"I think the conservative movement has had trouble defining conservative.
We finally get the house, senate, and presidency, and what did we do? We doubled the size of the department of education - I thought we were going to eliminate it! Here's how you can identify a conservative: they must be willing to defend the constitution."
The full story is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_aZn6wqAdQ
The female journalist was snatched by members of a secret society, forcibly stripped and made to parade naked through the streets.
It might sound like an atrocity from the time when Sierra Leone was ripped apart by a bloody civil war, but in fact the public humiliation was exacted in the diamond-rich eastern town of Kenema just this month...
Read the full story here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/genital-mutilation-women-fight-africas-taboo-1633423.html
Mr.
President, the failure to distinguish between Wall Street and the thousands of FDIC-insured banks across the country undermines the confidence in our banking industry, the industry which is the foundation on which our economic recovery must be built
An Ethiopian immigrant with a history of mental health problems is in custody after being accused of mailing a letter with HIV-tainted blood to Barack Obama when he was president-elect, according to court records.
Saad Bedrie Hussein, who has HIV, said he "purposely cut one of his fingers with a razor so he could bleed on the letter."
Check it out here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/27/obama.HIV.blood/index.html
Already in conflict with his partys leaders, Sen.
Jim Bunning has reportedly said privately that if he is hindered in raising money for his re-election campaign he is ready with a response that would be politically devastating for Senate Republicans: his resignation.
Check it out here:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090227/NEWS01/90227025/-1/NLETTER05?source=nletter-breakingnews
Mississippi Democratic Rep.
Gene Taylor blasted the budget outline President Obama submitted to Capitol Hill today, saying I dont like it¦change is not running up even bigger deficits that George Bush did. Pointing to President Obamas inaugural address that called for Americans to make sacrifices, Its certainly not reflected in his budget.
Check it:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/26/dem-blasts-obamas-budget/
President Obamas new budget represents a huge break from policy trends.
If he can get it through Congress, he will set America on a fundamentally new course.
The full story is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/opinion/27krugman.html
The Pentagon lifted its ban Thursday on media coverage of coffins of war victims as they arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Read the full story here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/pentagon.media.war.dead/index.html
The truth is that a handful of Republicans arent afraid the stimulus will fail, theyre afraid it will work and that Democrats and President Obama will get credit. Its ironic that this is coming from a party that spent the last year echoing the phrase of its presidential nominee: country first. They hardly seem to be putting it into practice.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.eyesonobama.com/blog/content/id_47432/title_Are-Republicans-Sabotaging-The-Stimulus/
President Obamas budget proposal for 2010 projects a stunning deficit of $1.75 trillion for the current fiscal year, which began five months ago, reflecting a shortfall of more than $1 trillion as the fiscal year began, plus the costs of bank bailouts, the first wave of spending from the newly enacted stimulus plan and the continuing costs of war.
Read the full story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/us/politics/27web-budget.html
With sweets, flower garlands and hordes of paparazzi, the child stars of "Slumdog Millionaire" were feted like true celebrities in India on Thursday as the nation celebrated the film's Oscar haul earlier this week.
Source:
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE51P1Y420090226
Militants behind last year's attacks on Mumbai used cell phones that were activated in the United States and paid for with funds sent from Italy..The suspect, named Javaid Iqbal, sent the funds via Western Union to pay for five cell phones with Austrian country codes ..."Everything is being registered by the media.
You must inflict the maximum
Source:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/2611-attackers-phones-traced-to-italy-us/86184-2.html
After lying about high-speed rail line from Disneyland to Vegas, Jindal left for a vacation at Disney World the next morning. Seriously! You can't make this stuff up.
From:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/after-lying-about-high-sp_b_169892.html
The U.S.
Supreme Court has sided with an AT&T subsidiary in an antitrust lawsuit that accused the phone company of anti-competitive practices over pricing for its broadband Internet services.
Link source:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10172214-94.html
China has become the world leader in carbon emissions largely because of the sharp growth in the production of exports -- the majority of them going to developed countries, according to a new study.
