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Mitt Romney on the Economy

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Editor’s note: Mother Jones has now removed the blurring from this video. Click here for the updated clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5iazS-hjv0 Romney insisted that his election in and of itself would lead to economic growth and that the markets would react favorably if his chances seemed good in the fall. Get the …

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Mitt Romney on What Wins an Election

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Editor’s note: Mother Jones has now removed the blurring from this video. Click here for the updated clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkPBNi7D1hA When one donor said he was disappointed that Romney wasn’t attacking Obama with sufficient intellectual firepower, Romney groused that the campaign trail was no place for high-minded and detail-oriented arguments. Get …

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Mitt Romney on his Consultants

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Editor’s note: Mother Jones has now removed the blurring from this video. Click here for the updated clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8g3ZqTqKs4 Romney boasted about the consultants he had retained, emphasizing that several had worked for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Get the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/secret-video-romney-private-fundraiser

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Mitt Romney on Treating Obama Gingerly

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Editor’s note: Mother Jones has now removed the blurring from this video. Click here for the updated clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjET1LGw5vM Romney’s aides are hesitant to hammer the president too hard out of fear of alienating independents who voted for Obama in 2008. Get the full story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/secret-video-romney-private-fundraiser

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North Korean Fitness Center

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“NORTH KOREAN supreme leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly been offering fitness advice at a state-of-the-art gym built at his request. Kim was apparently providing “expert guidance” to the staff, telling them that if office workers take exercise and receive medical treatment at the centre, “they can devote themselves to revolutionary …

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Are Unmarried Men Stigmatized?

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“If you ask a guy in his late thirties or early forties why he isn’t married, he’ll have his answer—you could call it his defense—ready. For some, the rationale is a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Wes Clark Jr. discuss this whether or not they’re buying this stigma. …

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 hands-on demo

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David Pierce checks out the Panasonic GH3 at Photokina 2012. More from The Verge: Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/verge Read More: http://www.theverge.com

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Teacher Breastfeeding In Class

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“Adrienne Pine was in a jam. The assistant anthropology professor at American University was about to begin teaching “Sex, Gender & Culture,” but her baby daughter woke up in the morning with a fever. So Pine brought her sick baby to class. The baby, in a blue onesie, crawled on …

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