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Article by John on May 13th, 2009 at 10:35 am So much for learning from our mistakes. President Obama is attempting to block the release of hundreds of photos showing US personnel abusing detainees. Pass of Salang – Afghanistan President Barack Obama is seeking to block the immediate release of hundreds of photos showing U.S. personnel allegedly abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. An Obama administration official said Wednesday that the president told his [...]
Article by missy on February 17th, 2009 at 10:32 am Another example of Israeli exceptionalism: Israel is assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists as part of its efforts to disrupt the Islamist regime’s illicit weapons program, the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday quoted Western intelligence sources as saying. … The paper also quoted United States intelligence sources as saying Israel is using sabotage, front companies and double agents to disrupt the Islamist republic’s illicit weapons program as an alternative to direct [...]
Article by John on February 15th, 2009 at 8:37 pm This is the most succinct explanation I have come across of where we are at and of what to do with regard to the financial crisis affecting our country. I hope Obama and Congress are listening. From Bill Moyers Journal (you can watch the video here): February 13, 2009 BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal. The battle is joined as they say — and here’s the [...]
Article by John on February 3rd, 2009 at 11:40 pm Wow, what can I say? My well-deserved cynicism says this will never occur but I will gladly be wrong. From here: President Barack Obama WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will set a $500,000 annual compensation cap on Wednesday for executives at companies getting taxpayer bailouts as part of a wider process to clamp down on excessive corporate pay. An Obama administration official said the new rules would [...]
Article by John on January 27th, 2009 at 7:27 am Political fundraising has often been viewed as a corrupting influence in politics. Now it’s increasingly being seen by politicians as a roadblock to doing their jobs well. Republican Senator George Voinovich has had enough. Will stories like his breathe new life into the reform movement? It is nice to see a Republican Senator admit that the campaign finance system is broken and is [...]
Article by John on December 29th, 2008 at 10:42 pm Just read this from Judith Shattuck, the Washington State Coordinator of the Progressive Democrats of America. Nice to be reminded there are many others that see what I see, think what I think and feel what I feel: My note to Pelosi …. Quoting: Pelosi: US must stand strongly with Israel Published: 12.28.08, 03:13 / Israel News …Speaker of the US House of [...]
Article by missy on September 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 am From Roll Call this morning: The White House today is drumming up extraordinary pressure on Congress to approve its plan to enact a $700 billion mortgage bailout fund, suggesting the markets cannot wait much longer and dispatching Vice President Cheney and other top officials up Pennsylvania Avenue to jawbone lawmakers. … But Bush himself continues to do little to explain his plan, and he has refused to be [...] | |
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