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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Dana Reeve; Widow Advocated for Paralysis Research SHARE
The causes her husband, Christoper Reeve, began to embrace, including stem cell research and other potential treatment paths for paralysis, became her own. [Please call you representatives and senators in Washington and ask them to support stem cell research. The US is already years behind the 8-ball on research because of the right wing religious influence on the White House.]
Dana Reeve; Widow Advocated for Paralysis Research SHARE
The causes her husband, Christoper Reeve, began to embrace, including stem cell research and other potential treatment paths for paralysis, became her own. [Please call you representatives and senators in Washington and ask them to support stem cell research. The US is already years behind the 8-ball on research because of the right wing religious influence on the White House.]
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Bush Faces GOP Effort to Stop Ports Deal SHARE
His presidency already at a low point, President Bush now faces a GOP move in Congress to stop a plan he steadfastly supports: a Dubai-owned company's entry into U.S. port operations.
Bush Faces GOP Effort to Stop Ports Deal SHARE
His presidency already at a low point, President Bush now faces a GOP move in Congress to stop a plan he steadfastly supports: a Dubai-owned company's entry into U.S. port operations.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Gunmen Kidnap Up to 50 Workers in Baghdad SHARE
Gunmen in camouflage uniforms stormed the offices of a private security company Wednesday and kidnapped as many as 50 employees, police reported.
The attackers hit the al-Rawafid Security Co., a private Iraqi-owned business, at 4:30 p.m. and forced the workers into seven vehicles, including several white SUVs.
Gunmen Kidnap Up to 50 Workers in Baghdad SHARE
Gunmen in camouflage uniforms stormed the offices of a private security company Wednesday and kidnapped as many as 50 employees, police reported.
The attackers hit the al-Rawafid Security Co., a private Iraqi-owned business, at 4:30 p.m. and forced the workers into seven vehicles, including several white SUVs.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Indians Protest, Fear Violence Will Spread SHARE
Security forces deployed to holy sites across India on Wednesday after terrorist bombings killed 20 people in Hinduism's holiest city, sparking anger among its residents and worry about possible widespread sectarian violence.
Indians Protest, Fear Violence Will Spread SHARE
Security forces deployed to holy sites across India on Wednesday after terrorist bombings killed 20 people in Hinduism's holiest city, sparking anger among its residents and worry about possible widespread sectarian violence.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
"They tried to attach themselves to his virtue; then they wiped their feet with him." SHARE
MARY TILLMAN has been a model of patience and fortitude as she doggedly pursues the facts concerning her son Pat’s death in Afghanistan two years ago. In that spirit, she welcomed as positive the news that the Pentagon’s inspector general has asked the Army to launch an investigation into whether criminal negligence was involved in the “friendly fire” incident that resulted in the death of her football-star son who turned soldier.
"They tried to attach themselves to his virtue; then they wiped their feet with him." SHARE
MARY TILLMAN has been a model of patience and fortitude as she doggedly pursues the facts concerning her son Pat’s death in Afghanistan two years ago. In that spirit, she welcomed as positive the news that the Pentagon’s inspector general has asked the Army to launch an investigation into whether criminal negligence was involved in the “friendly fire” incident that resulted in the death of her football-star son who turned soldier.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Gallup: More Than Half of Americans Reject Evolution, Back Bible SHARE
A Gallup report released today reveals that more than half of all Americans, rejecting evolution theory and scientific evidence, agree with the statement, "God created man exactly how Bible describes it." NS
Gallup: More Than Half of Americans Reject Evolution, Back Bible SHARE
A Gallup report released today reveals that more than half of all Americans, rejecting evolution theory and scientific evidence, agree with the statement, "God created man exactly how Bible describes it." NS
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Post-mortem on the Intelligence Committee vote SHARE
In lieu of fulfilling their pledge to discover the scope of the Administration's warrantless eavesdropping on Americans, Sens. Hagel and Snowe decided instead that they would support legislation which would create a 7-member Subcommittee (4 Republicans and 3 Democrats) to which the Administration is required to report all warrantless eavesdropping activities:
The proposed legislation would create a seven-member "terrorist surveillance subcommittee" and require the administration to give it full access to the details of the program's operations. . . .