The full story is here:
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/02/25/china-co2-rise-exports
Imagine open source cars available in beta with upgrades based on users' recommendations...
Jeff Jarvis, one of the world's 100 media leaders, explains how automobile companies can save themselves.
A look at where people around the world are directing some of their purchasing power.
From:
http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/014/014-buying-whos-buying-what.html
A roadside bomb killed four U.S. troops patrolling in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday in the deadliest single attack on international forces this year.
An Afghan civilian working with the Americans also died.
Read the full story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan;_ylt=AlRZrWOOn8yQepWZHK2ULcus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTI5ZXVjb3ByBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMjI0L2FzX2FmZ2hhbmlzdGFuBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNhZmdoYW5ib21ia2k-
You know how Merrill Lynch recently lost $15 billion? Remember how we're in a unbelievably huge global financial crisis that threatens to unravel the fabric of our economy? John Thain says that's no reason not to pay billions of dollars in bonuses.
Talk about kicking people when they are down.
Recent news reports have shed light on several large banks charging bank fees to customers for the privilege of accessing their unemployment benefits.
Get the low-down here:
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2009/02/24/bank-fees-charged-to-unemployed-workers.aspx
The United States will withdraw most of its troops from Iraq by August 2010, 19 months after President Barack Obama's inauguration day, according to administration officials who expect Obama to make the announcement this week.
Read the full story here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_go_pr_wh/iraq_withdrawal
Republicans are against the stimulus bill, but that doesn't mean they won't take the money.
Bobby Jindal is a particularly excellent example.
Link:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=218391&title=clusterf#@k-to-the-poor-house
TRENTON - The state Senate is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would decriminalize marijuana use for some medical purposes in New Jersey, and one of the bill's sponsors said he was taken aback by residents' reactions to the proposal. "I've been pleasantly surprised that the overwhelming response has been positive," said state Sen.
Jim Whelan
From:
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/184/story/410117.html
The t-shirt that says it all.
The full story is here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/22/i-survived-the-bush.html
Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that taxes would increase on "most small businesses" if the Bush tax cuts on Americans making more than $250,000 expire in 2011.
In fact, the Tax Policy Center stated that in 2007, only about 2 percent of tax returns that reported small-business income are in the top two income tax brackets.
American Express Co, battered by mounting credit card losses, is offering $300 to a limited number of U.S. card holders who pay off their balances and close their accounts, the company said on Monday.
With Obama in office for four weeks, Fox convenes military and intelligence officials to analyze -- and call for -- violent upheaval against the tyrannical federal government.
Read the full story here:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/22/militias/index.html
The miners were working in the Tunlan Coal Mine in Shanxi Province, the coal mining heartland of China, when the blast occurred at 2:17 a.m......
The full story is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/world/asia/23miners.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
U.S.
District Judge John M. Roll, for starters, dismissed the claims of 10 of the illegals because they did not testify at trial. He then tossed related conspiracy complaints against Mr. Barnett's wife, Barbara, and his brother Donald, saying illegal immigrants had no constitutionally protected right to travel in the United States.
The full story is here:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/22/rancher-ruling-adds-to-border-debate/
Voting against the economic stimulus package? That's so last week.
For some Republicans, there's a hot new way to show just how fervently they opposed the $787 billion bill President Obama signed into law Tuesday: pretend they're not going to take the money.
Check it out here:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/20/gop_governors/index.html
Jay Bookman from the Atlanta Journal Constitution just tellin' it like it is!
Link:
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/bookman/stories/2009/02/19/bookmaned_0219.html
Levy, a California native, went missing on April 30, 2001.
Her remains were found May 22, 2002, by a man walking his dog in a remote area of a Washington city park. The search for Levy and massive publicity that accompanied it was largely a result of her connection to Rep. Gary Condit, D-California. Condit has said publicly
Read the full story here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/21/chandra.levy/index.html
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Renowned investor George Soros said on Friday the world financial system has effectively disintegrated, adding that there is yet no prospect of a near-term resolution to the crisis. Soros said the turbulence is actually more severe than during the Great Depression, comparing the current situation to the demise of the Soviets.
