MEXICO CITY – The U.S. government has begun flying illegal migrants caught in the Arizona desert back to Mexico under a voluntary repatriation program. Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department says the twice-daily Tucson-to-Mexico City flights began Friday. It said Sunday that the annual summer program will run through Sept. 28. The U.S. federal government launched the [...]
Hard Truth: Device captures everything you type and sends it via your ethernet card to the Dept. of Homeland Security without your knowledge, consent or a search warrant – every time you log on to the internet! I was opening up my almost brand new laptop, to replace a broken PCMCIA slot riser on the [...]
The Hill: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview aired Sunday that President Barack Obama needed to come back to the drawing board on health reform and consider abandoning the government-run public option. The former Republican presidential candidate noted that Americans’ confidence was falling in polls, and that it would be a “good idea” [...]
“I go to church. I hear it at church. They’re just afraid. They don’t trust this administration,†Politico: MARIANNA, Fla. — Rep Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) is a skilled politician who has pretty much seen it all — a Deep South Democrat who’s managed to dispatch all opponents in his conservative-leaning Panhandle district since winning election [...]
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 27% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14. These figures mark the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for [...]
The Hill: New polls indicate that the debate over healthcare reform might be hurting President Barack Obama’s administration long term. Obama’s first term in office now revolves around his top domestic agenda item, and if it fails, his administration will likely be considered a failure heading into next year’s midterms and beyond. An ABC/Washington Post [...]
Mount Shasta Newspapers: Republican Congressman Wally Herger held a health care town hall meeting Aug. 18 at Simpson University in Redding, where a partisan crowd of over 2,000 people loudly cheered Herger’s position that a public option was “unacceptable.†Although Herger called several times for the audience to “respect each other’s opinions,†those opposed to [...]
Washington Times: If it’s Sunday, it’s time for top aides and allies of President Obama to fan out on the news talk shows. And if it’s Monday, it may very well be time for the White House to walk back everything said on Sunday. For decades now, presidents have used the political shows to spread [...]
Los Angeles Times: “Sin taxes” on cigarettes have turned out to be the most effective weapon in the campaign to reduce smoking. Why not try it on Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, vanilla Coke and Twinkies? With increasing vigor, public health experts and think tanks are calling for extra taxes on foods and drinks that are heavy [...]
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New York Times: KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan — American Marines secured this desolate village in southern Afghanistan nearly two months ago, and last week they were fortifying bases, on duty at checkpoints and patrolling in full body armor in 120-degree heat. Despite those efforts, only a few hundred Afghans were persuaded to come out here and [...]
WAPO: RACINE, Wis. — The last three years had unfolded in an unrelenting series of what Jeremy Bird called Big Moments, and here began the latest on a sweltering afternoon earlier this month. Another rental car, another unfamiliar highway, another string of e-mails sent from his BlackBerry while driving 70 mph. Bird took a sip [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The situation in Afghanistan is “serious and deteriorating,” Washington’s top military officer said on Sunday. “I think it is serious and it is deteriorating, and I’ve said that over the past couple of years, that the Taliban insurgency has gotten better, more sophisticated in their tactics,” Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman [...]
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WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain said he wants the military leadership in Afghanistan to use the same aggressive approach that Gen. David Petraeus used successfully in Iraq. The Arizona Republican said Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal should say exactly how many troops he needs in Afghanistan, let the Congress debate it and President Obama would make [...]
