I'm still betting on Newt to implode just in time for Iowa. Could be Ron Paul that sneaks in.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Photo: Woman in wheelchair engulfed in tear gas cloud at Occupy Oakland protest: http://bit.ly/vdwgsz
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Hundreds rally in support of Iranian opposition
(AP) http://ping.fm/L4KgPhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111022/ap_on_re_us/us_iran_opposition
(AP) http://ping.fm/L4KgPhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111022/ap_on_re_us/us_iran_opposition
Atlanta mayor issues 2nd ultimatum to Occupy Atlanta protesters to leave downtown park or be arrested http://ping.fm/tC2ho
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Thousands join NYC protest against corporate greed - San Francisco Chronicle http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE8b_jCZYA7bMOCL-acbTwmophsxw&url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/n/a/2011/10/16/national/a011511D41.DTL
Wall Street Protest Rallies at JPMorgan Branch to Close Accounts - San Francisco Chronicle http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHU2qSIUFXP320ty00UpnhbVUmy9w&url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f%3D/g/a/2011/10/16/bloomberg_articlesLT4AA607SXKX.DTL
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Police in Des Moines Take Different Approach than Iowa City, Arrest ‘#OccupyWallStreet’ Protesters http://bit.ly/qzcCfT
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Andrew M. Cuomo announced plans to give $400 million in taxpayer incentives to a host of corporate giants with a track record of outsourcing American jobs. http://bit.ly/rqdNrI
Friday, October 7, 2011
U.S. Park Police say second day of "occupation" of FreedomPlaza has been peaceful so far; no arrests. occupydc #o... http://ping.fm/sE31n
Thursday, October 6, 2011
US Turns Blind Eye To Colombia’s Questionable Human Rights Record: http://bit.ly/p5lKyX OccupyWallStreet OccupyDC
Central America murder rate near crisis point: U.N.
(Reuters) http://ping.fm/GIulvhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111006/wl_nm/us_un_homicide
(Reuters) http://ping.fm/GIulvhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111006/wl_nm/us_un_homicide
Pat Buchanan: Both Parties to Blame for Exporting Jobs which has Destroyed the Middle Class: http://bit.ly/oX2XUc
Unions lend muscle, resources to Wall St. protests - "We're in it together, and we're in it for the long haul.": http://bit.ly/q0Ufz4
Secret panel can put Americans on "kill list'
(Reuters) http://ping.fm/byxC3http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111006/ts_nm/us_cia_killlist
(Reuters) http://ping.fm/byxC3http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111006/ts_nm/us_cia_killlist
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Democrats Resist Colombia Free-Trade Accord on Lack of Worker Protection - Bloomberg http://ping.fm/KmjR9
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Construction spending increased 1.4 percent in August but remains well below healthy levels http://ping.fm/u70HC
Three Berlusconi Aides to Stand Trial for Allegedly Recruiting Women for Prostitution http://ping.fm/Je1SL
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Free Trade will not help workers in Colombia
This appears in the pro-right, pro-business Washington Times:
President Obama's recently mentioned that free trade agreements are pending approval in Congress. One of these is with Colombia, South America, the country where I was born and where I lived until I was 21 years old.
From that insiders perspective following is my personal knowledge flavored by my understanding of Colombian culture and politics. I also have definite views of what the Free Market treaties have done to our American economy.
Competing on a non-level playing ground has not been very successful for the American worker. Making goods in a country that has rational economic, labor, and environmental structures is a lot more expensive than in a country that doesn't have them.
This combined with very low labor costs makes competition very hard if not impossible.
Mothers With Depression 'Suffer In Silence'
Up to 35,000 mothers each year in England and Wales are struggling with post-natal depression and not getting the help they need, according to a charity poll.
Reports say Tibetans protest in southwest China
(AP) http://ping.fm/F77Mwhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111002/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet_protest
(AP) http://ping.fm/F77Mwhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111002/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet_protest
Saturday, October 1, 2011
United Auto Workers Overwhelmingly Vote Down Truck Maker Oshkosh's Contract Offer http://ping.fm/V0zwO
Friday, September 30, 2011
Syrian troops open fire at thousands of protesters rallying against regime, activists say; at least 7 wounded - @AP http://ping.fm/clMbQ
Asked if New York City will let the Wall Street protesters stay as long as they want, Mayor Michael Bloomberg repli... http://ping.fm/1ldXp
Income Falls In August For First Time In Nearly Two Years As Labor Market Stalls http://ping.fm/XKpGC
Thursday, September 29, 2011
US: Cyber attacks on utilities, industries rise
(AP) http://ping.fm/q2Qushttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110930/ap_on_bi_ge/us_cyber_defense
(AP) http://ping.fm/q2Qushttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110930/ap_on_bi_ge/us_cyber_defense
SOLARGATE II? Obama Gives $737 Million Dollar Loan To Solar Company Connected To Nancy Pelosi’s B… http://ping.fm/doPnv
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Daily Kos: Tom Tancredo accuses Rick Perry of secret Sharia conspiracy to turn Texas schools into madrasas http://ping.fm/IVtD5
Why Nader, Cornel West, Jonathan Kozol Seek Primary Challenges to Obama - The Nation. (blog) http://ping.fm/73KQM
Republican Virgina Governor Wants to Secede From the United States--Over Healthcare http://ping.fm/cOGnP
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
North Carolina Governor Suggests Suspending Elections to Spur Economic Solutions
Sounds like a good idea to me:
The solution to the nation's jobs crisis: suspend congressional elections?
