Politico: The White House and congressional Democrats are working to marginalize the Chamber of Commerce — the powerful business lobby opposed to many of President Barack Obama’s first-year priorities — by going around the group and dealing directly with the CEOs of major U.S. corporations. Since June, senior White House officials have met directly with [...]
Fox News: The chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Monday accused the United States, Britain and Pakistan of having links with the Sunni militants responsible for a homicide bombing that killed five senior Guard commanders and 37 others. “Behind this scene are the American and British intelligence apparatus and there will have to be retaliatory [...]
Politico: Support for Charles Rangel within his home state delegation is showing signs of strain — with upstate New York Democrats grumbling about the impact of Rangel’s ethics woes on their already tenuous reelection chances. Politically vulnerable junior Democrats have been agitating with more senior counterparts to intervene — either with Rangel or with House [...]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both sides claiming early victories in an army campaign that could shape the future of the country’s battle against extremism. The offensive in South Waziristan was expected to be a key topic [...]
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The Daily Mail: British scientists have made a dramatic IVF breakthrough which could bring hope to thousands of women. They have developed an embryo screening technique which makes it far more likely a woman will give birth. A trial showed that it doubles the rate of conception, even for patients in their late thirties. The [...]
Gorki Ãguila is blunt in his assessment of Fidel Castro’s half century of revolution: “Communism is a failure. A total failure. Please, leftists of the world-improve your capitalism! Don’t choose communism!” Ãguila, a Havana resident, wears homemade anti-government t-shirts, frequently denounces the Castro brothers as geriatric tyrants, and heads up perhaps Cuba’s only explicitly political [...]
Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano excluded Arpaio from a joint federal program that gives local law enforcement agencies the power to dragnet for illegals. In other words, only Arpaio is not allowed to arrest illegal
Senior Joke Regime officials took to the airwaves Sunday…this PR campaign is necessary in advance of the Joker exercising emergency powers in his planned-for future “emergency” during which he will shut down the network…it is designed to build popular support before he strikes… Fox News: Senior Obama administration officials took to the airwaves Sunday to [...]
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Times Online: White House seeks to explain its hesitations on Afghanistan President Obama will not decide whether to sanction a troop surge for Afghanistan until the issue of whether the country has a credible government has been settled, the White House Chief of Staff said today. Rahm Emanuel said that the question of whether to [...]
David Axelrod again using his taxpayer-salaried position and its weight of White House imprimatur to crush dissent…
Press TV: The British army has been relocating Taliban insurgents from southern Afghanistan to the north by providing transportation means, diplomats say. The diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said insurgents are being airlifted from the southern province of Helmand to the north amid increasing violence in the northern parts of the country. The [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama still believes a government-run health care option would best meet his reform goals but is not demanding that it be part of overhaul legislation, White House advisers said Sunday. The White House and lawmakers are trying to blend five House and Senate committee versions of health care legislation into a [...]
The Independent: In his fortified headquarters, Lt-Col Charlie Calder drew a large red circle on a map with a laser pointer indicating a vast expanse of northern Helmand, his area of responsibility. He then ringed a spot the size of a 10p piece – less than 20km square – to highlight the ground he and [...]