Check it out here:
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE51K0A920090221?rpc=64
Violent criminals and sex offenders in Australia are being allowed to change their names by deed poll, helping them hide their pasts and reduce the risk of revenge attacks.
Check it:
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25088207-662,00.html
"George Mason University students have elected a drag queen as homecoming queen.
Student Ryan Allen beat out two women for the title at the 30,000-student school in suburban Washington, D.C., famous for its run to the Final Four a few years back."
Link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_re_us/homecoming_drag_queen
Gov.
Schwarzenegger this week showed that he's still his state's leader " and that he may be ready for something else. As Schwarzenegger pressed state lawmakers to solve the state's $42 billion budget deficit, he agreed to appear in Sylvester Stallone's new movie. The movie deal serves as a reminder that the end of Schwarzenegger's term is coming.
Read the full story here:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/movies-or-politics-for-schwarzenegger-2009-02-20.html
After watching allies of President Barack Obama flood the airwaves in support of the stimulus bill, a conservative third-party group is countering with a provocative new commercial using Jesus Christ to emphasize the scale of the $787 billion package.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19055.html
Connecticut's AG says Connecticut's senator is outside his jurisdiction.
Richard Blumenthal won't even investigate Dodd's sweetheart deals with Countrywide. This is "change"?
Link source:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123508724716027847.html
Last summer Brad Krause was ticketed for carrying a firearm on his own private property. On Feb 17th he was found not guilty - namely because its NOT A CRIME.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he wants to tax motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn " an idea that has angered drivers in some states where it has been proposed.
From:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-lahood-vehicle-mileage-tax,0,6754105,print.story
Vaclav Klaus of Czechoslovakia, a trained economist who protested USSR hegemony during the Prague Spring of 1968 and the temporary President of the European Union, today compared the undemocratic and elitist EU to Warsaw Pact communist dictatorships.
Dictatorial elitists in the EU parliament booed and some even walked out.
From:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eu_czech_skepticism_1
A Manhattan jury awarded $2.33 million to a man who lost his leg after drunkenly stumbling onto the path of an oncoming subway train.
Dustin Dibble, 25, landed in the subway tracks after a late night watching a hockey game at a bar with friends April 23, 2006. A downtown N train ran over him, severing his right leg.
Check it out here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/18/drunk.amputee.payout/index.html
Stanford International Bank Ltd., accused by U.S. regulators of defrauding investors, relied on more than high interest payments to sell $8 billion of what it called certificates of deposit.
Link:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a0XVjooQdppA&refer=us
The absolute worst ways to make a living!
Link source:
http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment_250/287_top_10_list.html
An Oklahoma man was investigated by the secret service after being pulled over by a police officer because of the"Abort Obama, Not the Unborn" sign in his car.
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman talked to Luce Guillen-Givins who is one of the first people ever to be charged under the 2002 Minnesota version of the federal PATRIOT Act.
Guillen-Givins and 7 other members of the group RNC Welcoming Committee " also known as the "RNC 8" " were formally charged with conspiracy to riot in furtherance of terrorism.
Check it out here:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/RNC_protesters_facing_felony_terrorism_charges_0219.html
Iran has now built up a stockpile of enough enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb, United Nations officials acknowledged on Thursday.
Read the full story here:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f367aada-fec8-11dd-b19a-000077b07658.html
Laws cracking down on sex offenders enjoy broad public support, but Georgia's rules make it near impossible to find a home that doesn't violate the statute.
Get the low-down here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123500941182818821.html
President Obama will sign the $787 billion stimulus package into law this week, with approximately 35% going towards tax cuts and the rest going towards stimulus spending.
Just about everyone stands to benefit from the stimulus in some fashion in the short-term, but a few demographics have an opportunity to reap more gains than others.
Check it:
http://www.mint.com/blog/finance-core/how-much-will-you-benefit-from-the-stimulus-package/
Over 30,000 Vietnamese and Chinese soldiers died in short but fierce war fought at the two nations' borders in 1979.
