01/high-capacity-magazines-mass-shootings    In the shooting that injured Rep. Gabby Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, Jared Loughner emptied a 33-round magazine in 30 seconds, killing 6 and injuring 13. Inside a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, James Holmes used 40- and 100-round magazines to injure and kill an unprecedented 70 victims. At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Adam Lanza used high-capacity magazines to fire upwards of 150 bullets as he slaughtered 20 kids and 6 adults.  "It turns a killer into a killing machine," says David Chipman, who served for 25 years as a special agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Outlawing high-capacity magazines won't prevent gun crimes from happening, Chipman notes, but might well reduce the carnage: "Maybe 3 kids get killed instead of 20."   So how many children is America willing to sacrifice for the convenience of sports shooters? Honestly, I do not see why these are so essential when they are so lethal.  ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:12:03 -0500</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[First game: Rolling comment story - @stephanie-ostephanie]]></title>
                <link>https://thenewstalkers.com/stephanie-ostephanie/blog/97/first-game-rolling-comment-story</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[ Hello all you writers out there!  This is a fun community project as well as a challenging game to sharpen your writing skills.  This is a game that grew out of an idea between a poster at Open Salon (Bill S) and myself. Below is a link to my old column which explains the process and includes links to the "comment stories" that it produced. Continuity, as you can see, is no hindrance to the progress of the story!   Comment Story: WE ARE ALL TROLLS   My favorite comment story was actually the first one: Street Art: Lamp, perhaps antique.   Don't be shy! There is no such thing as a mistake.  Good luck!  O'stephanie    ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 10:28:53 -0500</pubDate>
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