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World Publics Reject US Role as the World Leader
Majorities Still Want US to Do Its Share in Multilateral Efforts,
Not Withdraw from International Affairs
Mixed Views on US Overseas Bases
A multinational poll finds that publics around the world reject the idea that the […]
Posted on Thu, Apr. 19, 2007
U. S. ATTORNEYS
Campaign against alleged voter fraud fuels political tempest
By Greg Gordon
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON - For six years, the Bush administration, aided by Justice Department political appointees, has pursued an aggressive legal effort to restrict voter turnout in key battleground states in ways that favor Republican political candidates.
The administration intensified its […]
dried perspiration, stale beer, ozone, curry and vomit for…
“SUMMER ON THE 6 TRAIN?”
Coney scent brings Boardwalk to your bod
BY JOTHAM SEDERSTROM
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 4:00 AM
Eau de Nathan’s, anyone?
A NoHo-based fragrance company has nosed out a business opportunity that it hopes will be graced with the sweet smell of […]
Letter: Justice Dept. had political litmus test in hiring
Michael Roston
Published: Wednesday April 18, 2007
An anonymous group of Justice Department employees wrote to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and accused staff under Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of implementing a political ‘litmus test’ in determining which of the nation’s top law school graduates would be hired […]
Book ban foes triumph
Chicago Sun-Times | north suburbs |
Candidates backed by conservative outsiders fall to incumbents
April 18, 2007
BY KATE N. GROSSMAN, ESTHER J. CEPEDA AND SHAMUS TOOMEY Staff Reporters
Somewhere, Kurt Vonnegut is smiling.
One of the state’s most expensive school district board races, fueled by a proposed book ban in the district last May, ended Tuesday […]
Iraq’s populaton was 26,783,383. Our population is now over 300,000,000.
The 178 peple killed by bombs in Iraq is the equivalent of 1,800 dying from bomb blasts in the United states.
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4 bombs kill 178 people in Baghdad
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
BAGHDAD - Four large bombs exploded in mostly Shiite areas […]
Thompson apologizes for comments
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 16, 8:20 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Tommy Thompson told a Jewish group Monday that earning money is “part of the Jewish tradition,” a remark for which he later apologized.
“I’m in the private sector and for the first time in my life […]
…and long before Farouk there was Yul Brenner.
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By the end of his 16-year reign in 1952, Farouk declared
all inanimate objects must carry the Mark of the Stache.
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Farouk considered the purchase of 5000 Lockheed Constellations because his mark would easily fit on the airplane. When he found that his treasury was unable to afford that number, […]
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Lou Pearlman (far right), founder of the boy bands Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync, is on the lam from federal authorities. Pearlman allegedly stole millions of dollars in a pyramid scheme that targeted senior citizens. (abc news)
Pop Music Manager Goes From Living Large to Living at Large
Brains Behind Boy Bands Steals Millions From Seniors in […]
Bush’s Blackwater, an armed and deadly mercenary Christian army
April 14, 2007 - 05:21.
Hal Brown–Capitol Hill Blue
Updated: This secretive army is said to have as many as 20,000 mercenaries trained by a company started by a Christain fundamentalist fighting and killing in Iraq. And you thought 150 Liberty University lawyers working for Bush was questionable? (Column […]
when their ultimate goal is to enslave us to their beliefs? The two major parties will be the Holy Rollers and the Snake Handlers. Only the Holah Babble will escape burning as books, newspapers, movies and thought will fall under the Grand Inquizitater–as the title will be spelled. No booze, sex or discussion allowed.
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Russia building 1st floating nuke plant
Sun Apr 15, 3:09 PM ET
MOSCOW - Russia began construction of its first floating nuclear power plant Sunday, and plans to build at least six more despite long-standing environmental concerns that they are vulnerable to accidents at sea, Russian news agencies reported.
Please find the entire article here.
15 April 2007 23:30
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?
