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Jonestown, 30 years later: original audio recordings from People's Temple and Guyana
Post Date: 2008-11-19 18:58:11 by Uma Guerilla
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Jonestown, 30 years later: original audio recordings from People's Temple and Guyana. Posted by Xeni Jardin, November 19, 2008 3:37 PM | permalink The single most comprehensive online public resource for original source material related to Jonestown is Alternative Considerations ...
The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To
Post Date: 2008-11-19 18:54:05 by Uma Guerilla
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The Dead Tell a Tale China Doesn’t Care to Listen To Gilles Sabrie The mummy known as the Loulan Beauty on display at a museum in Urumqi, China. ('The Tarim mummies have become protagonists in a political dispute over who should control the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.'); ...
Military bans masks for Iraqi interpreters
Post Date: 2008-11-19 17:01:34 by Mekons5
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The Washington Post reports that the US military has barred “Iraqi interpreters working with American troops in Baghdad from wearing ski masks to disguise themselves, prompting some to resign and others to bare their faces even though they fear it could get them killed.” If the identities of these ...
Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy
Post Date: 2008-11-19 16:12:19 by Mekons5
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In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.
Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on ...
Cheney, Gonzalez Indicted in Texas Prison Case
Post Date: 2008-11-19 14:52:31 by nolu chan
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Cheney, Gonzalez Indicted in Texas Prison Case
FOXNews.com ^ | November 18, 2008 | FOX/AP Staff
Posted on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:29:42 PM by NCDragon
A South Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former ...
Parker: Giving Up on God
Post Date: 2008-11-19 14:19:09 by Mekons5
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As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.
Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D.
I'm bathing in holy water as I type.
To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is ...
Al-Qaida No. 2 Insults Obama With Racial Epithet
Post Date: 2008-11-19 13:36:01 by Brian S
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(11-19) 09:42 PST CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites. The message appeared chiefly aimed at persuading Muslims and ...
Dems bash burrowing Bushies
Post Date: 2008-11-19 11:56:55 by Mekons5
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Yesterday we flagged a Washington Post report about the "burrowing" of Bush administration political appointees into career jobs at various departments -- most prominently Interior -- where it will be difficult for the incoming Obama administration to dislodge them.
Bush certainly didn't invent ...
Consumer Prices in US Decline 1%, Most on Record
Post Date: 2008-11-19 11:41:28 by Brian S
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Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of living in the U.S. fell by the most on record as fuel costs plummeted and retailers used discounts for cars and clothing to entice consumers hobbled by job losses and sinking home values. Consumer prices plunged 1 percent last month, more than forecast and the ...
Emanuel challenges big business to promote universal health care
Post Date: 2008-11-19 11:37:09 by Mekons5
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President-elect Barack Obama's incoming White House chief of staff challenged chief executives and other business leaders Tuesday night to join the new administration in a push for universal health care, saying incremental increases in coverage won't be acceptable.
"When it gets rough out there, ...
Supreme Court on sonar: Navy trumps whales
Post Date: 2008-11-19 08:27:07 by osi
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Threats to national security are more important than possible harm to whales and dolphins, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in lightening restrictions on the Navy's use of sonar in anti-submarine training off Southern California despite its potential effects on undersea creatures. The ruling, ...
Sheriff Arpaio gets 'real' (Sheriff Joe Gets A tv show on Fox)
Post Date: 2008-11-19 00:06:08 by Red Jones
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Sheriff Arpaio gets 'real' by Randy Cordova - Nov. 18, 2008 02:56 PM The Arizona Republic Sheriff Joe Arpaio, TV star? It could happen when Smile ... You're Under Arrest! premieres in December on the Fox Reality channel. "Sheriff Joe is an absolute natural," producer ...
New Senate report names Rove in U.S. Attorney firings
Post Date: 2008-11-18 21:24:04 by Mekons5
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New Senate Report On US Attorney Firings Finds Rove Helped Compile List
By Zachary Roth - November 18, 2008, 12:25PM
The Justice Department already found, in its report on the U.S. Attorney firings, that the White House engineered the firings, and that inappropriate political concerns had ...
Hagel lashes out at GOP, Pigboy
Post Date: 2008-11-18 21:11:02 by Mekons5
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Two months before he leaves office, Sen. Chuck Hagel is increasingly unrestrained by political niceties.
Appearing at a forum at the Johns Hopkins School of Advances International Studies, the outgoing Nebraska Republican leveled harsh criticism at his own party, the lack of intellectual ...
