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Senator: Angry McCain grabbed Sandinista official at talks
Politics – John McCain engaged in a physical confrontation in 1987 with a left-wing Sandinista official during a diplomatic meeting in Nicaragua, according to Sen. Thad Cochran, a Mississippi Republican. Notably mild-mannered, Cochran startled many people earlier this year with comments about McCain's volatile temper.
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(mcclatchydc.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:37am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 36 votes / 2 sinks
Does Iran Have Bush Over a Barrel?
Politics – If President Bush wants to boost Republican chances of holding on to the White House and keeping Democratic gains in Congress to a minimum in November, he might consider taking an attack on Iran "off the table". Of course, that's probably the last thing Bush - and his particularly belligerent vice president, Dick Cheney - will do.
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(ipsnews.net)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:35am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / 1 sink
Media Falsely Claim Clark Attacked McCain's Service
Politics – Today Media Matters called on members of the media to set the record straight concerning the remarks of Wesley Clark on John McCain's military record - a record Clark praised while also saying that it wasn't a 'qualification to be president'. The media driven notion that Clark somehow attacked McCain's military service is patently false.
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(mediamatters.org)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:35am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 21 votes / No sinks
Broadcast networks falsely suggested that Clark criticized McCain's service
Politics – All 3 network evening newscasts misrepresented Wesley Clark's comments about John McCain, with none noting that Clark praised McCain as a 'hero' for his Vietnam war service. NBC's Brian Williams falsely suggested that Clark had impugned McCain's 'war record'. CBS' Dean Reynolds falsely suggested that Clark had questioned McCain's patriotism.
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(mediamatters.org)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:35am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 22 votes / No sinks
Ignoring GOP filibuster, Politico falsely claimed Medicare bill needed 60 votes for passage
Politics – The Politico falsely claimed that a Democratic bill that would have blocked a 10.6% cut in Medicare payments to doctors fell just one vote short of the 60 it needed for passage. In fact, the vote in question was a cloture vote, which required 60 votes to overcome a Republican filibuster of a motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
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(mediamatters.org)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:35am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 25 votes / No sinks
Savage repeatedly referred to Pelosi as Mussolini, called her 'Mussolini in a skirt'
Politics – On the June 27 edition of his radio show, Michael Savage repeatedly referred to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Mussolini, at one point calling her "the Mussolini in a skirt." He later referred to her as "Nancy Pelosi Mussolini" and the "Mussolini-like woman of the day."
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(mediamatters.org)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:34am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 33 votes / 2 sinks
Conservative Radio Host: McCain Represents 'Continuation Of Bush Policy'
Politics – Monday, conservative radio host Michael Smerconish sat in for Bill O'Reilly to host the Radio Factor. Smerconish warned his listeners, "I'm going to tell you something else many of you are not going to want to hear ... We've squandered resources in Iraq." He added, "To my ear John McCain represents more of the same on this issue.&quo
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(thinkprogress.org)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:34am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 27 votes / No sinks
The Coal hard facts: Top Ten Reasons Coal is Dirty
Science – Coal mining employment has declined for decades due to increased use of machinery instead of manpower. Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of human-generated mercury pollution in the U.S. Burning coal contributes 40% of U.S. CO2 emissions. Every year, 38,000 heart attacks and 550,000 asthma attacks result from power plant pollution.
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(coal-is-dirty.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:34am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 28 votes / No sinks
Mandela taken off US terror list
News – US President George W Bush has signed a bill removing Nelson Mandela and South African leaders from the US terror watch list, officials say.
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(news.bbc.co.uk)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:23am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 206 votes / 23 sinks
Military Personnel Giving More To Obama
Politics – Among people who have donated at least $200 to a presidential campaign this election cycle, Obama has collected more than $327,000 from those identifying themselves as military personnel, while McCain has collected $224,000, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data by The Associated Press.
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(huffingtonpost.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:22am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks
US says won't allow Iran to shut key Gulf oil route
News – The commander of the US navy's Fifth Fleet warned on Monday that the United States will not allow Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil supply route in the Gulf. "They will not close it... They will not be allowed to close it," Vice-Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff said at a press conference in Bahrain, where the Fifth Fleet is based.
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(rawstory.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:17am
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This story has mostly positive ratings. 7 votes / No sinks
Why Obama Must Become President
Do No Evil – (Opinion) -Whites would finally be presented with a black president and be forced to confront their inherent fears, while hopefully accepting the cultural reality that success or failure in the Oval Office has nothing to do with race. And for some blacks, they would no longer be able to hide behind the contention that the "system" is keep
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(ostroyreport.blogspot.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:17am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 9 votes / No sinks
Fighting Mind Control
Do No Evil – TV represents the perfect subliminal programming mechanism for the human attention cycle, which has been estimated to be 14 seconds, before focus slips. If not for the pervasive influence of television the levels of American resistance would be much higher:
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(worldpressnetwork.net)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:17am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / No sinks
"Horrible situation for children", Israel blocks UN committee from entering
News – In Cairo, Prasad Kariyawasam, president of the committee and Sri Lanka's ambassador to the UN, said that Israeli authorities have blocked the group's access to Gaza, forcing it to 'interview local witnesses by phone and to speak with humanitarian operators to understand what is happening on the ground'.
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(uruknet.de)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:16am
This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks
Queen of Hawaii demands independence from 'US occupiers'
News – The United States is an illegal occupying force that should hand the 132 islands of Hawaii back to the monarchy overthrown more than a century ago, according to members of a Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement.
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(telegraph.co.uk)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:16am
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