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Obama's Presidental Seal Thrown Under The Bus
Politics – OK, who called it first? Obama drops the Presidential-looking seal after the press politely tells him it looks a skosh egotistical. This is what the Germans call "schadenfreude" - enjoying someone else's misfortune.
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Petraeus: US surge goals being met
News – General David Petraeus said Monday the military goals of the surge strategy were being met, in crucial testimony to Congress. Petraeus admitted improvements were uneven, but said it should be possible to reduce the 168,000 US presence in Iraq to pre-surge levels by "next summer."
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House Passes Bill To Bring Troops Home In '08
News – The House of Representatives voted 223-201 Thursday to require most U.S. troops to leave Iraq by April 1, 2008.
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Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP Ties
Politics – The Bush administration increasingly emphasized partisan political ties over expertise in recent years in selecting the judges who decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, despite laws that preclude such considerations, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
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Former President Carter Blasts Bush
Politics – Former President Carter says President Bush's administration is "the worst in history" in international relations, taking aim at the White House's policy of pre-emptive war and its Middle East diplomacy.
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The Dow Closes Above 13,000 on Earnings Data
Money – The stock market's best-known indicator surged past its latest milestone shortly after trading began Wednesday, and even made it past 13,100, rising as high as 13,107.45. According to preliminary calculations, it closed at 13,087.46 up 133.52 or 1.03 percent.
This story has mostly positive ratings. 226 votes / 16 sinks
National ID Card Threatens Security
Politics – The cultists who support this National ID card say that it's all voluntary. And it is. You can refuse to comply, in which case you won't be able to open a bank account, enter a federal building, ride a plane or train, etc. Yes, quite voluntary. A nice card, containing all sorts of sensitive information, which can be scanned everywhere you go.
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Redstone: CBS Will 'Do the Right Thing' on Imus
Celebrities – Media mogul Sumner Redstone says he's looking to his chief lieutenant, CBS Corp. chief executive Leslie Moonves, to "do the right thing" when it comes to deciding whether to fire Don Imus, the CBS Radio star shock jock now being whipsawed in a storm of racial controversy.
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Impeachment's Back in the News
Politics – It would be important to impeach this president even if it were done after the November '08 election, because not to impeach Bush for his many crimes and abuses of power would be to give them the stamp of Congressional approval, making them the standard of acceptable behavior for all future presidents.
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The Terrorists Follow Us Home Myth
Politics – In this guest essay, the Independent Institute's Ivan Eland assesses one of Bush's favorite current myths -- how a military withdrawal from Iraq would mean that the terrorists would follow us home:
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Investigators eye e-mail gap
Politics – A 16-day gap in e-mails between the Justice Department and the White House concerning the firing of U.S. attorneys has attracted the attention of congressional investigators. The last day before the gap, Kyle Sampson, e-mailed Miers an outline of the plan to fire the prosecutors and wrote, "The plan, by its terms, would commence this week"
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Mohammed claims responsible for 9/11: transcript
News – Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States, has claimed responsibility for those and other major al Qaeda attacks, according to the transcript of a hearing at Guantanamo Bay released on Wednesday.
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Halliburton Will Move HQ to Dubai
News – Oil services giant Halliburton Co. will soon shift its corporate headquarters from Houston to the Mideast financial powerhouse of Dubai, chief executive Dave Lesar announced Sunday.
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Family Values? Three Republicans, Eight Wives
Politics – Among the three Republican front-runners - thrice-married former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani; twice-married Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; and Gingrich - there are eight current and past wives.
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High School Student Council Passes Nonbinding Resolution
Humor – BARSTOW, CA-In a move intended to send an "unmistakably clear message" to Barstow County High School Principal Robert McCluskey, the school's student council approved by a vote of 22-3 during seventh period Monday a nonbinding resolution criticizing the principal's recent decision to install three extra hall monitors.
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