Check it:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1879849,00.html
The forcible citizen disarmament lobby constantly rails against the so-called "gun show loophole," and have even convinced many supposedly "pro-gun" politicians to perpetuate the myth.
Embattled Sen.
Roland W. Burris' legal and political problems deepened Tuesday as Democrats in Washington and Illinois signaled that they would support an investigation into whether the senator lied under oath about his appointment to the Illinois Senate seat. Illinois Democrats are now backing GOP calls for a perjury investigation.
CNBC takes a look at the budding marijuana industry, especially the Emerald Triangle of California where an estimated 60% of the population is somehow involved in the legal (at the state level) business of growing and selling some of the world's best ganja.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/54312/cnbc-originals-marijuana-inc&feature=related
An internal DoJ report has reconstructed the drafting process of the Bush Justice Dept.'s legal memos authorizing torture of terror war prisoners.
What was uncovered, said Newsweek's Michael Isikoff on Monday, could have 'enormous consequences,' not just for the memo's authors, but Bush's whole legal defense of torture. --VIDEO INCLUDED--
Link:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Isikoff_Torture_memo_authors_may_face_0217.html
Numerous stories from over the weekend illustrate that gun control schemes are ineffective in stopping crime.
The full story is here:
http://www.examiner.com/x-2206-Cleveland-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m2d16-News-from-the-weekend-illustrates-futility-of-gun-control-schemes
In 2003, Representative Cantor failed to report or pay for the expense of a fundraiser that then "super lobbyist" Jack Abramoff held for him at his D.C. restaurant.
Though it was a clear violation of the federal election law, Cantor's spokesperson referred to his oversight as "a paperwork issue" and referred to the controversy as "chicken droppings
From:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ira-forman/cantor-people-in-glass-ho_b_163237.html
A Florida woman charges in a lawsuit that the Church of Scientology contributed to her son's death by denying him access to antidepressants.
Check it out here:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/17/Florida_mom_sues_Scientology_over_suicide/UPI-13631234902176/
Opponents of fixing our broken health care system are at it again, attempting to use the same old scare tactics and falsehoods to kill a common-sense health care provision in the economic recovery package.
Fortunately Congressional leaders have recognized these tactics for what they are and have wisely kept this provision in the legislation.
Check it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-dean/the-far-rights-all-out-of_b_167628.html
The left is already doubting Obama's Afghan surge, says an editorial in the Wall Street Journal. Newsweek is calling Afghanistan "Obama's Vietnam" and it may turn out that the new president's allies are Republicans and neocons.
Get the low-down here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123482632399795061.html
The anticipated selection of Seattle's Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske has given hope to those who want national drug policy to shift from an emphasis on arrest and prosecution to methods more like those employed in Seattle: intervention, treatment and a reduction of problems drug use can cause, a tactic known as harm reduction.
Read the full story here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/us/politics/16czar.html
In an interview with columnists aboard Air Force One, President Obama talked about what he learned from the stimulus battle.
Pronouncing himself impressed with his team for moving the legislation through Congress so quickly, he said the plan wasn't everything he wanted but was still a "very good start on moving things forward."
Source:
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/nj_20090214_5045.php
President Hugo Chvez said Saturday that he was ready to engage in direct talks with President Obama in a bid to repair relations with the United States.
The statement marked an evolution in Mr. Chvezs view of Mr. Obama, whom he described last month as having the same stench as his predecessor in the White House.
From:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/americas/15venez.html
Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt resigned after the group blamed global warming on human activity.
In his resignation letter, the 74-year-old geologist argued that the "global warming scare is being used as a political tool to increase government control over American lives, incomes and decision making."
Read the full story here:
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/2009_02_15_Former_astronaut_speaks_out_on_global_warming/srvc=home&position=recent
By Laura MacInnis GENEVA (Reuters) - Washington's ''war on terror'' after the September 11 attacks has eroded human rights worldwide, creating lingering cynicism that the United Nations must now combat, international law experts said on Monday.