That was the proposal put forward by North Carolina's governor, who was trying to make a point at a Rotary Club event that political considerations are hindering efforts in Washington to tackle unemployment and economic stagnation.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Why does Obama and Congress want to pass a free trade agreement with Columbia where workers are oppressed: http://bit.ly/pajMBd
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
UK Cabinet Secretary: Executive Pay should be curbed by shareholders: http://bbc.in/prUy3V Great idea! OccupyWallStreet
LIVE Streaming "Occupy Wall St." Protest Rally
LIVE Streaming "Occupy Wall St." Protest Rally
- If you can't be there in person you can watch the revolution as it happens online.
- If you can't be there in person you can watch the revolution as it happens online.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Support the struggle to restore America back to We The People. Support the "Occupy Wall Street" protest: http://on.fb.me/oHSi8t
Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Top Dem: Obama Plans to Run Against Bush Again in 2012: http://bit.ly/r0zXM9 He certainly can't on his record.
Head of the IMF: weak growth, high debt threatens global economy and has been worsened by dysfunctional politics: http://reut.rs/oiC36S
Ron Paul Wasn't Joking About Letting Uninsured People Die -- His Uninsured Staffer Died of Pneumonia: http://bit.ly/qoCLcI
In 2009, Perry mandated meningitis vaccines for all college students after getting donation from Novartis: http://bit.ly/n4JS5P
Zbigniew Brzezinski (on Morning Joe): We talk peace but we don't promote peace: http://bit.ly/oQvFPS
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
In 2001 speech, Perry praised Medicaid, urged study on providing health insurance to Mexicans: http://bit.ly/qogev2
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The poverty rate is the highest since 1983. Why does Obama have trouble mentioning the word 'poverty'?: http://bit.ly/nlp840
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Governor Paul LePage: not enough skilled workers. Me: Even less skilled politicians: http://bit.ly/o78tzW
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Stiglitz: "President wasn’t willing to fight... for the kind of stimulus that the economy really needed": http://bit.ly/oNLqKU
Monday, September 5, 2011
Solidarity March held at the the New York Sate Fair by the Greater Syracuse Labor Council. http://ping.fm/He69E
The American Middle Class Was Built By Unions And It Will Decline Without Them: http://bit.ly/oEiZd8
You still don't believe in Global Warming, Rick: "Fierce Texas wildfire destroys 300 homes": http://bit.ly/oHW8W2
Sunday, September 4, 2011
“Class warfare is being waged by politicians protecting the super rich — and they’re winning.”: http://bit.ly/rrV30N
"...for the first time since 1945, the net change in the number of new jobs created in August was exactly ... zero.": http://bit.ly/rd6ZKv
Saturday, September 3, 2011
This is what the American people are up against. Right-wing commentator: Poor people voting is ‘un-American’ http://bit.ly/r1J8cZ
Friday, September 2, 2011
Since 2001, the U.S. has lost 5 million manufacturing jobs due to free trade policies: http://bit.ly/qdImVY
Key warning sign of global financial stress now above extreme levels seen at height of Lehman crisis in 2008: http://bit.ly/pt9cIh
Obama has sold out again. This time he's preserved Bush's anti-Environment policies in order to appease big business: http://bit.ly/mVI0u8
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Melissa Harris Lacewell Calls for Racial Solidarity in Supporting President Obama: http://bit.ly/piYIJj
Monday, August 29, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
The hype over Hurricane Irene is overblown, predicts the CEO of Advanced Forecasting Corporation: http://bit.ly/r7Z4ML
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
AFL-CIO head: Labor to Ditch Democrats
AFL-CIO head: Labor to Ditch Democrats - Americans for Political Change
- Finally labor isn't going to be used by the Democratic Party. This is a major turning point in American labor.