Come back, Joe. All is forgiven
Post Date: 2008-11-18 21:01:08 by Robin
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Come back, Joe. All is forgiven Did McCain sidekick Joe Lieberman receive a nuclear wedgie or a warm, welcoming hug from Senate Democrats? By Mike Madden Nov. 19, 2008 | If you ever happen to find yourself accused of serious wrongdoing -- publicly betraying your friends and colleagues, say, or ...
Sources: Holder Tapped For Attorney General
Post Date: 2008-11-18 20:53:35 by Robin
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Former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is reportedly President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to be the next attorney general. Sources say aides have gone so far as to ask senators whether he would be confirmed. President-elect Barack Obama has decided to nominate Eric Holder as attorney ...
Mormons caught off-guard in election backlash
Post Date: 2008-11-18 20:46:44 by Mekons5
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SALT LAKE CITY - In June, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made a fateful decision. They called on Mormons to donate their time and money to the campaign for California Proposition 8, which would overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that permitted gay ...
Afghan article says US Bin-Ladin hunt phoney
Post Date: 2008-11-18 19:09:19 by Uma Guerilla
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Afghan article says US Bin-Ladin hunt phoney
The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Persian Afghan press alleging that French troops were at one point close to capturing Usamah Bin Ladin in Afghanistan, but that American forces stopped them from doing so. It says ...
Climate change may not mean global warming
Post Date: 2008-11-18 19:05:36 by _'+?@!
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Climate change may not mean global warmingby Bobs Telecaster
Tue Nov 18, 2008 at 07:44:32 AM PST
14,000 years ago, the Wisconsin glacial period began to end. A period of rapidly interchanging stadials and interstadials began as the climate fought to warm itself, reversing dramatically at one ...
AP Decries Army Photoshopping
Post Date: 2008-11-18 18:54:29 by Uma Guerilla
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Late Friday night, the Associated Press published an article discussing the digitally altered photos of Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody that had been issued to the media by the Defense Department. The article announced that the AP will no longer use Defense-issued photographs.
The article reads:
The AP ...
Dear Mr. President-Elect: Advice on Combating White-Collar Crime from a Convicted Felon
Post Date: 2008-11-18 18:29:47 by TOM007
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To President-Elect Barack Obama:
While our capital markets require reform, no amount of regulation or oversight can be effective unless those persons charged with carrying it out, have the proper amount of experience, knowledge, competence, and professional skepticism to successfully perform ...
Willacy County Grand Jury Indicts Vice President
Post Date: 2008-11-18 18:21:51 by Uma Guerilla
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Willacy County Grand Jury Indicts Vice PresidentTuesday , November 18, 2008 Posted: 02:38 PM
Several political figures also indicted
WILLACY COUNTY - A Willacy County grand jury has indicted a number of political figures, including Vice President Dick ...
Moment Of Doom Creeps Closer For Stevens As Begich's Lead Grows
Post Date: 2008-11-18 17:27:48 by Mekons5
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It looks more and more like GOP Senator and convicted felon Ted Stevens is finished.
The latest numbers from Alaska: Democratic challenger Mark Begich 146,286 votes, Stevens 143,912 votes, a Begich lead of 2,374 votes. Begich's lead has more than doubled from the 1,022-vote edge this morning, ...
Democrats Can't Defend Themselves Nor Country!
Post Date: 2008-11-18 16:06:54 by mistersong
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It seems to me that in our society we have confused some very basic concepts. When someone takes an action that is negative to another’s sensibility that violates an agreed upon norm it is reasonable to have consequences and accountability. The senate democrats have purposefully manipulated ...
AIPAC's Man in the Obama Camp
Post Date: 2008-11-18 14:50:08 by Peetie Wheatstraw
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Barack Obama's first appointment, that of Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, is quite frankly unsettling and suggests that voters who had hoped for real change in Washington will be disappointed. There should also be some concern on the part of Americans who believe that a ...
Home prices down in 80 percent of American cities
Post Date: 2008-11-18 13:48:17 by Mekons5
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WASHINGTON – Home prices fell in a record four out of five U.S. cities in the third quarter as low-cost foreclosures flooded the market and the U.S. housing market's decline spread throughout the country.
Among 152 metropolitan areas included in the trade group's survey, 120 posted declines in ...
