www.thestream.tv - Iliza Shlesinger gives you the hard hitting facts that hold you after. The Weakly News. Season 3. Episode 4. Co-Host Alexis Archer. Director Brian Gramo. Original live broadcast on February 1, 2011 on Justin.tv. Special Guest J. Chris Newberg. THIS WEEK: Egypt loses it's shit; Egyptologists; Salmon Idaho, Chinese air force drill looks awfully similar to "Top Gun"; Snow storms cripple the country, except for California; Who Should Be Shot with Judge Roger Vinson vs. Barack Obama on Health Care; Nerd News on Japan's Super Robot. Watch this classic of Chris' last appearance: www.youtube.com theStream's Homepage: www.thestream.tv Donate to the Show www.thestream.tv Follow us: www.thestream.tv www.thestream.tv www.thestream.tv Follow us on Twitter: Iliza Shlesinger - @Iliza Brian Gramo - @BrianGramo theStream.tv - @theStreamDotTVAuthor: thestreamtv
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Cenk Uygur (host of The Young Turks) on MSNBC Live speaks with millionaires who signed a letter asking president Obama to let the Bush tax cuts for the rich expire. ______ Some liberal millionaires are putting their money where their mouths are: they are calling on Democrats to stay true to their word and allow the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest to expire next year. Joining the likes of Warren Buffett and George Soros, a calling themselves "patriotic millionaires" want President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to raise their taxes to levels before former President George W. Bush cut them in 2001. "We have done very well over the last several years," about 50 millionaires including several early Google Inc. executives and the founder of IAC's Ask.com, say in a letter to leaders. "We don't need more tax cuts, and we understand that cutting our taxes will increase the deficit and the debt burden carried by other taxpayers." Obama wants to let lower tax rates expire above the first $200000 of an individual's income but has been clashing with Republicans, and some in his own party, in Congress on a deal to prevent all taxpayers from seeing hikes on January 1. The group is asking policymakers to extend the higher rates for those making more than $1 million. New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer has suggested that benchmark, as have some others. "They felt comfortable speaking for themselves and their income bracket," a spokeswoman for the group said. The <b>...</b>
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In 1939 American sympathy for Finland. In spite of the great publicity, Finland received little effective military help. The Swedish unit with Norwegians thrown in was the only significant foreign unit to see action. The volunteer movement made greater impact on psychological front: the Finnish people felt that they had not been totally abandoned although the sympathy without action generated some sombre comments among Finns. The fact that little effective military help managed to reach Finland was in turn proof that the Western democracies could not give any guarantees for Finland's freedom. This was even more evident when soon after the Winter War Germany occupied Denmark and Norway thus effectively cutting any routes from Finland to the West. This in turn was one factor in forcing Finland to accept German help against the Soviet threat. ___________________________________________ The WAR between small Christian Finland and Godless Soviet Union!![Video Talvisota- The Winter War ([Rare video] Friends of Finland)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TwQmwbQttkY/1.jpg "Video Talvisota- The Winter War ([Rare video] Friends of Finland)")
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