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President Bush lobbyist Stephen Payne in 'bribes' scandal quits

bubba2 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:29:39 EDT

Stephen Payne, a government adviser and lobbyist, caught offering access to top White House figures in exchange for a $250,000 donation towards President Bush's private library, has resigned following the launch of a congressional inquiry into the scandal.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: President Bush Stephen Payne Bush library donations scandal influence peddling Congressional investigation

S. Carolina's DeMint remains defiant after AIDS bill defeat

bubba2 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:48:26 EDT

A defiant Sen. Jim DeMint said that his failure to reduce the cost of Bush's $48 billion global AIDS program won't deter him from continuing to compel lawmakers to take tough votes on government spending. The Senate defeated his amendments to cut its cost to $35 billion and to prohibit funds for alleged coercive abortion and forced sterilization in

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Jim DeMint Senate gobal AIDS program President Bush government spending war Iraq

TV networks fight shorter Olympic leash

berkeley — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:57:01 EDT

"Had the IOC known seven years ago that there would be severe restrictions on people being able to enter China simply to watch the Olympics, or that live broadcasting from Tiananmen Square would essentially be banned, then I seriously doubt whether Beijing would have been awarded the Olympics," the commissioner said.

Channel: News Tags: china olympics human rights media access

13 electrocutions, few answers

bubba2 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:03:42 EDT

Halliburton KBR improperly installed electrical wiring or failed to fix known electrical hazards at U.S. bases in Iraq that resulted in the deaths of 11 service members and 2 civilians, family members and former employees of the contracting giant testified at a Congressional hearing.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Iraq Halliburton KBR private contractors electrocutions substandard wiring electrical hazards no oversight

Man Returns To Place Of Birth To Mate

Chuck The Canuck — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:29:50 EDT

In one of nature's most stirring and mysterious rituals, human male Michael Forrester journeyed back to his place of birth Monday in order to pair off, reproduce, and ensure the propagation of his species.

Channel: Humor Tags: sex babies good times

As wars lengthen, toll on military families mounts

STONERS — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:25:09 EDT

Far from the combat zones, the strains and separations of no-end-in-sight wars are taking an ever-growing toll on military families despite the armed services' earnest efforts to help.

Channel: News Tags: Wars Lengthen Toll Military Families Mounts

Has Barack Obama Accomplished Anything in the Senate

RedRiverJ — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:01:22 EDT

Has Barack Obama Accomplished Anything in the Senate. Video from Chris Matthews on CNN, the entire clip. You watch, you decide.

Channel: Politics Tags: Chris Matthews CNN Senator Kirk Watson

What was discussed at a closed session of the U.S. House of Representatives? .

engineer — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:39:36 EDT

This story is about the House closed session. Read it and draw your own conclusions. Some say security. Others say the financial collapse of the US. Some say both.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: House closed session security financial collapse US

Could D.C. Bribery Have Cost Troop Lives?

TimALoftis — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:27:09 EDT

With American lives at stake, Egland couldn't imagine how a company like MZM got such a crucial contract. There, Egland did some digging and found MZM had gotten millions in Defense contracts - courtesy of Rep. Duke Cunningham, R-Calif., in the form of earmarks, grants of money without the normal public review.

Channel: News Tags: iraq ieds troop deaths duke cunningham congress

Hillary Clinton Blasts Bush On Abortion Proposal

TimALoftis — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:17:50 EDT

"This is a gratuitous, unnecessary insult to the women of the United States of America. These rules pose a dire threat to women's health, to health-care providers, and to uninsured and low-income Americans seeking care. It is a disgrace, but unfortunately it is not a surprise."

Channel: News Tags: hillary clinton george w bush bush abortion contraceptives women health

PETA Sex Talk - Spay or Neuter

catstevens — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:53:52 EDT

spay and neuter your animals!!!!

Channel: Pets Tags: Spay Neuter PETA Sex

US Downplayed Electrical Risks in Iraq

TimALoftis — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:13:15 EDT

Inferior electrical work by private contractors on U.S. military bases in Iraq is more widespread than the Pentagon has acknowledged, according to a published report.

Channel: News Tags: iraq iraq war electrical work kbr

World migration body laments conditions for displaced Iraqis

tehranchik — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:45:15 EDT

Internally displaced Iraqi Shiite children gather at the entrance of a hut at a settlement in southern Baghdad on July 12. The International Organisation for Migration has said that millions of internally displaced Iraqis still lack access to basic needs such as shelter, food, water and healthcare.

