24/Jun 2008 | McCain and Obama Call for Mugabe's Ouster | WASHINGTON The Democratic and Republican presumptive presidential nominees are calling for the end of President Mugabe 's 28 years of rule in Zimbabwe if he moves forward, as expected, with a runoff... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama asks contributors to help Clinton with debt | Barack Obama[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Sen. Barack Obama has asked top contributors to help his former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Clinton, retire her debt, a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | AFL-CIO Endorsement | WASHINGTON | The AFL-CIO is preparing to give its stamp of approval to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama . The leaders of the nation's largest labor organization started voting Tuesday on w... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Trojan Horse | 16:16. OMFG : The Democratic Congress is more popular with Republicans than with Democrats. I really wonder if this is the first time in modern American history when a Congress is more popular among t... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama Urges Backers to Pay Off Clinton Campaign Debt | WASHINGTON Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday asked his finance team to help Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off a debt of at least $10 million from her failed presidential campaign, setting the stage for ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Mary Fant Donnan wins runoff for labor commissioner | State labor commissioner candidate Mary Fant Donnan won the Democratic primary runoff Tuesday, putting her on the ballot for a November challenge of Republican incumbent Cherie Berry. Donnan defeated ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Detainee's Enemy Combatant Status Overturned | President2008 environment BarackObama Independents Democrats election JohnMccain ads ViralVideo BushAdministration FreeTrade Republicans BillClinton trade GasPrices endorsements polls terrorists Senat... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Flier flap earns committee free printing | What began as the Finance Committee s irritation over an anonymous flier has turned into free copies for the committee. At Monday s meeting, Finance Committee Chairman William Lombardi told committee ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Whiskey Creek Music Festival | 6th Annual The Whiskey Creek Music Festival A Tribute to the Greats! will be held on Sat. July 5th, 2008 at the Coombs Rodeo Grounds(2601 Alberni Hwy, Coombs, BC) Gate opens at 11:00 am Tickets availa... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Boxing Up the Crazies | The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting it to come out different." -- attributed to Benjamin Franklin One problem with using the rational actor model to forecast... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Senator Graham, stop being Bush's JAG lawyer and start being a US Senator! | Senator Lindsey Graham(R-SC). We know him very well, don't we? Well, I happened upon his senate web-site today to see what the old Bush neocon enabler was up to, and low and behold, he was in full att... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | So Goes New England | In one of the first columns that ran in this space ("Puritan, My Ass," Jan. 3, 2002), I wrote, "Without New England, this nation would be up the creek without a paddle. If you took away the moderating... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Free Plofsky | Gov. Jodi Rell says that Connecticut's culture of corruption is pretty much fixed. She signed a sweeping ethics bill last week that will yank pensions from corrupt public servants, put politicians thr... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Lawyers tied to liberals rejected in hiring | Top Justice Department officials looking to hire a generation of conservative entry-level lawyers rejected candidates who interned for Hill Democrats, clerked for Democratic judges, worked for liberal... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Part VI is here | Don Imus roils the racial waters once again. Obama got good reviews on his law review editor days . In this episode of our ongoing conversation with author Matt Welch , he discusses the role of re... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Part IV is here | Newly-charged Ralph Cioffi of Bear Stearns was generous political donor. Little Elian Gonzalez comes back to haunt Barack Obama . , we asked Matt what was the biggest surprise he came across in the co... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Part III is here | Barack Obama gets his own nifty Great Seal; all he needs now is votes. Ticket Notice: Sunday guests -- Ridge, Biden, Graham, Fiorina . III This is Part III of The Ticket's new series of video chats wi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Part I of our conversation | A web poll for fans of Clinton, Russert, Ron Paul and the Mariners. Poll finds Americans know Michelle Obama more, like her less than Cindy McCain NEW! . Welch, author of 'McCain: Myth of a Maverick... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Ticket video chat: Matt Welch on 'McCain Myth of a Maverick' -- VII | This is the seventh and second to last chapter in our video conversation with former Times writer, Matt Welch , who's written a new examination of the personal and political personnas of the presumpti... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama, Democrats, hit up Hollywood for cash | 9:38pmBy SARA KUGLER Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barack Obama raised nearly $5 million Tuesday at a celebrity-packed fundraiser that was the equivalent of the entertainment industry's c... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama Asks Donors to Raise Money for Clinton | Barack Obama asked his finance committee this afternoon to help Senator Hillary Clinton retire her debt. On a conference call that lasted about 45 minutes Obama made a personal plea to his top donors,... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Hey Nando | Jon McCain "the Not So Straight Talk Express" Mitt Romney- The Candidate of Changey More of Sam's Videos here! . Atrios Liberal Oasis Daily Kos Talking Points Memo Glenn Greenwald FireDogLake Crook... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Misreading the Mid-Terms | By Vic Fingerhut The Democrats in the USA (like the ALP in Australia) must play to its economic policy strengths if they are to have any chance of defeating their opponents in the future, writes Vic F... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Kenyan children abducted, tortured | BUNGOMA - Dozens of scared children filed silently into the bare room, their eyes on the cracks in the floor. One by one, in low voices, they told of being tortured by the Kenyan army because they wer... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Rice Presses for a US Diplomatic Presence in Tehran | DEBKA.COM DEBKAfile s Washington sources, report that by the dramatic step of establishing a US interests section in Tehran, 27 years after relations were severed with the Revolutionary Republic, the ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | NYT: McCain camp stumbles in security debate | An aide s remark was in some ways an extension of John McCain s effort to portray himself as strong on terrorism. 25 minutes ago US: JOHN McCAIN has rebuked a top aide who said another terrorist atta... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | SAVE ZIMBABWE FROM MUGABE | Seeking Asylum Down Under ( Free subscription ) | 3 hours ago In elections this March, the people of Zimbabwe sent a clear message: Morgan Tsvangirai , not Robert Mugabe , should lead their government... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Lewis Carroll | It's a good thing that Scalia, as a strict Originalist, scrupulously maintains allegiance to the text and intent of the Constitution and doesn't allow ideology to cloud his judgment. I mean, just imag... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama asks Inland, California Democrats for advice on running mate | Banning. BEN GOAD Washington BureauWASHINGTON - The Barack Obama veepstakes is heating up, and headhunters for the presumed Democratic nominee are seeking advice from the Inland area's federal lawmake... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama has a lead in South Florida, poll shows | McCollum campaign fined $50,000 for 2004 offense. Woman who lost her legs to a train copes with nightmare scenario. A new Zogby International poll shows Barack Obama sitting on a 16-point lead over Jo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Pondering the world's intellectuals | We just came across a rather compelling list . Foreign Policy magazine, which covers global politics and global affairs, just released " The World's Top 20 Public Intellectuals ." Most of the names ar... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Judge: Sex offenders have Internet rights | A federal court in Indianapolis ruled today that a major portion of the revised Indiana sex offender law cannot be enforced. The ruling came one week before the new law would have gone into effect. Th... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | CSRA needs John Stone in Congress | I'm writing to my friends in the 12th U. House District to ask that they vote for my friend, John Stone, in the Republican primary July 15. I can remember hearing John's voice on the radio on WBBQ as ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Analysis by Walter C. Jones - Running on the cheap isn't easy | Barack Obama's announcement that he would turn down public financing and John McCain's decision to accept it illustrate the importance of money to candidates, even those on the state level. Obama won'... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | US civilians killed in Iraqi bombing | Six Iraqis, two American soldiers and two US civilians have been killed after a bomb was placed at a local council office in eastern. One of the US civilians was an official with the state department ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Iraq Through the Looking Glass(es) | The state of the Iraq war, as it lurches into its sixth hot summer, is in the eye of the beholder. That much is clear from the release, this week, of a pair of U. government reports that offer dueling... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Transportation Deal Still Stalled | RICHMOND, June 24 The General Assembly on Tuesday began the arduous task of passing a bill that would pay for road and transit projects, but on the second day of a special legislative session, a com... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | PTR | PetroChina Co Ltd PetroChina targets 15.2B cubic meters of natural gas output in 2008 at the Channgquing oil field . Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) Reportedly signs letter of intent with Qatar and Petr... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Children Caught In Brutal Kenyan Crossfire | CBS Evening News. Job Bwonya stands outside his office in Bungoma, Kenya, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Bwonya has been collecting information on atrocities committed by both sides in the Mount Elgon violenc... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Will 'Experience' Hurt Obama? | Home. Barack Obama listens to Democratic governors during a economic discussion, June 20, 2008, at the Chicago History Museum in Chicago, Illinois. During the primaries, Barack Obama often made a jok... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Tue, - 9:35pm | 9:35pm The excitement underpinning Senator Barack Obama s campaign rests considerably on his evocative vows to depart from self-interested politics. Obama has come up short of that standard with his ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The right-wing liberal] Day Two | Some maneuvering, some scuttlebutt, and the constitutional amendment to keep transportation funds (Senate version of HB6001 ) in transportation died in a Senate committee; no other action so far on th... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Charlie Black and the Politics of Fear | What does it say about us, as a society, when a truthful statement - or one that reflects, at least, some commonly accepted wisdom - is so politically unacceptable that it causes a minor firestorm in ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | WV: City to scuttle gun ban | Groups such as the National Rifle Association and the West Virginia Citizens Defense League have sent letters to city officials decrying the proposed ordinance and have threatened to take action shoul... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | TX: Thousands sign petition to make Texas an open-carry state | If Duane Suddeth had his way, he could strap on a handgun and wear it anytime, anywhere without concealing it. That day has not come in Texas, but the 42-year-old Bedford man is among thousands ho... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | House fails to move pump price | High gas prices are seen on the pump at a Chevron gas station in San Bruno, Calif. Oil prices rose Monday on disappointment over Saudi Arabia's modest production increase and concerns that output from... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Peace Fresno Greets McCain at Radisson Hotel | 2:13 pm Protesters Greet McCain in Fresno By Clint Olivier and Kyra Jenkins / KMPH Fox 26 Arizona Senator John McCain spoke with reporters on the lawn at Fresno State just after the town-hall meeting ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain Met by Protest in Riverside | 10:30 pm John McCain stops by Riverside for lunch By Michelle DeArmond / Press-Enterprise RIVERSIDE, CA - Sen. John McCain pitched his plan to help struggling homeowners in the Inland area today, lame... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Limbaugh: "Democrats will bend over, grab the ankles, and say, 'Have your way with me' " to African-Americans and gays | Limbaugh: "Democrats will bend over, grab the ankles, and say, 'Have your way with me' " to African-Americans and gays . Summary: After being asked by a caller: "I want to know how the Republicans do... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Davis defeats Taft in runoff | WINTERVILLE Snow Hill Mayor Don Davis is the unofficial winner of the Democratic Party's state Senate District 5 runoff Tuesday night, leading Greenville resident Kathy Taft with more than 2,000 vot... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | A Sign Of Things To Come For Republicans? | Don't think there aren't Republicans who know their party is in big trouble in November. Here is a campaign ad for Gordon Smith, Republican Senator from Oregon, who is running for re-election. Notice ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama asks his fundraisers to help Clinton pay campaign debt | WASHINGTON - DEMOCRAT Barack Obama has asked his finance team to help Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off at least US$10 million (S$13.6 million) of the debt from her failed presidential campaign. In a tel... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama builds 12-point lead over McCain in LA Times poll | WASHINGTON - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has built a yawning 12-point national lead over Republican John McCain, according to a new poll published by the Los Angeles Times Tuesday. Pre... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Officers shoot person to death on Northwest Side | An 18-year-old man on probation for a weapons conviction was shot and killed by a Chicago police tactical officer Tuesday afternoon on the city's Northwest Side after police say he confronted officers... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Monique from NC | L. Hillary Clinton makes her return to Capitol Hill . House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco never officially chose sides in the Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama battle for the Democratic preside... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Titus Oates | Oh, boy! Obama camp announces 'big role' for Bill Clinton in fall. Barack Obama's political ATM set to aid Hillary Clinton . Should Barack Obama solidly ahead in their presidential race was voter at... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bruno Retires, Skelos Elected Republican Leader | ALBANY, N. Dean Skelos was elected leader of the Republicans' tenuous majority in the Senate on Tuesday following Joseph Bruno 's surprise announcement that he will resign as majority leader after 13 ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Real estate decline cuts into local tax revenue | Technology. All Money Real Estate Small business Guides Technology Archive. UPDATE: Auction prices for 'The real foreclosures of Orange County' . The county will have the smallest increase in 11 years... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | MPRF backs NC proposal of opposition leader s induction in Security Council | Madhesi People s Rights Forum (MPRF), the fourth largest party in the Constituent Assembly (CA), Monday expressed support to the Nepali Congress (NC) s stand to incorporate an opposition party leader ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Turning To The Auction Block To Fill Up The Gas Tank | 24, 2008Here's a shocker, high food and fuel prices are eating into people's budgets. As a result, some folks are looking to make a little extra cash with little or no work invested. She works at the ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Farrah has sights on state Senate | Farrah, 42, a Democrat, is in her third term in the House. Under state law, a representative only can serve three two-year terms. "It went very quickly," Farrah said of her six years representing the ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Runoff races decided by a fraction of eligible voters | RALEIGH, N. State labor commissioner candidate Mary Fant Donnan won the Democratic primary runoff Tuesday, putting her on the ballot for a November challenge of Republican incumbent Cherie Berry. Do... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Wednesday Poll Information: Don Imus says he was making a 'sarcastic point' | NEW YORK (AP) -- Don Imus, responding to criticism about racial remarks on his radio program, said on the air Tuesday he was trying to "make a sarcastic point" about unfair treatment of blacks in the ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama: Dobson is a liar | 1 hour ago Well, Barack Obama is way too polite, but I'm not. Dobson lied : Barack Obama said Tuesday that evangelical leader James Dobson was " making stuff up " when he accused the presumed Democrat... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Mitchell captures West Palm seat | WEST PALM BEACH The election came three months later than she expected it would, but Kimberly Mitchell won back her seat on the city commission tonight, defeating two opponents with 57 percent of th... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | U.S. Sugar deal could enhance Gov. Charlie Crist's image within state | TALLAHASSEE - Standing Tuesday in the Everglades , Charlie Crist was hoping to repolish his image as Florida's environmental governor by announcing an end to the decades-old battle between Big Sugar a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | State Poll Roundup: IN, MI, N | Battleground States, 1 that now becomes a Battleground State, and a change to our Presidential Projector. Up first is our newest Battleground State Indiana and finally a poll from Survey USA ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Senate confirms FEC picks | 10:05 PM [ET] The Senate has ended a months-long stalemate that left the Federal Election Commission (FEC) paralyzed throughout the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries. Senators on Tuesda... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Golly gee whiz shucks, you can dish it out but can't take it | Tue, 2008-06-24 18:36. IAfter getting his "conference" call this evening, I can tell you this, Wexler doesn't belong in the same website as people like you and Kucinich and the many others in congress... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain aides seek undecideds, non-partisans for town halls (USA Today) | Instead of picking crowds of committed supporters to fill his town hall meetings, aides to Republican John McCain say they are hiring specialists to find undecided and not overly partisan voters. Obam... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama holds 12-point lead over McCain, poll finds (Houston Chronicle) | Buoyed by enthusiasm among Democrats and public concern over the economy, Sen., at the opening of the general election campaign for president, the Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll has found. ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Preaching / Homiletics | As a preacher myself, I know there are few moments to compare with the affection and approval of parishioners after Mass, especially if you have been helpful in strengthening their faith. But the most... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | FISA: Money Talks | 22:57. Complaints by citizens concerned about losing their constitutional rights? Not so much : Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint gave PAC contributions averaging: $8,359 to each Democrat who changed their po... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Voices on Writing: Mary Roach | Voices on Writing: Mary Roach by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Mary Roach has created a singular niche for herself by giving topics like sex and death a unique spin.com and Discover , covering Eskimo food,... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama Asks Funders to Relieve Clinton s Debt | Jeff Zeleny Senator Barack Obama asked his leading fund-raisers in a conference call today to lend a hand to retire the campaign debt of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. This week has been designate... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | DOJ Inspector General's report issued today | 2:15PMThe DOJ IG report released this morning, besides providing some memorable quotes on woodland creatures , also gave some valuable statistics on the biased hiring practices of Honor Program attorn... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | U.S. Attorneys | We already knew that Michael Elston, chief of staff to the Deputy Attorney General and former U. Their acrimonious phone calls over her December 2006 firing as U. attorney for San Diego are well known... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama Videos | Obama video podcasts ready for download to your iPod. Get the most popular Barack Obama videos and Michelle Obama videos from YouTube. Yes, We Can! - Si, Se Puede! Song & video, featuring a star cast,... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | George Carlin Videos | George Carlin video podcasts from YouTube. These George Carlin videos are ready for downloading into your iPod. performed live; it might give us a bit of insight on how to treat his death. George Carl... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | John McCain Videos | .There's no question John McCain is getting a free ride from the mainstream press. But with the power of YouTube and the blogosphere, we can provide an accurate portrayal of the so-called Maverick. We... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | EXR.UK | Expro Intl Group plc Shareholders in Expro holding a 20% stake plan to seek to delay Candover's buyout bid - Telegraph - The shareholders want Halliburton's bid to be considered. Expro Intl Group plc... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Countdown: The Terror Card + No Country Club for Obama + US Attys | Bush, Talabani to discuss security deal. Dandelion Salad June 24, 2008 videocafeblog The Terror Card Keith reports on the response of the Obama campaign on Charlie Black s remarks, McCain s similar r... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Dozens of murder cases at risk after collapse of hitman trial | Ministers are determined to rush through emergency laws to halt the collapse of criminal cases throughout England and Wales after senior judges ruled that granting. The government is planning to propo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain outlines plan to make federal government buildings, auto fleet energy efficient | John McCain said Tuesday the federal government should practice the energy efficiency he preaches, pledging that if he is elected president he would switch official vehicles to green technologies and... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Lincoln Mitchell | Lincoln Mitchell joined Columbia University in January of 2006 as the Arnold A. Saltzman Assistant Professor in the Practice of International Politics. Before joining Columbia, Lincoln was a practitio... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Phil Rosenthal: Mariotti a natural for radio show | T hose taken aback by Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti's criticism of his colleagues and the rest of the local sports and media establishment missed the real revelation of his verbal jousting ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Preacher's lawsuit against Miami U. revived | A federal appeals court has given an evangelical preacher's lawsuit against Miami University in Oxford new life, saying a lower court erred when it dismissed his case after he was kicked off the campu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Times questions Obama inclusiveness | In the past, I have criticized stories for lacking sufficient context and detail about religion. Today I will praise a New York Times story for exhibiting those qualities, as well as making a releva... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | GR commentator Chip | Times questions Obama inclusiveness | About that pregnancy pact. Who would have thought that a relatively new Washington, D., insider s news organization would scoop all the news organizations in a ma... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Canadian soldiers track border-crossing insurgents | View larger image Cars and trucks cross the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the community of Spin Boldak. View larger image A Canadian soldier speaks with a Pakistani official near the A... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Hoyer and Rockefeller win prestigious conservative awards | I'm live-blogging this evening from the prestigious Heritage Foundation Annual Democrat Capitulator Awards in Washington, DC. Every year conservatives gather to heap praise upon those Democrats who ar... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Amy Winehouse's Illness Less Severe Than Feared | She is not diagnosed with full-blown emphysema, but instead has early signs of what could lead to emphysema," her publicist reportedly told the Associated Press. According to the BBC, Winehouse has al... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | White House Brings Army Plan To A Hault | The White House won a big victory in its quest for ultimate power yesterday, thanks to the Supreme Court.SCOTUS rejected a legal challenge from the Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club yesterday ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Nancy Pelosi Claims She's the Victim of Sexism, Seemingly Unaware She's Heads one of the Most Powerful Bodies on Earth, the US Congress | Main | Former US Diplomats Meet With Hamas Chief: "Palestinians do not View Israelis or Jews as Enemies". Nancy Pelosi Claims She's the Victim of Sexism, Seemingly Unaware She's Heads one of the Most ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain Admits Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Are About Oil & Gas | I've got oil in Bakersfield, pumping, *pumping*, pumping! What's it for but to buy us anything we want! . I noticed McCain's comments earlier today while watching video of his town hall yesterday in ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Alleged BB gun shooter arrested (Elko Daily Free Press) | One of the men suspected of shooting at people and property with a BB gun in April was arrested Friday evening.com... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Hillary Returns to Senate Ovations | Hillary Clinton's fellow Senate Democrats embraced her on Tuesday with a pair of standing ovations, tears and cheers as she returned to the U. Capitol from her historic yet unsuccessful presidential b... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama has 12-pt. Lead on McCain: LA Times Poll | Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has built a yawning 12-point national lead over Republican John McCain, according to a new poll published by the Los Angeles Times Tuesday. The LA Times/Blo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The party's over | We ve said before that almost any defective piece of public policy can be traced back to our current system of financing political campaigns people representing special interests raise funds for candi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Manukau youth get rewarded for reading | Manukau City Council 24 June 2008 Manukau youth get rewarded for reading Manukau Libraries annual teen reading programme Manix2 makes a welcome return this week. The programme rewards youth for readi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Rays rally off Marlins bullpen late for 6-4 win | Tampa Bay Rays' Dioner Navarro throws his bat after drawing a walk to bring in the tying run in the eighth inning a baseball game against the Florida Marlins in Miami . 21:45:05 Location: MIAMI Dioner... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Why were 'first responders' de-contaminated at the | De-contamination is done when one is exposed to radiation! Why, then, were 911 'first responders' to the Pentagon de-contaminated? That they . were is not only compelling evidence that DU [Depleted U... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Next "3rd Man in the Room?" | Meet Malcom A. Smith, quite possible the next man to join the 3-Man Circle that is Albany politics. Smith is currently the Democratic Minority Leader in the NY State Senate. He s from Queens, he s a r... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | S.C .state Sen. Knotts keeps seat in heated runoff | SPRINGDALE, S. (AP) _ A Republican state senator who s known as a plainspoken bulldog won the fight of his political life Tuesday in a runoff that largely focused on his rocky relationship with Gov. J... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Skelos chosen new Senate majority leader | Sen. Dean Skelos was elected majority leader of the state Senate on Tuesday evening, following the resignation of Joseph Bruno from the post. Bruno, R-Brunswick, announced Monday he will not seek re-e... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain Plans Greener Government | Barack Obama mocked his rival as crafting energy policies that merely pander to voters, in the latest skirmish over which presidential. (AHN) - The latest USA Today/Gallup poll has found that Sen. De... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | U.S. House votes to stop Medicare cuts | By Susan Jaffe KHI News Service WASHINGTON, D., June 24 Six days before doctors were to get a 10. House decided overwhelmingly Tuesday to give them a small raise instead. Kansas Congressmen Jerry Mo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Monroe residents voice concerns over proposed Rutter s | Monroe residents voice concerns over proposed Rutter s CHR Corporation presents plan, variance requests to zoning hearing board By Jason Scott, Sentinel Reporter . 6:17 PM EDT Mark Shaffer said a Rutt... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Italian businessman, ex-boyfriend of Anne Hathaway, accused of cashing in on fake Vatican ties | Italian businessman, ex-boyfriend of Anne Hathaway, accused of cashing in on fake Vatican ties LARRY NEUMEISTER . 21:01 EST An Italian businessman who once dated actress Anne Hathaway was arrested Tue... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama asks donors to help Clinton with debt | 8:46pmWASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama asked members of his finance team Tuesday to help Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off at least $10 million of the debt from her failed... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Hillary Clinton Returns to Senate Amidst Cheers | Hillary Clinton returned to the Senate today . She's back to her day job, promising to roll up her sleeves, get to work, and yes, help. Two hundred journalists, interns and others awaited her arrival... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | By The Issues | Sen. John McCain pledged yesterday that he would make the federal government more environmentally friendly, while Sen. Barack Obama mocked his rival as crafting energy policies that merely pander to v... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Friday get-together | Some staff member was truly inspired to come up with this scheduling idea (and should get a raise as a result). It was announced today that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would travel to Unity, N., ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Larry Sinclair recieving death threats | It seems that someone with an YouTube username of oswaldo123432 is pretty pissed off with Larry Sinclair. If you are not aware, Larry Sinclair is someone who has made allegations against Obama claimin... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Living With Parkinsons | Tuesday, June 24, 2008 |Thank you bringing us up to date on George. While the onset of Parkinson s is still not fully understood, research appears to suggest that individuals may have a genetic predis... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | When Is a 19-Point Gap Narrow and a 12-Point Gap Sizable ? When It s the L.A. Times Doing the Measuring! | When Is a 19-Point Gap Narrow and a 12-Point Gap Sizable ? When It s the L. Times is reporting that Barack Obama leads John McCain by 12 points in a national poll. Guess how they describe that marg... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Imagining the Pentagon Under | Illinois Sen. Barack Obama talks with foreign policy adviser Richard Danzig during a flight to West Virginia in May. McCain adviser Richard Armitage (left), a former deputy secretary of state, testif... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | POLITICAL ROUNDUP: OBAMA DROPS SEAL / TERRORIST ATTACK WOULD HELP MCCAIN? / WHAT ABOUT OBAMA? | Sen. Barack Obama has stopped using a presidential-looking seal. The media slammed Obama for the seal, which includes an eagle clutching arrows and an olive branch with the phrase Vero Possumus ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Donnan wins runoff for labor commissioner | RALEIGH, N. State labor commissioner candidate Mary Fant Donnan won the Democratic primary runoff Tuesday, putting her on the ballot for a November challenge of Republican incumbent Cherie Berry. Do... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Age of Lincoln | Hill and Wang On Sale: 7/16/2008 ISBN: 978-0-8090-2385-1 ISBN-10: 0-8090-2385-7 Trim: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches 432 pages, 16 Pages of Black-and-White Illustrations/Bibliographical Essay/Index . Orville... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Olivier Guitta | Olivier is also a counterterrorism and foreign affairs consultant in WashingtonD. His clients include private companies, financial institutions, law firms and think tanks. Additionally, he is the foun... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Notes and Comments | PUTTING OUR SPIES BACK TO WORK: The House last week passed a bill restoring to our intelligence agencies the authority they need to monitor foreign terrorists operating on foreign soil. That authority... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Is Congress going to write-off the 4th Amendment? | Wed, 2008-06-25 01:29. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Q-C women encouraged to become more politically active | Women make up the majority of registered voters in Iowa and Illinois. But women hold only about 25 percent of the seats in either state legislature. Maggie Tinsman of Bettendorf pointed out this and o... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Good thinking, Obama! I was concerned he would personally bail her | June 24, 2008 Tahman Bradley --> ABC News has learned that on a conference call with his national finance team this afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, asked his top contributors to help Sen. Hi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Cardinals beat Tigers in rematch of 2006 World Series | St. Louis Cardinals starter Braden Looper pitches against the Detroit Tigers in the third inning of a baseball game on . 21:30:05 Location: DETROIT Brian Barton, Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan each d... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama Says Dobson "Making Stuff Up" | Democratic presidential candidate Sen., talks with the media aboard his campaign charter in flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Barack Obama said Tuesday evangelical leader J... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain Talks Housing, Energy During SoCal Tour | SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- At a campaign stop in Riverside Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate John McCain observed that Inland Empire residents are "suffering mightily" from the subprime home lo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | India s Reliance in talks with DreamWorks over $2-billion movie venture | MUMBAI, India India s Reliance Entertainment and other investors are in talks with Hollywood s DreamWorks SKG to raise up to US$2 billion to create a movie venture, two people familiar with negotiat... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Russian league still open to signing NHL players like Evgeni Malkin | The NHL has opened negotiations with a new Russian-based professional hockey league to establish a temporary agreement to prevent either league from signing players under contract. But until such a de... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Zimbabwe's Mugabe Remains Defiant | HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- President Robert Mugabe refused Tuesday to give into pressure from Africa and the West, saying the world can "shout as loud as they like" but he would not cancel this week's r... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Second thoughts on second homes | PARK CITY , Utah With the developer forced into bankruptcy, Hugh Smith worries about the $1 million he and a partner sunk into bare lots at Promontory, a half-built, sprawling residence club in a post... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Guard kills self at Sarkozy event | TEL AVIV | French President Nicolas Sarkozy's visit to Israel ended on a violent note yesterday, with an Israeli policeman apparently committing suicide during his departure ceremony and rocket fire f... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Cherokee Funds at Risk | WASHINGTON (AP) The Cherokee Nation would lose some of its federal funding under House legislation passed Thursday if the Oklahoma tribe doesn't reinstate descendants of its former slaves as tribal ci... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama and His Fruitcake Interpretation of the Constitution | Dr. Dobson says Obama has a fruitcake interpretation of the Constitution. It s a living, breathing fruitcake interpretation. James Dobson strikes at the Obamamessiah: As Barack Obama broadens his ou... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Family of Eli n Gonz lez Has Not Forgotten Those Who Serve Team Obama | Via Redstate comes this from the Miami Herald : Summoning a time of political upheaval in Miami, a great-uncle of Eli n Gonz lez plans Friday to publicly denounce two Barack Obama campaign advisors wh... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Ideology-Based Hiring at Justice Broke Laws, Investigation Finds | The Justice Department broke federal law by using a political and ideological litmus test to hire conservative law students over their liberal peers, according to an audit released earlier today. "Man... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama, Clinton Seek Unity In N.H | Video: Obama's Muslim Snub Video: Ex-Clintonites For McCain Video: Charming 'The View'. -- The town of Unity is preparing for Friday's arrival of U. The two former rivals for the Democratic nominati... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bill Clinton says he'll help Obama, but his role is still uncertain | Bill Clinton says he'll help Obama, but his role is still uncertain .. FORMER President Bill Clinton yesterday offered to help Barack Obama win the White House, although what work he'll do for his wif... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Dean Skelos Named New State Senate Majority Leader | June 24, 2008 State Republicans elected Long Island Senator Dean Skelos to succeed outgoing Senator Joseph Bruno as New York State's Senate majority leader Tuesday. Skelos served as the Deputy Majorit... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Pink Section | Dodd had once promised. we'll see but if I can manage it (I have to take Myla to ballet camp, yes ballet camp) I'm going to try to catch Sen. Ah - those were the days - I wax nostalgic about taking my... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | District 81 Run-off Goes to Young | AIKEN CTY, S. --- It's unofficial, but Tom Young has won the run-off election in Aiken County for State House District 81. According to Aiken County's Election Results, Tom Young picked up 3,151 votes... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The strange Obama financing debate | It exposes the essential silliness of campaign finance reform rhetoric. Even if all his donors were maxing out, why would Obama care what one person gave him? What leverage would they have? The maximu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Clark Hoyt on Maureen Dowd's sexism | Dowd s columns about Clinton s campaign were so loaded with language painting her as a 50-foot woman with a suffocating embrace, a conniving film noir dame and a victim dependent on her husband that t... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Republicans Make Their Pick | ALBANY, N. Dean Skelos was elected leader of the Republicans' tenuous majority in the Senate on Tuesday following Joseph Bruno's surprise announcement that he will resign as majority leader after 13 y... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Skelos Sworn In As Senate Majority Leader | ALBANY (AP) Sen. Dean Skelos was elected leader of the Republicans' tenuous majority in the Senate on Tuesday following Joseph Bruno's surprise announcement that he will resign as majority leader a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | British Agent Al Gore Throwing His Weight Around In Obamaland | June 24, 2008 (LPAC)--Al Gore, the agent of the British Royal Family, who shares Prince Philip's commitment to wipe out the vast majority of the human race, is attempting to throw around his considera... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Still time to help Noriega in the Boxer challenge | Last week , I said you could lend a painless hand to Rick Noriega 's fundraising efforts by voting in Sen. PAC for a Change is kicking off our 2008 "Choose a Challenger" contest -- an opportunity for ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain admits more drilling is useless [Thoughts from Kansas | MSNBC's First Read quotes McCain justifying offshore oil drilling : Even though it may take some years, the fact that we are exploiting those reserves would have psychological impact that I think is b... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Latest Gallup Poll on Evolution Denial [Stranger Fruit | So 60% of Republicans - versus 40% of Independents and 38% of Democrats - think that God created humans as is, 10,000 years ago. Let's get this clear - this isn't 60% accepting some form of "intellige... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Congressman's letter hints at accusations of pandering, flip-flopping | ELECTION 2008 Tancredo takes McCain to task on immigration Congressman's letter hints at accusations of pandering, flip-flopping. Tom Tancredo of Colorado drew attention early in the Republican prima... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Thanks FD and VL | 10:16. Glenn, I m posting the following on correntewire.com, as an open letter to you, on the twin assumptions that our readers comments may further illuminate this topic and that you receive far too... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama: Help with Clinton's debt | In a call with his national finance committee today, Senator Barack Obama asked his top donors to help Senator Hillary Clinton retire $10 million of campaign debt. "Obama said that if folks are inclin... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Chomsky: US public irrelevant | Noam Chomsky, the renowned US academic, author and political activist, speaks to Avi Lewis on Al Jazeera's Inside USA. They discuss whether the US election this year will bring real change, the ongoin... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Lenz v. Universal | The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), asking a federal court to protect the fair use and free speech rights of a mother who posted a shor... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Jays back Burnett with 3 homers, rout Reds 14-1 | Toronto Blue Jays' Gregg Zaun, right, is congratulated by teammate Lyle Overbay after hitting a home run during first inning baseball action against the the Cincinnati Reds in Toronto on . 21:15:05 Lo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Shades of 60 as Pirates beat Yankees 12-5 | Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Tom Gorzelanny throws against the New York Yankees in a baseball game at Pittsburgh, Tuesday, June 24, 2008. 21:15:05 Location: PITTSBURGH Jose Bautista and Ryan Doumit home... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama's No Fool: He Made Right Choice on Funding | Newser) Barack Obama may be taking flak for opting out of public financing, but he would have been foolish to do otherwise, writes Charlie Cook in the National Journal . Cook is "relieved" that a po... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Fillibuster on Fisa | I didn't get t hat job at the DOJ.good to know these right wingers will be lifers (though maybe under a less corrupt administration their jobs will lose their appeal) PS. VOD is up featuring Art, Maro... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Democrats' Lieberman Problem - TIME | Home. Joe Lieberman during a campaign appearance at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Joe Lieberman is having a not-so-secret affair on his political spouse of the past four decades.... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Five FEC nominees confirmed by Senate | WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate on Tuesday confirmed five nominees for the Federal Election Commission, breaking a prolonged partisan logjam and allowing the agency to resume functioning. The nominees we... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | PurpleMagic | The TMZ.com clip with Shaq freestyling (if labeling it as such even does the rap genre justice) a diss to Kobe is quickly gaining chatter among our readers, SportsCenter and the talk radio circuit. Th... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama leads McCain in opinion polls | The latest Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll shows presidential hopeful Barack Obama has a significant lead over his rival John McCain. 49% of people who participated in the poll voted for Obama while ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Hazard Kentucky | No one was surprised by Hillary Clinton's absolute dominance in the hills, hollows and other rural stretches of Kentucky in the state's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday. But as she rolled up an... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | MikeG | MikeG said, June 24, 2008 at 7:34 pm Unlurking I m late to the discussion, and a first time poster, but I must chime in. Abortion always brings everyone out, don t it? Anyway, as for the discussion r... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Only 300 million for a new car battery? | Crooks and Liars ( Free subscription ) | 14 minutes ago Logan did a post on it, but what I want to know is why McCain is being so cheap about it? Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Mon... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | News, quotes | U. Sugar deal - Missing link in Everglades restoration? Activists say changing the flow would provide wildlife habitat, replenish parched farmland and protect coastal estuaries - but some say the emp... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bill Clinton says he'll help Obama, but is uncertain of role | Former President Bill Clinton offered to help Barack Obama win the White House, although what work he'll do for his wife's former rival remained uncertain. The Obama campaign is still smarting over so... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Guthrie man killed in Iraq bombing AP Photo | Guthrie resident Steven Farley felt he was making a difference working for the State Department to help build up the city government in Sadr City, Iraq. On Tuesday, Farley paid for that work with his ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | 'I'm Going to Talk to Obama About This' | ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT SEN. BARACK OBAMA HAS ASKED HIS TOP CONTRIBUTORS TO HELP SEN. HILLARY CLINTON RETIRE HER $10 MILLION OUTSTANDING VENDOR DEBT. Jim Wallis plans to urge Barack Obama to go alon... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama: Clearing Clinton's credit cards? | Sen. Hillary Clinton clear some $10 million in debt owed to vendors who served her campaign for president. Obama is asking his own donors to help Clinton settle her accounts, ABC News reported this ev... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bible Wars: Dobson Attacks Obama | Distorting the Bible, Having a "Fruitcake" Interpretation of the Constitution. We haven't seen or heard too much of the conservative Bible-thumpers in this election so far. On Tuesday (6-24-8), "Focus... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Financier Linked to Burkle Is Charged | Federal prosecutors charged Raffaello Follieri, an Italian entrepreneur and former business partner of California billionaire Ron Burkle, with funding a lavish lifestyle by using money from a real-est... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | NY Senate Passes Legislation to Crack Down on Video Game Violence | The New York State Senate today gave final legislative approval to a bill (S.6401-A), sponsored by Senator Andrew Lanza (R-I, Staten Island) that would take steps to crack down on video game violence ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | In Russert Wake, NBC News Seeks New D.C. Chief | On the morning of Sunday, June 22, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams made a much anticipated announcement at the end of Meet the Press , which he was moderating in the wake of Tim Russert s sudde... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bucking Up For Life After Bruno | Albany-dwellers are preparing for life after Joe Bruno, the 32-year incumbent who has helped define the capital s three-men-in-a-room culture. It s going to suck, said one photographer who works in A... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | What Happened to Obama's Primary Problems? | Barack Obama will not be able to win in the fall because he hasn't been able to win the most important states in the spring. We heard this argument over and over again, for months on end, from Hillary... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Triple $$$ Ranch | John McCain and Barack Obama Began 08 Race as Populist Renegades; That Was Then: From Drilling to Campaign Funding, Systems Encroach: It s Hard to Be the Rebel When You Are the Nominee, Says Pete K... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Skelos Elected To Lead GOP's Tenuous Senate Majority | Staff Reporter of the Sun June 24, 2008 ALBANY With the future of the Republican Party's control of the Senate hanging in the balance, the newly-installed majority leader of the Senate, Dean Skelos,... Read » |
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24/Jun 2008 | Telecom Donations Tied to FISA Vote | When scores of House Democrats joined Republicans last week to reauthorize a controversial White House spying program, many critics attributed that support to election-year jitters. But as liberal vot... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Reporter in Tyler sex club case admits dating prosecutor | DALLAS An East Texas newspaper acknowledged Tuesday that a reporter covering a trial of a child sex club dated the prosecutor until five months ago, an allegation the defense team is using to seek a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama could help Clinton out with campaign debt | Hillary Clinton clear some $10 million in debt owed to vendors who served her campaign for president. Obama is asking his own donors to help Clinton settle her accounts, ABC News reported this evening... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama calls McCain idea a 'gimmick' | Kennedy decided that we were going to put a man on the moon, he didn't put a bounty out for some rocket scientist to win -- he put the full resources of the United States government behind the project... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain says only World War III would justify draft | McCain said on Tuesday. government will be forced to reinstitute the draft given the prolonged Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Asked about that possibility by a potential voter in Florida during a telephon... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Items from today's Crain's | Blagojevich vows $2B in cuts unless Madigan caves I should ask, why should Madigan cave? If there are cuts to be made, then make the cuts. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday threatened to veto $2 billion of s... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bush hints at delaying elections to stay in office? | Wired.com blogger Kevin Poulsen posted something quite intriguing today. Possibly nothing more than idle speculation, but the sad commentary is that people actually have to wonder if Bush would do thi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Planski: Madison leftists on the race for president | I previously noted Bill O'Reilly's inability to tell a centrist from a leftist, his attempts to link Obama to the radical left, and his personal disaffection for the city of Madison. Writing about tha... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Controversial Mich. judge wins Senate approval to U.S. appeals court bench | WASHINGTON -- Ending a bitter partisan feud that dates back to 1997, the U. Senate took less than two hours Tuesday night to confirm a controversial Michigan judge to sit on the federal appeals court ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Audacity of 'Nope': McCain's Misleading Attacks on the Obama Energy Plan | It's time for another round of "Name That Talking Point." As Republican presidential nominee John McCain tours the country to tout new energy policies like offshore oil drilling, possible ANWR explora... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | According to the Congressional Budget Office | Videos of the day: Clinton knows why the caged bird sings. makes a play for African-Americans and adolescent poetesses in a new North Carolina ad featuring Ms. Also, babies are cute: Obama tells the "... