Archive for January, 2010
Democrats Will Nullify Brown Win With “Reconciliation” (23)
Bloomberg: Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Even if Democrats lose the special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said. That procedure requires 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to prevent Republicans from blocking votes on President Barack Obama’s [...]
Circle Jerk: No Agreement On New Iran Sanctions (3)
“What’s that sound?” NEW YORK — Diplomats from six key powers focused on possible new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program at a meeting Saturday, but reached no agreement. Robert Cooper, the European Union’s political director who chaired the meeting, said the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany concluded “that Iran has failed [...]
Floor Collapses Under Members At Weight Watchers Clinic (5)
Times Online: A floor collapsed beneath a group of about 20 members of Weight Watchers as they gathered to compare how many pounds they had shed over Christmas. Members of the weight-loss club were lining up to compare readings on the scales when they heard a bang as the floor came away from the walls [...]
Haitian Wyclef Jean Rips Off His Own People (12)
By Friday morning, just days after the earthquake hit, Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation had raised more than $1.5 million. Undoubtedly, Jean’s celebrity helped draw in donors: He’s an internationally known musician from Haiti who won a Grammy with the Fugees and went on to a hugely successful solo career. But an analysis of the [...]
Terminal 8 Shut Down At JFK Over Mysterious Security Breach (3)
NEW YORK — A terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport was evacuated Saturday after someone entered a secure area officials said. The security breach apparently involved someone who left a first class American Airlines lounge at Kennedy’s Terminal 8, opened a marked door that was supposed to be used only by airport workers and [...]
“This Is A Scandal To Rank With Climategate”: Temperature Readings Have Been Manipulated At The Two Key Climate Centers In The U.S. (6)
By James Delingpole in The Telegraph: For those who haven’t seen it, here’s a link to US weatherman John Coleman’s magisterial demolition of the Great AGW Scam. I particularly recommend part 4 because that’s the one with all the meat. It shows how temperature readings have been manipulated at the two key climate data centres [...]
SEIU Coup: Non-Union Americans To Become Second Class Citizens By Law (15)
Fox News: In pushing a giant step closer to a health care reform deal, Democratic leaders are once again drawing fire from their critics for extending special treatment to an interest group in exchange for its support of the bill. The latest deal was struck Thursday among the White House, Congress and union leaders over [...]
HALLELUJAH! The Behenna Story Makes Prime Time! (6)
Snooper Report here… Yesterday Vicki Behenna was on the Michael Savage show and life is happening! Below is an email from a person on top of the issue! From K: I don’t know how many of you listen to Savage and the Savage Nation BUT Mrs. Behenna, Michael’s mom, was on his show about 2 [...]
AP: “The Stakes Are Enormous…Voters Are Down On The Federal Government” (22)
Who’s that in the picture behind Obama? The winds of war are followed by the dogs of war… WASHINGTON (AP) – The ill winds of an angry electorate are blowing against Democrats, the warning signs clear in a closer-than-expected Massachusetts Senate race that may doom President Barack Obama’s health care agenda and foreshadow the party’s [...]
Bali Nightclub Bombing Victim’s Father Questions Wisdom Of Washington Trial (3)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – An Australian lawyer whose son was killed in the 2002 Bali bombing said on Saturday that a trial in Washington of alleged terrorist Riduan Isamuddin could jeopardize chances of convicting him over the nightclub attacks that killed 202. Brian Deegan, a former magistrate whose 21-year-old son Josh was among 88 Australians [...]
Obama Grants Temporary Protected Status To Haitian Illegal Immigrants (13)
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration said Friday it will allow Haitians who were already in the U.S. illegally to remain for the time being because of their country’s catastrophic earthquake. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano granted the temporary protected status on Friday, two days after she temporarily halted deportations of Haitians, even those already [...]
Yemen Says Airstrike Killed Al Qaeda Military Chief (3)
SAN’A, Yemen (AP) – Yemeni warplanes struck outside a desert village near the border with Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing six al-Qaida operatives, including the group’s top military leader in the country, security officials said. The military chief, who escaped a government attack targeting him last month, was one of Yemen’s most-wanted militants and had [...]
$10,000.00 January Fundraiser – Snail Mail Address Added (16)
ACTIVE is coming out swinging in January. If you thought the initial takedown of ACORN was impressive, you ain’t seen nothing yet. ACTIVE and its allies have been busy, very busy. Upcoming are the rescheduled national strike and other actions of escalating resistance. We are out of the protest business, and into the resistance business, [...]