Source:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE51F35S20090216?rpc=64
A coalition airstrike has killed a powerful Taliban commander who broke a promise to renounce violence after village elders persuaded President Hamid Karzai to free him from prison, officials said Monday.
The full story is here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090216/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
Gov.
Mark Sanford of South Carolina took umbrage at my writing that his approach to the economic crisis is to do nothing. I'll deal with his "ideas" in a moment, but first let me make a modest proposal:
Link source:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/16/begala.carolina/index.html
Standard Guantanamo Bay treatment of prisoners included "invasion of the bodies of prisoners in a way that might be deemed rape by instrumentality under existing federal and state criminal statutes." It was done deliberately without any security purpose and was purely for the purpose of sexual humiliation.
Check it out here:
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/02/hbc-90004409
David Sanger gives us the inside scoop on the terribly inefficient nature of the nuclear detectors employed by Homeland Security.
In the stimulus battle " just as in the presidential campaign " Barack Obama has once again outwitted the punditocracy and the opposition.
Democrats are growing increasingly frustrated with the brash political attacks Sen.
John McCain has launched against Barack Obama in the weeks since the new president took office. No one expected the Arizona Republican to be a legislative ally for this administration. But it was widely assumed that Obama's overtures to McCain in the weeks...
Check it out here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/15/dems-growing-angry-with-m_n_167062.html
Proving hes no amateur when it comes to tacking as far right or left as necessary to capture some vital constituency, President Barack Obama recently upheld a key Bush administration policy allowing groups receiving federal dollars to discriminate in hiring on the basis of religion.
The full story is here:
http://www.perfectsanity.com/politics/obama-upholds-bush-religious-discrimination-policy/
It is about time at least some Republicans still have brains.
The full story is here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/13/walter-jones-gop-congress_n_166761.html
The American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months.
Recruiters expect that they will have more education and skills than many others who enlist, and help fill shortages in significant military fields.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/us/15immig.html
Adding insult to injury, employers are opposing unemployment benefits claims in record numbers, The Washington Post reports. Imagine being among the multitudes getting pink slips, applying for benefits that will help you keep your home, then getting notice that your former company contends you're not entitled because you were let go for misconduct
Read the full story here:
http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/smartspending/archive/2009/02/13/your-former-boss-may-fight-your-benefits-claim.aspx
It is the British-made L115A3 Long Range Rifle which, in recent weeks, has killed scores of enemy fighters in Afghanistan. In a new initiative on the front line, the Army is using sniper platoons to target the Taliban and 'The Long', as the snipers call it, can take out insurgents from a mile away.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1145667/Pictured-The-supergun-kills-mile--camouflaged-crackshots-using-Taliban.html
If they took their children back, he said of the deportees, then technically we deported an American citizen.
No matter which side of the immigration issue you fall on, theres something wrong with the notion of kicking American citizens out of their own country, said Rep. Jos E. Serrano, Democrat of New York, who requested the report.
The full story is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/us/14immig.html?ref=hp
A Superior Court in Ontario, Canada has ruled that IP addresses are akin to your home address, and therefore people have no expectation of privacy when it comes to their online activities being accessed by law enforcement.
This means that, in Canada, police can potentially request information from your ISP about online activities.
The number of homeless students in area schools has skyrocketed since 2006, as more families face foreclosure and job loss, and schools are growing more aware of their obligations under federal law.
Check it:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-homeless-studentsfeb13,0,2748284.story
The dispute between McInerney and King ended in tragedy a year ago today when McInerney allegedly armed himself with a .22-caliber gun and shot King in the back of the head twice in an Oxnard classroom as the school day was beginning. Many parents, teachers, students, and gay-rights activists feel the school ignored McInerney's bullying of King.
From:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king-mcinerney12-2009feb12,0,6130604.story
The Obama administration seems to have reversed the US position (published in a NIE in 2007) that Iran is not currently pursuing nuclear weapons: (FTA) 'President Obama went so far as to describe Iran's "development of a nuclear weapon" before correcting himself to refer to its "pursuit" of weapons capability.'