- Finally labor isn't going to be used by the Democratic Party. This is a major turning point in American labor.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Protesters arrested outside White House in opposition to a proposed oil pipeline to the U.S. coming from Canada: http://bit.ly/p9LnLY
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Perry Says Texas Public Schools Teach Creationism… Which May Be In Violation Of The Constitution: http://bit.ly/o1sDXH
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Report: Over 100 former staffers of supercommittee members have moved to lobbying shops: http://ainn.ly/n21yTZ
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Ron Paul polls just 4 points below Obama if the two ran head-to-head
This is embarrassing for the President. Ron Paul is a fringe candidate with no chance of being the nominee of the Republican Party. This shows that unprincipled incumbent is vulnerable to a fringe candidate who stands on strong principles--even if offbeat:
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), among the most conservative members of the House and for many a long shot in the 2012 presidential race, would be only a 4-point underdog against President Obama at this time, according to a poll released Friday.Full article
Rasmussen is reporting that Obama is in a virtual tie with Mitt Romney; the former Massachusetts governor is polling 1 point ahead of the president. In polling of Romney versus Obama, the president received 42% compared with Romney's 43%, a tossup considering the margin of error.
Silent majority fed up with Washington
Silent majority fed up with Washington - CNN.com
The debate is dominated by the political extremes. Those on the far right would rather have the federal government default on its financial obligations than give ground on what is anathema to most conservatives: raising taxes. Those on the far left would rather risk default than give ground on what is anathema to most liberals: reducing entitlements.
Caught between these two extremes are those Americans who want their leaders to set aside ideology and do what's best for the country. This is America's silent majority. These are the Americans who watch ESPN and HGTV at night instead of MSNBC and Fox. They vote in most elections, although they've been known to miss a primary or two. If they contribute to a campaign, it's usually to a local candidate or a friend who's running for the school board.
Gunmen kill Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran
Gunmen kill Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran
Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an Iranian nuclear physicist on Saturday, Iranian media reports said, in a killing that bore similarities to other slayings of scientists involved in the country's nuclear work in recent years.The semi-official ISNA news agency identified the victim as Darioush Rezaei, a 35-year-old physics professor involved in Iran's nuclear program, and said he was shot dead in front of his home in Tehran. Iran's official IRNA news agency also reported the killing but had few details on the attack or the man's background.
U.S. wastes $34 billion in Afghan and Iraq contracting
That's money that could have gone towards reducing the debt.
http://ping.fm/bElIN
http://ping.fm/bElIN
Friday, July 22, 2011
Federal Spending In Ron Paul’s District Quadrupled In The Last Ten Years
Federal Spending In Ron Paul’s District Quadrupled In The Last Ten Years
THINK PROGRESS | JULY 22, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/NOHd
Federal spending in anti-government Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-TX) district has quadrupled since 1999 to more than $4 billion, ... read more
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REPORT: Number Of Tea Party Events Down More Than 50 Percent In 2011
REPORT: Number Of Tea Party Events Down More Than 50 Percent In 2011
THINK PROGRESS | JULY 22, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/NVqs
Last September, Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin answered critics who predicted that the movement would soon ... read more
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Harry Reid: House Taking A Weekend Off Could Cause Catastrophe
Harry Reid: House Taking A Weekend Off Could Cause Catastrophe
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JULY 21, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/MPm3
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are setting up a catastrophic U.S. default by deciding to take a weekend off while time to ... read more
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Friday, July 15, 2011
94-year-old upset by TSA pat down
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=8250625
A 94-year-old wheelchair-bound Florida woman says a search she went through at Raleigh/Durham International Airport went too far.Marian Peterson said it happened July 6 as she went through a TSA security checkpoint before boarding a flight home.
Peterson said she was selected for extra screening. First, security officers lifted her out of her wheelchair and helped her stand in a full body scanner. Then, she was given a physical pat down.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Gordon Brown says News International worked with criminals to spy on him
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/UKTopNews/~3/o249-4_pf8U/uk-newscorp-brown-hacking-idUKTRE76B1WD20110712
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday accused Rupert Murdoch's News International media group of using criminals to illegally obtain information about his private life and of the shock he felt when it published a story about his baby's ill health.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Mystery of twin's brain damage tied to wipes
Mystery of twin's brain damage tied to wipes
MSNBC | JULY 11, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/CZzO
For nearly four years, no one knew what caused the rare bacterial infection that left Myles Massey brain-damaged while his twin ... read more
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Bad bug: Gonorrhea strain resists all drugs
Bad bug: Gonorrhea strain resists all drugs
MSNBC | JULY 11, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/D04d
For several years, public health officials have been concerned that gonorrhea, one of the most prevalent STDs in the world, ... read more
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Pawlenty blasts Bachmann's 'nonexistent' record
Pawlenty blasts Bachmann's 'nonexistent' record
MSNBC | JULY 11, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/CViz
Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty said Sunday that 2012 rival Michele Bachmann has a "nonexistent" record of ... read more
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Labor Angered by Obama's willingness to cut Social Security in Debt ceiling Deal
http://www.facebook.com/Powor/posts/232826750071494
Unions are making it known that Social Security cuts are unacceptable to them and say they will lobby against any cuts to the popular entitlement program.“I think this is a huge political mistake for Democrats,” Chuck Loveless, legislative director for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), told The Hill.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
NY Times Column: The Unemployed Don't Matter to the Politicians
http://www.facebook.com/Powor/posts/182258555169249
What gives? And where, if anywhere, is the outrage?
