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Woman who died on hospital floor called 'beautiful person'

Alexia — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:44:56 EDT

To people around the world who have seen the video, Esmin Green is a symbol of a health-care system that seems to have failed horribly.

Channel: News Tags: healthcare health care health care reform

Happy 4th from the Muppets

Radiofreeeuropa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:28:11 EDT

The Muppets celebrate July 4th

Channel: Popular Videos Tags: Muppets July 4th Humor

Celebrity Passport Records Popular

ameliog — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:58:37 EDT

Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found.

Channel: News Tags: government snooping celebrity passports

Not So Quiet on the Third Front

Beau7890 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:13:44 EDT

At this rate, the October Surprise won't be very surprising. The threats, counterthreats, and counter-counterthreats between Israel, Iran and the United States have reached new levels of hysteria in recent days.

Channel: Politics Tags: Iran nuclear program impending war dangerous rhetoric Israel

The Economy? Words Fail Me.

Beau7890 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:04:42 EDT

Think you're worried about the economy? Phillip Swagel is a wreck. The assistant Treasury secretary for economic policy, Swagel came out for his monthly economic briefing yesterday, 90 minutes after the Labor Department reported that the country had shed jobs in June for the sixth straight month.

Channel: Money Tags: Phillip Swagel economy recession Treasury Labor unemployment Paulson

I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of his Move to The Right

jovial — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:10:40 EDT

Poll: I'm Holding Back on Contributing to Obama Because of his Move to The Right. Take this poll and see where others stand on this issue.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Poll shift right contributions

Judge Rejects Bush's View on Wiretaps - NYTimes.com

brendoman — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:14:30 EDT

A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the "exclusive" means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government's claim that the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief trumped that law.

Channel: News Tags: Bush wiretapping congress constitution

Justice Dept. Admits Error in Supreme Court Case

Beau7890 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:24:57 EDT

In a highly unusual admission of error, the Justice Department acknowledged on Wednesday that government lawyers should have known that Congress had recently made the rape of a child a capital offense in the military and should have informed the Supreme Court of that fact while the justices were considering whether death was a constitutional punish

Channel: News Tags: Justice Supreme Court Kennedy v. Louisiana omission federal law omitted

The end of the culture wars?

Radiofreeeuropa — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:47:28 EDT

Hot-button politics has turned out to be cumulatively disastrous for America. Politicians warred over narrow, symbolic issues while real problems that didn't fit the culture war paradigm - lack of access to healthcare, global warming, the US occupation of Iraq grew and festered. Have the electorate finally had enough of the BS?

Channel: Politics Tags: Bogus Politics Slight Of Hand Campaigning Milking the Toad Counterfeit Culture Wars

McCain orders shake-up of his campaign

ameliog — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:20:43 EDT

McCain, responding to Republican concerns that his candidacy was faltering, put Steve Schmidt in charge of day-to-day operations and abandoned an effort to have the campaign run by 11 regional managers, the senator's aides said Wednesday.

Channel: Politics Tags: mccain campaign trouble republican brand gop

117 degrees in L.A.? Experts see future shock

TechnologyExpert — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:56:36 EDT

A computer model developed by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute estimates that by the end of the century, high temperatures for once-in-a-generation heat waves will rise twice as fast as everyday average temperatures. Chicago, for example, would reach 115 degrees in such an event by 2100. Paris heat waves could near 109 with Lyon, France, coming closer to 114.

Channel: Science Tags: Temperatures Global Warming HEat Wave

Unfair and unbalanced: Fox News' coverage of Obama tops the bias scale

ybdogsct — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:51:21 EDT

Fox News, whose slogan is "Fair and Balanced," seems to have gone above and beyond in its anti-Obama rhetoric. Fox News seems to be the willing source of many of the smears and have displayed an unhealthy willingness to pass on as fact any unsourced or unfounded allegation that will put the Obamas in the worst light possible.

Channel: Television Tags: Fox News Barack Obama Michelle Obama

The Rival Chavez Won't Permit

Beau7890 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:35:00 EDT

Defenders of Hugo Chavez like to argue that there is no alternative to the Venezuelan caudillo other than the feckless and unpopular politicians who preceded him in the 1990s. The simple refutation of that canard is Leopoldo Lopez, the 37-year-old mayor of central Caracas, whose looks only underscore that he represents a fresh generation.

Channel: Politics Tags: Venezuela Chavez Lopez Caracas election unitary executive

McCain Proposes Tax Holiday For Beer Heiresses

ind06 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:13:39 EDT

Sen. McCain argued that his plan could lead to a revival for the U.S. economy, "The key to this country's economic well-being has been and will always be those Americans with vast inherited brewery wealth."