Link source:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usiran12-2009feb12,0,4465766.story
One of the biggest retail giants in North America, Wal-Mart, has a few skeletons in its closet...
Check it out here:
http://www.askmen.com/entertainment/special_feature_100/148_special_feature.html
The US Senate on Friday passed a nearly 790-billion-dollar stimulus package that President Barack Obama called "only the beginning" of his efforts to rescue the crippled economy.
Link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090214/bs_afp/useconomypoliticssenatevote
Investigations will focus on big-name companies and the cases are likely to be similar in scope and complexity to that of failed energy giant Enron, Deputy Director John Pistole tells a Senate panel.
Check it out here:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fraud12-2009feb12,0,3435565.story
The Home Office has admitted that the street price of both cocaine and heroin has fallen by nearly half in the last ten years, making the most dangerous illegal drugs cheaper than they have ever been.
Until pot-smokers and gun owners and low-taxers and sexual minorities recognize that liberty is indivisible and that we're all in this together, we're going to be picked off piecemeal by government officials all too happy to exploit our mutual antagonisms.
A look back at the tumultuous events of February 1979, when the charismatic religious leader returned to Iran and singlehandedly reshaped the history of the Middle East " and the world.
Check it out here:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1878162,00.html
A ship packed with military cargo, freed after being held by pirates since September, is to offload tanks and weaponry in the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
Who's at Fault? The good intentions, bad managers and greed behind the meltdown.
The full story is here:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350,00.html
How easy could it be to become branded as a "homegrown terrorist"? One proposed law from the last Congressional session would have made it VERY easy.
Source:
http://www.examiner.com/x-2581-St-Louis-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m2d11-You-too-can-be-a-terrorist
Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske is reportedly Obama's choice for drug czar.
He's overseen one of America's most pot-friendly cities. If he was cool with Hempfest in Seattle, what can we talk him into when he comes to Washington, DC?
From:
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2009/feb/11/has_obama_made_a_good_choice_for
So much for the savior-based economy.
Despite the touting, the Treasury chief unveiled a plan short on illumination. Theres a weaselly feel to the plan, a sense that tough decisions were postponed even as President Obama warns about our perfect storm of financial problems. The outrage is going only one way, as we pony up trillion after trillion.
Bishop Richard Williamson's denial of the Holocaust has done serious damage to the Catholic Church.
In an e-mail and fax exchange with SPIEGEL, the ultra-conservative bishop says that he is willing to "review the historical evidence."
Check it out here:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,606323,00.html
Bursting with indignation, legions of marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., including all of its popular munchies, for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.
Check it:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D968VQR80&show_article=1
Paul Kanjorski: In mid-September of 2008, the U.S. came just three hours away from the collapse of the entire economy.
In a span of 2 hours, $550 billion was drawn out of money market accounts in an electronic run on the banks. Rep. Kanjorski: "It would have been the end of our economic system and our political system as we know it."
Source:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/9/234340/6189/142/695504
TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey man saw his 8-year-old son in Brazil on Monday for the first time in 4 1/2 years, shooting baskets and splashing in a pool with him, according to Rep.
Chris Smith, who is trying to help reunite them permanently.
Live Nation and Ticketmaster are expected to announce a merger Monday in a deal that could lead to a dramatic change in how event tickets are sold: from the fixed price norm that often results in quick sellouts for popular shows to an auction-based model that legitimizes what scalpers have always done.
Check it:
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/would-a-ticketm.html
No one could have foreseen this economic crisis.
Only... that's not entirely true. Great stats breakdown by geek who predicted election a YEAR early.
Source:
http://www.esquire.com/features/data/nate-silver-on-economy-0309?src=digg
"We must keep markets open in this world.
We've seen open markets have benefited everybody, rich and poor alike. Particularly the poor. And yet, right now we're seeing a very dangerous move to protectionism in many places."
"Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said arsonists in Victoria had committed mass murder as the death toll in Australia's worst ever bushfires rose to 108 this morning."
