- Just like a typical politician.
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Obama's Bogus Explanation For Economic Troubles
Obama's Bogus Explanation For Economic Troubles
- Just like a typical politician.
- Just like a typical politician.
Jailed US spy sent secrets to Moscow while in prison
Why wasn't this scum executed
A former CIA agent jailed for spying for Russia in 1997 had eight years added to his prison term Tuesday, after admitting using his son to pass more secrets to Moscow while behind bars.
Harold James Nicholson, 59, is serving over 23 years in the northwest state of Oregon, but has admitted to passing information during prison visits by his son Nathaniel, who then traveled abroad, from 2006 to December 2008.
'World must protect Palestinians from Israeli violence'
And Palestinian violence, as well:
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk has called on the global community to protect the Palestinians from excessive Israeli violence.
“It is time for the international community to step in and offer this long-vulnerable Palestinian population protection against the violence perpetrated by Israeli authorities,” Falk said in a statement on Friday.
Rant against politicians lands Nobel laureate in court in Bangladesh
And I'm sure that the government deserved criticism.
Micro-credit pioneer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus appeared in a Bangladesh court Tuesday on a defamation charge for reportedly criticizing politicians four years ago, court officials said.
The state prosecutor for Mymensingh district court, Wazedul Islam, confirmed Yunus' appearance, saying he "appeared in a defamation suit filed in January 2007."
Video: FBI: Bomb found on MLK march route
Why isn't frontpage news? I didn't hear a thing about until a day later:
A backpack found along the route of the Martin Luther King Jr. march in Spokane contained a bomb "capable of inflicting multiple casualties," the FBI said Tuesday, describing the case as "domestic terrorism."
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Afghanistan's push to tax U.S. contractors could renew tensions
Afghanistan's push to tax U.S. contractors could renew tensions
- Tell me again why we are supporting the corrupt government in Kabul.
The Afghan government is ramping up efforts to tax U.S. contractors operating there - an effort that could raise millions for the cash-strapped government but could also provoke fresh confrontation with the United States, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.
Taxation of U.S. government assistance is barred by U.S. law, as well as by a number of bilateral accords between Afghanistan and the United States. But the wording in the documents is vague, and the two governments disagree on what "tax-exempt" means.
- Tell me again why we are supporting the corrupt government in Kabul.
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US on verge of approving NBC-Comcast deal: report
Apparently no one in the government seems to realize that greater concentration of media in fewer hands is a bad thing:
US regulators were on the verge of approving cable giant Comcast's purchase of entertainment titan NBC Universal and could announce the deal as early as Tuesday, a US newspaper reported.
The Wall Street Journal's website, citing unnamed sources, said Monday that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials spent the weekend making last-minute revisions to an order clearing the deal.
Poll: Little Support for Gun Control
That means we will continue to have mass shootings and national tragedies. When will we learn? The next time it could be President Obama.
Most Americans have not changed their views on gun control following the shooting nine days ago in Tucson, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll out Monday.
Sixty-nine percent of those polled said the shooting that left six dead and injured 13, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), has not changed their opinion on gun control. Twenty-eight percent said the shooting has made them “more likely” to support stricter controls on the sale of firearms, while 3 percent were “less likely.”
Why America's credit rating might be cut, and why it matters
We are on the verge of financial catastrophe:
Two major credit-rating firms have warned that the U.S. is at risk of losing its AAA rating. Analysts at Moody's and Standard & Poor said the U.S. credit rating — currently at the highest possible level — could be downgraded if the country continues on its present course. The U.S. national debt is around $14 trillion and rising, and the government must pay over $200 billion a year just to service it. The credit agencies worry that the U.S. is not doing enough to shrink its debt levels. The consequences of a downgrade could devastate the U.S. economy. Is this really a possibility, and should we be worried?
UN agency warns of shortfall in fight on hunger
UN agency warns of shortfall in fight on hunger
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Oprah Owns Piers Morgan in CNN Debut
So much for the second British invasion:
If he'd watched this, Ricky Gervais might just have needed a very large handkerchief.
The debut of fellow Englishman Piers Morgan's talk show on CNN, the one in which he officially succeeded Larry King, showed none of Gervais' pointed exposition of celebrity at the Golden Globes.
Instead, Morgan's debut was a wonderful advertisement.
A wonderful advertisement for Oprah Winfrey's new OWN TV channel.
It was an advertisement in which Piers Morgan largely served as the announcer.
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