Channel: Humor Tags: SATIRE Or At Least A Liking For Beer

Scientists Warn Miley Cyrus Depleted By 2013

ind06 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:04:53 EDT

THE ONION NEWS NETWORK - Unless Americans turn to alternative sources of entertainment, the 'Hannah Montana' star will soon be completely tapped out.

Channel: Popular Videos Tags: SATIRE She Aint No Bottomless Pit

Federal Appeals Court Is Skeptical of U.S. Evidence in Guantanamo Case

Beau7890 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:50:52 EDT

In the first case to review the government's secret evidence for holding a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a federal appeals court found that accusations against a Muslim from western China held for more than six years were based on bare and unverifiable claims. The unclassified parts of the decision were released on Monday.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Guantanamo federal appeals court war on terror detainees judicial review justice

Bush's war on Iran has already started

Natureboy — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:12:00 EDT

The administration has greatly escalated "covert operations" against Iran in the past year, according to a revelatory New Yorker piece by Seymour Hersh.

Channel: News Tags: Bush war Iran Iraq Seymour Hersh

A silver bullet for Obama

gamahuche — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:23:23 EDT

The Supreme Court justices have just made it safer for gun owners to vote Democratic. McCain cheered the court's ruling, but Obama may prove the biggest winner of all.

Channel: Politics Tags: Supreme Court Obama McCain gun ownership gun control election

Obama's Global Tax Senate Bill 2433 voting after July 4

Klarissa — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:57:20 EDT

Senator Barack Obama's sponsorship of Senate Bill 2433 aligns with the emerging core theme of his general election campaign. The change he promises will bring much-needed relief, not just to America's victims of economic injustice, but to victims worldwide. additional 845 billion over 13 years in addition to existing foreign aid expenditures.

Channel: Politics Tags: poverty tax 845 injustice victims

America Is the Rogue Nation

idyll — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:02:08 EDT

One gets the impression that there are some people in Washington who believe that Israel or the U.S. can bomb Iran's nuclear reactors, fly home, and it will be mission complete.

Channel: Politics Tags: iran rogue nation

Pentagon: Taliban regrouped and 'resilient' in Afghanistan

ybdogsct — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:52:08 EDT

The Taliban have regrouped and have formed a "resilient insurgency," according to a new Pentagon report. The report predicted that the Taliban would be back in 2008. Opium production increased "substantially" in 2007. There are about 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, but only 32,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Channel: News Tags: Taliban Afghanistan Pentagon

Crowley falsely claimed Obama 'stole' Ahmadinejad's campaign slogan

bubba2 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:56:52 EDT

On The Laura Ingraham Show, Monica Crowley claimed that Barack Obama "lifted his campaign line 'Yes, we can' from the recent presidential campaign of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad." Crowley claimed that Ahmadinejad used the slogan "We can." In fact, Obama reportedly used the phrase "Yes, we can" during his 2004 Senate campaign,

Channel: Politics Tags: Laura Ingraham Monica Crowley Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad presidential campaign campaign slogans media bias

Canadian Judge: US violated international law in Khadr case

tehranchik — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:09:59 EDT

Last March, it was discovered that the U.S. government had been sitting on evidence that was exculpatory for Mr. Khadr. In his affidavit, Khadr describes abusive treatment by the American first at Baghram Air Force Base, and later at Guantanamo.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Mosley Khadr Guantanamo videotapes Maher Arar Syria rendition

How Lies Live and Grow in the Brain

Beau7890 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:57:18 EDT

Even if they do not understand the neuroscience behind source amnesia, campaign strategists can exploit it to spread misinformation. They know that if their message is initially memorable, its impression will persist long after it is debunked.

Channel: Science Tags: brain information processing neuroscience memory disinformation Stanford University studies politics propaganda

McCain Flip-Flops on Public Financing

Aidenag — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:32:35 EDT

Media pundits, spurred on by the McCain campaign, went apoplectic last week over Barack Obama's decision not to seek public funding for the general election. Yet McCain's own flip-flop on public financing in the GOP primary has been largely buried or ignored in media coverage, even though it is far more serious--including potentially legally.

