As Norm Coleman continues to lose his judicial challenges to Al Franken’s election as Minnesota Senator, it now appears most likely that this abdication of his party by Arlen Specter will hand Obama the 60 vote super-majority needed to guarantee passage of any legislation. Politico: Republican Sen. Arlen Specter is switching parties so he can [...]
Politico: President Obama talked to Sen. Arlen Specter at 10:32 this morning from the Oval Office, said Dems are “thrilled to have you,” according to a White House aide. Obama was informed of Specter’s decison to switch parties at 10:25 this morning while receiving his daily economic briefing in the Oval Office, according to a [...]
California is going broke. Yet they are better than everybody else. From this deficit in common sense, you can’t be bailed out. I would sell that beautiful land to people who deserve it. Judicial Watch: Illegal Immigrant Child Molester Gets $4 Million From County Lawmakers in one of California’s largest counties have secretly approved awarding [...]
Swine flu spreads economic shivers The global outbreak of swine flu sent shivers through financial markets on Monday just as some signs had appeared that the global economic crisis might be easing. Travel and tourism took the brunt of uncertainty about how the threat of a pandemic might crimp economic activity, but the pharmaceutical sector [...]
Pupils aged 11 to learn about gay sex Campaigners say the sex education review for children needs to go farther Alexandra Frean, Education Editor Times Online Compulsory sex and relationships lessons for 11-year-old children are to include classroom discussions on gay unions and civil partnerships. Secondary pupils will learn about contraception and sexually transmitted infections [...]
The Dazzler Fox News: The Pentagon’s pain ray? Pointless. The laser dazzler? Lousy. The anti-vehicle slippery foam? Washed out. That’s the upshot of a highly critical report released last week by the U.S. Government Accountability Office and expounded upon by Wired News. The report found that the Department of Defense’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWP) [...]
Patriots For America: What are we dealing with in this country??? ALL ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS HEADS UP..!! Gentlemen, I am an 11B (infantry) currently assigned at Fort Campbell. I live off post, with my firearms(which I don’t bring on post for any reason). A very frightening thing happened at work yesterday. I was ordered to [...]
“We are at the most critical moment of the epidemic” MEXICO CITY (AP) – Ominous developments Monday in the swine flu epidemic—a jump to 149 deaths and more signs that the virus can jump repeatedly from human to human—prompted the World Health Organization to raise its pandemic alert level, and governments around the world were [...]
Taliban gunmen shooting couple dead for adultery caught on camera Taliban gunmen have been filmed executing a surprised couple whom they repeatedly shot for the alleged crime of adultery. By Saeed Shah in Islamabad Telegraph Their deaths were squalid, riddled with bullets in a field near their home by Taliban gunmen as the execution was [...]
New Hampshire set for divisive gay marriage vote Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:56pm EDT By Andrew J. Manuse Reuters NEW HAMPSHIRE (Reuters) – New Hampshire moves to the forefront of America’s debate on gay marriage on Wednesday when the state Senate will decide whether to approve a bill to legalize same-sex marriage and send it [...]
March 24, 1976: Ford Orders Swine-Flu Shots for All By Tony Long 03.24.08 Wired 1976: President Gerald Ford orders a nationwide vaccination program to prevent a swine-flu epidemic. Ford was acting on the advice of medical experts, who believed they were dealing with a virus potentially as deadly as the one that caused the 1918 [...]
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before. This is an opportunity…And this crisis provides the opportunity for us, as I would say, the opportunity to do things that you could not do [...]
Apr. 27 – A leading medical research center warns the swine flu epidemic may spread quickly.
By Diane Feinstein President Barack Obama’s release of memos detailing CIA interrogation policies under the Bush administration has ignited a political firestorm that continues to dominate the nation’s front pages and news programs. The pressure is intense — on Capitol Hill and elsewhere — for Congress to “do something,” and do it fast. It is [...]
Today the Democrats invited a surprise celebrity guest to testify in Congress about Global Warming.(Guess who?) So the Rebublicans invited their own celebrity. Since he knows what he’s talking about, and Gore doesn’t, Democrats prevented Lord Christopher Monckton, the noted expert and Global Warming Sceptic, from speaking. Micheal Savage: Lord Christopher Monckton, who served as [...]
The Bad Major Times Online: Moscow police chief Denis Yevsyukov went on a killing spree early today after arguing with his wife at a celebration for his 32nd birthday. Major Yevsyukov killed three people and injured six at a supermarket after first returning home to change into his police uniform. Russian television broadcast CCTV footage [...]
Chalk one up to intelligent responses, in the field, on time, and in the correct language. Associated Press ROME — An Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board fended off a pirate attack far off the coast of Somalia when its Israeli private security forces exchanged fire with the bandits and drove them away, [...]