Channel: News Tags: Iraq internally displaced Baghdad healthcare

Electrical Risks at Bases in Iraq Worse Than Previously Said

Beau7890 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:53:03 EDT

Shoddy electrical work by private contractors on United States military bases in Iraq is widespread and dangerous, causing more deaths and injuries from fires and shocks than the Pentagon has acknowledged, according to internal Army documents.

Channel: News Tags: Iraq military contractors KBR electrocution systemic problem shoddy work

Jail inmates hear from armed forces recruiter

bubba2 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:42:49 EDT

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office paired with the Newport-based Army recruiter on July 12, in an effort to convey information to jail inmates about the possibility of serving in the armed forces. The recruiter was able to contact more than 30 inmates, out of which 3 were found to be eligible for military service.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: armed services military recruitment prison inmates jails

Bush's Political Lifeboat

omerazam — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:18:55 EDT

For a president who believes "America is addicted to oil," George W. Bush has an odd way of proposing treatment: Drill for more black-liquid crack.

Channel: News Tags: oil

IRAQ: Call for more help for Iraqi refugees

bubba2 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:07:45 EDT

There is an obvious violation of the rights of the Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries - mainly Jordan, Syria and Lebanon - as their needs have not been met properly. The Iraqi government doesn't support those refugees either directly by giving them money and/or help in receiving food rations, or indirectly by helping their host countries.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Iraq refugees human rights no government support poverty crime depression

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

Elizabeth Dole Wants Aids Bill Named After Jesse Helms

TimALoftis — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:44:36 EDT

Helms, you may recall, opposed funding for AIDS research -- even the Ryan White AIDS Act.

Channel: Politics Tags: jesse helms elizabeth dole aids racists homophobic

Justice for Darfur? What about Iraq?

omerazam — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:35:39 EDT

FEW issues have exercised me as much as the conflict in Darfur has. One hates to blow one's trumpet but I have the dubious distinction of being the first journalist from the Middle East to break the silence on the genocide in Sudan

Channel: News Tags: Justice IRAQ

Boehner falsely claims there's no 'wildlife' in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

bubba2 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:06:02 EDT

House Republicans are traveling to Alaska to check out the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. "I'm hoping to see some wildlife," said Rep. John Boehner. "But I understand there's none there." Actually, ANWR is inhabited by 45 species of land and marine mammals, 36 species of fish, and 180 species of birds.

Channel: Politics Tags: Republicans John Boehner ANWR Arctic National Wildlife Refuge wildlife land animals marine animals fish birds

Analysis: More Bush library sleaze charges

bubba2 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:57:28 EDT

Stephen Payne, a GOP lobbyist and fundraiser, has quit a Homeland Security Department advisory committee following allegations of influence peddling and quid pro quo donations to the Bush presidential library. Congress is investigating charges that Payne offered to arrange meetings with Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice in exchange for donations.

Channel: Politics Tags: Stephen Payne GOP lobbyists influence peddling Bush presidential library Dick Cheney Condoleezza Rice quid pro quo donations

Fox, MSNBC allow GOP strategist to characterize Obama as "fancy lad"

bubba2 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:32:18 EDT

A week after referring on MSNBC to Barack Obama and John Kerry as "2 Ivy League fancy lads," GOP strategist Andrea Tantaros again referred to Obama as a "fancy lad," this time on Fox News' America's Newsroom. In neither case was her remark challenged by the anchors of the shows.

Channel: Politics Tags: Andrea Tantaros FOX News MSNBC media bias Barack Obama fancy lad

Interrogation video: teenage detainee pleaded for help

bubba2 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:24:43 EDT

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for the immediate release of a Canadian citizen being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after his lawyers released copies of a video in which the then-teenage captive sobs and repeatedly cries, "Help me."

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Guantanamo Bay detainees torture teenage prisoners detainee abuse human rights

If Obama Can't Handle Satire, How Will He Handle Real Attacks?

JessicaLaurie — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:35:14 EDT

Let's be frank. People sophisticated enough to read, say, newspaper editorials are smart enough to know that the New Yorker's cover art this week -- portraying Barack Obama as a be-turbaned Muslim and wife Michelle as an Afro-sporting terrorist with an AK-47 across her back -- is a work of satire. But what about the millions of dumb Americans who w

Channel: Politics Tags: obama poltics humor

Despite giving up golf during war, Bush will attend a McCain golf fundraiser

bubba2 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:43:05 EDT

In May, President Bush revealed that he had given up playing golf because of the Iraq war. "I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," said Bush. Apparently though, he's fine with golf as long as it raises money for GOP candidates.