Pakistani woman called mentally unfit for U.S. trial
Post Date: 2008-11-18 13:33:16 by Red Jones
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Pakistani woman called mentally unfit for U.S. trial
Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:47pm EST
By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Pakistani woman suspected of links to al Qaeda and charged with trying to kill American interrogators in Afghanistan is mentally unfit to stand trial, according to ...
Gulf War illness is real, report says
Post Date: 2008-11-18 13:22:51 by Red Jones
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Gulf War illness is real, report says
Political, fiscal concerns blamed for ineffective research, official denials
By By David Goldstein
McClatchy Newspapers
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
WASHINGTON -- Gulf War illness is a real medical condition that has affected at least 175,000 ...
A ''seamless transition'' to endless war
Post Date: 2008-11-18 13:19:12 by atheo
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18 November 2008 President-elect Barack Obama appeared Sunday on the CBS program “60 Minutes” for his first televised interview since his November 4 election victory.
He covered a wide range of subjects with a lack of specificity and a placid tone that suggested someone who had read through ...
Egypt court says aid must be allowed into Gaza
Post Date: 2008-11-18 12:53:21 by Red Jones
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Egypt court says aid must be allowed into Gaza
Cairo, Egypt - Despite an Israeli economic blockade in place to limit traffic to and from the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian court has ruled that Cairo must allow humanitarian aid and supplies to enter Gaza via the Rafah Border Crossing. The Rafah Border ...
Paulson, Democrats Clash on Bailout for Homeowners
Post Date: 2008-11-18 12:09:31 by Robin
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Paulson, Democrats Clash on Bailout for Homeowners (Update1)
By Rebecca Christie and Alison Vekshin
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson rejected using the government’s financial-rescue program as a “panacea” for economic difficulties, clashing with lawmakers ...
Tips renew hopes of solving Holloway case
Post Date: 2008-11-18 11:56:12 by Robin
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Tips renew hopes of solving Holloway caseStory HighlightsAruban prosecutor says new evidence has surfaced in Holloway caseSeveral new witnesses have come forward since televised interviewHolloway disappeared while on senior class trip to Aruba in May 2005Have information? Call Aruban prosecutor: 0 ...
Crap. The Dems are letting Lieberman get away with it
Post Date: 2008-11-18 11:51:56 by Mekons5
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Just broke on MSNBC. Harry Reid says the majority voted for him to retain his chairmanship, and that's that.
This is ridiculous. He stuck a knife in Obama's back and he has to pay for that. Not to mention his resolute support of Israel over America.
Poster Comment:
Steam is coming out of ...
Uh, oh, the FRetards are closing in on that rascal Obama
Post Date: 2008-11-18 11:48:52 by Mekons5
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Andy Martin is in Honolulu this weekend preparing for the first court hearing on the Obama birth certificate controversy. His press release is as follows: This will be the first court hearing anywhere on access to the original, 1961 certificate. The only state that has jurisdiction over such a ...
Church sign: Obama election 'is sin against the Lord'
Post Date: 2008-11-18 11:45:38 by Robin
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CNN's Rick Sanchez reported on a church marquee that reads "America we have a Muslim president. This is a sin against the Lord." Mark Holick is pastor of The Spirit One Christian Center in Wichita, Kansas where the sign is being displayed.
Holick told KSNW, "The main point of the ...
Russia Returns Stained Glass Windows to Frankfurt Church
Post Date: 2008-11-18 11:34:57 by Robin
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Russia Returns Stained Glass Windows to Frankfurt Church Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: All the Marienkirche's panes should be in place by next year Russia has returned six medieval stained glass window panes looted by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 to a church in Frankfurt an der ...
Guide by dentist to King George III who used pliers to pull out crooked teeth
Post Date: 2008-11-18 10:33:07 by Robin
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Guide by dentist to King George III who used pliers to pull out crooked teeth A dentistry guide written by the dentist to King George III detailing painful methods such as using pliers on crooked teeth is to be auctioned. By Nick Britten Last Updated: 1:42PM GMT 18 Nov 2008 One of the first ...
Letter from Iceland
Post Date: 2008-11-18 10:24:19 by Robin
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Give it a population of 300,000, about the same as Coventry, 70 per cent of them in the cities of Reykjavik and Akureyri. Ensure they are all related and give the majority the ability to trace their ancestry back to the times of settlement, more than a thousand years earlier. Endow these people ...
