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Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says - Bloomberg.com
Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:59 PM EST (Bloomberg.com)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Alleged burglar warms up bottle for crying baby
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:03 PM EST (hosted.ap.org)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An 18-year-old is in police custody after he warmed up a bottle for a crying baby inside the house he was allegedly robbing.
Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:00 PM EST (hosted.ap.org)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.
Climate change pushes poor women to prostitution, dangerous work.
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:42 PM EST (gmanews.tv)
The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous work, and sometimes even the flesh trade, a United Nations official said.
Report: ACORN got $200,000 in Justice Department funds
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:46 PM EST ()
ACORN and its affiliates received $200,000 in Justice Department grants between 2002 and 2009, according to a report issued Friday by the department's inspector general.
Straying from the Facts AP Fact Checker on Palin not much of a check at all
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:06 PM EST ()
Over the weekend, there was a bit of a dust-up between the Associated Press, Sarah Palin, and their respective supporters over the AP's "fact check" of Palin's campaign memoir, Going Rogue.
Syria suspected of concealing nuclear activity
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:58 PM EST ()
WASHINGTON - The International Atomic Energy Agency and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites where undeclared uranium was recently found.
India puts nuclear plants on alert-report | Fears rise as intelligence suggests possible attack
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:07 PM EST (Reuters)
NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - India has put its nuclear power plants under alert and tightened security around them after intelligence about possible attacks, a report said on Monday.
Suspicious wife posed as schoolgirl to trap paedophile husband, court hears - Telegraph
Seeded on Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:46 PM EST (Telegraph)
Cheryl Roberts, 61, suspected her husband David was accessing chatrooms to lure girls into sex so she set up a different computer in their home to pretend she was a 14-year-old girl and caught him in the act.
World's Most Well Known Tea Bagger Says New Age Tea Baggers Inflamed Because the Left is Winning
Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:10 PM EST (Politico)
With the issue he has positioned to be his crowning achievement as president at a crossroads, Barack Obama once again called on his former rival to help him follow through.
ACORN New Orleans Office Raided by Louisiana Attorney General
Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 3:15 PM EST ()
In a fast-breaking development comes word that agents of the Attorney's General office in Louisiana have raided ACORN's offices in New Orleans. ACORN's New Orleans was, for decades, the headquarters of the national community organizing association.
Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman Says He'll Back Republicans in 2010 Congressional Races - ABC News
Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:01 AM EDT (ABC News)
Sounding more like an independent than a Democrat, Sen.
LA man arrested in death of his unborn child
Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:03 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Authorities say a 37-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested on suspicion of murder for the death of an unborn child believed to be his. More News
FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat
Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:02 AM EDT (apnews.myway.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry.
American 'abortion addict' who had 15 terminations in 17 years publishes her memoir | Mail Online
Seeded on Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:24 PM EDT (the Mail online)
A woman has admitted to being 'an abortion addict' after having 15 terminations over 17 years. Irene Vilar said she had the abortions not from poverty or fear but as an extraordinary act of rebellion against her 'controlling' husband who did not want children.
What happened to global warming?
Seeded on Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:44 AM EDT (BBC News)
This headline may come as a bit of a surprise, so too might that fact that the warmest year recorded globally was not in 2008 or 2007, but in 1998. But it is true. For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures.
Democrats defeat GOP attempt to remove Rangel. Wagons Circle, Disperse Buzzards
Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 2:53 PM EDT (breitbart)
House Republicans have failed for a third time to oust Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.
The demise of the dollar - Another Obama accomplishment?
Seeded on Mon Oct 5, 2009 7:52 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and …
Shooting victim says Russia links should be probed. Don't trust the Ruskies, Mr. President
Seeded on Sat Oct 3, 2009 12:28 PM EDT (AP)
ADELPHI, Md. (AP) -- That night, he was returning home from the International Spy Museum, of all places. He had been meeting with, of all people, an old friend who once was a top officer in the KGB.
Obama And Big Health: Who's Co-Opting Whom? : NPR
Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 5:05 PM EDT ()
Then, the White House made individual deals with hospitals, drugmakers and doctors. The terms were simple — the industry groups would support the broad outlines of a health care bill and the administration would agree to limit fees and budget cuts affecting these groups.
Thomas Perrin: If you like Citizens, you'll love the public option
Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 1:51 PM EDT (tallahassee.com)
Congressman Barney Frank admitted that the public option is just a tool to achieve a solely government-run system.
China weather magic conjures blue sky for parade | Real Man Made Climate Change
Seeded on Thu Oct 1, 2009 12:45 PM EDT (Reuters)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's air force deployed a "magic-like" range of chemicals and technology to clear Beijing's smoggy air for a grand parade marking the 60th anniversary of Communist China, state media said on Thursday.
Appeals court dismisses Dan Rather's suit vs. CBS - Liar Loses, again.
Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:22 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed former TV newsman Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS Corp in which Rather claimed he was made a scapegoat in a scandal over a 2004 report on then-President George W. Bush's military record.
Poles indignant that U.S. altered missile-shield plans
Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:38 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
The American decision to back out of a Bush-administration agreement has played into fears that Obama is willing to sacrifice Central Europe to repair relations with Russia.
On Wall St: Sentiment remains fragile
Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:14 AM EDT (FT.com)
Sadly, the government isn't just everyone's favourite financier, it is virtually the only financier around. And there is a limit to how much the central bank and the government can, and should, do. Underneath the euphoria, is a certain ambivalence and even schizophrenia.
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Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says - Bloomberg.comNov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
- Man who claimed disability spotted on TV show
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- California tax officials say an interior designer's false disability claim was uncovered when he was spotted on a home improvement television show.
- Climate change pushes poor women to prostitution, dangerous work.
The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous work, and sometimes even the flesh trade, a United Nations official said.
- Report: ACORN got $200,000 in Justice Department funds
ACORN and its affiliates received $200,000 in Justice Department grants between 2002 and 2009, according to a report issued Friday by the department's inspector general.
- Straying from the Facts AP Fact Checker on Palin not much of a check at all
Over the weekend, there was a bit of a dust-up between the Associated Press, Sarah Palin, and their respective supporters over the AP's "fact check" of Palin's campaign memoir, Going Rogue.
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Hmm... as a right American your family would be third priority; first the Creator, then country, then family.
The only reason for that is it's ultimately pragmatic: Who can protect Whom?
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