Debris Sets Back Work On Stopping The Gusher
Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.
11:00 AM NPR News - Politics Dem Leaders, Donors to Hold Rangel Birthday Bash at The Plaza
From The Hill:
Democratic leaders and major party donors plan to hold a lavish 80th birthday gala for Charles Rangel at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan next month, despite 13 ethics charges pending against the veteran lawmaker.
Lobbyists and other party donors received invitations this week to join Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and [...]
02:11 PM Big Government Spotted On The Streets Of Chicago
Uh O. You know His Excellency Presidency is in trouble if people are driving around the streets of Chicago with the messages seen in the photo below.
Of course, according to the ever post-racial Shirley Sherrod, this might as well be a KKKlan mobile.
Note to other “post-racial” racists: People don’t object to His Excellency Presidency because [...]
02:11 PM Big Government Andy of Mayberry Shills for Obamacare
| In the Brave New World envisioned by the globalists, there is no place for the concept of retirement and no room for millions of retirees who were sold a bill of goods only to have it vanish.
02:05 PM Infowars U.S. recovery hopes fade as economic growth dips
| The recovery is fading, and a troubling new pattern is setting in: economic growth that is too slow to put Americans back to work.
02:05 PM Infowars The Astroturf Campaign Against Target: Fake But Accurate
Credibility.
01:29 PM Hot Air Shocker: Political class backs spending while voters oppose
The great divide.
01:29 PM Hot Air Pakistan's worst-ever flash floods, landslides kill over 800
Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled Saturday to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800. Hundreds of homes and vast swathes of farmland were destroyed in the northwest and Pakistani Kashmir, with the main highway to China reportedly cut and [...]
01:29 PM Raw Story Rep. Maxine Waters may face ethics trial
A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority. People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted about charges before they are made public, say the allegations could be [...]
01:29 PM Raw Story On Medicare anniversary, lawmakers tout inevitability of single payer
A trio of progressives in Congress invoked the 45th birthday of Medicare's enactment Friday to call for a national single payer health insurance system, predicting it's "inevitable" if Americans want lower costs. "It has never been more important to have a strong movement behind Medicare for All," wrote Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Reps. Dennis [...]
01:29 PM Raw Story China to invest $40 billion in Iranian oil and gas
Iran's main economic partner China has invested around 40 billion dollars in the Islamic republic's oil and gas sector, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday. Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noqrehkar Shirazi also said that Tehran's oil exports to China fell by 30 percent in the first six months of 2010 compared with the corresponding [...]
01:29 PM Raw Story Hackers target corporations like BP, Shell for social engineering' demonstration
Pepsi, Coca Cola, Shell, BP, Ford, Proctor & Gamble, Apple and Google just some of the corporations tricked into revealing too much information Hackers at an infamous DefCon gathering are proving that old-fashioned smooth talk rivals slick software skills when it comes to pulling off attacks on computer networks. A first-ever "social engineering" contest here [...]
01:29 PM Raw Story Lacking credible evidence,' police refuse to charge Al Gore with sexual assault
Police in the US state of Oregon have said former vice president Al Gore will not face charges over an alleged 2006 groping of a masseuse "due to a lack of credible evidence." "After evaluating the materials submitted by PPB (Portland Police Bureau) I have concluded that I agree with the assessment that a sustainable [...]
01:29 PM Raw Story Witness: 'Cabal' at VA Is Killing Veterans
At a hearing last week, experts told Congress that VA staff was “intentionally delaying research and treatment for our veterans.â€
09:00 AM Alternet Is America a Christian Nation?01:29 PM Alternet PHOTOS: Obama: Out and About
A look at Washington, D.C.'s newest scenesters: the First Family.
12:32 PM ABC Politics PHOTOS: Travels of the Obama Presidency
Highlights from President Obama's latest travels around the world.
03:23 PM ABC Politics PHOTOS: Michelle Obama: Fashion Icon?
First lady Michelle Obama makes a splash in Oslo, Norway.
01:37 PM ABC Politics California Rep. May Face Fall Ethics Trial
People familiar with the investigation say California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial
09:13 AM ABC Politics Saving Wildlife From The Midwestern Oil Spill
A response effort is under way on the Kalamazoo River in western Michigan, where the EPA reports that a pipe belonging to Enbridge Inc. has spilled more than 1 million gallons of oil. Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with Michigan Radio's Rebecca Williams about efforts to save river animals.
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics Mexico's Drug War More Sophisticated, Deadlier
Mexico's army claimed a victory this week against one of the country's most powerful drug cartels. Soldiers shot and killed Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top lieutenant to the kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks to reporter Michael O'Boyle about the latest developments in Mexico's drug wars.
