CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias appeared undaunted by the shuttering of his family’s bank, saying he would continue his bid to keep President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat in Democratic hands with renewed purpose. “My campaign for the United States Senate goes forward with a renewed determination to turn Illinois’ economy around and [...]
BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. military judge on Friday cleared a Navy SEAL of any wrongdoing in the alleged beating of an Iraqi prisoner suspected of masterminding the grisly 2004 killings of four American contractors. The Blackwater contractors’ burned bodies were dragged through the streets and two were hanged from a bridge over the Euphrates [...]
The Australian: * X-37B finally ready for launch * Costed at “hundreds of millions” * Start of space weaponisation? IT’S one of the most anticipated space launches since the original manned space shuttle Columbia blasted off in 1982. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been sunk into it over nearly 20 years of research and [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has turned down ACORN’s request for help in its lawsuit claiming Congress was wrong to shut off the activist group’s federal funding. The high court on Friday refused to throw out a decision by the federal appellate court in New York City. That court had decided to freeze a [...]
Did the White House have a hand in GM’s phony claim and its ad campaign? The substance of the claim, the underhanded tactic, and the style of 1. having an ad campaing and 2. the campaign itself, seem quite familiar. Fox News: GM Could Be in Hot Water With FTC Over Truth in Advertising General [...]
Phoenix Business Journal: U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., said Friday he wants President Barack Obama to end law enforcement agreements with Arizona police departments in the wake of Gov. Jan Brewer signing a controversial immigration measure. Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law Friday. It allows police to question and arrest illegal immigrants for trespassing [...]
New SEIU Prez, Mary Kay Henry (I think she’s a lesbian, which actually does provide continuety, since the SEIU’s best-kept internal secret is that Andy Stern is gay Ben Smith in Politico: A handful of undecided SEIU locals swung to California nurses leader Mary Kay Henry today, turning the giant union away from the Washington-based [...]
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – The message, very often, is sent with bloodshed. A suicide bombing last week on a fortified Kandahar guesthouse shared by Western contracting companies killed four Afghans and injured several Americans. An Afghan engineer was shot dead in March as he helped inspect a school not far from the Pakistan border. An [...]
You might not have to sacrifice your vehicle to please the sun god as soon as you thought… Related – Landmark Ruling: Global Warming Belief Given Same Legal Status As Religion Politico: The bipartisan climate bill to be unveiled Monday isn’t dead on arrival but it’s not likely to be taken up this year — [...]