Obama as Hero and Villain
Post Date: 2008-11-18 10:18:59 by Robin
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Obama as Hero and Villain
by Steven D
Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 09:05:49 AM EST
Who could have guessed four years ago that Americans would be more interested in listening to what a Black man has to say than Mr. Mandate? himsel
60 Minutes attracted 24.5 million viewers for veteran ...
U.S. Physicist Guilty Of Sending Secret Space Data To China
Post Date: 2008-11-18 00:22:12 by Robin
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Norfolk, VA (AHN) - A naturalized Chinese physicist from Kiln Creek, Virginia pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of passing secret U.S. space technology data to China for the building of its rockets.
Quan-Sheng Shu, 68, admitted before a U.S. District Court in Norfolk that he sent a design of ...
Terrorist Fist Jab Bimbo Canned by Fox
Post Date: 2008-11-17 23:20:16 by Mekons5
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Exclusive: TVNewser has learned veteran Fox News Channel anchor E.D. Hill will not be renewed when her current contract expires. Hill, who has been with Fox News for more than 10 years, will continue with the network for the next few months until her current deal expires.
SVP of Programming Bill ...
Holy crap, look at this foreclosure data base
Post Date: 2008-11-17 23:03:19 by Mekons5
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This is just for Wayne County, Detroit and its suburbs. Over 100,000 houses, on sale for as little as $2000. Admittedly, it's probably the most hard-hit county in the U.S., but there are plenty of places in Florida, Ohio, Nevada and California that are nearly as bad off.
Mind-blowing.
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Tuberculosis: A new pandemic?
Post Date: 2008-11-17 21:28:48 by Uma Guerilla
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New virulent strand of tuberculosis is virtually incurable
Called XDR-TB, it is spreading globally in alarming numbers
Its mutation could have been prevented because TB itself is a curable disease
The WHO has called for more money to fund treatment of TB to prevent ...
Educated Catholics have sown dissent and confusion in the Church, claims bishop
Post Date: 2008-11-17 21:09:47 by Uma Guerilla
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Educated Catholics have sown dissent and confusion in the Church, claims bishop University-educated Catholics are to blame for the crisis in the Church and the growth of secularism, according to the bishop charged with tackling the decline in Mass attendance.
By Jonathan Wynne-Jones, ...
An offer they couldn't refuse - The CIA and the Film Industry
Post Date: 2008-11-17 20:30:24 by Uma Guerilla
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The CIA is often credited with 'advice' on Hollywood films, but no one is truly sure about the extent of its shadowy involvement. Matthew Alford and Robbie Graham investigate
Spies like us ... Body of Lies
Everyone who watches films knows about Hollywood's fascination with spies. From ...
Christopher Hitchens Calls Hillary Clinton As Secretary Of State A ''Ludicrous Embarrassment''
Post Date: 2008-11-17 19:40:32 by Uma Guerilla
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Obama... This is the woman whose foreign policy experience consists of making a fool of herself and fabricating a story about Bosnia."
He also brought up the Clintons' overseas fundraising connections and called the idea of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State a "ludicrous embarrassment."
A ...
Officials: Israeli mob boss killed in car bombing
Post Date: 2008-11-17 19:21:35 by Robin
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TEL AVIV, Israel – A bomb exploded in a car carrying one of Israel's top mafia kingpins on Monday, killing him and threatening to unleash an all-out war in Israel's increasingly violent underworld.
Israeli police officials identified the dead man as Yaakov Alperon — known informally as "Don ...
Return of the Liberal Hawks
Post Date: 2008-11-17 19:08:56 by Uma Guerilla
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Return of the liberal hawks
By Jacob Heilbrunn
in print edition M-1
DON’T LOOK now, but neoconservatism is making a comeback – and not among the Republicans who have made it famous but in the Democratic Party
A host of pundits and young national security experts ...
Reports: Lieberman Likely To Keep His Chair
Post Date: 2008-11-17 18:56:41 by Robin
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The entire Democratic Senate caucus will gather tomorrow to vote on whether Joe Lieberman should keep his position as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. Sources tell MSNBC the vote will go his way:
According to sources familiar with negotiations, Democrats are expected to vote in ...
Siegelman Case: DOJ refuses congressional subpoena
Post Date: 2008-11-17 18:31:38 by Mekons5
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The Justice Department is denying a subpoena from House Judiciary chair John Conyers for documents relating to the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman.
Conyers is investigating whether the 2006 prosecution on corruption charges of Siegelman, a Democrat, was politically ...
More layoffs at Focus on the Family - spent more than $500,000 to pass Prop. 8
Post Date: 2008-11-17 17:51:34 by Robin
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UPDATE: Focus on the Family announced this afternoon that 202 jobs will be cut companywide, bringing the total number of employees to around 950.
