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Russia's energy drive leaves US reeling

jovial — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:55:59 EDT

Last week, the gloves finally came off the Dmitry Medvedev presidency in Russia. It had to happen sooner or later, but few would have expected this soon. It was crystal clear US President George W Bush administered a diplomatic snub to Medvedev on the sidelines of the Group of Eight (G-8) summit meeting at Hokkaido, Japan.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Energy Russia US Gazprom Libya Europe

US, Iraq seek `general time horizon' on troop cuts

STONERS — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:29:27 EDT

The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for further withdrawals of American troops from the war.

Channel: News Tags: US Iraq Seek General Time Horizon Troop Cuts

Democrats try to spur oil exploration

ybdogsct — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:56:38 EDT

Republicans blocked a Democratic bill to spur exploration in areas where drilling has already been sanctioned. A supermajority was needed. Democrats were calling the bluff of Republicans on their persistent demands for more domestic production. "Drill on the leases you have or let somebody else do it," said Steny H. Hoyer (D-MA).

Channel: News Tags: Drill Act ANWR offshore drilling gas prices

Proposed George W. Bush Sewage Plant makes ballot

TechnologyExpert — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:14:10 EDT

A measure seeking to commemorate President Bush's years in office by slapping his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Sewage San Francisco

Chertoff: European terrorists trying to enter US

STONERS — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:08:22 EDT

European terrorists are trying to enter the United States with European Union passports, and there is no guarantee officials will catch them every time, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.

Channel: Politics Tags: Chertoff European Terrorists Trying Enter US

Dr. Susan Rice Bashes McCain on Afghanistan Policy

ybdogsct — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:57:06 EDT

After years of denying it was a problem, McCain woke up and discovered Afghanistan, but has no credible plan. He wants to surge in Afghanistan without reducing troops in Iraq, which the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says is impossible. He wants to balance our budget through troop withdrawals which he opposes. The whole thing is illogical.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Dr. Susan Rice Iraq Afghanistan

Flip-flopping to the White House

skewl — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:38:53 EDT

At first, when the chant started at the Republican convention four years ago, it was hard to figure out what was going on.

Channel: News Tags: john mccain politics news taxes barack obama 2008 election mike madden

McCain raises $62.5 million through public finance loophole

Aidenag — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:09:45 EDT

according to FEC reports filed on July 15, through June 30, John McCain had raised at $62.5 million in private funds that can be used for his general election campaign -- even though he's already committed to accepting public funding for the general. $46.3 million -- comes from a total of only 1,803 wealthy individuals.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Loophole Fundraising Public Financing Liar 2008 election

Bush Claims Executive Privilege on CIA Leak Testimony

Neophile — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:55:11 EDT

President Bush has asserted executive privilege to prevent Attorney General Michael Mukasey from having to comply with a House panel subpoena for material on the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush executive privelege testimony cia secrecy

Consumer Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in Quarter Century

ybdogsct — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:28:17 EDT

Soaring food and energy costs pushed consumer prices up in June at the fastest rate in a quarter-century, further pressuring households already buffeted by rising joblessness, falling home prices and a sinking stock market.

Channel: Money Tags: food costs energy costs home prices stock market

McCain shows ignorance regarding birth control

RickyDawkins — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:26:33 EDT

This video of John McCain is truly incredible. The simple answer should have been that insurance companies should, indeed, cover birth control pills. But McCain was incoherent. This is not the first time McCain has shown profound ignorance on birth control and sexuality. Here's the Straight-Talk Express at work:

Channel: Religion Tags: John McCain Christian Conservative Republican Birth Control Clueless

Our view on border security

STONERS — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Next time you're inching toward the Customs inspector at an airport or the Mexican or Canadian border, consider not just what's in your suitcase or your pockets, but what's in your laptop, cellphone or your digital camera.

Channel: News Tags: Border Security Airports Mexican Canadian Laptops

McCain Ape Rape Joke Recalled By Sources

Aidenag — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:32:17 EDT

News circulated fast late Tuesday afternoon that back in 1986, during his initial run for the Senate, John McCain allegedly told a crude joke about rape involving a woman's affection for an ape.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Joke Rape Crude 2008 election Politics

Top 25 Things Vanishing From America

STONERS — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:10:32 EDT

Going, Going, Gone?

Channel: News Tags: Top Twenty Five Things Vanishing From America

Lawmakers Target Chinese-Made Flags

STONERS — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:01:27 EDT

Congress can't halt the flow of Chinese-made flags, but lawmakers can try to control where they are flown. The House declared Monday that any flag flown on federal property should be made in the U.S.A.