The United States is in the grips of its gravest jobs crisis since Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House. Lose your job, and it will take roughly nine months to find a new one. That is off the charts. Many Americans have simply given up.
But unless you’re one of those unhappy 14 million, you might not even notice the problem. The budget deficit, not jobs, has been dominating the conversation in Washington. Unlike the hard-pressed in, say, Greece or Spain, the jobless in America seem, well, subdued. The old fire has gone out.
Wisconsin GOP Running Fake Democrats to Undermine Recall Elections
http://www.facebook.com/Powor/posts/109139399181199
It looks like allies of Wisconsin Republicans are growing so desperate that they’re resorting to sleazy dirty tricks in their last-ditch bid to help the GOP hang on to the state senate.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Scientist: NKorea paid Pakistanis for nuclear tech
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PAKISTAN_NKOREA_NUCLEAR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
The founder of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program claims that in the late 1990s North Korean officials paid kickbacks to senior Pakistani military figures in exchange for critical weapons technology.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Polifact: Gov. Scott Walker's Statement that “the largest deficit ever in Wisconsin” was 2 years ago, is false.
http://www.facebook.com/Powor/posts/213411672034845
Appearing on a national cable TV show viewed by some 269,000 people, Walker said the state’s largest structural deficit had come two years earlier, under his Democratic predecessor. He was off by seven years and a political party. We rate his statement False.
Since 2009, 88 Percent Of Income Growth Went To Corporate Profits, Just One Percent Went To Wages
http://www.facebook.com/Powor/posts/184152794975276
“Between the second quarter of 2009 and the fourth quarter of 2010, real national income in the U.S. increased by $528 billion. Pre-tax corporate profits by themselves had increased by $464 billion while aggregate real wages and salaries rose by only $7 billion or only .1%. Over this six quarter period, corporate profits captured 88% of the growth in real national income while aggregate wages and salaries accounted for only slightly more than 1% of the growth in real national income. …The absence of any positive share of national income growth due to wages and salaries received by American workers during the current economic recovery is historically unprecedented.”
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Transcript: President Obama News Conference (6-29-11)
Full Transcript. Excerpt Below:
Q There is some question about the constitutionality of the War Powers Act.
THE PRESIDENT: I’m just saying I don’t have to reach it. That’s a good legal answer.
Q (Inaudible.)
THE PRESIDENT: Let me start by saying that this administration, under my direction, has consistently said we cannot discriminate as a country against people on the basis of sexual orientation. And we have done more in the two and a half years that I’ve been in here than the previous 43 Presidents to uphold that principle, whether it’s ending “don’t ask, don’t tell,” making sure that gay and lesbian partners can visit each other in hospitals, making sure that federal benefits can be provided to same-sex couples. Across the board — hate crimes — we have made sure that that is a central principle of this administration, because I think it’s a central principle of America.
Now, what we’ve also done is we’ve said that DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional. And so we’ve said we cannot defend the federal government poking its nose into what states are doing and putting the thumb on the scale against same-sex couples.
What I’ve seen happen over the last several years, and what happened in New York last week I think was a good thing, because what you saw was the people of New York having a debate, talking through these issues. It was contentious; it was emotional; but, ultimately, they made a decision to recognize civil marriage. And I think that’s exactly how things should work.
And so I think it is — I think it is important for us to work through these issues — because each community is going to be different and each state is going to be different — to work through them. In the meantime, we filed a — we filed briefs before the Supreme Court that say we think that any discrimination against gays, lesbians, transgenders is subject to heightened scrutiny, and we don’t think that DOMA is unconstitutional [sic]. And so I think the combination of what states are doing, what the courts are doing, the actions that we’re taking administratively, all are how the process should work.
Q Are you at all uncomfortable that there could be different rules in different states, you know, and for somebody to make the argument that’s what we saw during segregation –
THE PRESIDENT: Chuck, I think what you’re seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they’ve got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out. It’s not going to be perfectly smooth, and it turns out that the President — I’ve discovered since I’ve been in this office — can’t dictate precisely how this process moves. But I think we’re moving in a direction of greater equality and I think that’s a good thing.
CBSNews: Poll: Many say economy is in permanent decline
CBSNews: Poll: Many say economy is in permanent decline http://bit.ly/lFlLal
--http://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/86224351032119297
--http://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/86224351032119297
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Politfact: Michelle Bachmann has a Problem with the Truth
This is why she's a flake. Bachmann is charlatan who's made a career of saying anything that would promote her political ambitions:
SCHIEFFER: I want to ask you about something else. A lot of your critics say you have been very fast and loose with the truth.