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25027055-421,00.html
Utah's congressional delegation is calling President Obama's decision to move the U.S. census into the White House a purely partisan move and potentially dangerous to congressional redistricting around the country.
WASHINGTON - The government safety net designed to protect laid-off workers from financial catastrophe is falling short, leaving nearly half the 11.6 million jobless Americans without unemployment benefits.
Link source:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29084715/
No one gives a damn.
In fact, they are more likely to lose customers than gain them by making such a public display of their displeasure.
Link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/kellogg-should-not-have-f_b_165091.html
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- From upgrading the electricity grid to rebuilding bridges to computerizing medical records, there are plenty of ways the economic-stimulus bill aims to prop up the economy and create millions of jobs.
But what kinds of jobs -- and who will qualify for them?
The full story is here:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid={0A75078F-E394-4CE5-B731-8DA9DDB52646}&siteid=rss
President Barack Obamas Republican rival for the White House last year hardened his opposition to the administrations planned economic recovery package Sunday.
I think this can only be described as generational theft. What we are doing is amassing multi-trillions of dollars, said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), speaking on CBSs Face The Nation.
The full story is here:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mccain-stimulus-is-generational-theft-2009-02-08.html
JFK Shaking Hands with Teenaged Bill Clinton (PIC)
Link source:
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461518951_761564341_-1_1/jfk_and_young_clinton.html
This is not a duplicated article, this is an exact repeat of an incident last Tuesday when Palestinian farmers accompanied by Human Rights Workers were shot at by the Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza.
Just last week, a farmer was shot dead by the IDF, who shot him dead as he was trying to harvest parsley from the same field.
Read the full story here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXecLyureE
Thousands of bankers and traders from Royal Bank of Scotland, which was bailed out with 30 billion of taxpayers' money, are set to receive large bonuses, it has been reported.
The full story is here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/4520502/Royal-Bank-of-Scotland-to-pay-bankers-six-figure-bonuses.html
Therefore, even if it is not for sympathy but for sport, consider the numbers.
Check it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/fashion/08halfmill.html
Ecuador's left-wing president has ordered the expulsion of a senior US diplomat, accusing him of suspending aid to Ecuador's anti-drugs programme.
The full story is here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7877229.stm
The populist rage coursing through America is bigger than President Obama, Tom Daschles tax bill, or any bailed-out C.E.O.s bonus.
At least two of 31 charged are repeat offenders, a problem that is becoming all too familiar, police say.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090206.PORN06/TPStory/National
Rachel Maddow delivers her own version of a "Special Comment", eviscerating bogus Republican arguments against the stimulus package.
The full story is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHw773EO314
For security reasons, the congressional delegation led by House Minority Leader John Boehner to Iraq today was supposed to be secret.
Everything had been going fine in that regard. Even media outlets which knew of the trip, like the Congressional Quarterly, kept a lid on the news......
Check it out here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10159054-2.html
Retired Seattle police chief Norm Stamper writes an open letter to the South Carolina sheriff who is talking about arresting Michael Phelps over the photo of him allegedly smoking marijuana out of a bong. Find out why ore and more cops are saying it's time to legalize drugs!
Check it out here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/norm-stamper/one-cop-to-another-dont-a_b_164346.html
The White House won't say it explicitly.
Neither will the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yet there is a whiff in the air that U.S. policy is about to change when it comes to medical marijuana.
A month into the new year, and the American economy is reeling from the ongoing banking crisis, battered retirement accounts, and mounting unemployment.
Who are the folks who might make things better, or even worse? Who are the people who will move markets this year, up or down? To help you keep track of these "market movers"..
From:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/25-People-Who-Will-Affect-usnews-14264821.html
Here are a few tricks the brain plays on our basic math skills, and a few examples of how marketers pull our heartstrings to loosen our purse strings.
As the old saying goes, buyer beware.
Check it:
http://www.mint.com/blog/the-motley-fool/retail-tricks-that-make-you-overspend/
Wall Street bankers, with their $18 billion in bonuses, private jets and gaudy conferences, are causing headaches for the GOP.