Channel: News Tags: Lawmakers Target Chinese Made Flags

Kucinich's Fight to Impeach Bush

jovial — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:59:02 EDT

Rep. Dennis Kucinich continued his seemingly quixotic crusade to impeach President Bush last week. But with Speaker Pelosi suggesting the House Judiciary Committee may hear his argument, Kucinich might get his day very soon.

Channel: Politics Tags: Kucinich Bush impeachment judiciary committee Pelosi

Report: Gov't tardy securing radioactive material

STONERS — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:24:15 EDT

The government is taking too long to secure radioactive materials across the country that could get into terrorists' hands, according to a government report.

Channel: Politics Tags: Govt Tardy Securing Radioactive Material

McCain Issues Top 10 Funniest Ways to Kill Iranians

ind06 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:39:30 EDT

Citing what he called the "overwhelmingly positive response to my jokes about killing Iranians," presumptive G.O.P. presidential nominee John McCain issued today a list of his favorite humorous remarks on the subject.

Channel: Humor Tags: SATIRE Mess With Brakes On Magic Carpet Is My Favorite

Response from Barack on FISA

Beeboppin71 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:54:56 EDT

This was not an easy call for me. I know that the FISA bill that passed the House is far from perfect. I wouldn't have drafted the legislation like this, and it does not resolve all of the concerns that we have about President Bush's abuse of executive power. I support striking Title II from the bill, and will work to remove this provision.

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Feds cite Schumer in collapse of IndyMac

jimdoze — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:10:24 EDT

Schumer shouts "FIRE" in the crowded IndyMac theater... and then shrugs it off as the regulators' problem. Or, shall we say that Schumer merely put a dagger through the heart of ailing IndyMac? Thanks, Chucky!

Channel: Money Tags: Schumer creates IndyMac Bank Run Blames OTS Chucky Dagger

How to break free of oil

STONERS — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:19:39 EDT

When the Founding Fathers declared our independence, they could not have imagined that, 232 years later, the United States would be so spectacularly dependent on foreign countries. It would be roughly eight more decades before oil gushed from a well in Titusville, Pa., marking the beginning of the global oil economy.

Channel: Money Tags: Break Free Oil Dependent Foreign Countries

Why Pulling Out of Iraq Won't Save Money

AnteUp — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:51:27 EDT

End the war, save money that can be used for other purposes. That's effectively how both John McCain and Barack Obama frame the fiscal outcome of drawing down troops in Iraq. It sounds right, but federal budget experts say that to arrive at that conclusion requires a bit of fairy-tale math.

Channel: News Tags: Iraq pull out war costs budget campaign

Shock bracelets for airline passengers?

Aidenag — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:22:29 EDT

A senior government official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has expressed great interest in a so-called safety bracelet that would serve as a stun device, similar to that of a police Taser. The bracelet would be worn by ALL airline passengers.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Airline Passengers Torture Bracelet Homeland Security

Dow drops below 11,000 for 1st time in 2 years

ybdogsct — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:10:10 EDT

Stocks tumbled Friday as investors focused on troubles at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and watched oil prices climb further into record territory. The Dow Jones fell more than 200 points and slid below the 11,000 mark for the first time in two years. Is this what Phil Gramm when the failing economy and "mental recession" is all in our heads

Channel: Money Tags: Dow Jones stocks Fannie Mae Freddie Mac

McCain's broken marriage fractured relationship with Reagans

ameliog — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:15:57 EDT

The nature and timing of his divorce from Carol Shepp alienated key friends - and his version doesn't always match that in court documents.

Channel: Politics Tags: mccain reagan 2008 presidential race

The Week That Should Have Ended McCain

Aidenag — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:59:58 EDT

During this past week: McCain called the most important entitlement program in the U.S. a disgrace, his top economic adviser called the American people whiners, McCain released an economic plan that no one thought was serious, he flip flopped on Iraq, joked about the deaths of Iranian citizens, and denied making comments that he made - TWICE.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Flip Flop Liar Politics 2008 election

McCain faces backlash over top advisor Phil Gramm's comments

ybdogsct — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:18:38 EDT

"You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," said Phil Gramm, one of McCain's top advisors. "We have become a nation of whiners," he said. "You hear constant whining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline." McCain once admitted he didn't know as much about economics as he should.