Focus on the Family is poised to announce major layoffs to its Colorado Springs-based ministry and media empire today. The cutbacks come just weeks ...
Paul Krugman Schools George Will On The Great Depression
Post Date: 2008-11-17 17:25:09 by Robin
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On ABC's This Week, conservative pundit George Will took up the case against Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, arguing that it sent confusing signals to capitalists (who apparently might otherwise have pursued lucrative deals in the 1930s market place) and turned a depression into the Great ...
Mad Cow cases accelerating
Post Date: 2008-11-17 16:43:12 by Mekons5
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Billings, Mont. – Today, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced yet another case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) – this time in a 7-year-old British Columbia dairy cow.
R-CALF USA remains convinced that it took the proper action in court in order to halt imports ...
Cross-dressing baby-raper calls Obama ‘Aggressive, Disruptive and Apocalyptic’
Post Date: 2008-11-17 15:57:37 by Mekons5
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Baltimore's own James Francis Cardinal Stafford at Catholic University last week:
His Eminence James Francis Cardinal Stafford criticized President-elect Barack Obama as “aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic,“ and said he campaigned on an “extremist anti-life platform,” Thursday night in Keane ...
Gramm: Deregulation Not to Blame
Post Date: 2008-11-17 15:16:00 by aristeides
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Gramm: Deregulation Not to Blame
Monday, November 17, 2008 10:42 AM
By: Julie Crawshaw
Deregulation "played virtually no role" in the housing collapse and credit crisis that now threaten economies across the globe, according to former Sen. Phil Gramm.
"Some people look at subprime ...
Democrats, White House clash on auto bailout
Post Date: 2008-11-17 14:08:00 by osi
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Democrats in Congress Monday launched a new multi-billion dollar drive to save the US auto industry, but the White House warned against draining funds from a huge finance industry bailout.
Less than two weeks after Barack Obama's presidential election victory, Democrats and ...
Iceland's Decision to Ensure Foreign Deposits Opens Way for Aid
Post Date: 2008-11-17 12:03:20 by Robin
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Iceland's Decision to Ensure Foreign Deposits Opens Way for Aid Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Iceland's second-largest bank, Landsbanki, was nationalized, which led to frozen deposits An weekend agreement could see Iceland getting the international aid it needs to emergy from ...
Abramoff said he had agreement with White House aide, Susan Ralston, assistant to Karl Rove just a month after Bush took office
Post Date: 2008-11-17 11:55:33 by Robin
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Abramoff said he had agreement with White House aide just a month after Bush took office
Email noting relationship with White House came just a month after Bush took officeConvicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff told his colleagues at his former law firm that he had an “agreement” regarding ...
Pirates hijack supertanker off east Africa
Post Date: 2008-11-17 11:44:39 by Robin
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Pirates have seized a Saudi-owned supertanker fully laden with oil off east Africa, capturing the biggest vessel yet in a shipping zone where Somali pirates strike almost daily, the US Navy said.
Saudi-owned television station Al Arabyia said the Sirius Star had been freed, citing an unnamed ...
Cloudsurfing: Welcome to the future of computing
Post Date: 2008-11-17 11:42:07 by Robin
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There's a scene some way into The Matrix in which Keanu Reeves wakes to find himself soaking in a bath of pink, primeval ooze, a USB jack plugged into the back of his head. He soon learns from Laurence Fishburne that the life he believes he's been living was a computer-generated mirage; ...
Glove puppet helps pygmy hippo start eating
Post Date: 2008-11-17 11:38:14 by Robin
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Glove puppet helps pygmy hippo start eating A pygmy hippo who had been put off eating has been lured back to the trough by a glove puppet Last Updated: 3:45PM GMT 17 Nov 2008 Pygmy hippos can spend up to six hours a day eating in the wild Photo: PA Chico caused keepers at his ...
Judy Miller, Movie Hero - Movie Review
Post Date: 2008-11-17 11:24:47 by Robin
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nothing but the truth Judy Miller, Movie Hero By Hamilton Nolan, 11:02 AM on Mon Nov 17 2008, 216 views Attention Americans, it's almost time to travel to your local movie theater to take in Nothing But the Truth, the ironically-titled Hollywood dramatization of ...
U.S. in recession, jobless to peak at 7.5 percent: survey
Post Date: 2008-11-17 11:08:20 by Robin
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is in recession and will contract at a faster pace in the fourth quarter, extending the decline into early 2009 as high unemployment crimps consumer spending, a survey showed.
