20/Jun 2008 | Georgia on His Mind | Barack Obama must be pleased as a peach. Yesterday morning, the presumptive Democratic nominee ditched his pledge to accept a grant (and a spending cap) of $85 million in public money for the general ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Will the Real Flip-Flopper Please Stand Up? | He's watched. John Kerry--soldier, senator, disappointing Democratic presidential nominee--can at long last to do what he has dreamed since Nov. You could almost hear the sweet, vengeful satisfaction ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | GOP delegates cast ballots for national convention | Rafter's body found along Dearborn River. GOP delegates cast ballots for national convention. GOP delegates cast ballots for national convention. GOP delegates cast ballots for national convention. GO... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Sparks Fly at Black Caucus Meeting | A Thursday afternoon meeting between Sen., and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus grew tense and emotional for a moment -- perhaps illustrating that weeks after Sen., suspended her presid... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Fallon's blog | Every so often we get to read one of those posts about how awesome ProgressiveU is. Where else do you get to discuss really important things with really awesome people that you would otherwise never h... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Davis shares platform with | 21/06/2008 04:15 Former Tory front-bencher David Davis is to share a platform with veteran left-winger Tony Benn as he continues his bid to be re-elected to the House of Commons. Mr Davis returned to ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bush Arrives In N.C. For McCrory Fundraiser | RALEIGH, N. -- President Bush came to North Carolina to help raise money for Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory's gubernatorial campaign. Bush arrived late Friday afternoon for the private event at the home ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Schmuck vs Schmuck | Barack Obama. Glenn : Obama has obviously calculated that sacrificing the rule of law and the Fourth Amendment is a worthwhile price to pay to bolster his standing a tiny bit in a couple of swing stat... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Ex-attorney general defends campaign-fund expenditures | San Francisco and a pricey security system at his home were legitimate. Dann was responding to a May 30 letter from Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner's office that questioned more than $89,000 in ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | St. Paul and cops gear up for worst at GOP convention | But protesters say the threat is being hyped to prevent them from exercising their free speech. Democratic convention director of volunteers quits. Paul police get handle on convention traffic pattern... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Comments (4 so far) | Today at his blog , Oregonian reporter Jeff Mapes takes a swipe at the DSCC for poking fun at Gordon Smith's uber expensive golf clubs: Once again, the Democrats are accusing Sen. The Democratic Senat... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Take the party outdoors with 15 great ideas for summer fiestas | Your America. Choose an Unusual Location An outdoor site provides the best atmosphere of all for a party. Throw a romantic party on the water aboard a yacht or sailboat. Kids and grownups alike will l... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Cleland nominated for state Superior Court | On Friday, Gov. Ed Rendell nominated McKean County President Judge John M. Cleland to fill a vacancy on the state Superior Court. If confirmed, the judge may be one of the first from a rural area to s... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama: A Zionist President? | And I deeply understood the Zionist idea that there is always a homeland at the centre of our story . Just after winning the Democratic presidential nomination on 04 June 2008, Senator Barack Obama k... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | A Mississippi tidbit (a follow-up to our Kentucky one) | We never would have imagined that our brief item on Kentucky's Magoffin County -- the least demographically diverse community in the nation and site of Hillary Clinton's best showing, percentage-wise,... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | TruthIsTreasonComplianceIsPatriotic | We're in the thick of a pretty intense presidential campaign, but that doesn't mean all the scores from the 2004 election have been settled. Veterans who served with John Kerry during the Vietnam War... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Industry leaders talk green | Industry leaders talk green STAFF REPORT DANVILLE A town hall meeting from 6-8 p. Wednesday at the Danville Area Community College Bremer Conference and Workforce Development Center will offer the co... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bradley, Stephen slam each other in GOP debate | 10:37 PMDOVER Now that the presidential nominees have been decided, New Hampshire voters will have time to concentrate on some of the important statewide and regional races. If the initial debate be... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Hands-On Report: Is Too Human the Xbox 360's Haze? | Last night Microsoft held a little Too Human event, giving the Australian games journalist scene an opportunity to get some hands-on time with the highly anticipated release. In production for a whopp... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Ethnic Minority Elites in China s Party-State Leadership | INTRODUCTION In the wake of the recent unrest in Tibet, ethnic tensions in China are in the spotlight of the international media. The overseas torch rally for the Beijing Summer Olympics, which was su... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bob Ostertag: Obama, Money, and a Campaign Finance Proposal | Just to calm your tempers a bit, let me state from the start that my intention here is neither to endorse nor criticize . Barack Obama 's decision to opt out of public campaign financing. What I want... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Gerson's Fallacy | Poulos counters: A calculating and practical liberal administration will be much less of a torment for conservatives interested in clarifying and revitalizing their intellectual position than an admin... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCrory campaign banking on un | Home. Party faithful greet president at private Raleigh fundraiser . Security tight for Bush appearance at McCrory fundraiser. President to honor Clayton teen with volunteer award. Security was tigh... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The Demonization Begins | The Republicans are] going to try to make you afraid of me. 'He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?' [SNIP] That old stuff just divides us," he said. Oba... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Be ready for general elections, Himachal BJP tells its cadre | Himachal Pradesh, India, 07:30 AM IST The Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit has asked its cadre to be ready for the forthcoming parliamentary elections. At a two-day state BJP executi... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Town to discuss the arts | Artists are encouraged to attend a town hall meeting at 6 p. The meeting is an opportunity for people to express the needs of the community. The meeting is the first step in developing an arts council... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Proposed $75 million tax | Pike Place Market Public Development Authority Executive Director Carol Binder says a levy would pay for only pressing needs. Backers of a $75 million tax levy for repairs and upgrades at Pike Place ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Moot point | I'd like to clarify that I'm gay, but I most likely won't be voting Republican next year. Instead I'd like to understand and question the thoughts of those that do. I actually agree with most Republic... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | SAG, majors break for the weekend | SAG and the majors have recessed their feature-primetime talks for the weekend, with negotiations set to resume Monday. Meanwhile, Hollywood is increasingly doubtful that negotiators can reach a deal ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Newport council's new cabinet revealed | WE can reveal the prospective line-up of Newport city councillors who will be making the big decisions that will affect the city in the future. A coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are s... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Olympic torch starts controversial Tibet leg | Chris Buckley LHASA, China (Reuters) - The Beijing Olympic torch began passing through Tibet's capital Lhasa on Saturday in a three-hour display of Chinese national unity that organisers hope will wi... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | A High School Student with an Idea: Offset Carbon Emissions for All | Taylor Bates, a recent high school graduate from Williston, Vermont, knew the competition to be a delegate to the Democratic National Convention would be tough. With nearly 200 people competing for 23... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Nick Clegg: Democracy? What a great idea | Politics is in deep trouble. The vast power of the Government has reduced Parliament to little more than a bizarre theme park and voters have lost faith with a system that doesn't represent them. Re... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The Big Lock-Up | We can never forget that everything that Hitler did in Germany was legal, and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did was illegal. It was illegal to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler s Germa... Read » |