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Flip Flop Public Financing 2008 election Politics

Bush Interrogation Policy Authors Defend Their Actions

Beau7890 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:33:32 EDT

The testimony from David S. Addington, chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, and John C. Yoo, a former senior Justice Department lawyer, was light on new details but heavy on rhetorical disputes with members of a House Judiciary subcommittee. Both witnesses avoided direct answers to a host of questions about their roles in preparing the legal gr

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Addington Yoo torture terrorism law White House Congress hearings

Credit crunch forcing US middle classes to live in their cars

engineer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:19:27 EDT

Homeless people living in cars and motorhomes across the US are being joined by a new breed: the middle class. As mortgage foreclosures continue to rise, growing numbers of middle-class professionals are losing their homes and downsizing from four bedrooms to four wheels.

Channel: Money Tags: homes cars middle class living foreclosures professionals

Dobson Hears Obama's Footsteps

Beau7890 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:26:42 EDT

Pundits were left scratching their heads as to what exactly James Dobson was aiming for in his excoriation of Barack Obama. My sources inform me that folks in both the Obama and McCain campaigns don't know what to make of his comments either.

Channel: Religion Tags: James Dobson Obama politics evangelicals Bible

Books, Not Bombs

Beau7890 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:17:15 EDT

The dirty little secret of the Iraq war isn't in Baghdad or Basra. Rather, it's found in the squalid brothels of Damascus and the poorest neighborhoods of East Amman.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Iraq war refugees humanitarian crisis apathy

75% blame Bush's policies for deteriorating economy

Aidenag — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:34:18 EDT

Three out of four Americans, including large numbers of Republicans, blame President Bush's economic policies for making the country worse off during the last eight years, according to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll released Wednesday, reflecting a sharp increase in public pessimism during the last year.

Channel: Politics Tags: Money Poll Recession Inflation Bush Economy U.S.

Robert D. Novak - The Obamacons Who Worry McCain

Beau7890 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:22:28 EDT

What is an "Obamacon?" The phrase surfaced in January to describe British conservatives entranced by Barack Obama. On March 13 the American Spectator broadened the term to cover all "conservative supporters" of the Democratic presidential candidate. Their ranks, though growing, feature few famous people. But looming on the horiz

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama crossover vote Colin Powell Chuck Hagel Republican Party

Leave Bacon Out Of It, Health Experts Warned

ind06 — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:21:52 EDT

Health experts were told last night to 'stop right there if you know what's good for you' after advising consumers to give up bacon.

Channel: Humor Tags: SATIRE Or Perhaps They Were Told Something Less Polite

Today Now: How To Pretend You Care About The Election

ind06 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:18:24 EDT

THE ONION'S MORNING SHOW: Our political correspondent offers tips on how you can seem informed about politics when you really could not care less.

Carter Tried To Stop Bush's Energy Disasters - 28 Years Ago

greenmac — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:44:39 EDT

Yes Carter say the future of where the energy sector was heading....who paid attention??

Channel: Politics Tags: carter politics do no evil bush gas

The Surge Is Working? Not If You Read the Latest GAO Report

expursuit — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:11:41 EDT

The statement is made in the U.S. media, over and over again, as if it is as factual as the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening: "The surge is working." But just because the media has parroted the talking points of the Bush administration and John McCain's campaign in making such an assertion, it does not make it true.

Channel: News Tags: Iraq War George W. Bush John McCain

World is home to more than 10 million millionaires

pagey — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:03:48 EDT

The number of people around the world with at least $1 million in assets passed 10 million for the first time last year, according to a report. And their bank accounts are growing even faster.

Channel: Money Tags: MILLIONAIRES CLUB WORLD 10 MILLION

White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail

Beau7890 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:55:58 EDT

The White House in December refused to accept the Environmental Protection Agency's conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants that must be controlled, telling agency officials that an e-mail message containing the document would not be opened, senior E.P.A. officials said last week.

Channel: Politics Tags: EPA White House pollution climate change politics at all costs ostrich head in the sand

McCain Has Plan to Make Government More Green

Beau7890 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:46:41 EDT

In a speech in Santa Barbara, Calif., McCain (R-Ariz.) vowed to "put the purchasing power of the United States government on the side of green technology" by buying fuel-efficient vehicles for its civilian fleet of cars and trucks and by retrofitting federal office space.

Channel: Politics Tags: "green" government McCain Obama environment plans rhetoric

Vandals Deface Huntsville Neighborhood

ZiegfeldGirl — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:05:35 EDT

All over northwest Huntsville, you can find markings that read "VIP 256," Obama 08," and "M-13". They even hit the entrance of one subdivision that isn't even built yet.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Tagging Graffitti Gangs Vandalism Destruction

Bill with billions in health plan cuts passes House

TechnologyExpert — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:39:09 EDT

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would shave billions of dollars in reimbursement from health plans that contract with the federal Medicare program.

Channel: Politics Tags: budget medicare house of representatives