You know, the PolitiFact, which is a website that won a Pulitzer, did an analysis of 23 statements that you made recently. Of these 23, only one they said was completely true. Seven they call "pants on fire" kind of falsehoods. Four were "barely true" and two were "half- true."
Gaza activists say ship sabotaged in Greece
- I wonder who was doing the sabotaging. It's disputes like this could end up dragging us all into a world war.
Gaza activists say ship sabotaged in Greece http://bit.ly/iwf6mM Shared with News Republic (http://us.news-republic.com)
Boeing, NLRB: Congressional Republicans interfere with NLRB case that involves Boeing
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20110626,0,1425491.column
The NLRB is looking into whether Boeing chose to establish a manufacturing plant for its new 787 airliner in South Carolina to punish its unionized workers in Everett, Wash., which would be illegal. But the board is months, if not years, away from making any such determination or taking any concrete action against Boeing. An administrative law judge convened a hearing June 14, but thus far has heard not a single word of testimony.
Republican Party of the Rich Plunged us into Deficits before Obama
http://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2011/06/republican-party-of-rich-plunged-us.html
The failure of our leaders to offer realistic budget proposals was a major reason I decided to retire after 28 years in Congress, most of them as a professional staff member on the Republican side of both the House and Senate Budget Committees. My party talks a good game, railing about the immorality of passing debt on to our children. But the same Congressional Budget Office that punctured Obama's budget also concluded that the major policies that swung the budget from a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion in 2001 to the present 10-year deficit of $6.2 trillion were Republican in origin.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Bachmann: Fox apology not accepted
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/aVXFLikKUeU/
Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota didn't exactly accept an apology from Fox News' Chris Wallace following an interaction she felt was "insulting" on "Fox News Sunday." Wallace asked Bachmann "Are you a flake?" in a Sunday interview and later apologized via web video.
Flood berm bursts at Neb. nuclear plant
Flood berm bursts at Neb. nuclear plant
CNN TOP STORIES | JUNE 26, 2011
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/as73RL22HwU/index.html
A water-filled berm protecting a nuclear power plant in Nebraska from rising floodwaters collapsed Sunday, according to a ... read more
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Nighttime or violent TV tied to tots' sleep woes
Nighttime or violent TV tied to tots' sleep woes (AP)
YAHOO NEWS | JUNE 27, 2011
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pulse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110627/ap_on_he_me/us_med_tv_and_sleep
AP - If your preschooler can't sleep — turn off the violence and nighttime TV. read more
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Spectacular discoveries in New Guinea
Spectacular discoveries in New Guinea (AFP)
YAHOO NEWS | JUNE 27, 2011
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pulse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110627/sc_afp/pngindonesiapapuabiodiversityenvironmentwwf
AFP - A frog with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 new species recently found on the ... read more
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Chaos in Yemen Creates Opening for Islamist Gangs
Chaos in Yemen Creates Opening for Islamist Gangs
THE NEW YORK TIMES | JUNE 27, 2011
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e9728ce24e18bc9d206e791a42e66327
The port city of Aden is now surrounded by roving gangs who have captured at least two towns, stormed prisons and looted banks ... read more
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Billionaires give big to new 'super PACS'
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/26/6951682-billionaires-give-big-to-new-super-pacs
The outside role a small number of extremely wealthy donors is playing in the run up to the 2012 elections is highlighted by the first early finance reports of the new campaign cycle filed late last week by two so-called "super PACs " — political groups that can raise unlimited amounts from individuals, corporations and labor unions.
Michele Bachmann denies benefiting from government aid
http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/nation/~3/D6KrsGA7dWY/la-na-michele-bachmann-20110627,0,3115941.story
As the Minnesota Republican kicks off her run for the presidential nomination, she responds to a Los Angeles Times report about federal money that went to her family's farm and her husband's counseling clinic.Rep. Michele Bachmann deflected allegations Sunday that she and her immediate family had benefited from government assistance despite her demands to cut the federal budget, saying hundreds of thousands of dollars for her family farm and a counseling clinic went to employees and her in-laws.
China's Great Swindle: How Public Officials Stole $120 Billion and Fled the Country
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110626/wl_time/08599207975600
A report by China's central bank found that thousands of Chinese government officials have smuggled billions out of the country and fled, mainly to the U.S., highlights "the corruption within a corrupt system"
Republican Romney to tap ex-pat wealth in London
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/26/us-usa-campaign-romney-idUSTRE75P11620110626?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Politics+News%29
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney takes his fund-raising machine to London next month, holding a reception aimed at wealthy American expatriates working at banks and hedge funds.
A handful of London fund-raisers were held during the 2008 presidential election cycle, but Romney's event, scheduled for July 6, will be the earliest ever of its kind.