The full story is here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/06/gop-opposes-pay-limits-on_n_164544.html
Wall street lawyers, investment bankers, CEOs and media executives often used corporate credit cards to pay for $2,000 an hour prostitutes, according to the madam who ran one of New York's biggest and most expensive escort services until it was busted last year.
Link:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6813806&page=1
Now that Tom Daschle is out of the running, Obama needs to move quickly to pick a new health czar.
One prominent Democrat has made no secret of the fact that he would love the job and that's Howard Dean. He's a doctor; his wife is a doctor; and he's not beholden to anyone. In fact, Dean was running against the entrenched special interests.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/183530
After the boom of the good years, European markets are falling sharply, with uncomfortable similarities to Asia in the 1990s.
Caught in the global downturn, European economies have been hit hard and some countries have been forced to beg the IMF for a bailout - but IMF aid will only make their problems worse.
Link source:
http://www.moneyweek.com/news-and-charts/economics/europes-asian-crisis-will-run-till-2010-42108.aspx
President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that two National Guard captains have been arrested for allegedly conspiring against his government with aid from Venezuela's opposition and former military officers living in the United States.
Get the low-down here:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D965SVNG0&show_article=1
200,000 California State Workers on Unpaid Leave 24 Days in 2009.
NEW YORK - Amazon.com Inc. is being investigated by the U.S.
Postal Service, the online retailer disclosed in the annual report it recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Read the full story here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29016704/
Like clockwork, another relic of arguably the worst administration in modern United States history steers our collective attentions back to the issues that really matter.
The full story is here:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/former-chief-of-staff-to-obama-put-your-jacket-on/
Harry Markopolos, a former investment manager who tried to warn U.S. regulators about Bernard Madoff, joined lawmakers in blasting the Securities and Exchange Commission but said he was...
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5133ZF20090205?rpc=64
Contrary to the anti-government myths and ideology-driven arguments of certain conservatives and mainstream corporate media, the facts show FDR's New Deal quickly brought rapid growth to the nation's economy during the Great Depression.
Source:
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009020603/fdr-failed-myth
God he finally said what needed to be said.
Link source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/05/obama-time-for-action-is_n_164317.html
Croatian painter Momir Zmiric, 42, might be smelling horrible for the next few months, but he lost 72 kilos (160lb) after deciding to go on such a diet without consulting doctors.
Check it out here:
http://www.croatiantimes.com/index.php?id=2647
Except for one thing: Dude is a serial rapist and the CIA found out the hard way.
Check it:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/182559
A U.N. spokesman says Hamas police in Gaza have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents.
Link source:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/04/news/ML-Gaza-Hamas-UN.php
In an interview Tuesday with Politico, former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a high probability that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years. He said he fears the Obama administrations policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.
Check it out here:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18390.html
On buttons, posters and Web sites, the image was everywhere during last year's presidential campaign: A pensive Barack Obama looking upward, as if to the future, splashed in a Warholesque red, white and blue and underlined with the caption HOPE.
Link source:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9652OD01&show_article=1
As was reported today, Barack Obama is expected to announce Wednesday a series of new pay limits, including those for executive pay, for companies receiving significant amounts of bailout money.
Obama is scheduled to make the announcement alongside Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner at the White House.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/03/obama-to-limit-executive_n_163765.html
Wells Fargo, once among the nations top writers of subprime mortgages, has received approximately $25 billion in taxpayer money from the federal bailout.
While other bailed-out firms " such as AIG " have canceled expensive junkets, the AP reports that Wells Fargo is sticking with them.
The mystery of a tiny charge on credit and debit cards is heightening to one of anticipation - of when the other shoe is going to drop.
Link source:
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/02/01/tiny_charges_on_bank_cards_could_presage_bigger_problems/
A record 19 million U.S. houses stood empty at the end of 2008 as banks seized homes faster than they could sell them and prices continued to fall.
Check it:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKufqJK9j1cY&refer=home