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20/Jun 2008 | Obama Says, "No Thanks," to Public Campaign Cash | Filed under: Politics ksatproducer @ 4:28 pm Tags: barack obama , cnn , democrat , general election , john mccain , karin caifa. I have an important announcement and I wanted all of you - the people... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Stepmom | MeeVee works best when you tell us what you like. Would you like to save Stepmom as your first interest? . A career woman tries to win over her new beau's kids, and gets no help from the children's n... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | FISA stall | By Al Giordano I m convinced after having watched the bad-to-pathetic behavior over the past week by the former aspiring Mall Cops of the Ex-Field that much more threatening to them than my innocuous... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Neal's political future in jeopardy | BELINDA NEAL'S future in the Labor Party is in jeopardy because of explosive allegations to be aired by a former employee about the Iguanas affair. Melissa Batten, who quit the federal MP's staff last... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The Prius Liberal | In our advertising-driven society, political candidates have to carefully define their brands. A marketing expert explains how it's done and how it can go wrong. When groundbreaking adman Tony Schwar... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Study: Get the word out about COLT | Lebanon County has a good public-transit system, but not enough people know about it or use it. That is the conclusion of a nine-month transportation study and resulting business plan created to impro... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Leading article: Even amid the horror, an election is still the best way to oust this tyrant | The benighted country of Zimbabwe has entered the last days of campaigning before next Friday's poll. As recently as a week ago it was hard to imagine how the circumstances of this presidential run-of... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Last Night: Partied with Housewives, Anna Wintour, and Gossip Girls | Founder and main dude at Fashion Indie, Daniel Saynt began his career in fashion at the tender age of 14, when he worked in the stockroom for some unnamed fashion whorehouse. His distaste for the main... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Gagging On Gag Orders | By Jack McLeman Labour Columnist PORT ALBERNI So when is a gag order not a gag order? The government brought in Bill 42 at the end of the spring sitting of the legislature with a small amendment. In... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Democratic governors meet with Obama | BackTalk BLOG He's baaaack (6/18/2008 16:19:57 PM) Conquering cancer and heart failure BLOG This blog reaches a proud milestone (6/17/2008 19:33:58 PM) Eye on Rezko BLOG Rezko: Judge releases hold on ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | John Radaker | Socks on the airplane have been the subject of many conversations in the galley. As well as the cause of a flight attendant nightmare or two. Personally, I don't care what you wear - shoes, socks, eve... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Green City: Sustainability | The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition is preparing for its second town hall meeting on Wednesday. This one is slated to focus on reports by 12 work groups formed in March: Community Inclusiveness, Ec... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Mexico City Pilgrimage to Protest Abortion Law to be Held this Sunday | The Archdiocese of Mexico City will hold a pilgrimage this Sunday through the heart of the nation's capital to celebrate the right to life and to protest against a city ordinance that permits abortion... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Everett W | Much attention, understandably, is being paid to the notes Barack Obama sounds in his first general election television ad, which starts running Friday and can be viewed here . Its emphasis on family... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Sarah's blog | Former Governor Mark White spoke about the loss. Texas authorities are looking for the perpetrator, and offering a $50K reward. (I know this is a FoxNews video; their Austin station just happened to d... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Nepal's CPN-M ministers resign | The ministers belonging to Nepal's Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) Friday evening tendered their joint resignation after a ruling seven-party meeting failed to reach a consensus on power-sha... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | FSM Host Health Promotion Meet | 11:55] One of the key features of the Health Promotion Technical Meeting will be the "Health Promotion Market Place". Fiji School of Medicine will be hosting a Health Promotion Technical meeting at it... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Stargazer From Savavannah, Georgia | Posted by WLS: This has probably been read by most here already. But it pretty much lays on the table what critics of Obama s politics of fakery have been saying about him for a while now. Most of thi... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Party Conventions being Funded by Major Corporations | A new report from the Campaign Finance Institute has found that while Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama are both running campaigns promising "campaign finance reform,"... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Twit v. Twit v. Twit | Perhaps I mean "Tweet." In any case, representatives from the Obama and McCain campaign have agreed to participate in a little experiment in micro-politics over the weekend, taking part in a "Twitter ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Would those be the same "Log C | Brian. Casey will be absent for at least the summer as she is busy working for the Log Cabin Republicans in Washington, DC and I received my first of I m sure many updates from her. LCR hosted a recep... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Democrats Gain in Voter Roll Wars | Thomas Mills, The News and Observer Brett Chikowski, of Fairfield, California, registers to vote during an Obama rally at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. (Photo: Chuck Burton / AP) Carrb... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Poll call | PREMIER David Bartlett caught councillors by surprise yesterday when he threw his weight behind compulsory voting at Tasmanian council elections. Applause for Mr Bartlett's speech, at the Local Govern... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Let's us not forget that Valerie and hubby were so sure they | The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of Sweetness and Light. He who works for Sweetness and Light united, works to make reason and the will of God prevail. By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Pr... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McClellan takes the stand | A&E. Scott McClellan found himself in an unfamiliar position on Friday. There were reporters hanging on his words, and lights and cameras focused on him, but he was criticizing the Bush administration... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Parra blasts back, says she's staying a Democrat | 4:18 PM The Kern County Democrats intraparty slugfest continued Friday as Assemblywoman Nicole Parra lashed out at the county party s central committee and her longtime rival, State Sen. Dean Florez,... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama: 'They're going to try to make you afraid of me' | JACKSONVILLE, Florida (CNN) Barack Obama told supporters that Republicans will try to make you afraid of me in remarks he made Friday at a Florida fundraiser. It is going to be very difficult for ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Democrats after GOP Senate president designate | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Republicans got a head start Friday on maintaining big majorities in the state Senate and House with at least 23 members qualifying without opposition by the deadline for c... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Gay Groups Ignore Monogamy when Promoting Marriage | Shortly after posting my piece, Will Gay Marriage Help Tame Men s Piggishness ?, I considered contacting the leading national gay organizations, California groups and other individuals at the forefro... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Dem snooper stakes out Republican fundraiser | Lights, camera, action! He wasn t exactly a paparazzo, but a Democratic operative made Republican donors uneasy by photographing them and their license plates at a private fundraiser Wednesday. This ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Clinton donors present a new lode f | Jim Kuhnhenn Barack Obama raised more than $265 million in 16 months. The question facing his presidential campaign is whether he can match or exceed that haul in the five months that remain before El... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Pending electric rate hikes emerge as Pa. budget issue | HARRISBURG (AP) Consumers bracing for sticker shock when electric-rate caps expire in a few years could get some relief as part of a state budget deal being negotiated by the governor and Legislatur... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | AWH | From the Washington Post : "The House today overwhelmingly approved a sweeping new surveillance law that effectively would shield telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits for cooperating wit... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | New Barack Obama TV ad to air in Georgia | Georgia is one of 18 states where a new ad by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will begin airing on Friday. The 60-second spot is called "Country I Love," and offers a biographical sketch ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Frampton comes alive | 8:36 AMEvidently I've raised the ire of rock legend Peter Frampton. My column this week, which praises his work with Humble Pie but is, admittedly, dismissive of his solo work, prompted a response fro... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Blagojevich Misses Obama Meeting To Tend To Floods | CHICAGO (CBS) Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama talked about a need for change in economic policy with 16 of the nation's 28 Democratic governors in Chicago on Friday, and go... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Calif. Democratic lawmaker weighs switch to GOP | BAKERSFIELD A Democratic member of the state Assembly says she will not become a Republican at least not today. Assemblywoman Nicole Parra of Hanford says she spent Friday morning weighing whether to ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Michelle Obama's TV dress a big hit | The black and white dress that Michelle Obama wore on "The View" is now a hot number with a New York designer struggling to fill orders. Obama, wife of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, was... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Free Speech in US? Not If Chinese Government Has Its Way | McCain Must Give Up Public Funding The Rules Against, and Condemnation of, Hate Speech Must be Expanded and Vigorously Applied Cold War: Mistaken Conflations and Ambiguous Concepts Flashpoint for ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Roof raised for disabled veteran and his family | VIEW SLIDESHOW GOLDEN - Hundreds of volunteers are helping Army Staff Sgt. Travis Strong and his wife and two children settle in Colorado after his rehabilitation from war wounds. Strong lost his leg... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Knotts, Shealy plot strategies | Sturkie endorses Knotts in runoff . The runoff bout for a Lexington County Senate seat likely will be marked by even bigger money and perhaps a few sharp jabs. Challenger Katrina Shealy plans to sink ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Ron Paul fans, Ralph Nader wants your attention | Ron Paul backers, do not despair. In the wake of the decision by the 72-year-old Paul to, vi . a his website, officially declare an end to his presidential quest, the 74-year-old Nader showed a poli... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | William Bradley | William Bradley is an award-winning columnist and former political advisor.com is the California leader in real-time political analysis. Bradley has been a senior advisor in several presidential and g... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama: The Choice is Between Hope and Fear | The presumptive Democratic nominee discusses what his thinks the GOP s general election strategy will be. He says at a Jacksonville, Florida fundraiser: We know what kind of campaign they re going to... Read » |
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20/Jun 2008 | Clinton donors present a new lode for Obama | Barack Obama raised more than $265 million in 16 months. The question facing his presidential campaign is whether he can match or exceed that haul in the five months that remain before Election Day. N... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Does Dino Rossi believe what the BIAW believes? | The Anti Defamation League (ADL) denounced the Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) yesterday for a bizarre and offensive newsletter article comparing environmentalists to Nazis ( Hitle... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | I Have No Problem With Alake, Says Alaba Lawson | By Adeolu Adeyemo - 21.2008 The Iyalode of Egbaland, Chief Alaba Lawson on Thursday said that she did not have any quarrel with the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Gbadebo Adedotun nor any other monarch in Egb... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | California's Primary Kept Clinton Going | On Tuesday, June 3, California will hold its state primary. Not many Americans or even Californians -- realize this. The Big One -- not the major earthquake the state expects, but its presidential pri... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Notes in the Aftermath | Former President Bill Clinton, denied his request for supervision of the White House secretarial pool and the Democratic National Committee party-planning portfolio, is reportedly still angling for a ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain's Base Problem Continues | In late January, just days before her son would win the Florida Republican primary, 96-year-old Roberta McCain who in another era might have been called a real broad, a pistol was asked by a C-SPAN ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Boss Clinton | It was meant to be a culmination for a new political power formed from the audacity of hope, fervent young people and a spirited movement. It was supposed to be on the same spot where the Republicans ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Hare plans town hall teleconference | News Columnists. Congressman Phil Hare, D-Rock Island, announced Friday that he will conduct a live telephone town hall meeting from 7 to 8 p. This new technology dials out to thousands of constituent... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | It's called the "Salmon Yoga Party." Get it straight | HOME. Mid-Columbia Elections 08 Construction Today in Mid-Columbia history Births Jail records Tri-Cities' Most Wanted Police/court records 14-day archive Search archive State Lottery Nation World Tod... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Chris Lien: People want problem-solving politicians | OACOMA -- Republican congressional candidate Chris Lien said Friday his travels around South Dakota have taught him that people are fed up with high gas prices, rising health care costs and a failure ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Murdoch: Facebook Is 'Flavor of the Month' | News Corp. chief says the attention lavished on Facebook is not in line with the challenges it has faced. CEO Rupert Murdoch isn't shy about speaking his mind on almost any subject. That includes Face... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Sen. Jim Webb In Town, Coy About V.P. Likelihood | Top 10 Smartest And Dumbest Dog Breeds. CHICAGO (CBS) A potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was in Chicago Friday. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports milita... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Condi Rice: VP Speculation Flattering, But No | U. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she s flattered to be on a short list of vice presidential candidates presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain is considering as a running ma... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | FISA Revision Approved | Latest AM. After months of wrangling, delays and political posturing, the House today approved a bill that would rewrite the nation's electronic surveillance law, sending it to the Senate where it is ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Rahm to McCain: How about Great Lakes? | Sen. John McCain, you picked the wrong issue to mess with.) was trying to make with a letter he sent to Republican McCain today asking the Presidential nominee to support a ban on oil drilling in the ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Jim Webb stays cagey on VP prospects | Azam Ahmed Virgina Sen. Jim Webb, a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, hit Chicago to promote his book Friday and behaved.like someone who didn't want... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Flo Rida Performs at Wet Republic | Grand Canyon Helicopter and Ranch Tour Tickets. Lou Ferrigno signs Autographs at Gallery of Legend. Hip-Hop Phenomenon, Flo Rida to Perform at Vegas' Hottest Pool Party - Daylife Sundays - at WET REPU... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | RNC raised $24.4 million, NRCC struggle continues | The Republican National Committee (RNC) raked in $24.4 million in May, according to a report filed Friday, while the party s House committee saw its cash on hand decline for the second straight month.... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Malik Obama says Israel shouldn't worry about Barack's Muslim "connection" | This article updates and corrects the one previously published on June 13, 2008 with newly uncovered evidence of the audio recording at the center of the controversy. Apparently the Jerusalem's Post's... