Apr 29, 2009 16 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
WASHINGTON - If the government takes a majority stake in General Motors, will it end up taking the wheel, too? Under a restructuring plan put forth this week by GM, the ailing automaker would give majority ownership to the federal government to stave off bankruptcy. That handoff would amount to an extraordinary nationalization of the maker ...
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Law abiding US citizens bought on average 3,177,256 guns every 3 months in 2008. Ammoland: EveryTown, USA - -(AmmoLand.com)- In just 3 months Americans bought enough guns to outfit the entire Chinese and Indian army’s combined. “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.†- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto WWII You ...
Continue ReadingApr 29, 2009 13 Comments ›› Erik Wong
Old Thinker News: As the growing world-wide economic crisis deepens, military forces from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom are preparing to meet angry citizens on the street. The economic crisis - and the public outrage it is causing - is at the forefront of intelligence agencies and military forces in the western ...
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Fox News: WASHINGTON -- Acting with unusual speed, the House on Wednesday adopted a $3.4 trillion budget outline that endorses much of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda while permitting the national debt to continue to spiral higher. While a welcome victory for Democrats, the 233-193 House vote approving the House-Senate compromise budget is only a first, relatively ...
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New York Post: WWW.SALESTAX.GOV By KAJA WHITEHOUSE The days of buying online to avoid paying sales taxes may soon be over. A bill is expected to be introduced to Congress this week that would force retailers like eBay and Amazon.com to start collecting sales taxes on behalf of states from people who shop online or ...
Continue ReadingApr 29, 2009 3 Comments ›› Erik Wong
The Hill - Dick Morris: When the Obama administration crashes and burns, with approval ratings that fall through the floor, political scientists can trace its demise to its first hundred days. While Americans are careful not to consign a presidency they desperately need to succeed to the dustbin of history, the fact is that this ...
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To some this is a sad story. Not to me! By DIAA HADID and IBRAHIM BARZAK Associated Press Writers Sick Gazans victims of Hamas-Fatah power struggle GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hundreds of Palestinian patients have been trapped in the Gaza Strip, unable to travel abroad for crucial treatment for cancer and other diseases, because of political infighting ...
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The Canada Free Press: Recently Governor Rick Perry rattled the cages in Washington when he suggested that Texas might at some point be so disgusted with Washington’s repeated violations of the United States Constitution that they might want to secede from the union. It stems from the one amendment to the Constitution that gets the ...
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Times Online: The outspoken head of the Irish budget airline Ryanair has dismissed apocalyptic warnings of a global swine flu pandemic, saying that the virus was only a risk to Asians and Mexicans “living in slumsâ€. Michael O’Leary, who pioneered the 1p fares which transformed European aviation, told a press conference that he did not think ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that school closings may be necessary in an escalating global health emergency that claimed the first death in the United States and swept Germany onto the roster of afflicted nations. Obama said local educators across America should consider shuttering schools if conditions worsen. Giving an update on a ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy shrank at a worse-than-expected 6.1 percent pace at the start of this year as sharp cutbacks by businesses and the biggest drop in U.S. exports in 40 years overwhelmed a rebound in consumer spending. The Commerce Department's report, released Wednesday, dashed hopes that the recession's grip on the country loosened in ...
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Los Angeles Times: Five men who claim to have been kidnapped and tortured at the direction of CIA agents are entitled to their day in court to expose alleged U.S. government abuse of terrorism suspects, a federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday. Both former President George W. Bush and President Obama had invoked the state secrets privilege in ...
Continue ReadingApr 29, 2009 7 Comments ›› Erik Wong
A preliminary negative stained transmission electron micrograph (TEM) image depicts some of the ultrastructural morphology of an H1N1 "swine flu" virus culture obtained from a California patient suffering from the current outbreak, in an image obtained from the CDC As we predicted on Monday's "Jihadi Killer Hour", Mexicans seeking treatment for Swine Flu, or escape from ...
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The AP has already begun a subtle cover-up as you'll note in the article. They edit the most damning part of the CBS report, which is that the White House Office of Military Affairs (headed by a sleazy Indie Mac exec who is likely to lie for Obama and say the White House didn't ...
Continue ReadingApr 29, 2009 10 Comments ›› Erik Wong
NEW YORK – Fox became the first broadcast network to turn down a request by President Barack Obama for time, opting to show its drama "Lie to Me" on Wednesday instead of the president's prime-time news conference. Fox will direct viewers interested in the news conference to Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network, which ...
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Fox News -- WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama marks his 100th day in office Wednesday, a milestone partly overshadowed by a major domestic emergency -- the rapid spread across the country of the potentially fatal swine flu. The president will mark Wednesday's milestone with two high-profile events, both designed to highlight the accomplishments of his fledgling ...
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