Post-mortem on the Intelligence Committee vote SHARE
In lieu of fulfilling their pledge to discover the scope of the Administration's warrantless eavesdropping on Americans, Sens. Hagel and Snowe decided instead that they would support legislation which would create a 7-member Subcommittee (4 Republicans and 3 Democrats) to which the Administration is required to report all warrantless eavesdropping activities:
The proposed legislation would create a seven-member "terrorist surveillance subcommittee" and require the administration to give it full access to the details of the program's operations. . . .
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Bush's new best friends SHARE
The American president is betting on India becoming one of the world's great powers, writes Randeep Ramesh
Bush's new best friends SHARE
The American president is betting on India becoming one of the world's great powers, writes Randeep Ramesh
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
UN: Progress to women's equality slow SHARE
Despite the recent election of women heads of state in Chile, Liberia and Germany, women are making scant progress around the world in getting into leadership positions, a UN report says.
UN: Progress to women's equality slow SHARE
Despite the recent election of women heads of state in Chile, Liberia and Germany, women are making scant progress around the world in getting into leadership positions, a UN report says.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
US: Security Council likely to warn Iran SHARE
he UN Security Council is likely to call on Iran to halt nuclear research shortly or risk consequences, the US has said in a statement to the nuclear watchdog agency board.
US: Security Council likely to warn Iran SHARE
he UN Security Council is likely to call on Iran to halt nuclear research shortly or risk consequences, the US has said in a statement to the nuclear watchdog agency board.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
'Unitary Executive' Or Autocracy? SHARE
Yet it is no exaggeration to say that no administration in American history has had as much contempt for the law as this one. There may have been administrations more corrupt—in the briefcase-full-of-cash sense—but none which so regularly proclaimed in the light of day its belief that it alone can decide which laws to obey and which to ignore.
'Unitary Executive' Or Autocracy? SHARE
Yet it is no exaggeration to say that no administration in American history has had as much contempt for the law as this one. There may have been administrations more corrupt—in the briefcase-full-of-cash sense—but none which so regularly proclaimed in the light of day its belief that it alone can decide which laws to obey and which to ignore.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Former Enron CFO Implicates Old Bosses SHARE
CEO Sanctioned Fraud, Jury Hears -- Andrew S. Fastow, the government's star witness in the Enron Corp. trial, took the stand Tuesday and testified that he concocted a massive fraud in face-to-face meetings with the company's chief executive, who both sanctioned the deals and asked him to "get me as much juice as you can."
Former Enron CFO Implicates Old Bosses SHARE
CEO Sanctioned Fraud, Jury Hears -- Andrew S. Fastow, the government's star witness in the Enron Corp. trial, took the stand Tuesday and testified that he concocted a massive fraud in face-to-face meetings with the company's chief executive, who both sanctioned the deals and asked him to "get me as much juice as you can."
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
House Agrees To Vote On Ports - Showdown With President Likely SHARE
Efforts by the White House to hold off legislation challenging a Dubai-owned company's acquisition of operations at six major U.S. ports collapsed yesterday when House Republican leaders agreed to allow a vote next week that could kill the deal.
House Agrees To Vote On Ports - Showdown With President Likely SHARE
Efforts by the White House to hold off legislation challenging a Dubai-owned company's acquisition of operations at six major U.S. ports collapsed yesterday when House Republican leaders agreed to allow a vote next week that could kill the deal.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Beware of What's Sold as Reform SHARE
Continuing revelations about the money-driven symbiosis of lawmaker and lobbyist make it clear that any law stripped of credible enforcement is an election-year charade.
Beware of What's Sold as Reform SHARE
Continuing revelations about the money-driven symbiosis of lawmaker and lobbyist make it clear that any law stripped of credible enforcement is an election-year charade.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
G.O.P. Senators Say Accord Is Set on Wiretapping SHARE
Moving to tamp down Democratic calls for an investigation of the administration's domestic eavesdropping program, Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that they had reached agreement with the White House on proposed bills to impose new oversight but allow wiretapping without warrants for up to 45 days. [WHAT IS IT WITH THE 45 DAYS NOW??]
G.O.P. Senators Say Accord Is Set on Wiretapping SHARE
Moving to tamp down Democratic calls for an investigation of the administration's domestic eavesdropping program, Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that they had reached agreement with the White House on proposed bills to impose new oversight but allow wiretapping without warrants for up to 45 days. [WHAT IS IT WITH THE 45 DAYS NOW??]
