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Congress Overrides Bush Veto First Time
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Congress Overrides Bush Veto First Time

Politics – President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency Thursday as the Senate enacted a $23 billion water resources bill despite his protest that it was too expensive. It was the first in a decade that Congress has passed a bill over a presidential veto.

View Story Discuss (250) (breitbart.com) 241 days ago by MyWayOnNow

Voted for on February 15, 2008 05:09pm

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G.W. Bush Is a Criminal, Like His Dad

Do No Evil – Watching Attorney General Michael Mukasey evade the obvious fact that waterboarding is torture - and the reluctance of Democrats to press him - I was reminded of how the first President Bush got away with an earlier batch of national security crimes.

View Story Discuss (0) (consortiumnews.com) 156 days ago by ameliog

Voted for on February 15, 2008 05:08pm

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Lawmakers agree to limit CIA to approved technique, bar waterboarding

Politics – House and Senate negotiators working on an intelligence bill have agreed to limit CIA interrogators to techniques approved by the military, which would effectively bar them from using such harsh methods as waterboarding, congressional aides said Wednesday.

View Story Discuss (0) (rawstory.com) 213 days ago by DiffeeOnline

Voted for on February 15, 2008 05:06pm

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Senate votes to ban waterboarding (Must Read)

News – Congress on Wednesday moved to prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects, despite President Bush's threat to veto any measure that limits the agency's interrogation techniques.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.yahoo.com) 143 days ago by akhodiodi

Voted for on February 15, 2008 05:05pm

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Senate Votes to Prohibit CIA From Using Waterboarding

News – The Senate voted today to prevent the CIA from using waterboarding and other coercive interrogation techniques that are not allowed under U.S. Army regulations. The provision, part of a larger bill that was previously approved by the House, now goes to President Bush, who has threatened to veto the measure. It passed the Senate on a 51-to-45 vot

View Story Discuss (0) (washingtonpost.com) 143 days ago by Beau7890

Voted for on February 15, 2008 05:05pm

Bush to veto Senate ban on waterboarding
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Bush to veto Senate ban on waterboarding

News – US President George W. Bush said Thursday he plans to veto legislation passed by the Senate to bar the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods including waterboarding. "The reason I'm vetoing the bill -- first of all, we have said that whatever we do ... will be legal," Bush said in an interview with the BBC.

View Story Discuss (47) (news.yahoo.com) 142 days ago by berkeley

Voted for on February 15, 2008 05:04pm

Top Reclaimed Island Property Hotspots
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Top Reclaimed Island Property Hotspots

Real Estate – If you are thinking about buying a island property these days, the Caribbean, Croatia and the Greek Islands just don't make the grade, it seems real land is old news. Buying property on reclaimed islands, which have risen from the sea, is the latest overseas property fashion trend.

View Story Discuss (7) (nubricks.com) 142 days ago by digitalfever

Voted for on February 15, 2008 05:01pm

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Study offers new paradigm on ecosystem ecology

Science – Predators have considerably more influence than plants over how an ecosystem functions, according to a Yale study published today in Science.

View Story Discuss (0) (physorg.com) 142 days ago by JessicaLaurie

Voted for on February 15, 2008 05:00pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 60 votes / 1 sink

Mao offered U.S. 10 million women - CNN.com

Do No Evil – Amid a discussion of trade in 1973, Chinese leader Mao Zedong made what U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger called a novel proposition: sending tens of thousands, even 10 million, Chinese women to the United States.

View Story Discuss (6) (cnn.com) 142 days ago by pagey

Voted for on February 15, 2008 04:59pm

Getting Married? 6 Reasons Why You Need Pre-Marriage Counseling
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Getting Married? 6 Reasons Why You Need Pre-Marriage Counseling

Love & Personals – Most couples spend more time planning their weddings than their marriages! With divorce rates at an all time high, it seems that couples are facing more challenges than ever in preserving their relationship stability.

View Story Discuss (5) (askdanandjennifer.com) 142 days ago by Dan and Jennifer

Voted for on February 15, 2008 04:58pm

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3 Extraordinary Uses for iPod Touch [VIDEOS]

Gadgets & Tech – Watch these Awesome VIDEOS showing 3 unusual uses of iPod :) Very funny!

View Story Discuss (0) (my-ipod-blog.com) 142 days ago by d8687

Submitted and Voted for on February 15, 2008 04:57pm

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Yes, 'the Patty Hearst' a winner at Westminster

Politics – "You're kidding. Is she the Patty Hearst?" McGavic asked. "Showing dogs at Westminster, who knew?"

View Story Discuss (3) (msnbc.msn.com) 145 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on February 15, 2008 04:55pm

Take Me Back To The Sixties
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Take Me Back To The Sixties

Television – Texangelwings inspired me to submit this fun piece after seeing her submission on old black and white TV. Thanks Texangelwings!

View Story Discuss (74) (objflicks.com) 142 days ago by not2needy

Voted for on February 15, 2008 04:55pm

Barack Obama's team say that Hillary Clinton cannot catch their man now
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Barack Obama's team say that Hillary Clinton cannot catch their man now

Politics – Barack Obama donned the mantle of front-runner yesterday and claimed that it was now virtually impossible for Hillary Clinton to catch him in their Democratic presidential contest.

View Story Discuss (53) (timesonline.co.uk) 143 days ago by TechnologyExpert

Voted for on February 15, 2008 04:55pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 34 votes / 1 sink

Countdown Special Comment on FISA: President Bush Is A Liar And A Fascist

Politics – You are a liar, Mr. Bush, and after showing some skill at it, you have ceased to even be a very good liar. And your minions like John Boehner ââ;¬" your Republican congressional crash dummies who just happen to decide to walk out of Congress when a podium-full of microphones await them ââ;

View Story Discuss (17) (crooksandliars.com) 142 days ago by hdthehn

Voted for on February 15, 2008 04:55pm