U.S. Journalist Grilled At Canada Border Crossing
cbc.ca — U.S. journalist Amy Goodman was stopped at a Canadian border crossing south of Vancouver on Wednesday and questioned for 90 minutes by authorities concerned she was coming to Canada to speak against the Olympics. (Submitted by OliverWolcott) More…
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The New Republican Contract on America is Released
newsjunkiepost.com — The final stroke in the Republican master plan to retake congress has just been released. It involves a purity list of 10 resolutions that candidates pledge to fulfill, in a mirror of the Contract on America in 1994. (Submitted by novenator) More…
Liberals Vow to 'Spank' Obama for Sending More Troops to Afg
foxnews.com — President Obama is days away from announcing a new Afghan strategy, but his immediate battle could come from liberals within his own party who are vowing to spank the president for committing tens of thousands of more troops to the eight-year conflict. (Submitted by bettverboten) More…
Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards
huffingtonpost.com — the President issued Executive Order 13490, which bars anyone appointed by the President who has been a federally-registered lobbyist within the past two years from working on particular matters or in the specific areas in which they lobbied or from serving in agencies they had lobbied. The aspiration we are announcing today builds on this (Submitted by redgehomes) More…
Cancer of fraud permeates U.S. healthcare system
reuters.com — It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act. A U.S. Senate committee revealed last year that public health insurer Medicare had paid as much as $92 million from 2000 to 2007 for medical services or equipment ordered or prescribed by doctors who were dead at the time. (Submitted by bettverboten) More…
Olbermann: Does Palin believe Apocalypse is near?
rawstory.com — Sarah Palin frequently refers to to her religious beliefs as part of her core values, but she has never made it clear just what those beliefs are. Now a remark about Jews "flocking to Israel" in days to come may have revealed a belief in end-times theology, the Rapture, and the death of all Jews who do not convert to Christianity. (Submitted by tarkullu) More…
Would-be reality TV stars crash Obama party
msnbc.msn.com — A couple of aspiring reality-TV stars from Northern Virginia appear to have crashed the White House’s state dinner Tuesday night, penetrating layers of security with no invitation to mingle with the likes of Vice President Biden and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. (Submitted by hdar3415) More…
Perino: No Terrorists Attacked America On Bush's Watch | TPM
tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.… — Former Bush press secretary Dana Perino made a rather odd claim on Sean Hannity's Fox News show last night. Talking about how we ought to label the deadly shooting at Fort Hood -- -- Perino said no terrorists attacked the U.S. while Bush was President. (Submitted by knoxca) More…
The Hilarity never Ends: Fox News to Go 'Error-Free' in 2010
gawker.com — The big chiefs at Fox News aren't happy at the string of high-profile lies they got caught telling recently, so they're going to start firing people who get caught in the future, because they hate having to admit mistakes. "That means we will start by going to air with only the most essential, basic, and manageable elements", so no Glenn then? (Submitted by ocean17) More…
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