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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 order [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Politico: Arlen Specter has crushed Republican spirits while causing Democrats to rejoice, but his stunning party switch came with a warning label: The Obama agenda isn’t suddenly a slam dunk just because he’s a Democrat now. “I will not be an automatic 60th vote,†Specter said Tuesday afternoon. “I would illustrate that with my position [...]
HONG KONG – Before swine flu emptied restaurants and cinemas and made surgical masks a common sight in Mexico, similar scenes unfolded in Asia earlier this decade as it dealt with the back-to-back health emergencies of SARS and bird flu. Both of those episodes offered lessons that have helped China, Vietnam and other countries prepare [...]
Haha the “Mexican Flu” has got to be the coolest name for anything yet this year. Telegraph UK: Deputy health minister Yakov Litzman, a member of an ultra-religious party, said “swine flu ” should not be used as it contains the name of the animal banned by Judaism. Instead he said the authorities should call [...]
Guardian.Co.UK: Can Ahmadinejad copy Obama’s election slogan? Yes, he can Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hopes US leader’s winning words will work for him too as he seeks second term Barack Obama’s offer of a hand of friendship to Iran after 30 years of hostility may have met with a sceptical public response from Tehran. But [...]
