Mrs. Giffords Fox News: An Arizona congresswoman refused to back down from her allegations that two federal agencies moved their conferences from the state to boycott its new law cracking down on illegal immigrants despite the agencies’ denial. Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords told Fox News on Saturday that she has information that the Department of [...]
The Washington Times: by J. Christian Adams On the day President Obama was elected, armed men wearing the black berets and jackboots of the New Black Panther Party were stationed at the entrance to a polling place in Philadelphia. They brandished a weapon and intimidated voters and poll watchers. After the election, the Justice Department [...]
TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- The broad consensus among G-8 members is that the time for fiscal stimulus packages to support the economy is over, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday. Talking to reporters after a meeting of heads of government from the eight leading industrialized nations, Merkel said: “Overall there is a common opinion that the [...]
The Hill: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner hailed international cooperation in recovering from the global economic crisis, but he said other countries must continue to support growth efforts. While Geithner lauded the steps the world has taken now that the global economy is “coming out of the fires of the crisis,” he warned that other countries [...]
Martin Ivens: The polls show the electorate understands the need for cuts. Next year there will be howls of anguish across the land Times Of London: by Martin Ivens You had only to read some of the case studies of families that newspapers dropped in to lighten their coverage of the emergency budget to see [...]
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A hidden-camera video showing Jews being harassed on the street in a Moroccan neighborhood of Amsterdam has led Dutch authorities to consider combating hate crimes with “decoy Jews” — undercover police officers wearing yarmulkes, a city spokesperson commented Friday. The idea has gathered momentum after the hidden-camera video aired on television last [...]
Reason.com: The Las Vegas Weekly conducts a survey of “the personalities who define Vegas,” and judges Penn Jillette to be #1. Selections from the brief, reliably interesting interview: Let’s talk about your TV show Bullsh*t! Will you ever run out of theories to debunk and people to expose? If you build a kingdom on bullsh*t, [...]
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Which you will pay… (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, fresh from a win on a sweeping overhaul of Wall Street regulations, on Saturday urged Congress to take up his proposal for a $90 billion, 10-year tax on banks as the next step in reform. Obama wants to slap a 0.15 percent tax on the liabilities [...]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran will not be sending a blockade-busting ship to Gaza in defiance of Israeli warnings, an Iranian lawmaker said Saturday, citing Israeli “restrictions.” Mahmoud Ahmadi Bighash told the semiofficial ISNA news agency that instead of sending a ship, an Iranian delegation of lawmakers would travel to Lebanon and sail on one [...]
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) — The United States was eliminated from the World Cup by Ghana for the second straight time as Asamoah Gyan scored 3 minutes into overtime, leading the Black Stars to a 2-1 second-round victory Saturday night Kevin Prince Boateng put Ghana ahead when he stripped the ball from Ricardo Clark in [...]
The Telegraph: The Prime Minister’s advisers believe that widespread industrial action can be avoided if public sector workers are offered a deal over pensions. The Coalition this week set out plans to cut almost £100 billion from public spending over five years, freezing pay for millions of public sector staff and sacking thousands of others. [...]
