Financial Times: A full-blown trade row erupted on Sunday night between the US and China after Beijing accused Washington of “rampant protectionism†for imposing heavy duties on imported Chinese tires and threatened action against imports of US poultry and vehicles. Trade relations between two of the world’s biggest economies deteriorated after Barack Obama, US president, [...]
Real Clear Politics: Toward the end of his speech on health care Wednesday night, President Obama said that he had been thinking a lot about the phrase “the character of our country.” Too bad the president’s speech had all the character of a free lunch. Obama argued for the moral imperative of providing quality health [...]
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has begun putting into place a new program under which hundreds of prisoners being held by the military in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, a defense official said Sunday. Prisoners at Bagram military base are all to be given a U.S. military official to serve as [...]
New York Post: “This is not an excuse,†the managing editor of The New York Times said after offering the following excuse for completely missing the Van Jones story, except in a blog post: “Our Washington bureau was somewhat short-staffed during the height of the pre-Labor Day vacation period.†Here’s how long-staffed The New York [...]
Washington Post: Last March, during the Supreme Court argument concerning the Federal Election Commission’s banning of a political movie, several justices were aghast. Suddenly and belatedly they saw the abyss that could swallow the First Amendment. Justice Antonin Scalia was “a little disoriented” and Justice Samuel Alito said “that’s pretty incredible.” Chief Justice John Roberts [...]
FOX News: Rep. Joe Wilson said Sunday that he will not apologize on the House floor for his outburst during President Obama’s health care address, even though Democratic leaders have threatened to formally discipline him if he does not. Wilson noted that he already apologized directly to the White House after shouting, “You lie,” to [...]
Chicago Sun Times: Country Club Hills Mayor Dwight Welch said Sunday that the girlfriend who took ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich aide Christopher Kelly to the hospital before he died of an apparent aspirin overdose Saturday is “lawyered up†and no longer talking to police. Authorities spoke to the woman, Clarissa J. Flores-Buhelos of Chicago, Saturday at [...]
CNSNews.com In his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, President Barack Obama said the health care plan he is pushing will not provide federal money for abortions. But pro-life congressmen and Planned Parenthood agree that abortion would be covered under the plan under an amendment sponsored by Rep. Lois Capps (D.-Calif.). [...]
The Washington Examiner: The Democratic National Committee has stopped running an ad that accused several well-known Republican lawmakers of voting to abolish Medicare. The ads were run in Dayton, Ohio, against House Republican Leader Rep. John Boehner; Cincinnati, against Rep. Jeanne Schmidt; Columbus, against Rep. Patrick Tiberi; Palm Springs, against Rep. Mary Bono Mack; and [...]
WASHINGTON – Thousands of people marched to the U.S. Capitol on Saturday, carrying signs with slogans such as “Obamacare makes me sick” as they protested the president’s health care plan and what they say is out-of-control spending. The line of protesters spread across Pennsylvania Avenue for blocks, all the way to the capitol, according to [...]
Pay attention to the obvious bias present in this article. The original title was UK “Troubled” By Rallies. They aren’t troubled by rallies, they are troubled by Islam. Furthermore, they picture any anti-Islam movement as “Far-right,” which may or may not be true, but paints a specific and slightly distasteful picture in the minds of [...]
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Covering their own asses, firing the people in the videos. When should we declare victory? ACORN Has been taken off of the 2010 Census and has been exposed as corrupt. Is this enough? Should we relentlessly pursue this Mafia until they have been fully discredited and dissolved? I think you know the answer to that. [...]
This makes my f-ing stomach turn. NEW YORK (Reuters) – A museum dedicated to the September 11 attacks will display written quotations drawn from “martyrdom” videos made by the hijackers, along with witness testimonials that will be screened to prevent sympathizers from praising the perpetrators, museum officials said on Thursday. Previous attempts to put into [...]