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
BUSH & THE NEOCON RENDITION TALE: They Came for the Chicken Farmer SHARE
This has been our nightmare since the Bush administration began stashing prisoners it did not want to account for in Guantánamo Bay: An ordinary man with a name something like a Taliban bigwig's is swept up in the dragnet and imprisoned without any hope of proving his innocence.
A case of mistaken identity's turning an innocent person into a prisoner-for-life was supposed to be impossible. President Bush told Americans to trust in his judgment after he arrogated the right to arrest anyone, anywhere in the world, and toss people into indefinite detention. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld infamously proclaimed that the men at Guantánamo Bay were "the worst of the worst."
But it has long been evident that this was nonsense, and a lawsuit by The Associated Press has now demonstrated the truth in shameful detail.
BUSH & THE NEOCON RENDITION TALE: They Came for the Chicken Farmer SHARE
This has been our nightmare since the Bush administration began stashing prisoners it did not want to account for in Guantánamo Bay: An ordinary man with a name something like a Taliban bigwig's is swept up in the dragnet and imprisoned without any hope of proving his innocence.
A case of mistaken identity's turning an innocent person into a prisoner-for-life was supposed to be impossible. President Bush told Americans to trust in his judgment after he arrogated the right to arrest anyone, anywhere in the world, and toss people into indefinite detention. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld infamously proclaimed that the men at Guantánamo Bay were "the worst of the worst."
But it has long been evident that this was nonsense, and a lawsuit by The Associated Press has now demonstrated the truth in shameful detail.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
New Executive Order: Responsibilities Dept. of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based Organizations SHARE
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America's social and community needs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security. WTF?
New Executive Order: Responsibilities Dept. of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based Organizations SHARE
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate a national effort to expand opportunities for faith-based and other community organizations and to strengthen their capacity to better meet America's social and community needs, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment of a Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security. WTF?
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Bush Perceived Blunders on Iraq, Katrina Buoy Democrats in 2006 SHARE
After years of disunity, disorder and disappointment, Democrats finally have something going for them: Republicans.
The Democrats, who languished in public-opinion polls even as President George W. Bush's approval ratings plunged, now say their prospects are on the rise: In the most recent Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, Americans by a margin of 46 percent to 37 percent said they plan to vote Democratic for Congress this year.
Bush Perceived Blunders on Iraq, Katrina Buoy Democrats in 2006 SHARE
After years of disunity, disorder and disappointment, Democrats finally have something going for them: Republicans.
The Democrats, who languished in public-opinion polls even as President George W. Bush's approval ratings plunged, now say their prospects are on the rise: In the most recent Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, Americans by a margin of 46 percent to 37 percent said they plan to vote Democratic for Congress this year.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
WAXMAN Says No to Food Safety - H.R. 4167, "The National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005" SHARE
As H.R. 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005" comes to the floor, Rep. Waxman leads opposition to the bill, which would hamper California's-and all states'-ability to implement laws regulating food safety. Currently, state and local governments conduct approximately 80% of food safety activity. H.R. 4167 would radically shift the balance of power between the states and federal government, taking a historically state role and giving it to the federal government.
WAXMAN Says No to Food Safety - H.R. 4167, "The National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005" SHARE
As H.R. 4167, the "National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005" comes to the floor, Rep. Waxman leads opposition to the bill, which would hamper California's-and all states'-ability to implement laws regulating food safety. Currently, state and local governments conduct approximately 80% of food safety activity. H.R. 4167 would radically shift the balance of power between the states and federal government, taking a historically state role and giving it to the federal government.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
KRUGMAN; Feeling No Pain SHARE
President Bush's main purpose in visiting India seems to have been to promote nuclear proliferation. But he also had some kind words for outsourcing. And those words help explain something that I know deeply puzzles the administration's political gurus: Mr. Bush's dismal polling on economic issues.
KRUGMAN; Feeling No Pain SHARE
President Bush's main purpose in visiting India seems to have been to promote nuclear proliferation. But he also had some kind words for outsourcing. And those words help explain something that I know deeply puzzles the administration's political gurus: Mr. Bush's dismal polling on economic issues.