Channel: Money Tags: Phil Gramm John McCain economy

Karl Rove Fails to Appear at U.S. House Hearing

_kam0_ — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:34:08 EDT

Rove's action today prompted the House Judiciary subcommittee to rule that his reasons for skipping the appearance weren't valid, setting up a possible contempt of Congress vote next week.

Channel: Politics Tags: Karl Rove law Congress

Desk rage spoils workplace for many Americans

STONERS — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:25:37 EDT

Anger in the workplace -- employees and employers who are grumpy, insulting, short-tempered or worse -- is shockingly common and likely growing as Americans cope with woes of rising costs, job uncertainty or overwhelming debt, experts say.

Channel: News Tags: Desk Rage Spoils Workplace Americans

Hot Mic Catches Jesse Jackson Hammering Obama; Jackson Apologizes

pagey — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:20:26 EDT

Apparently unaware of a hot microphone, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, made a crude and disparaging remark along the lines of wanting to rip Obama's genitals off in reference to how Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., might be alienating African-Americans with various moral instructions.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama mic Jesse Jackson hammering

U.S.: Oppose arbitrary withdrawal date for Iraq troops

STONERS — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:24:12 EDT

The United States remains opposed to setting an arbitrary withdrawal date for its troops from Iraq, the White House said on Wednesday.

Channel: News Tags: U.S. Oppose Arbitrary Withdrawal Date Iraq Troops

US ships cigarettes, bras, more to Iran

STONERS — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:35:08 EDT

U.S. exports to Iran Ã¢â;¬" including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons Ã¢â;¬" grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists.

Channel: Politics Tags: US Ships Cigarettes Bras And More Iran

After the Battle, Fighting the Bottle at Home

JohnQPublic — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:30:40 EDT

Most nights when Anthony Klecker, a former marine, finally slept, he found himself back on the battlefields of Iraq. He would awake in a panic, and struggle futilely to return to sleep. Days were scarcely better. Car alarms shattered his nerves. Flashbacks came unexpectedly, at the whiff of certain cleaning chemicals...

Channel: News Tags: Iraq War Veterans PSTD Veterans Administration Marine Corps

Sex Crimes in the White House

Aidenag — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:27:42 EDT

We now know that the torture was the result of a policy set in the White House by Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Rice -- who actually chaired the torture meetings. The Pentagon has acknowledged that it had authorized sexualized abuse. And documents obtained by the ACLU have Rumsfeld, in his own words, checking in on the sexualized humiliation of prisoners.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Sex Crimes Torture Detainees Donald Rumsfeld Condoleezza Rice Dick Cheney War Crimes White House Bush Administration Bush

How McCain Is Skirting His Own Spending Caps

ybdogsct — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:45:36 EDT

Even though McCain has agreed to an $84.1 million spending cap by accepting public funds--a decision he likes to portray as a principled stand against the corrupting influence of money on politics--at least double that sum will be spent on his behalf thanks to loopholes in the law that allow largely unregulated "soft money" contributions.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Barack Obama RNC DNC soft money

Evil Reigns but None Dare Call it Treason

populist — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:39:36 EDT

Torture advocated, secret armies and prisons encouraged, ignoring habeas corpus for anyone pointed to and called "enemy combatant." Yet, non dare call it treason.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: treason tyranny mass murder war torture antiwar populist party peace

Medic in famous photo dies after PTSD struggle

Aidenag — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:18:26 EDT

During the first week of the war in Iraq, a Military Times photographer captured the arresting image of Army Spc. Joseph Patrick Dwyer as he raced through a battle zone clutching a tiny Iraqi boy. But rather than going on to enjoy the public affection for his act of heroism, he was consumed by the demons of combat stress he could not exorcise.

Channel: News Tags: Joseph Patrick Dwyer PTSD War Iraq

South Carolina plans license plate for Christians

JohnQPublic — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:53:51 EDT

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- Unless a federal court intervenes, South Carolina drivers may soon be able to profess their Christian faith with a state-issued license plate.

Channel: News Tags: Religion seoeration of church and state South Carolina Constitution

Cheer up. We're winning this War on Terror

libsRfunny — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:38:56 EDT

Al-Qaeda and the Taleban are in retreat, the surge has worked in Iraq and Islamism is discredited. Not a bad haul

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: War on Terror Afghanistan Iraq Taliban Al Qaeda

The buck doesn't stop here; it just keeps falling

engineer — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:34:02 EDT

The almighty dollar is mighty no more. It has been declining steadily for six years against other major currencies, undercutting its role as the leading international banking currency.

Channel: Money Tags: Dollar decline Euro six years