The reception will be held at Dartmouth House, an opulent mansion in the heart of Mayfair that is often used for weddings and conferences.
The suggested contribution to the "Romney for President" campaign is $2,500, according to an invitation seen by Reuters. Under U.S. law, only American citizens and green card holders can contribute.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Did Russian mafia kill MI6 Gareth Williams, who was developing secret technology to track gangsters' laundered cash
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2008187/Did-Russian-mafia-kill-body-bag-spy-MI6-man-Gareth-Williams-dead-holdall-London-developing-secret-technology-track-gangsters-laundered-cash.html?ITO=1490
The MI6 agent found dead in a holdall at his London flat was working on secret technology to target Russian criminal gangs who launder stolen money through Britain.
The revelation adds weight to claims that Gareth Williams was killed because of his secret work and raises the possibility that the Russian mafia has targeted British spies.
Obama: U.S. can't "cut our way to prosperity"
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/USVideoTopNews/~3/cEcCp0-qo4M/obama-us-cant-cut-our-way-to-prosperity
Nor can we spend our way to prosperity. Especially when you have nothing to spend. And you tried that with no positive results for the American people.
Poll: People divided on looming debt crisis
We need to be worried:
Americans seem not to have awakened to the fast-looming debt crisis that could summon a new recession, imperil their stock market investments and shatter faith in the world's most powerful economy. Those are among the implications, both sudden and long-lasting, expected to unfold if the U.S. defaults on debt payments for the first time in history.
Facing an August deadline for raising the country's borrowing limit or setting loose the consequences, politicians and economists are plenty alarmed. The people? Apparently not so much.
They're divided on whether the raised the limit, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that found 41 percent opposed to the idea and 38 percent in favor.
People aren't exactly blase. A narrow majority in the poll expects an economic crisis to ensue if the U.S., maxed out on its borrowing capacity, starts missing interest payments to creditors. But even among that group, 37 percent say no dice to raising the limit.
Economic message eludes Obama
- He has no message
Economic message eludes Obama
POLITICO | JUNE 24, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/m7Yr
A gloomy economy and a "winning the future" mantra adds up to be a messaging minefield. read more
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Tea Party Splits On Contentious Issue
Tea Party Splits On Contentious Issue
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JUNE 24, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/mJOE
WASHINGTON — The House's tea party caucus split on a major foreign policy vote Friday – whether to cut ... read more
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Texas Considers Allowing Confederate Flag On License Plates...
Texas Considers Allowing Confederate Flag On License Plates...
DRUDGE REPORT | JUNE 24, 2011
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DrudgeReportFeed/~3/mOlbCQ7M1nw/
Texas Considers Allowing Confederate Flag On License Plates...(Second column, 1st story, link) read more
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Hacker Group Posts Arizona Police Documents...
Hacker Group Posts Arizona Police Documents...
DRUDGE REPORT | JUNE 24, 2011
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DrudgeReportFeed/~3/bqqJyrNgfmM/SB10001424052702303339904576404480859517792.html
Hacker Group Posts Arizona Police Documents...(First column, 5th story, link) read more
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
CHART: Corporate Tax Holiday Pushed By GOP Increases The Amount Of Money Corporations Invest Offshore
CHART: Corporate Tax Holiday Pushed By GOP Increases The Amount Of Money Corporations Invest Offshore
THINK PROGRESS | JUNE 23, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/lGsF
Several Congressional Republicans have been promoting the idea of enacting a tax repatriation holiday, which would allow ... read more
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Herman Cain: Reporters Who Quote Me Are ‘Stupid’
Herman Cain: Reporters Who Quote Me Are ‘Stupid’
THINK PROGRESS | JUNE 23, 2011
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/06/23/252882/herman-cain-reporters-stupid/
Taking a page from Newt “Any ad which quotes what I said Sunday is a falsehood” Gingrich, presidential candidate ... read more
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CBO: Debt Explosion Coming
CBO: Debt Explosion Coming
NEWSER | HEADLINE NEWS SUMMARIES, WORLD NEWS, AND BREAKING NEWS | JUNE 23, 2011
http://www.newser.com/story/121719/cbo-debt-explosion-coming.html
Ballooning entitlements threaten to push the national debt bigger than the entire US economy by 2021, and twice that size ... read more
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Criticizes Obama's Troop Withdrawal Plan
Joint Chiefs Chairman Criticizes Obama's Troop Withdrawal Plan
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JUNE 23, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/lplh
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military's top officer told Congress on Thursday that President Barack Obama's decision to ... read more
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Newsweek: Americans Will Work for 25 Cents an Hour
Newsweek: Americans Will Work for 25 Cents an Hour
NEWSER | HEADLINE NEWS SUMMARIES, WORLD NEWS, AND BREAKING NEWS | JUNE 22, 2011
http://www.newser.com/story/121654/newsweek-americans-will-work-for-25-cents-an-hour.html
The minimum wage in America may officially be $7.25, but in fact there are Americans willing to work online for as little as 25 ... read more
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
60 al Qaeda prisoners escape from Yemeni jail...
