Archive | December, 2009
Obama: Socialized Healthcare Is My Jobs Program
We’re all screwed. “What has happened is a lot of the debate in Washington has been around health care, so people think, well, I guess they must not be working on jobs,” Obama said Friday in Allentown, Pennsylvania. “No, we’ve been working on jobs the whole time. Health care is part and parcel with where [...]
Dems Now Targeting Private Sector Insurance Exec Pay
5. December 2009
Because what would a day in Washington be without Congressional Democrats overstepping constitutional boundaries and interfering with the pay practices of private companies? Actually this case goes beyond the regular unjustified (and unconstitutional) interference in the private sector. The target is insurance executives — an obvious attempt to demonize the private companies as Democratic health [...]
Breaking: Militants Attack Army Checkpoint in Pakistan
5. December 2009
Even as initial reports are still coming out about the market bombing in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, Reuters reports that dozens of militants have attacked a Pakistani army checkpoint in Wana, the main city in South Waziristan. The wire service says dozens of Islamist militants attacked the checkpoint using rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s, killing [...]
Breaking: Bomb Explodes Near KFC in Pakistan
5. December 2009
A bomb has exploded near a KFC fast food restaurant in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. There’s no word yet on casualties, but BBC News quotes local police saying there are vehicles damaged and store windows smashed in the nearby area. Update: A motivation for the bombing? The Associated Press says the western restaurant is [...]
Shock: Baucus Confirms He Nominated Mistress As US Attorney
5. December 2009
The office of Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) has confirmed that he was having an affair with his state officer director, Melodee Hanes, when he nominated her for U.S. Attorney. Baucus is no longer married and now openly lives with Hanes, but a source for Roll Call confirms he was carrying on the affair quite a [...]
Flashback: Obama Supported WH Officials Testifying Before Congress
4. December 2009
Barack Obama might not like his cronies testifying before Congress now that he occupies the Oval Office, but he took a very different position as a candidate last year. At the time Obama said: I think that nobody is above the law. If there are specific assertions of executive privilege, then, you know, those can [...]
Barney Frank Endorses Joe Sestak For Pennsylvania Senate
4. December 2009
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has decided to endorse Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) over Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) for the 2010 senatorial race in the Keystone State. Frank is the first member of Congress to back Sestak for the Democratic primary. That news must sting for Specter, a thirty-year incumbent. He’s spent the year flip-flopping on [...]
Breaking: Amanda Knox Found Guilty on All Counts
4. December 2009
To no one’s great surprise, 22-year-old Amanda Knox has been convicted of all charges against her, including murder. She has been sentenced to 26 years in prison and she’ll have to pay millions of dollars in damages to the victim’s family. Why no surprise in this verdict? For any number of reasons. For starters, the [...]
Two Georgia Banks Shut by Regulators
4. December 2009
Regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation closed two banks in Georgia on Friday, bringing the number of bank failures in the United States this year to 126. A total of $961 million in deposits were shared by Buckhead Community Bank and First Security National Bank in Atlanta and Norcross, respectively. State Bank and Trust [...]
Breaking: Blast at Russian Cafe Kills At Least 100
4. December 2009
Is this the latest act of terrorism in the Russian Federation? We’ve had train bombings that left dozens dead, now there are explosions ripping through cafes (nightclubs?) leaving at least 15 dead. What’s going on? MOSCOW, Dec 4 (Reuters) – A blast has ripped through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm near the Ural [...]
5. December 2009
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