WASHINGTON – Handing the new administration a big win, the House Friday passed President Barack Obama’s $787 billion plan to resuscitate the economy. The bill was passed 246-183 with no Republican help. It now goes to the Senate where a vote was possible late Friday to meet a deadline of passing the plan before a [...]
Politico: Emboldened by his victory on the stimulus package  but chastened by the pothole-pocked road that got him there  -President Barack Obama and his aides are plunging ahead on a large and expensive agenda that virtually assures 2009 will be marked by intense partisan battles about the size and role of government. White [...]
Politico & Drudge: Members of the House continue to debate the rules of debate over the stimulus, as Republicans argue that the vote should not take place until 48 hours have elapsed since the text of the bill was made available. (11:43 a.m.) Rep. John Culberson, TX claims the “stimulus” bill must be urgently voted [...]
GEERT WILDERS’ SPEECH IN HOUSE OF LORDS IF HE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BANNED FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM vrijdag, 13 februari 2009 London, Feb. 12, 2009 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you Lord Pearson and Lady Cox for showing Fitna, and for your gracious invitation. While others [...]
Times Online: In space, no one can hear you scream, and no one can tell you where to park your satellite. If Tuesday night’s orbital smash-up had occurred during the Cold War, it might have triggered a nuclear showdown. Instead it has brought renewed calls for a celestial equivalent of the world’s air traffic control [...]
Barack Obama speaks to the media about the withdrawal of Commerce Secretary nominee Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) in the press cabin of Air Force One upon arriving in Springfield, Illinois White House Caught Telling Differing Stories Politico: The White House again seemed caught off guard by nominee troubles on Thursday, when Judd Gregg’s statement announcing [...]
WASHINGTON – Iran may be only months away from having nuclear missiles that could wipe out Israel, and the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan are losing ground to insurgents and terrorists, the nation’s top intelligence official told Congress on Thursday. Iran continues making progress toward having a nuclear weapon and could have one as soon [...]
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Agencie France Presse: Lawmakers in Mexico are trying to determine the whereabouts of island central to the country’s oil claims, which appears literally to have dropped off the map about 10 years ago. Bermeja island in the Gulf of Mexico — a strategic marker defining US and Mexican maritime and subsea rights — has disappeared [...]
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Chicago Tribune: WASHINGTON, D.C. – A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an airbase inside that country, a revelation likely to embarrass the Pakistani government and complicate its counterterrorism collaboration with the United States. The disclosure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the [...]
Times Online: Bernard Madoff, the disgraced financier accused of the biggest fraud in corporate history, was accused of having ‘blood on his hands’ after an Army officer killed himself over the loss of his family’s life savings. William Foxton OBE, who lost his arm in combat and worked on humanitarian missions for the United Nations, [...]
MELBOURNE, Australia – Authorities charged a man Friday with lighting one of the wildfires that killed a total of more than 180 people in Australia, and whisked him into protective custody to guard him from public fury. Police said the suspect was charged with one count of arson causing death and intentionally lighting a wildfire [...]
JERUSALEM – An agreement between Hamas and Israel to bring quiet to the war-torn Gaza Strip could be announced within days, Hamas officials said, as rocket fired from the territory Friday further strained an informal cease-fire. Two rockets fired by Gaza militants hit near a communal farm and the town of Sderot, the Israeli military [...]
Hungarian Freedom Fighter during uprising against Soviet usurpers American Thinker: The liberals are at it again. In a new bill introduced the first day of present session of Congress, and with zero coverage from the MSM, H.R. 45 (Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009) targets all gun owners in the [...]