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics 'Trek In The Park': Drama In The Final Frontier
Shakespeare in the Park is a common summer event, lending outdoor picnics a touch of classic drama. In Portland, Ore., a local theater company has taken the concept from Elizabethan England to the 23rd century. Atomic Arts is midway through its second year of for an outdoor audience.
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics Ariz. Gov. Considers Changing Immigration Law
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the law and appealed a ruling blocking its most controversial sections, said Friday she would consider changes to "tweak" the law to respond to the parts U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton faulted.
08:20 AM NPR News - Politics Obama Attempts Jump Start In Detroit
President Obama went to Michigan on Friday, the "ground zero" of the recession, to kick off a campaign highlighting the turnaround in the U.S. auto industry.
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics Alternative Energy And Ideas For The Auto Industry
The long-term recovery of the U.S. auto industry will depend largely on American automotive creativity and innovation. Many industry watchers expect a new fleet of electric and hybrid cars to help buoy the U.S. car industry's comeback. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks with Ray Wert, editor-in-chief of Jalopnik.com, about the restructured U.S. auto industry and the importance of design innovation and creativity.
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics Teen Turns VW Bug Into Electric Car
If the Chevy Volt's $40,000 price tag sounds a bit too steep, you could always go the do-it-yourself route of Oregon teenager Ashton Stark. He just finished a year-long conversion of his grandfather's 1972 Volkswagen Super Beetle into an electric car.
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics Syria, Saudi Arabia Brace For Strife In Lebanon
The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia wrapped up a visit to Lebanon Friday, seeking to cool tensions over an imminent move to indict members of a Shiite militia for the 2005 assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The anticipated indictment from a special international tribunal has prompted worries about a new flare-up of sectarian violence in Lebanon. Guest host Jacki Lyden recaps the visit with NPR's Deborah Amos.
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics BP Hires Gulf Scientists; Are They Buying Silence?
For months now, local scientists have been out on Gulf waters, advising the cleanup and measuring the damage. But there is growing concern that some of the best minds are being sidelined, since they've signed on as paid consultants to BP
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics Hackers Convene At Def Con 18
Even Wikileaks is unlikely to penetrate the secrecy surrounding Def Con 18. That's not some Department of Homeland Security designation; it's the 18th annual convention of hackers going on this week in Las Vegas. Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with Declan McCullagh, chief political correspondent and senior writer at Cnet.com, about the conference.
08:00 AM NPR News - Politics Ricochet Podcast #27: A Man of Letters
Robinson, Long, and Lileks are joined by conservative thinker, writer, climatologist, Obama Administration Czar, and some TV game show thing he does on the side, Mr. Pat Sajak. In fact, we’ll skip the traditional summary and rundown this week and just say that If you’ve never heard Pat talk about the issues of the day, [...]
11:29 AM Big Government Lobbyists Give Millions to Dems As Obama Smears Special Interests'
Let’s go back to those hopey-changie days of the Obama campaign for president when he railed constantly against all those “special interests” and evil lobbyists that he claimed were ruining the political process. Let us recall that once elected he claimed he’d have the “strictest ethics rules” of any president ever.
Obama has made sure that [...]
11:29 AM Big Government John Prescott: WMD evidence was a load of of old tittle tattle
| John Prescott yesterday revealed he had doubts about intelligence "tittle tattle" on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction before the war.
11:24 AM Infowars U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez to Close due to Violence
| Citing security concerns in narco-violence-torn Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. State Department is shutting down indefinitely its consulate in the border city located across from El Paso.
11:24 AM Infowars Graham Discusses Changing Constitution
| Graham?s proposal would require the parents of any children to be legal citizens of the United States.
11:24 AM Infowars Defeat of 9/11 health bill sparks acrimony
| Democrats and Republicans in the House are blaming each other for the defeat Thursday evening.
11:24 AM Infowars Government logs show delays in report of Michigan oil spill
| What did Enbridge Energy Partners know about crude oil spilling from a ruptured pipe in west Michigan?
11:24 AM Infowars China boosts investment in Iran's energy
Press TV July 31, 2010 A d v e r t i s e m e n t Chinese companies have invested around $40 billion in different upstream and downstream projects in Iran’s oil and gas sector, an Iranian oil official says. “Chinese companies have invested about $29 billion in Iran’s upstream oil and gas [...]
11:24 AM Infowars US army top brass blamed for rise in troop suicides
| The leadership of the US army has been accused of failing to pay enough attention to the mental health of troops after a record number of soldier suicides.
11:24 AM Infowars More House Democrats join the Footsteps Caucus
Better Charlie than themselves.
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