60 al Qaeda prisoners escape from Yemeni jail...
DRUDGE REPORT | JUNE 22, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/k72i
60 al Qaeda prisoners escape from Yemeni jail...(First column, 8th story, link) read more
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Man flies US AIRWAYS in women's underwear!
- Where do you draw the line? There are differences between men and women.
Man flies US AIRWAYS in women's underwear!
DRUDGE REPORT | JUNE 22, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/k6uZ
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Jets nearly collide at JFK after pilot ignores air-traffic controller...
Jets nearly collide at JFK after pilot ignores air-traffic controller...
DRUDGE REPORT | JUNE 22, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/k53K
Jets nearly collide at JFK after pilot ignores air-traffic controller...(First column, 3rd story, link) read more
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Union Files Complaint Against GOP Senator
Union Files Complaint Against GOP Senator
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JUNE 21, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/jyEP
WASHINGTON — The union representing Boeing Co. workers in Washington state has filed an ethics complaint against Sen. ... read more
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Al Gore Blasts Obama For Failing To Combat Climate Change
Al Gore Blasts Obama For Failing To Combat Climate Change
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JUNE 22, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/k5al
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore is going where few environmentalists - and fellow Democrats - have gone ... read more
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
North Carolina man robs store so he can get health care in prison
North Carolina man robs store so he can get health care in prison
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | JUNE 21, 2011
http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/home/~3/iovLNAz7a-s/2011-06-21_north_carolina_man_robs_store_for_a_dollar_so_he_can_get_health_care_in_prison_f.html
A North Carolina man robbed a local store for a dollar just so he could get health care in prison, he said. read more
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Fliers give airlines poor marks on customer service
Fliers give airlines poor marks on customer service
MSNBC | JUNE 21, 2011
http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=b4762c74d6fcc0d153c4196ebd7a3f63
Air travelers continue to be dissatisfied with the flying experience, according to a new report from the American Customer ... read more
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Manhunt for drug fiend who killed 4
Manhunt for drug fiend who killed 4
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | JUNE 20, 2011
http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/home/~3/PV9Qeq934cg/2011-06-20_manhunt_underway_for_drug_fiend_who_shot_killed_four_people_at_close_range_in_lo.html
A massive manhunt spread across Long Island on Monday for the cold-blooded drug fiend who massacred four people - shooting them ... read more
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'Scared to Death': KBR Worker Says She Was Drugged, Raped
'Scared to Death': KBR Worker Says She Was Drugged, Raped
ABC NEWS | JUNE 21, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/iwgF
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Home sales sink to lowest level of the year
Home sales sink to lowest level of the year
MSNBC | JUNE 21, 2011
http://pheedo.msnbc.msn.com/click.phdo?i=14afb84282e42f850baf36f62c62b141
Fewer Americans purchased previously occupied homes in May, bringing sales down to their lowest level of the year. read more
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Recalls of Imported Foods Are Flawed, a Government Audit Reports
Recalls of Imported Foods Are Flawed, a Government Audit Reports
THE NEW YORK TIMES | JUNE 21, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/iMT7
The F.D.A. is often failing to ensure that contaminated goods from abroad are withdrawn promptly from the nation’s food supply, ... read more
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Politically Tied Lawyers Win Jobs Handling Foreclosures in the City
Politically Tied Lawyers Win Jobs Handling Foreclosures in the City
THE NEW YORK TIMES | JUNE 21, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/iRqj
The foreclosure crisis has caused a surge in the number of court-appointed receivers for distressed properties in New York, and ... read more
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"Newsweek: The Rich Get Richer While the Middle Class Gets Poorer--and the Economic Inequality is Bankrupting Social Security
John Rivera (@Jobrny) has shared a Tweet with you:
"Newsweek: The Rich Get Richer While the Middle Class Gets Poorer--and the Economic Inequality is Bankrupting Social Security http://thebea.st/jlkVVb"
--http://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/82898522898300928
Monday, June 20, 2011
Dem Rep: Latinos Shouldn't Vote For Obama If Demands Aren't Met
Dem Rep: Latinos Shouldn't Vote For Obama If Demands Aren't Met
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JUNE 20, 2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/luis-gutierrez-lays-out-plans-for-deportation-relief_n_880643.html?ir=Divorce=pulse=direct
WASHINGTON -- In a meeting with bloggers last week, longtime immigrant rights advocate Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) said ... read more
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ANOTHER ANTI-UNION BILL ADVANCES
ANOTHER ANTI-UNION BILL ADVANCES
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JUNE 20, 2011
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/new-jersey-union-bill-app_n_880617.html?ir=Divorce=pulse=direct
TRENTON, N.J. — Bucking the state's powerful public employee unions, the New Jersey Senate on Monday passed a ... read more
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Still No Action From Obama On Gun Control In Wake Of Giffords Shooting
- Like with so many issues Obama has done nothing or very little. This President, like the Congress, are totally fearful of the NRA. They won't even act to protect themselves if it means endangering their reelection chances.