Channel: Politics Tags: President Bush Iraq golf not playing golf playing golf John McCain GOP fundraisers

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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Babies born in Fallujah are showing illnesses and deformities on a scale never seen before

ameliog — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:50:56 EDT

The new cases, and the number of deaths among children, have risen after "special weaponry" was used in the two massive bombing campaigns in Fallujah in 2004. After denying it at first, the Pentagon admitted in November 2005 that white phosphorous, a restricted incendiary weapon, was used a year earlier in Fallujah.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Fallujah iraq war human cost of war deformed babies

Schumer: Regulators 'asleep at the switch'

traveler.com.br — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:42:00 EDT

Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday the Bush administration is trying to "blame the fire on the person who calls 911" by suggesting he had a role in one of the costliest U.S. bank failures. The New York Democrat also said federal banking regulators missed IndyMac's "reckless" behavior.

Channel: News Tags: regulators border schumer suggesting costliest

Hannity falsely claimed Obama tax plan would raise taxes on families of 4 making $50,000 a year

bubba2 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:30:39 EDT

On his radio program, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that Obama's proposal for rescinding the Bush tax cuts would result in families of 4 making $50,000 a year ... paying another $2,000 in taxes a year. In fact, Obama has proposed cutting taxes for middle-class families and rolling back President Bush's tax cuts only on people making over $250,000.

Channel: Politics Tags: Sean Hannity Barack Obama Bush tax cuts Obama tax plan media bias middle class

Video: Red Cross Finds Bush Guilty Of War Crimes

jovial — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:25:12 EDT

In a secret report last year, the Red Cross found evidence of the CIA using torture on prisoners that would make the Bush administration guilty of war crimes, The New York Times reported Friday.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Red Cross CIA torture war crimes

Halliburton/KBR under fire for Iraq electrocutions

bubba2 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:36:01 EDT

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Halliburton KBR Iraq electrocutions electrical hazards water tanks not grounded electrical codes violations untrained electrical workers

Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran

engineer — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:16:34 EDT

Halliburton sold key components for a nuclear reactor to an Iranian oil development company. Leopold says his Halliburton sources have intimate knowledge of the business dealings of both Halliburton and Oriental Oil Kish, one of Iran's largest private oil companies.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Halliburton Iran sales nuclear secrets Cheney Oriental Kish reactor

Pakistan Refuses to Allow U.S. to Search for Bin Laden

Neophile — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:47:23 EDT

Pakistan's top diplomat says there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in his nation, and none will be allowed in to search for the al-Qaida leader.

Channel: News Tags: pakistan united states osama bin laden terrorism

Law School Dean Calls Conference to Plan Bush War Crimes Prosecution | ABA Journal

engineer — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:39:11 EDT

The dean of Massachusetts School of Law at Andover is planning a September conference to map out war crimes prosecutions, and the targets are President Bush and other administration officials.

Channel: News Tags: Law School Dean Bush administration war crimes prosecution

Betrayed by Obama

berkeley — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:49:13 EDT

I've admired Obama, but I never confused him with a genuine progressive leader. Today I don't admire him at all. His collapse on FISA is unforgivable. The only thing Obama has going for him this week is that McCain is matching him misstep for misstep.

Channel: Politics Tags: obama fisa election

Voters Reject Obama's call for Bilingualism

RedRiverJ — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:27:13 EDT

Barack Obama said yesterday that "instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English," Americans "need to make sure your child can speak Spanish." A national telephone survey conducted last month by Rasmussen Reports found that U.S. voters overwhelmingly disagree with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack Obama Bilingualism Presidential Race

Tony Snow Dies of Cancer At 53

TimALoftis — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:34:48 EDT

Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, has died of colon cancer, Fox News reported Saturday. Snow was 53 years old.

Channel: News Tags: tony snow cancer bush white house press secretary

New book contradicts Bush's claim he never saw secret Red Cross report on torture

bubba2 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:57:18 EDT

The book "The Dark Side" offers new details of the CIA's secret detention program. It says the CIA shared the 2007 Red Cross report on torture with President Bush and Condoleezza Rice. That report concluded that interrogation methods for high-level prisoners constituted torture and could make administration officials guilty of war crimes.

Channel: Politics Tags: President Bush detainees torture CIA Red Cross war crimes The Dark Side Bush administration Dick Cheney

McCain slams Obama for missing a vote he also missed

Aidenag — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:09:32 EDT

Following Iran's missile tests this week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) slammed Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) position on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, declaring, "This is the same organization that I voted to condemn as a terrorist organization when an amendment was on the floor of the United States Senate. Senator Obama refused to vote."

Channel: Politics Tags: John McCain Hypocrite 2008 election Politics