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Politics Sunday is a hard look at news from the past week and the upcoming week in the political world with commentary and insights into polling tends. Política El domingo es duro noticias mirar la semana pasada y la próxima semana en el mundo político con comentario y visión de mesas de votación tiende

The cold and flu season is approaching. We look at what do to prevent a cold or flu or to recover more quickly if infected.  A cold or flu is due to a contagious virus causing respiratory infection. A flu is more likely to include a fever and come on more suddenly. As one way to reduce the odds of getting infected, it is often recommended keeping hands clean and away from the face. There are also supplements (some quite inexpensive, such as Vitamin D-3) mentioned as possible aids to prevent or overcome a cold or flu.

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has made a historic request to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, asking the United Nations to admit the state of Palestine as a full member.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

Herman Cain was the only one of the candidates

of the stage today show Leadership.

The other candidates stated position taken in the past.

"Texas" Perry wasthe  clear loser.

The U.S. Supreme Court took the extraordinary step of ordering a lower court to conduct an evidentiary hearing in the case because of the witness recantations and the absence of hard evidence. But in that hearing, the federal judge established a much higher standard of proof than the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles. After finding -- astonishingly for the first time -- that executing an innocent man is unconstitutional, the court then required Davis to prove that he was innocent.

Proving innocence is far more difficult than establishing doubts as to one's guilt and flips our system of criminal jurisprudence on its head. Instead of the American system's presumption of innocence and a requirement that the state prove guilt, Davis' evidentiary hearing began with the court presuming guilt and required the condemned to prove his innocence.

Even though the judge in the evidentiary hearing denied Davis a new trial, he conceded the standard was "extraordinarily high."

Davis was unable to meet this nearly insurmountable task. But while he fell short of "proving" his innocence, he established doubts as to his guilt, prompting the judge to concede the state's case against him was "not ironclad."Bob Barr

 

Troy Davis died at 11:08 EST

Georgia's pardon and parole board Tuesday denied clemency to Troy Davis, a Savannah man convicted of the 1989 murder of an off-duty police officer, paving the way for his execution despite critics' concerns that the state may be putting an innocent man to death.

 

"We've agreed to everything," Freedmen attorney Jonathan Velie said. "We've agreed upon an order between the Cherokee Freedmen, Cherokee Nation, the (federal) government ... to essentially reinstate the citizens into the Cherokee Nation, so that they may vote equally with fellow Cherokee citizens."

President Obama's proposal consists mostly of reforming the tax code to raise taxes on the wealthy and closing "loopholes" on corporate taxes, which would raise revenue by $1.5 trillion.

This is the answer to a caller' question.

The millionaires pay about 10% of all income taxes.

"The president's proposed 'Buffett rule' is right on target," said Representative Sander Levin, to Obama's proposal for a tax on millionaires.

Two years ago, only 287,000 out of about 172 million U.S. taxpayers made 9.5 percent of all reported U.S. income. Of those highest earners, Internal Revenue Service data also showed that 1,470 owed no federal income taxes in 2009.

Today's top tax rate, 35 percent, is half what it was 30 years ago. The last time the tax code was thoroughly overhauled was in 1986, when President Ronald Reagan, a Republican, raised corporate taxes and cut the top tax rate.

Politics Sunday is a hard look at news from the past week and the upcoming week in the political world with commentary and insights into polling tends. Política El domingo es duro noticias mirar la semana pasada y la próxima semana en el mundo político con comentario y visión de mesas de votación tiende

America Remembers 9/11

President Obama introduces the America Jobs Act

Bloomberg poll released this week raised doubts about Texas Perry’s electability, is viewed unfavorably by 41 percent and favorably by 32 percent.

Michele Bachmann releases "Texas" Perry'

Perrycare ad

SUPPORT OF CLEMENCY FOR TROY DAVIS

State Board of Pardons and Paroles 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, SE East Tower

Atlanta, Georgia 30334

Phone: (404) 657-9450

New Clemency Customer Service Team: (404) 656-5651

FAX: (404) 651-8502

www.pap.state.ga.us

"The biggest obstacles to job creation are excessive regulation, a tax code that needs to be changed, and  spending binges" by the federal government". John Boehner