WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron Paul on Wednesday suggested that the United States could assassinate journalists the same way it targeted Americans with ties to al-Qaida. The Texas congressman again criticized President Barack Obama for approving last week’s drone strikes in Yemen against a U.S. citizen who was tracked and executed based on [...]
Fox News: A Wisconsin sheriff is protesting a recent “slap-on-the wrist” court ruling that allows a man in the country illegally to seek employment as he completes an 11-month jail term from driving drunk in the wrong direction on an interstate. “Why would we let an illegal immigrant out on work release to look for [...]
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Politico: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday praised the thousands of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters crowding New York City and other cities across the nation. “God bless them for their spontaneity,” Pelosi told reporters. “It’s young, it’s spontaneous, it’s focused and it’s going to be effective.” he comments from Pelosi, the top Democrat in [...]
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That’s the problem. The GOP never anticipates the enemy bringing heavy artillery to a knife fight. Even though, as a party of revolutionaries, it’s standard operating procedure. The Hill: In a shocking development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely used procedural option informally called the “nuclear option” to change the [...]
Washington (AP) – The director of the controversial loan program that cleared the way for a $535 million taxpayer guarantee to bankrupt solar firm Solyndra is stepping down, the Energy Department confirmed Thursday. Jonathan Silver, head of the Loan Programs Office, plans to join the organization Third Way as a “distinguished visiting fellow.” The career [...]
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“Blood in the streets, it’s up to my ankles…blood in the streets, it’s up to my knees…blood on the rise, it’s following me…”
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly had some strong words for “Occupy Wall Street” protesters Thursday, blaming participants for starting skirmishes which led to more than 20 arrests on Wednesday. “What they did is they counted. They actually had a countdown — 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 — they grouped together, they joined [...]
Telegraph: World facing worst financial crisis in history, Bank of England Governor says Sir Mervyn King was speaking after the decision by the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to put £75billion of newly created money into the economy in a desperate effort to stave off a new credit crisis and a UK recession. Economists said the [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American dream of homeownership has felt its biggest drop since the Great Depression, according to new 2010 census figures released Thursday. The analysis by the Census Bureau found the homeownership rate fell to 65.1 percent last year. While that level remains the second highest decennial rate, analysts say the U.S. may [...]
Stripes: With anesthesiologist Eugene Lipov, first comes the unbridled enthusiasm for a novel treatment he thinks could be the answer to post-traumatic stress disorder, one that so far has had stunning results. Then, there’s the sheer exasperation: Just what does a doctor have to do to get the Pentagon to pay attention? In 2007, the [...]
We ask these men and women to sacrifice so much and now they want them to leave their families behind while stationed in Europe for two years or more? Grateful Nation? I agree with Gen. Hertling… this would be devastating. Army Times: The Army’s top general in Europe refused Thursday to get involved in a [...]
