First Tourists Visit Iraq Since War Began in 2003 BAGHDAD — Ancient ruins aside, touring war-torn Iraq for the last two weeks hasn’t been as satisfying as Tina Townsend Greaves had hoped. Not because of safety fears. To the contrary. More because some sights that the Briton wanted to explore during her two week visit [...]
Iran’s supreme leader dismisses Obama overtures TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader rebuffed President Barack Obama’s latest outreach on Saturday, saying Tehran was still waiting to see concrete changes in U.S. policy. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was responding to a video message Obama released Friday in which he reached out to Iran on the occasion of [...]
Look, we all might have some misgivings about certain groups and sects within Iraq, but the fact is these groups are not going away … and “killing them all and letting Allah sort them out” is obviously not a realistic an across the board option. So, the leaders have to ally and come to compromise [...]
NY Magazine: By: Jessica Pressler Less than a year ago, the most repellent area bus tour we knew of was the one that induced Sex and the City–crazed tourists to put $40 on their Citi cards for a cupcake and a glimpse at Carrie Bradshaw’s brownstone. How times have changed! Now, everyone’s clamoring aboard the [...]
Financial Times: Banker fury over tax ‘witch-hunt’ Bankers on Wall Street and in Europe have struck back against moves by US lawmakers to slap punitive taxes on bonuses paid to high earners at bailed-out institutions. Senior executives on both sides of the Atlantic on Friday warned of an exodus of talent from some of the [...]
Politico: By Glenn Thrush An attorney representing Norm Coleman more or less conceded the (former-current-future) Minnesota Senator will lose his case before a three-member panel determining the final vote tally. Coleman lawyer Joe Friedberg, speaking to KFAN, seemed gloomy about Coleman’s chances before the trial court — and said he’ll be stepping aside soon — [...]
Politico: By Josh Kraushaar In its first full month under the chairmanship of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the Democratic National Committee only raised $3.26 million in February, according to figures released by the committee this afternoon. The total lags behind the February fundraising total at the Republican National Committee, which raised $5.1 million during the [...]
H/T MsUnderestimated Captions: This is not a transcript, but a generalization of the panels thoughts on different people and subjects. Talk about lunatics! Real Time has that category sewn up. Maher: Right-wingers are more dangerous when they’re out of power. Glenn Beck is so powerful, or else he wouldn’t give him the time of day. [...]
My FOX Atlanta: ATLANTA – Two dozen black lawmakers angrily stalked out of the Georgia House on Friday amid claims a decision by white Republican leaders to delay passage of a resolution honoring President Barack Obama had racist overtones. House Speaker Glenn Richardson said the proposal to make Obama an honorary member of the Georgia [...]
Washington Times: Imprisoned border guards speak out by Sara A. Carter Former U.S. Border Patrol agent Ignacio “Nacho” Ramos wakes up in the middle of the night expecting a guard to shine a flashlight in his face. Jose Alonso Compean, his colleague, still has nightmares that he’s not really home. It has not been easy [...]
Rhode Island strip club to host job fair PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Here’s a job opportunity you won’t need to buy a new wardrobe for. Hoping to take advantage of Rhode Island’s floundering economy, owners of the Foxy Lady strip club in Providence plan to hold a job fair on Saturday. They say they’re looking to [...]
FOX: Special Olympics Bowler Offers Obama Bowling Tips Tim Maloney, a 38-year-old with Down Syndrome who has been bowling for 30 years, said the president needs to practice more if he wants to bring his recent score of 129 anywhere close to his average of 165. President Obama joked Thursday that his bowling ability was [...]
FOX: U.S. Budget Deficit Forecast to Hit $1.8 Trillion This Year The Congressional Budget Office says the deficit under President Obama’s policies would never go below 4 percent of the size of the economy, figures that economists agree are unsustainable. President Obama’s budget would generate deficits averaging almost $1 trillion a year over the next [...]
FOX Business: Ugly End Week of Gains on Wall Street by Matt Egan Wall Street suffered another pullback on Friday from its recent hot streak but the Dow still eked out its first back-to-back weekly rally since May. Today’s Markets The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 122.42 points, or 1.65%, to 7278.38, the S&P 500 [...]
