Pro-Illegal Immigrant Hispanic Congressmen Killed Firefighters’ 9-11 Relief Funding (3)
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Archive for August, 2010
Report: Police Blotter Confirms Laredo Ranch Story Was Not A Hoax (23)
The Examiner: By Kimberly Dvorak After 16 days of denials by Laredo law enforcement and local officials regarding a Mexican drug cartel takeover of a Laredo area ranch, a Texas police blotter proves the alleged incident did in fact happen and that multiple agencies responded to the scene of a seized U.S. ranch. Think about [...]
Today’s Featured Story In Big Journalism, Featuring Quotes By Me: Despite Naysayers, Reporters Get At The Truth About What Happened In Lardeo (4)
Big Journalism: This is a cautionary tale about reporters eagerly attacking other reporters working a developing story. Because it’s not possible to provide evidence as quickly as some might demand it doesn’t mean the story is false. On July 24, Kimberly Dvorak, of the Examiner, and Don Amato, of the blog Digger’s Realm, broke the [...]
Stocks Fall Sharply As Investors’ Fears Of Double-Dip Recession Grow – With Video (3)
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks and interest rates tumbled Wednesday as investors around the world took a bleaker view of the U.S. economy. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 240 points and all the major indexes fell more than 2 percent. The yield on the Treasury’s 10-year note fell to its lowest level [...]
Americans Relate To “Take This Job And Shove It” Flight Attendant – With Video (3)
Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater, left, is led from a Bronx correctional facility to an awaiting van by an ABC field producer after posting bail CHICAGO (AP) – A groundswell of support grew online and at office water coolers across America on Tuesday for a JetBlue flight attendant who pulled off one of the [...]
Unemployment Drives More Home Sellers To Cut Prices (0)
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Owners cut prices on one-quarter of U.S. homes listed for sale in July, a fourth straight monthly rise, as job market fallout trumped record low mortgage rates, real estate website Trulia.com said on Wednesday. Sellers in the 50 largest cities slashed $30.1 billion from prices on houses on the market as [...]
Internet Kill Switch: Aims Of Bill Unclear (12)
Time: Here’s an idea: How about creating an Internet kill switch, so the government can shut off the Internet when it decides it is necessary? That may sound absurd, but a lot of people are convinced this is already in the works. How many? Google the words “Internet kill switch” and you will soon find [...]
Huge Ice Island Poses Collision Threat, Oil Shipping At Risk (0)
STOCKHOLM (AP) – An island of ice more than four times the size of Manhattan is drifting across the Arctic Ocean after breaking off from a glacier in Greenland. Potentially in the path of this unstoppable giant are oil platforms and shipping lanes — and any collision could do untold damage. In a worst case [...]
Harry Reid: “I Don’t Know How Any Hispanic Could Be A Republican” – With Video (5)
The Hill: Speaking to a group of Hispanic voters at a campaign event Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blamed Republicans for holding up immigration reform in Congress and openly wondered how any Hispanic voter could identify as Republican, given the party’s record. “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a [...]
Firestorm As Dems Cut Food Stamps To Bail Out Teachers (10)
Lesbian Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut Some Democrats are upset and advocacy groups are outraged over the raiding of the food-stamp cupboard to fund a state-aid bailout that some call a gift to teachers and government union workers. House members convened Tuesday and passed the multibillion-dollar bailout bill for cash-strapped states that provides $10 billion [...]
Colbert To Dylan Ratigan: “It Occurred To You In 2008 That People Were Watching†CNBC? (1)
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