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama: McCain s Energy Plan Just a Bunch of Gimmicks | LAS VEGAS, Nev Barack Obama put some new spin on what s become a familiar energy-related attack on the campaign trail accusing John McCain of promoting an energy plan full of gimmicks that would d... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Hillary s Capitol Hill Return | After more than two weeks off, Senator Clinton came back to her day job today arriving on Capitol Hill to the cheers of some 50 interns and the hounding questions of the political press corps. She w... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Clinton offers support to Obama's presidential bid | Bill Clinton today offered his support today to Barack Obama, although what work he plans to do is still uncertain. The Obama campaign is still smarting over some of Bill Clinton's criticism in the pr... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Corden wins Democratic runoff for 4th District congressional seat | Paul Corden defeated Ted Christian in a Democratic primary runoff in the 4th District congressional race today setting up a bid to upset incumbent Republican Bob Inglis. With 98 percenet of the vote ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Clinton returns to Senate with greater influence | Oregon GOP senator cites work with Obama in ad. As she returned to the Senate for the first time since ending her campaign for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday her goal was simply to be ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Government warned over | Search: Biosecurity UK laboratories Security at British laboratories handling some of the world's most deadly diseases is being put at risk by poor maintenance and under-investment, MPs have warned. T... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Weight-loss drug to be used | Rimonabant NHS use A controversial weight-loss drug has been approved for use on the NHS. Rimonabant will be made available to overweight or obese patients who cannot take, or who have had no success ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | UK 'ill-prepared' for summer | Summer floods report Britain was ill-prepared for last summer's floods, an independent report will conclude. Sir Michael Pitt is publishing his Government-commissioned review, containing 92 recommenda... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | D.L. Hughley on Obama: `He's like a tall Urkel dud | Tuesday's BET Awards, he'd have done well to prepare for a roasting by host D. "He does look like the dude from 'Mad' magazine," Hughley joked of the Democratic presidential nominee in an interview wi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Future of Technology and Politcs | PDF '08 - Talk to Me! Hello out there in cyberspace! I am looking forward to your comments, questions and ideas as I attend a two day conference on technology and politics.. Transparency and Governmen... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Man Who Plays George W. Bush | The face of George W. Bush, sliced into eleven salmon-pink fillets, is neatly arranged on a six-foot banquet table in the sunken living room of a suite at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. This sounds... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Powerful Marriage Opponent Bruno Won't Seek Re-Election To New York Senate | The top Republican in New York State and its most vocal opponent of LGBT civil rights, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, has confirmed he will not seek re-election. The 79-year-old state Senate Maj... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | "Gay marriage redux" -- California initiative; no effect on presidential race | Hill By Mark Mellman Excerpt: An inaccurate storyline is already developing around the 2008 election, built on a mythology about 2004. The story goes like this California s decision to legalize gay ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Clinton Returns to Senate, Pledges to Rally Dems Behind Obama | Three days before she heads out for her first joint campaign stop with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton returned Tuesday to her day job on Capitol Hill, pledging to rally voters behind her former rival a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Sarah Palin confronts Dem majority leader, asks, 'What will it take' for Congress to act? | BLACK-GOLD BLUES Alaska guv to Sen. Reid: Start drilling in ANWR! Sarah Palin confronts Dem majority leader, asks, 'What will it take' for Congress to act? . In a letter to Democratic Senate Majorit... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Administrator calls for language program | INVASION USA 'Adios' English school? Super wants all-Spanish Administrator calls for language program amid soaring illegal immigration statistics . Dissatisfied with teaching in Spanish 85 percent o... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | House fails to move gas-gouging bill | WASHINGTON House Democrats failed Tuesday to resurrect a bill to punish price gouging at the gas pump, while maneuvering to block Republican attempts to expand offshore drilling, an idea gaining in ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Ten SC Club for Growth Candidates Win Seats in Legislature, Two More Now in Runoffs | The Spartanburg Herald-Journal mentions an apparent anti-incumbent wave that swept several longtime lawmakers out of office Tuesday . SC Hotline reports the highest number of incumbents was def... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Shaq booted from sheriff s posse for Kobe rap | Shaquille O Neal will lose his special deputy s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Study: Americans see truth in a range of faiths | The United States is a nation of believers: most Americans say they believe in God, they pray, and they attend worship services regularly; they also believe in angels and demons, in heaven and hell, a... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Scrapping Campaign Finance Reform | Atrios writes : There's a strain of elitism which is concerned about the power of money, but not so concerned about the power of. It was truly freaky coming in contact with people who were genuinely c... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Now I guess I must vote for Obama | James Dobson has given his screeching purple anti-endorsement , I cannot fail to punch that chad for Obama. Another interesting bit in that article: Dobson also will not vote for McCain. It would be ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama Asks donors to Help Clinton Retire | June 24, 2008 Tahman Bradley --> ABC News has learned that on a conference call with his national finance team this afternoon, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, asked his top contributors to help Sen. Hi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Third party candidate plants roots in Kentwood | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Newschannel 3) - The top two presidential candidates are beginning to look over their shoulders, as the candidates from two other parties could throw a wrench in the November elec... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Poll: Obama leads McCain by 12 points | Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has a 12-point lead over his likely Republican opponent, John McCain , a poll indicates. In a two-man race, the Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg Poll found Ob... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Woman With Five Dead Husbands Under Further Scrutiny | CHARLOTTE, N. (AP) -- Authorities said Tuesday they will re-examine the shooting death of a man in the Florida Keys more than four decades ago, after learning he was the third of five husbands to a se... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain Admits Offshore Drilling is BS | Here's a nice quote for you. Faced with a nearly unanimous consensus of energy experts and economists who say that McCain's 180-degree flip-flop on opening up offshore drilling would produce ZERO shor... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Mesa could learn a lot from Houston | Now that the four new members of the City Council and mayor are on board and in the driver s seat, the citizens of Mesa wait and watch. They watch to see what changes are going to take place and they ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Our full U.S. election coverage | Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would break America s addiction to dirty, dwindling, and dangerously expensive oil if he is elected U. president -- and one of his first targets might well be Canada... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Former president Clinton vows to help Obama | WASHINGTON - US former President Bill Clinton vowed on Tuesday to help Barack Obama, who beat his wife, Hillary, in the Democratic presidential nomination race, to win the bid for the White House. For... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | News Alert: New Senate Majority Leader | Long Island Senator Dean Skelos has officially been voted in as the new Senate Majority Leader, replacing Senator Joe Bruno. FOX23 news will have a live report from the State Capitol at 10 p. Yahoo st... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Joe Bruno: Powerful Politician and "Average Joe" | Reported by: Paul Merrill Email: paulmerrill@fox23news. The newspaper headlines that greet patrons on their way into Brunswick's Country View Diner on Tuesday evening hammer home the news: Senate Maj... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Here are the details | Neil Cavuto the Editor of Business News at the Fox News Channel and at the Fox Business Network is a Bald Faced Liar . He Repeats a Lie Dick Cheney Told, but Retracted, Nine (That Would be NINE )... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Invisible Voter | Bill Clinton can interview all the future White House interns. Possibly he could be a bell clerk for the Lincoln bedroom. He also has experience in developing outgoing administration presidential pard... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com | The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 1000 STEREO PROGRESSIVE ROCK VIDEOS The Interface - Standard Feed Scoreland Feed Next Big Hit New Music Mix - Enhanced AAC Feed . Antonin Scalia is one of the mo... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McClellan Won't Rule Out Democratic Vote | 06-24) 18:07 PDT -- Scott McClellan - the longtime supporter of President George W. Bush who served as his White House press secretary for nearly three years - said today he hasn't ruled out registeri... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Cop's suicide at farewell ceremony mars Sarkozy trip to Israel | Cop's suicide at farewell ceremony mars Sarkozy trip to Israel .. AN ISRAELI police officer fatally shot himself in the head yesterday at an airport departure ceremony for French President Nicolas Sar... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama's 'Shock and Awe' | Blogs | Tags obama campaign mccain Barack Obama's decision to forgo public financing for his presidential campaign provides him with the tools needed to implement a "Shock and Awe" television ad str... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Poll Update: Obama Leads McCain by 12 | Politicususa | Polls | Tags barack obama poll A just released LA Times/Bloomberg poll has Barack Obama leading John McCain by twelve points, 49%-37%. On a four man ballot that includes Ralph Nader and Bob Barr, Ob... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | It s official: L.I. senator to take over reins | Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, a Rensselaer County Republican who announced yesterday that he was stepping down from the powerful position. Skelos said he was confident the GOP would retain its control... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | AP Top News at 9:24 p.m. EDT | LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barack Obama said Tuesday that evangelical leader James Dobson was "making stuff up" when he accused the presumed Democratic presidential nominee of distorting the Bible. Dobson use... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Feingold, Dodd to Fight FISA | BillClinton JohnMccain election PresidentBush Democrats republicans GasPrices terrorists BushAdministration DreamTicket fundraising polls endorsements MccainVs.Obama politics energy drilling economy S... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Whyalla thrashed at Mortlock event | Mortlock Saturday again produced its Magic Moments with big wins, a one-point win, and a draw that had to go to extra time to decide the winner. Eastern Eyre, with two big wins over Far West and Whyal... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Israel/palestine: Weapons of Mass Instruction | The Australian media are far more willing to discuss the Palestinian catastrophe than the American press, says visiting Palestinian-American writer Ali Abunimah in an interview with Antony Loewenstein... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Judge approves San Fer gang injunction | Arming police with another weapon in the fight against San Fernando Valley gangs, a judge approved a preliminary injunction Tuesday against the San Fer, a group prosecutors say has terrorized Northeas... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Hope for Guantanamo prisoner | A federal appeals court on Monday (June 23) overturned a U. military tribunal s enemy combatant designation for a Chinese Muslim at the Guantanamo Bay prison, its first ruling that gives a detainee a ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Dino Rossi: Prefers BIAW Party | And it s Gov. Gregoire whose in the pocket of special interests? Yeah right. The BIAW alone has budgeted two to three million dollars this cycle toward electing Dino Rossi. (And if I have that number... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | "Changes in the Louisiana Legislature." | The Louisiana Legislature, especially the House of Representatives, is undergoing rapid change in at least two areas. First, 12-year term limits in each chamber, enacted in 1995, are taking full effec... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Kobe slur: Shaq loses cop badge | Shaquille O'Neal will lose his special deputy's badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former NBA teammate Kobe Bryant. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | SHOWDOWN: Partisan and geographic splits emerge in Virginia roads debate | RICHMOND House Republican leaders will choose Wednesday whether Gov. Kaine s transportation funding bill dies in a showdown floor vote or takes a lethal detour to a committee famously hostile to tax... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | New York Republicans Unified | News from New York Republican State Committee For more information contact: Matthew Walter, 518-462-2601 New York Republicans Unified Delegate and Committemember Elections, Smooth Leadership Transitio... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Affordable Housing for Low-Income Families | Residents of Dothan are invited to meet with the newly formed Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama to talk about problems facing low income families when it comes to finding places to live. The mee... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Obama raps McCain adviser over terrorism comment | Tales from the Trail: 2008 LOS ANGELES - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized a John McCain adviser who was quoted as saying a Sept. 11-type attack before the November ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Bob Barr, the spoiler | 8:35:00 AMA conservative political commentator says Republicans should be worried about the impact of third-party presidential candidate Bob Barr. Some GOP consultants worry the former Georgia Republi... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Governor Huckabee:Civility in Political Discourse | Catholic Online is a for profit business. We will ask important questions of both candidates. As we approach the General election campaign, the former candidate for President, Mike Huckabee, properly ... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Dobson Accuses Obama of Distorting Scripture | COLORADO SPRINGS (CNA) - After having launched an effort to reach out to religious conservatives, Barack Obama is being criticized for deliberately misinterpreting the Bible by Dr. The critique of Oba... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Arizona: Second Partial-birth Abortion Ban | Since she took office, Gov. Napolitano has vetoed every bill the legislature has passed to restrict legalized abortion. PHOENIX (CNA) - The Arizona legislature on Wednesday passed another bill to crea... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Was a Live Born Baby Killed by Abortionist? | Former Abortion Clinic Worker Testifies that Live-Born Baby was Stabbed to Death after a failed abortion.com) - A murder investigation has been opened involving Shelley Sella, a California abortionist... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Pat Welborn becomes GOP candidate in Pickens Clerk of Court race | Pat Welborn clinched his win as the Republican candidate for the Pickens County Clerk of Court seat in a tight primary election runoff today. More than 4,200 voters turned out for the runoff election... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Gitmo-a-go-go | By Edwin Decker Props to the U. Supreme Court for making the right decision regarding Hamdan v. This was the case about whether the Geneva Conventions apply to prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. The Bu... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | I hate people | By Aaryn Belfer I glanced at the clock as I reached for my purse flopped on the passenger seat. I got out of my car and noticed the dark blue BMW X5 parked directly across from me. Not because I gener... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | Community unites in anti-violence oath | Israel s campaign of propaganda and intimidation against Iran and its nuclear program has reached dangerous proportions. It risks building an unstoppable momentum for war with catastrophic consequence... Read » |
24/Jun 2008 | McCain aides seek undecideds, non-partisans for town halls | News . Match up with a candidate: Our issues game lets you compare your views with those of Obama and McCain. USA TODAY's issues game lets you compare your views with those of Barack Obama and John... Read » |
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