Still No Action From Obama On Gun Control In Wake Of Giffords Shooting
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JUNE 20, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/hVGw
WASHINGTON — More than five months after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head, the White House has yet to ... read more
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
Impersonator mocks Obama, Gingrich at GOP forum (AP)
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110619/ap_on_el_ge/us_republicans_obama_parody
A Barack Obama impersonator was ushered off the stage after he mocked the Republican presidential hopefuls and joked about the real president's biracial roots to a room full of conservative activists Saturday.The Republican Leadership Conference turned the podium over to impersonator Reggie Brown, who drew raucous applause from the GOP's supporters when he projected lewd photos of Rep. Anthony Weiner, the New York Democrat who just resigned after the furor over his sexually charged online dalliances with a former porn actress and other women.
Brown later played up the mass exodus of advisers to candidate Newt Gingrich's campaign and said Gingrich's supporters "are dropping faster than Anthony Weiner's pants."
The audience grew more uncomfortable when Brown turned to the candidates who are looking to make Obama a one-term president.
The impersonator took a shot at former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, saying Pawlenty missed the conference because "he's having his foot surgically removed from his mouth."
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Ohio Set to Allow Concealed Guns in Bars, Restaurants
- Nothing could be more insane than allowing armed people into a bar.http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1308427985
Friday, June 17, 2011
NRSC pays off $6.5 million credit line
NRSC pays off $6.5 million credit line
POLITICO | JUNE 16, 2011
http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=021ed3956ccb1ea4f3061b561dee809d
Officials say it is the first of the party committees to wipe out its debt this cycle. read more
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THE TEA PARTY'S IDENTITY CRISIS
THE TEA PARTY'S IDENTITY CRISIS
HUFFINGTON POST: POLITICS | JUNE 16, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/eOzH
ROCHESTER, NH -- Inside the long, low-slung white church here, close to the Maine state line and about 20 minutes from the ... read more
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Al Qaeda-related statements, backpack found in suspicious vehicle stopped near Pentagon
Al Qaeda-related statements, backpack found in suspicious vehicle stopped near Pentagon
NEW YORK POST | JUNE 17, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/fe52
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Authorities found al Qaeda-related statements, a backpack containing ammonium nitrate, and spent 9mm shells ... read more
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Saudi women drivers stage protest - BBC News
Saudi women drivers stage protest - BBC News
GOOGLE NEWS TOP STORIES | JUNE 17, 2011
http://pulse.me/s/6Bxj
New York Times (blog)Saudi women drivers stage protestBBC NewsWomen in Saudi Arabia have been openly driving cars in defiance ... read more
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Hill leaders ride stock market riches
Hill leaders ride stock market riches
POLITICO | JUNE 15, 2011
http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=a05d384825ba446c2abdf8ec0bfbf9a2
Financial disclosures show that top congressional officials had a good year financially. read more
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One Trend Among GOP Freshmen: Debt
One Trend Among GOP Freshmen: Debt
NEWSER | HEADLINE NEWS SUMMARIES, WORLD NEWS, AND BREAKING NEWS | JUNE 16, 2011
http://www.newser.com/story/121201/one-trend-among-gop-freshmen-debt.html
Republican freshmen in Congress say they're serious about tackling the US debt—but when it comes to their own personal debt, ... read more
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Obama donors net government jobs
- Patronage is alive and well in Washington. And Obama plays the game with the best if them.
Obama donors net government jobs
POLITICO | JUNE 15, 2011
http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=2062ae6e2d103a23b0e25f283446a654
Nearly 200 of the president's top contributors have landed plum administration and advisory posts. read more
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Women Dying Younger ... in Parts of US
Women Dying Younger ... in Parts of US
NEWSER | HEADLINE NEWS SUMMARIES, WORLD NEWS, AND BREAKING NEWS | JUNE 16, 2011
http://www.newser.com/story/121094/women-expected-to-die-earlier-in-some-parts-of-us.html
If you're a woman living in Madison County, Mississippi, you might want to consider moving. Females in certain parts of the ... read more
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Citigroup says hacking affected 360K credit cards
- Those big profits big business is making are obviously not going towards increasing their cyber-security.
Citigroup says hacking affected 360K credit cards
NEW YORK POST | JUNE 16, 2011
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/citigroup_says_hacking_affected_HgEYBqjltwFNhJka6SIMPP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=
Citigroup said that about 360,000 credit card customers were affected by last month's hacking attack, or nearly double the ... read more
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