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New Incentive to Hire Minorities in the NFL

Jordan Lader @JordanLader (7386) • Sparta, Tennessee 18 May 20

Like I do most days anymore, I skim through the headlines on the ESPN app for any updated news on the NFL. Football is like my life here. With that being said I also feel like I should warn people that this could be a touchy...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 17 Feb 17

Day 162 Proverbs 17:23 Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. Bribes have been common since the beginning of time. You can change a person’s mind, even a verdict for a price....

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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 11 Jan 17

Day 125 Proverbs 15:27 Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live. Society has many types of people. Some are social climbers. They will do anything they can to get to...

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To bribe or to ground.

marguicha @marguicha (230334) • Chile 26 Aug 16

Ever since I accepted to take care of my 15 year old grandson, I have been watching a lot more all those parenting TV shows. It has been maybe 3 decades or more since I had anything to do with parenting and the world has changed...

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Police bribes real bad here......... now they got me.

mariaperalta @mariaperalta (19073) • Mexico 7 Apr 13

Police bribes have always been real bad here in Mexico. I really had never, seen it. I know some who have. Most for traffic stuff. But last night, I got the police bribe world right infront of me. About 10 pm a cop came into...

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BBC News: Boxing officials were paid bribe to fix results!!

ram_cv @ram_cv (16513) • India 11 Aug 12

The latest news coming from BBC Newshour which is a highly respected news program that some boxing officials were paid bribes to fix results for some of the boxers. The boxing scoring in this Olympics have come under increasing...

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Justice for sale - Judges demanding for bribes.

CSHINE @SHAMRACK (8576) • India 11 Jan 11

It occurred to one of my relative whose case is pending in family court. He had filed for the custody of his child it has been 2 years after it. But no where the case went with lots of hearings and appearances in courts. Only...

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Anyone know what is going on with Sestak?

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 26 May 10

Joe Sestak has reportedly said someone in the white house admin offered him a job NOT to run against Spector. Well he decide to run against Spector anyway. But now members of congress (and the rest of us in this country) are...

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Looks like there is plenty of blame to go around

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 25 May 10

The oil is still gushing out and tons of finger pointing is going on. But it looks like there is a lot of blame to go around. A report by a watchdog group is saying that inspectors were taking "gifts" from the companies they...

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Cajoling, bullying, and bribes - is that the way to run a country?

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 8 Mar 10

That is what Obama and Pelosi have been resorting to to try to get the health reform bill, as it stands, passed. Even though the majority of Americans are saying they do not want the current health reform bill passed; Obama and...

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IL Governor charged with selling influence

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 22 Dec 09

This is old news but what the Democratic leadership in Washington has done is the same thing but makes the Gov. look like a piker in what he wanted. We are only hearing part of the Deals made and will only find out the ones that...

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Let's get it all out in the open.

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 23 Apr 09

Congress is out of control. So is the house of representative...although they do not get nearly as much press. Lets do the following on EVERY member of congress and the house reguardless of party 1. A full ethics probe. 2. A...

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What''s the most corrupt thing you ever heard of a public official doing?

lilnono @lilnono (228) • United States 17 Feb 09

The governor of Illinois got a lot of publicity for soliciting bribes. You hear about a lot of politicians stealing. The worst one I heard about was 2 judges in Pennsylvania who were taking bribes from juvenile detention centers...

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Do you give incentives for good behavior from your children?

hdjohnson @hdjohnson (2981) • United States 2 Jan 09

Aren't all incentives just truly a form of bribery? What are we really teaching our children as they get older. If they are good, respectful, don't decide to fight one another, that they will receive a good reward? Accordingly...

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Stevens leaves to a standing ovation

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 21 Nov 08

Stevens convicted of taking bribes and abusing is his position was given a standing ovation and spoken of nicely by his fellow Senators on both sides on his last day in office. Anyone else have problem with this? Why are they...

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More politicians caught taking bribes

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 21 Nov 08

Well have all heard Senator Stevens and his court case. But here are two you may not have heard about Boston City councilman Chuck Turner got caught taking bribes and lying to the FBI. He is now going to see a court...

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Stevens is now a felon, what about the lobbyist who gave him "gifts"?

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 18 Nov 08

We have heard a lot about Stevens and his taking of "gifts" (bribes). He went to court and was found guilty. What about the lobbyist who gave him to gifts? Are they being charged also?

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Lobbyist give gifts to elected officials.

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 20 Oct 08

We all know lobbyist and special interest groups give "gifts" to our elected officials. But should this be legal? Now the law just states that all "gifts" have to disclosed so everyone knows about them. They are also not suppost...

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Is it Ok to Bribe your children?

gadad2 @gadad2 (59) • United States 2 May 07

OK, maybe bribe is not the right word, maybe reward is a better term. When your child does something good, do you reward/bribe them? How do you do it? What do you give them? Do you have problems afterward with them always wanting...

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bribes!!!

smoker16 @smoker16 (55) • Pakistan 10 Apr 07

nowadays every1 is into bribery...............to get into a school u bribe the principal to take ur son in...........to get into an office u either need source or u need money............nowadays honesty, qualifications and...

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