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by Vasudha Madhogaria - Apr 16, 2021 09:48 AM Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Snapshot If journalists or the media want to do political activism or politics, why not come out in the open and put their ideas to the democratic test? Why hide behind the facade of journalism to package their politics? "Somethings not adding up here!" An accountants mind from the very start is tuned to find patterns, look out for errors and identify discrepancies, almost as if seeking them. Even if everythin...

Photo by Mike Salmon The anvil plays a big part in forging steel. knives and blades as part of their new hobby of blacksmithing. It started out from a reality television show called “Hell’s Fire,” and has now turned into a Boy Scout badge, an understanding of forged steel and a new appreciation for a craft that doesn’t get much attention. “I find it therapeutic,” said Noah Coplon, a junior at Robinson High School who is honing his skills making knives, tools and a spear wi...

Job so im back to school. that was hard. thats everybody around this area. its hard. >> reporter: its not like stimulus money has bypassed this area. one county here received almost $98 million in federal money to create and sustain employment. still, scranton is hemorrhaging jobs. bret? >> mike, thank you. al gore making things up. pope francis making phone calls and someone who works for you making noise about a coming race war. the grapevine is next. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? �...

Struggling to get by. [ cheers and applause ] we are fighting for an economy where everybody gets a fair shot. where everybody does their fair share. where everybody plays by the same set of rules. we are not going to go back to an economy that is all about outsourcing and bad debt and phony profits. we are fight forgive an economy that is built to last, that is built on things like education and energy and manufacturing. making things. not just buying things, makes things that the rest of the w...

I do believe that were going to get through it. if you and i were at the table we could find stuff we agree on. >> no doubt. the issue, the frustration for me outside of the conversation, which is almost everybody. >> yes. >> is that there is a sense of a decline of american prosperity and theres a sense that the representatives while addressing important things, like debt or other debates that come up, are avoiding the core prosperity debate, which is the acute issue of the american people. and...

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Short-term band-aid? >> the president compared this, working a rope line at an event well normally talk about fuel efficiency standards. someone said id like to go and play poker. the president said im in a high-stakes game of poker right now. in the wake of all of that conflict and all of that uncertainty and closed door turmoil you and luke were talking about in the house through the course of the night, the president calling for bipartisanship yet again and at the same time asking people to t...

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Employment comes from making things. thats a factor too small. >> laura, go-ahead. >> well, 50% of the employing is going on by the small businesses in todays economy. thats nothing to shake a stick out. theres a lot of good skill talented people out there who can do the jobs that are gone overseas. >> i dont think anybody is shaking a stick at it. i think the magnitude of the problem isnt the politicians, not to speak for leo. but the politicians may not have acknowledged the magnitude of the p...