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain planning campaign stop in Indianapolis | INDIANAPOLIS Republican presidential candidate John McCain has scheduled an Indianapolis trip to speak at a meeting of the National Sheriffs Association. The sheriffs group says that McCain will be ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | News from the 'Net | John McCain 's flip-flops. The total now comes to 48 though it might be higher by the time I hit the "Save" button on this post. The net inflow of migrants continued to recover last month from the t... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | FBI Sweep Reveals New Twists to Mortgage Fraud | The FBI has arrested more than 400 people in a sweep that's revealed a broad array of alleged mortgage scams across the country. Some alleged schemes involved real-estate twists on identity theft; oth... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | 7 Waterproof Gadgets You'll Actually Use | Gadgetry of all stripes continue to shrink, speed up, get more memory, aquire more doo-dads, but I keep spilling energy drinks on my keyboard and buying new ones. WTF, state of techonolgy? Well, final... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Meeting on Growing Farmers | Meeting on Growing Farmers From: June 24 at 3 PM To: June 24 at 6:30 PM Come to a Town Hall meeting on G rowing Farmers- How to create new farming opportunities in our communities on Tuesday, June 2... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain's busy California agenda next week | Republican presidential candidate John McCain will be sweeping across California to pick up campaign cash and talk issues --national security and energy among them -- in a 2-day visit next week that t... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Could mystery Green Party candidates sway legislative races? | 5:22 p. In the last hours before Friday s noon deadline to qualify as candidates for state legislative races, three people each paid the $1,915. But they entered three of the most heated races in the ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | New Ballot Access Lawsuit Likely Against Oklahoma | The Libertarian Party, perhaps joined by other minor parties and possibly by Ralph Nader, is likely to sue Oklahoma over presidential ballot access. Existing law requires unqualified parties to submit... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Arlene Russell | Ticket video chat: Matt Welch on 'McCain: Myth of a Maverick' -- II. Mayor Villaraigosa stops by LA briefly on his way to see Obama . Already wallowing in money, and thus having decided he can aff... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McClellan explains loyalty | Former White House Press Secretary John McClellan says his book is loyal to the ideals of candor and transparency, adding that loyalty to basic ideals are more important than loyalty to an individual ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama, Hillary to Campaign Together | Presumptive U. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama announced Friday that he and formal rival Hillary Clinton would campaign together on June 27 for the first time. Obama's campaign made the a... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Mrs. Cowen-Whitman | 48 minutes ago For the first time today, I was called Mrs. It was the last day of school and the kids all wanted to go to Tom's Pizza. We went and as I stood in line to order, I heard a small voice. b... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Mumia Abu-Jamal: appeal denied, but a silver lining in judge s dissent | Todos Somos Mumia! We are all Mumia! So declared one of many picket signs at an emergency rally in Philadelphia, held after the 3rd U. Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a bitter blow on March 27, d... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Graham's Dem challenger was SC coun | Jim Davenport The man running a longshot Democratic campaign against South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham was on his county Republican Party's roster until just before he won his primary election th... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | NH, KY Senate Polls | We're starting to get the feeling that we've seen this script before: Incumbent Republican Senator faces top-tier Democratic recruit in a blue state in a Democratic year, trails consistently in the po... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Debating Pawlenty | ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Newsweek: Obama's lame McCain money claim | Czechs pose next problem for EU. Boeings 787 aircraft gets power for the first time. Weight loss after gastric bypass controls diabetes (Reuters) . Reports: Massachusettes teens made pact to get pregn... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Latest news - Story: Will Parra go Republican? | Kern Democrats rip Parra for support of Republican candidate. I don t think I need to go that far, Parra said. But she said she hasn t truly decided yet, with less than four hours remaining to make ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Baby Bingo Gift Shower Article | Planning a baby shower? In a quandary as to how host this special event? Planning a baby shower is centered on three important elements, and they should be decided upon before you start planning anyth... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | WHAT PELOSI, HOYER AND HIATT MEAN BY 'BIPARTISANSHIP' | It s bad enough watching the likes of Steny Hoyer, Rahm Emanuel and a disturbingly disoriented Nancy Pelosi eviscerate the Fourth Amendment, exempt their largest corporate contributors from the rule o... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Preventing the Next Natural Disaster | 6/20/08 North Country Congressman John McHugh says he's in favor of off-shore oil drilling in the U. He's backing a number of bills that he says will help Americans face rising energy costs. Team USA ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | TNA Knockout Advocates Marijuana, New TNA Star, More | U. wrestler Doug Williams has indeed signed a contract with TNA and will be working as a regular. He is expected to start with the company at next week's iMPACT! tapings. TNA Knockout Shelly "Salinas/... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Hillary Clinton to Appear With Barack Obama | Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton wave to the audience as they participate in a debate on February 21, 2008 in Austin, Texas. Hillary Clinton will join Barack Obama next Friday for the first time sinc... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | MoveOn.org shutters its 527 | The political advocacy group MoveOn. "While MoveOn Political Action has always been funded exclusively by small donors like you, we've held open the MoveOn.org Voter Fund - a separate "527 organizati... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Stevie Wonder embarks on "magical" | Stevie Wonder is on the road again, embarking on what he called a concert tour in the "magical" summer and spreading a message of unity among all religions and races. Motown icon, whose hits include "... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Dems Fuel Convention With Waste Beer | The Democrats must have a hell of an image consultant. The 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver will not only feature American-made GM vehicles shuttling officials and VIPs during the four-da... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Silvio Berlusconi | Czechs pose next problem for EU. Weight loss after gastric bypass controls diabetes (Reuters) . Reports: Massachusettes teens made pact to get pregnant. Knicks fill out Mike D'Antoni's coaching staff ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | LOCAL FILM: No average Hollywood films | FILMMAKERS TALK ABOUT THE UPLIFTING FILMS PREMIERING AT THE GAIA FILM FESTIVAL IN BOULDER THIS WEEKEND . F ilmmaker Craig Saavedra says films with the content of the kind found at The Gaia Film Festiv... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain Campaign Very Creatively Plays Gender Card | Today in the exciting world of horse race politics: Obama lawyer tries to sneak into McCain lawyer conference call, gets rejected, is called sexist and obvious political motives glue each developmen... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | RNC Posts New Web Video: 'Obama Trading In Contradictions' | The Republican National Committee (RNC) released a new Web video today, titled "Obama Trading In Contradictions." The video highlights Barack Obama's contradictory statements on global free trade. ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Grahams Dem challenger was SC county GOP official | 15:30:04 Location: COLUMBIA, S. The man running a longshot Democratic campaign against South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham was on his county Republican Party's roster until just before he won his p... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | VP shortlister Webb ducks the question | Shopping. Embattled Blagojevich invited to Obama event but won't attend. No pre-game jitters for Daley before Northwestern speech . Jim Webb, a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic pr... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | MD-04 | MD-04, Rep. Albert Wynn resigned last month, setting up a special election that was held last Tuesday. In a heavily Democratic district, Wynn's victor Donna Edwards trounced Republican candidate Peter... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | IN-07 | As expected, Barack Obama won the Mississippi primary. Exit polls indicate that Clinton could have crossed 40%, and while we will have to wait for the final results to know the delegate spread there i... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Tortora shuts race for Stone's commission seat against Dems, independents | Charlie Stone and challenger Ray Strickland from Democrats and independent voters. The write-in, former local party chairman Anthony Tortora, would not answer questions about his motives for filing as... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Md., Del., DC seek to reopen Edison Mission case | Alcon spent $240,000 lobbying in 1st quarter this minute Eye care products supplier Alcon Laboratories Inc. spent $240,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on prescription drug im... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Can McCain Save the GOP Brand? | On health care, Iraq and other issues, even some Republicans fear the party's image is badly tarnished. "It's hard being a member of the mean party," says Bob Borochoff , a lifelong Republican who was... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Electric rate caps emerge as Pa. budget issue | By MARK SCOLFORO (AP) A new law to help consumers cope with sticker shock when electric-rate caps expire in a few years could be part of a state budget deal, Gov. Greg Fajt, a lead budget negotiator f... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Allow me to re-introduce myself | Allow me to re-introduce myself. For the months of march and april and early may, My life took a big turn from the path of sittin around at home trying to beat guitar hero 3 on expert level, as I got ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The Class of 2008: Who's Going to be Progressive? | A few days ago I wrote about the House districts that made the greatest progress in 2006, moving from Republican to Democrat and, in the best cases, moving from wingnut to progressive. That left me wo... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | House Extends Warrantless Wiretaps | WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U. House of Representatives Friday approved a compromise agreement to renew the government's controversial warrantless surveillance program, after a deal between lawmakers... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Blago. A No Show For Obama | Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama talked about a need for change in economic policy with 16 of the nation's 28 Democratic governors in Chicago on Friday, and governors who were ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Mark in VA | John McCain raised $21. Scott McClellan in Congress -- it's not the book tour he expected . There are a lot of ways to look at Barack Obama 's decision to forgo public financing of his campaign and... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Honduras 07-08 Coffee Production Ends Up 4.3% To 3.757M Bags | Closing Glance: Insurers this minute Shares of insurers mostly fell as broader markets tumbled and a day after bond insurers Ambac Financial Group Inc. saw their critical financial strength ratings c... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Coney Island Hospital | New York Methodist Hospital. Coney Island's Community Board 13 (which also covers Brighton Beach, Seagate, and Gravesend) will be meeting next Wednesday at the Coney Island Hospital. Community Board 1... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Lawmakers demand a say in | Budget making should not remain an exclusive domain of the bureaucrats and it is the elected representatives who should take lead in the preparation of budget only then it will become truly A budget o... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | What's the Hold Up? Part IV | Republican National Committee: (Logo: .) Obama's Senior Adviser And VP Vetter, Eric Holder, Has Been Involved In Numerous Controversial Actions, Including The Seizure Of Elian Gonzalez: Then-Deputy At... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | DNC Files FOIA Request Over McCain's Latest Campaign Impropriety | WASHINGTON , June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Democratic National Committee today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U. Department of State seeking information about possible vi... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Jeff Gannon | Jeff Gannon" is the pseudonym used by James Dale Guckert , unmasked in February 2005 by John Aravosis's AMERICAblog .org Blogspot and Media Matters for America , a liberal watchdog group based in Wash... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Defending Michelle Obama | Gene Weingarten, over at the Washington Post, does his bit to further the idea that only bigots can find anything at all objectionable in Michelle Obama. He goes so far as to praise her 1985 Princeton... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Pawlenty says he's not being vetted for McCain's VP | President, U. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice pre... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Musharraf seen to be replaced soon | By Augustine Anthony ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling party will soon replace beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf with its own candidate, the head of the party said. The statement of intent ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | House approves supplemental, but fate of deal in Senate is unclear | Senate is unclearBy Humberto Sanchez CongressDaily June 20, 2008 Congress took a major step toward completing work on a war supplemental spending bill when the House approved a package Thursday even... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Emergency coordinator to step down | UNIVERSITY PARK The emergency management coordinator for Penn State and the Centre Region will retire effective June 30, and regional government officials will ask Gov. Ed Rendell to appoint his dep... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain opens state headquarters in Harrisburg | Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-GazetteHARRISBURG -- OK, Pittsburgh has its three rivers and Philadelphia has its Liberty Bell. But Harrisburg has the new John McCain statewide "Victory 2008" campaign hea... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Gavin | You guys are crazy to think Obama was doing anything wrong by not accepting the public funding. It's as if all of you have forgotten that McCain changed his mind on off-shore oil drilling and torture.... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | 10 Tips for GLBT folks in Dealing with Family and Friends | 33 minutes ago With all of the wonderful attention resurfacing around same-sex marriages, I thought I'd pull together a list of tips for dealing with friends and family around the issue of sexual orie... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | I think the topic is campaign finance, bytemaster | The article is not about campaign at least in terms of reform which is what i believe you are trying rebut me with. THe issue is that Obama stated emphatically and undeniably that he believed that the... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | 2 weeks after teen's shooting, no one's talking | Father, son accused of bilking Pinellas women. Man convicted of stabbing, burning cabbie to death. PETERSBURG Two weeks later, nobody's talking. Not the brother who says he witnessed the shooting. N... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | I'm from the Government, and I'm Here to Help | Civil Liberties (10). Gas prices keep rising, so one city in Georgia figures it'll just keep piling on. Drivers in Holly Springs are now being forced to pay a " fuel surcharge " on their speeding tic... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Peace & Freedom Plan to Attack Write-in Nomination Barrier Does Not Succeed | California has the nation s second-most restrictive election law, concerning how a write-in candidate may receive the nomination of a political party at the primary. The law requires the write-in cand... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | South Carolina Won t Guarantee to Aggregate Votes for Presidential Candidates Nominated by Two Parties | Many times in the past, presidential candidates (and their slates of presidential electors) have been the nominees of two South Carolina parties. However, in none of the past instances has the preside... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | China's president chats online, but skates by tough questions | As Medicare reimbursement cuts loom, seniors and lawmakers worry . China's president chats online, but skates by tough questions. China's president chats online, but skates by tough questions. DNA tes... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bombshell from Neal's defector | BELINDA NEAL'S future in the Labor Party is in jeopardy because of explosive allegations to be aired by a former employee about the Iguanas affair. Melissa Batten, who quit the federal MP's staff last... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | EMERGENCY ACTION NEEDED | Friends, We had another message planned for this morning, but now we need URGENT ACTION on another issue. The House is about to vote on a so-called FISA and telecom immunity compromise. We haven't see... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama's Abortion Bombshell: Unrestricted | Obama's Abortion Bombshell: Unrestricted Abortion Barack Obama, the presumptive pro-abortion nominee of the Democratic Party, has plans to reward the allies that helped him topple Hillary Clinton from... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Mayors From Multiple Nations Meet In Miami | MIAMI -- The mayors of cities across North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean are coming together at Miami's Intercontinental Hotel. They outlined issues they said are in need o... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Libertarian Party encourages US to follow the EU s lead on Cuban policy | June 20, 2008 Contact: Andrew Davis E-mail: andrew. 225 Mobile: 202-731-0002 FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY: EU schools US on practical foreign policy with Cuba Libertarian Party encourages US to follow t... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | On Facebook, it's game on for McCain | Users rack up millions in tax dollars by shooting vetoes at flying pigs in the McCain camp's latest Facebook application. (CNN) Anyone who thought John McCain s campaign which launched its very f... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Mayoral Listening | Changing Media and Technology. Hear, firsthand, what they actually thought about the issues that matter to the citizens of Richmond. Yet for several of the residents who attended a Thursday night mayo... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Baby Shower Bingo Resources | Invitations?In this electronic age, some people have foregone the typical printed baby shower invitations in favor of a group email or even just word of mouth. Of course every circumstance is differen... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Mayors seeking to help for GOP convention | MinnPost.com's political coverage also appears on Midwest Politics , a free subscriber service for politicos looking for one-stop shopping of political news from around the Midwest. Paul will hold a n... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | President Traveling to Michigan | Republican fundraising dinner in Livonia. Fisher National Republican Award Dinner on Wednesday. The dinner will help Republicans during the upcoming election in Michigan, which is expected to be a bat... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Rendell, in deal with GOP, picks 4 for appellate courts | HARRISBURG -- Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell today nominated three veteran judges and a former top aide to Gov. Tom Ridge in a deal with Republican senators to finally fill temporary vacancies on Pennsylv... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | SCGOP Chairman Katon Dawson s statement on Obama campaign finance broken promise | SCGOP Chairman Katon Dawson s statement on Obama campaign finance broken promise COLUMBIA, S. South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Katon Dawson today released the following statement: Barack Ob... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The Obama-McCain Authenticity Contest | The Democrat once made a conditional agreement to accept taxpayer money from the public financing system, and accompanying spending limits, if his Republican opponent did, too. The chance to financial... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bloomberg defends Obama | New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning urged a Jewish audience to reject the "whisper campaign" that says presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is a Muslim and called Republi... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Amnesty International USA to Host Leaders of Pakistan Lawyer's Movement for Panel Discussion | Two leaders of the Pakistan Lawyer's Movement will join Amnesty International USA for a panel discussion on the current human rights situation in Pakistan. Muneer Malik and Aitzaz Ahsan, both former p... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Rendell nominates four new judges | HARRISBURG, - Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell on Friday nominated three veteran judges and a former top aide to Gov. Tom Ridge in a deal with Republican senators to finally fill temporary vacancies on Penn... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain Blasts Obama On NAFTA From Canada | OTTAWA, Canada (AP) In a cross-border political attack, John McCain said Friday that Barack Obama's opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement is "nothing more than retreating behind pro... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Go look at the Secretary of | Go look at the Secretary of States Site:.68% (I will admit that Ron was able to beat Alan Keyes who was on the ballot but did not campaign here) Rudy and Fred dropped out of the Race in January - Ron ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Life s Little Ironies: McClellan Wrote a Book, McCurry Didn t | Funny that the White House Press Secretary who helped facilitate an Administration s decline in the polls writes a book while the one who helped save his boss from having a public relations disaster s... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama opts to finance own campaign, forgo public financing | Obama opts to finance own campaign, forgo public financing By David Lightman, Greg Gordon and William Douglas . Thursday's decision by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to forg... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Pa. lawmaker's comments on Muslims draw rebukes | HARRISBURG, Pa. _ A Pittsburgh-area lawmaker's inflammatory remarks about how Muslims do not believe in Jesus drew rebukes Thursday, including ones from Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and the head of a ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Ch vez granddaughter to talk about marriage equality | The granddaughter of the late-C sar Ch vez will participate in a town hall discussion about marriage equality for gays and lesbians in Cathedral City tomorrow. The event, which is hosted by the Let C... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Freedberg nominated for Superior Court seat | Northampton County President Judge Robert Freedberg shown speaking to fellow lawyers and trade associates while accepting the 2002 Liberty Bell Award for outstanding contribution to the legal system. ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Independent Party nominates Protack for governor | Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mike Protack has been added to the state ballot as the nominee of the Independent Party of Delaware, state election officials confirmed today. Protack, 50 of Hockessi... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama rallies guvs for White House | Crain s) Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama Friday told the nation s Democratic governors they need a partner in the White House and they appeared to enthusiastically agree... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Election 2008: Carlisle, Heath prepare to debate | CU & Boulder. Scooters selling like hotcakes with gas prices sky high. Scooters selling like hotcakes with gas prices sky high. Democrats Rollie Heath, a local businessman and the party's 2002 gubern... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bush to headline fundraising dinner in Mich | WASHINGTON - President Bush will travel to Michigan next week to headline a Republican fundraising dinner in Livonia. Fisher National Republican Award Dinner on Wednesday. The dinner will help Republi... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Letter From Will Wynn Re: Energy Audit Ordinance | Johnson Family Asks Presidential Candidates to Town Hall Meeting (17) Letter From Will Wynn Re: Energy Audit Ordinance (11) . A message from our beloved mayor: June 11, 2008 Dear Friend: Over the las... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | 48 Hours: The Best Weekend Events | It s the weekend. You can spend it catching up on the sleep you missed during the NBA Finals, or you can get out and enjoy it. Here are some other suggestions for your precious days of total freedom, ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Veterans Who Served With Kerry Take On Swift Boat Lies | Back in November T. Boone Pickens offered $1 million to anyone who could dispute the claims of the Swift Boat Liars who he helped finance during the 2004 election. Kerry took him up on the offer, but ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Beth Ehlers | Born the third of five children, Beth Ehlers grew up on Roosevelt Island in New York City. She was discovered at age 10, when she was spotted by a talent agent while making her acting debut in a churc... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The Bloggerist, #2: If you offer a free widget, I will take said free widget | The RNC wants you to use their town hall meeting count-down widget: I can't argue with that. I mean, a widget told me, so it's gotta be important. What Hunter said about the RNC's count-down clocks: O... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | TNA News: TNA Knockout Advocating Marijuana Use?, Several Profile Pages Added, Angelina Love Story | TNA News: TNA Knockout Advocating Marijuana Use?, Several Profile Pages Added, Angelina Love Story Submitted by Daniel Pena . -- TNA Knockout Shelly "Salinas" Martinez recently opened a new page on M... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Sivacracy.net | Posted by Liz Losh at 1:07 PM | Comments (1) Now the Associated Press has apparently made an convenient online form with a cut-and-paste window, so bloggers can shell out the right amount. Although t... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bloomberg on the Candidates and Israel | Mike Bloomberg Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County The following is the text of Mayor Bloomberg's speech as prepared. I bring warm greetings to the members of t... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | (event) | David Davis is the Conservative member for Haltemprice and Howden and shadow Home Secretary (1) . Or at least he was until the 'unprecedented' events of the 12th June 2008, but then again, he might we... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | "The Bloggerist, #2: If you offer a free widget, I will take said free widget" | I can't argue with that. I mean, a widget told me, so it's gotta be important. What Hunter said about the RNC's count-down clocks : Of course, all the "clocks" they've come up with have been, and forg... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Backlash Continues Against Ron Paul Movement | While Dems Talk of Party Unity, Some Clinton Supporters Plan to Undermine Obama Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama: How One Man's Character Can Change Your Life For Good Or Bad Last Tango in Texas: O... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Others deserve praise Russert received | While NBC s Tim Russert has been eulogized with exuberance and may very well be honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom, let s not forget who signed his paycheck. Russert was NBC s Washington bur... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Methods of Approaching a Copyright Investigation | 19 June 2008 U.S - Methods of Approaching a Copyright Investigation There are several ways to investigate whether a work is under copyright protection and, if so, the facts of the copyright. The main ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Blasting Barack | There s no doubt that this year s primary season tested Democrats patience. Not only did it drag on longer than a bad date, but the complex and often irksome superdelegate system - coupled with the F... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Red County SAN BERNARDINO | Green Path North- LADWP May Use SB County Land to Power LA Hey, LA- Why don't you use your own land to power your own city? Kudos to those elected officials and organizations who have spoken out again... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain was moving toward accepting public financing | John McCain is taking steps that raise suspicions he s leaning toward accepting federal matching funds in the fall. In another sign that John McCain is moving toward accepting public financing this fa... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Asian Cinema: Nothing's Quiet On the Eastern Front | Across the metropolitan galaxy of cinematic obsession, in a city that unspools a new film festival every week, there is nothing quite as giddily in love with the mad, marvelous insanity of movies as t... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | At 11.05 inflation is at 13-yr high | Reeling under relentless inflationary spiral, Union Government and top Congress leadership got into action on Saturday to formulate measures to check prices as Finance Minister P Chidambaram cautioned... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Putting Obama and the Dems on the Defensive | We awoke this morning to the reports that a compromise has been reached between the Bush Administration and Congress on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The best reporting that I've s... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Ray_Seaman | Web Page:.com Bio: I'm a 20 year-old political science student at the University of Florida. I'm a fervent believer in major structural and organizational reform inside the Democratic Party. It's been... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama Promises A Revitalized Economy With No Gas Tax Holidays | Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama pledges an ambitious economic agenda today, focused on re-stimulating the economy and helping homeowners refinance their mortgages. Obama is in... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Memo to city manager: Austin ain't Fort Worth | Talk about plagiarism!. By Alberta Phillips | Friday, June 20, 2008, 11:41 AM Austin City Manager Marc Ott has some splainin to do. It was not enough that he fired Gene Acuna, one of the best publi... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bush to headline fundraising dinner in Michigan | The city of Vallejo, Calif., has lavished such generous salaries and benefits on public employees that it has gone broke and filed for bankruptcy in federal court.Even within the pricey San Francisco ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Employment Counsellor/Advisor | We are searching for a qualified Employment Counsellor/Advisor to provide full time (35 hrs per week) service to clients in Ucluelet and Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The position star... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Cut Public Spending, Roaring Inflation Being Fueled By hectic Pace Of Government Outlays | Jamaican legislators have congratulated United States presidential candidate Barack Obama on his historic feat of becoming the first non-white nominee of a major political party in that country. Oppos... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Kashmala Tariq turns up heat! Bites more than she can chew? | The coming war between Iran and Israel: Dimona v Busheher .. French First Lady Carla Bruni Nude: Christie's auctions picture . Sex life of Jawahar Lal Nehru: Tryst with homosexuality and Manege de tro... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Atkinsopht | Here's the roll call on the war money. It was passed by: the Democratic leadership who brought it up for a vote and negotiated a deal to make it pass, 188 Republicans, and 80 Democrats. Isn't this why... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Republican Woes Stretch To The Rockies | The national Republican party is floundering, and the problems are evident even in reliably red states in the Mountain West By Joan McCarter, 6-20-08 . national Republican party is staggering under t... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Underbelly: A Journal of Soft Information | At least in Britain ( link ): A Cambridge University student was handcuffed and marched to a police car after launching an extraordinary attack on a spectator at a jelly-wrestling competition. Minutes... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama meets 16 Democratic governors | Among the attendees are Pennsylvania Gov. Jennifer Granholm, both of whom backed Hillary Rodham Clinton in her presidential bid. Barack Obama met with 16 Democratic governors in Chicago this morning, ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain and Ron Paul | About the Trustees. Legal Notice to all Republican Committees and Trust Instrument. Registration for Precinct Republican Committeepeople. Internal Operating Procedures of the Trustees of the Republica... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Kimberly Price Says Goodbye After 11 Years At KKTV | After 11 years with KKTV, Kimberly Price has decided, with much sadness and anticipation, to leave the business. Kimberly started at KKTV 11 News in March of 1997 when she was hired as the Weekend Eve... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama Meets With Potential VP Picks as Part of Economic Roundtable | Barack Obama met with several potential running mates as part of an economic discussion with Democratic governors Friday morning, no doubt fueling speculation about who he ll pick to balance the ticke... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Stoddard County Democrats meet in Advance | Madeline DeJournett photo A crowd of approximately 90 people turned out for the Stoddard County Women's Democratic Club's "Picnic in the Park" in Advance on Saturday, June 7, 2008. A good turn out of ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The problem with progressives | Credit where credit is due: The symposium on 'Minnesota's Progressive Republican Tradition' that progressive think tank Growth & Justice has scheduled during the Republican National Convention is pret... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Weekend Buffet: Whitefish Novel.com, GOP Convention, Toilet Paper Wedding Dresses | A Daily Taste of Top Stories: Weekend Buffet: Whitefish Novel. On this date in 1975, Jaws was released , and the summer blockbuster was born. On the Beacon this morning, we look at the anonymous onlin... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | DSCC Maintains 2-1 Cash Advantage Over NRSC | 20, 2008, 11:45 a. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee raised just over $1 million more than its Republican counterpart in May, helping the Democrats to continue their almost 2-1 cash on hand... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | CAEUC considers the way forward | EU Comhl mh Document on Lisbon Treaty 20:02 May 21 1 comments Farmers Protest 10:38 Apr 18 1 comments PKK (Kurdistan) is off the European Terrorist Organisation List. 00:56 Apr 04 5 comments Death ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama, Democratic governors talk about economy | Democratic presidential candidate Sen., speaks during a meeting of Democratic governors today at the Chicago History Museum in Chicago. Ted Strickland and other Democratic governors this morning to di... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Rent Board Rally: 'Welcome to The Sham' | City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and another reigning populist in city government, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, joined the media circus outside Cooper Union on Thursday evening to d... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bloomberg Talks of Obama and McCain as Smear Victims | The mayor's office just sent over a copy of the prepared remarks he delivered to a Jewish group in Florida this morning, where the mayor urged the audience to see false rumors about Barack Obama being... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Johnson Family Asks Presidential Candidates to Town Hall Meeting | Two town-hall-meeting-style forum opportunities have been offered to presidential candidates John McCain (GOP) and Barack Obama (Dem). The Johnson family has asked the candidates to hold a forum at th... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The traveling habits of Obama and McCain | Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain some trends are starting to crop up in the campaigns travel patterns. A look at travel since May 22 (the last time we checked on their schedules ) shows John McCain... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | State s Democrats are meeting here | Fremont will be in Nebraska s political spotlight this weekend as the city hosts the Nebraska Democratic Party state convention. We will have a lot of people coming in, said Richard Register, one of... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain Myth Buster: John McCain and Campaign Finance Laws | WASHINGTON , June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- John McCain claims he is following campaign finance laws. But the reality is when it's inconvenient to his campaign, Senator McCain thinks the rules don... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | The Flip-Flop Gabfest | The Flip-Flop Gabfest Listen to Slate 's review of the week in politics. Sex and the Gabfest Listen to Slate 's review of the week in politics. The Super-Hot Girlfriend Gabfest Listen to Slate 's week... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Michigan-Florida primary flap shows confusion in Democratic Party rules | All too often, there is very little relationship between the principles of democracy and the actions of political parties. Witness the recent hearings of the Democratic Party's rules committee in a qu... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Congress Funds Another Year of War | Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t | Report Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) speaks with reporters about Iraq war funding on Capitol Hill. (Photo: Getty Images) In a step that sealed the fate... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Super-Duper Exclusive! | Campaign 2008 News & Politics Arts & Life Business & Tech Health & Science Style & Shopping Travel & Food Sports Slate on NPR Video . Can the House really believe the new FISA bill means that it has ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain s Late Night, Closed Door, Pre-Screened Meeting | 11:30 am What a dope . anyone with a brain can figure out why he did this. After countless public town hall meetings with a variety of voters, asked DNC spokesman Luis Miranda, why is John McCain h... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | "In Chicago, Obama meets governors" | 10:47 AM This item will be updated throughout the morning. Barack Obama met with 16 Democratic governors in Chicago this morning, including several who previously supported Sen. The official topic of ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama opts out of public financing | Fundraising; Candidate first to do so since Watergate Sheldon Alberts, Canwest News Service Published: . Jim Bourg, ReutersPresumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama announced yesterday he has decide... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama's battle against the lobbyists | By opting out of America's broken system of public financing for presidential elections, the Obama campaign is striking a blow for reform . How many people would turn down a gift of $84m from the US ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Clippy | 30 Apr 2008 12:35 am As mentioned yesterday , my personal crusade during my 6-month spell as a Microsoft Word team member, waged from my stronghold in Building 17 on the main "campus" in Redmond, was ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama's sister visits Watsonville, offers tales of candidate's childhood | Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel Barack Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng is ushered into Jalisco Restaurant in Watsonville on Thursday past a life-size carboard cutout of Obama himself. Barack Obama's h... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Blog: Gay candidate running for Fort Lauderdale mayor | Dean Trantalis, who was the city's first openly gay city commissioner, is running for mayor in spring 2009. That means Fort Lauderdale, the city whose current mayor made national news for statements ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Alien ambassadors | In events reminiscent of the unveiling of Ray Santilli s alien autopsy film in the 1990s, Denver, Colorado, has been the scene for a media circus revolving around an alleged piece of evid ence that ... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Candidates gird for Ohio battle | Ohio will be a battleground state in the presidential campaign this fall; and battles require armies. The armies of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have yet to arrive, but the field g... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Governor to skip Obama event | Gov. Rod Blagojevich has decided against attending a talk about the economy to be hosted today by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. About 15 to 20 Democratic governors are expe... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Burns Will Speak at GOP Convention After All | HELENA The campaign of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says it is sticking with former U. Conrad Burns as its state chairman, following his comments last week that McCain was not his fir... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Elian Case Returns to | Newser) When the battle over whether to send young Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba raged in 2000, Barack Obama was an Illinois state senator nowhere near the fray. But two of the candidate's current adv... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Chaos reigns in Rudd's office | TO the top ranks of the public service, the episodes are symptomatic of Kevin Rudd's disdainful attitude towards the bureaucracy. To others, they merely display the increasing level of chaos that reig... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | CNN Goes Easy on Barack Obama s Flip-Flop on Public Campaign Financing | CNN s senior political correspondent Candy Crowley, during a report on Thursday s "The Situation Room," must have thought it was a foregone conclusion that Barack Obama would give up on his pledge tha... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | CongressDaily: House Approves War Supplemental | Approves Supplemental, But Fate Of Deal In The Senate Is UnclearFri. Jun 20, 2008 Congress took a major step toward completing work on a war supplemental spending bill when the House approved a packag... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Iowa: Where Politics Is Personal | The Hawkeye State was one of only two to switch to the GOP column in 2004; the Republican nominee and the state have never shown much fondness for each other. Barack Obama of Illinois returned to Iowa... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | McCain adds new convention speaker | The campaign of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says it is sticking with former U. Conrad Burns as its state chairman, following his comments last week that McCain was not his first choice... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Bloomberg Criticizes Whisper Campaign Around Obama | BOCA RATON, Fla. Injecting himself directly into the presidential campaign and speaking before one of its most crucial constituencies, Jewish voters, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday morning for... Read » |
20/Jun 2008 | Obama meets with governors, minus Blagojevich | Barack Obama met with 16 Democratic governors in Chicago this morning, including several who previously supported Sen. The official topic of the discussion was the nation's economy, but the unstated g... Read » |
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