The National Association of Business Economists' poll of 50 professional ...
Bush's ''Fire Sale'' For Oil, Gas Industries
Post Date: 2008-11-17 11:05:35 by Robin
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Late on Election Day, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a Dec. 19 auction of more than 50,000 acres of oil and gas parcels alongside or within view of Arches National Park. (AP)
Bush's "Fire Sale" For Oil, Gas Industries
Administration Will Lease 50,000 Acres Near National Parks ...
Deregulator Phil Gramm Looks Back, Unswayed
Post Date: 2008-11-17 11:00:02 by Robin
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November 17, 2008
The Reckoning
Deregulator Looks Back, Unswayed
By ERIC LIPTON and STEPHEN LABATON
WASHINGTON — Back in 1950 in Columbus, Ga., a young nurse working double shifts to support her three children and disabled husband managed to buy a modest bungalow on a street called ...
NSA Documents on U.S. Cold War Intelligence Activities Released
Post Date: 2008-11-17 10:54:10 by Robin
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NSA Documents on U.S. Cold War Intelligence Activities Released
By The Public Record
The Public Record
Friday, November 14, 2008
Favoured : 6Published in : Nation/World
Editor's Note: George Washington University's National Security Archive obtained from the highly ...
Thousands of parked FEMA units destined to be sold for scrap
Post Date: 2008-11-17 10:46:23 by Robin
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Trailer storage costs mount
Thousands of parked FEMA units destined to be sold for scrap
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FEMA is paying $80,000 a month to lease a 447-acre site in Lottie in Pointe Coupee Parish to store 25,000 trailers once used for Hurricane Katrina victims. FEMA officials say most of ...
Obama: Close Gitmo, Ban Torture, ''Regain America's Moral Stature''
Post Date: 2008-11-17 10:39:55 by Robin
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***UPDATE*** 9:15PM Nov. 16 60 Minutes aired its interview tonight with Barack and Michelle Obama, they're first interview since Obama won the presidential election. In the interview, Obama repeated his commitment to close Guantanamo Bay and ban torture in order to "regain America's moral stature ...
The Mismanagement of America's Great Disaster in Iraq - Book Review
Post Date: 2008-11-17 10:28:23 by Robin
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The Mismanagement of America's Great Disaster in IraqJeremy KuzmarovNovember 17th 2008
War Without End: The Iraq War in Context. Michael Schwartz. 320 pages. Haymarket Books. 2008.
The Iraq War has been among the greatest disasters in modern American history. Michael Schwartz’ ...
GM Will Nuke The Economy - Watch The Video
Post Date: 2008-11-17 10:16:35 by TOM007
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Florida pension fund plummets
Post Date: 2008-11-17 09:13:12 by osi
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The State Board of Administration, which manages many of Florida's public investments, has seen its assets plummet by $62-billion, a third of their value, in the last 13 months.
The decline — the steepest in the agency's 65-year history — reflects both big investment losses in the global ...
Tentative deal will clear Klamath River for salmon
Post Date: 2008-11-17 09:09:58 by osi
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PacifiCorp faced the choice of installing $300 million worth of fish ladders and other improvements at four dams -- J.C. Boyle (above), Iron Gate, Copco No. 1 and Copco No. 2 -- or removing them altogether. State and federal officials and utilities struck a deal to remove the dams. ...
Citigroup is expected to cut 53,000 jobs over coming quarters
Post Date: 2008-11-17 08:59:13 by osi
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A person briefed on Citigroup's plans says the banking giant is cutting another 53,000 jobs in the coming quarters.
CEO Vikram Pandit is revealing the plan at the company's town hall meeting Monday with employees.
The person requested anonymity because the plans haven't been made public ...
Cellphones in Yellowstone?
Post Date: 2008-11-17 08:53:25 by osi
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CONTRAST: Cellphone towers and other telecommunications equipment crown Bunsen Peak in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone officials have proposed expanding cellphone use and installing wireless Internet service in park hotels. Reporting from Yellowstone National Park -- Natural forces over ...
The future if Detroit falls
Post Date: 2008-11-17 08:48:30 by osi
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The failure of one or more of the Big Three automakers would put a huge initial dent in U.S. manufacturing, but in time, car companies from overseas would pick up the slack by stepping up production in their U.S. plants, many industry experts and economists say.
Whether Washington should let ...
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