The Independent
By Geoffrey Lean and Harriet Shawcross
Published: 15 April 2007
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Because cell phone confrontations have become a fact of life,
DBp hopes these photographs will aid in the eradication of the
problem before every species falls to the violence wreaked
upon the earth by these ubiquitous communication devices.
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In the beginning, […]
Evidence Emerging Of Cheney-Led Smear Campaign Against Pelosi Over Syria Trip
Before Nancy Pelosi left Israel to travel to Syria earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s spokeswoman Miri Eisin said “Pelosi is conveying that Israel is willing to talk if they (Syria) would openly take steps to stop supporting terrorism.” Pelosi delivered as requested, […]
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Domenici Sought Iglesias Ouster
By Mike Gallagher
Copyright © 2007 Albuquerque Journal; Journal Investigative Reporter
Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias was fired after Sen. Pete Domenici, who had been unhappy with Iglesias for some time, made a personal appeal to the White House, the Journal has learned.
Domenici had complained about Iglesias before, at one point […]
Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs
By Laura Sessions Stepp
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 14, 2007; Page A02
A long-awaited national study has concluded that abstinence-only sex education, a cornerstone of the Bush administration’s social agenda, does not keep teenagers from having sex. Neither does it increase or decrease the likelihood that if they do have sex, […]
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Analysis: Rove flap gives Dems ammo
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 50 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The fight over documents has gone to red alert. The White House acknowledges it cannot find four years’ worth of e-mails from chief political strategist Karl Rove. The admission has thrust the Democrats’ nemesis back into the center […]
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Robert Fisk: America’s plan for Baghdad
Divide and rule. A new counter-insurgency strategy to carve up the city into sealed areas.
The tactic failed in Vietnam. So what chance does it have in Iraq?
Published: 11 April 2007
Faced with an ever-more ruthless insurgency in Baghdad - despite President George Bush’s “surge” in troops - US forces in the […]
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April 13, 2007
Bank Staff Asks Wolfowitz to Resign
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFiled at 12:46 a.m. ETWASHINGTON (AP) — World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged Thursday that he erred in helping a close female friend get transferred to a high-paying job, and said he was sorry.
His apology didn’t ease concerns among the bank’s staff association, which wants […]
the grammar is a lot better than I could do with Mandarin et al. I confess to this short-coming despite the wildly improbable success I’ve had with my series of books for Americans traveling abroad.
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In 1980 I began publication of a series of language books–
SAY IT…DON’T SPRAY IT!!–
in the American Travelers’ Learning Series.
For obvious reasons, […]
From White House Watch
Dan Froomkin
The Washington Post
April 12, 2007
Gordon Trowbridge writes in the Detroit News: “Lee Iacocca, author of the original business management best-seller, is giving President Bush an ‘F’ in leadership.
“In a book to be released Tuesday, the former Chrysler CEO — who supported Bush’s first campaign in 2000 but backed Sen. John Kerry […]
Officials’ e-mail may be missing, White House says
The messages, on a private system, are wanted by Congress in a probe of the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.
By Tom Hamburger, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 12, 2007
WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday that it may have lost what could amount to thousands of messages sent […]
Catholics United Questions Partisanship of
National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
Urges D.C. Archbishop Wuerl to use Keynote Speech to Draw Clear Lines Between
the Catholic Church and the GOP
Washington D.C. - Catholics United for the Common Good expressed grave concerns today over the partisan nature of the annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, to be held in Washington, D.C. on […]
Lawyers: No intention to misrepresent finances
By Mark Sauer
and Sandi Dolbee
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
April 11, 2007
An apparent attempt to transfer church funds without a federal judge’s permission was called a misunderstanding in declarations filed in bankruptcy court yesterday by attorneys representing the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.
The lawyers were responding to federal Judge Louise DeCarl Adler’s […]
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An Afghan points to a the resin from poppy on a poppy field in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, April 9, 2007. Afghanistan is one of top producers of opium in the world.
(AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)
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Afghans collect resin from poppies on a poppy field in Lashkar Gah, […]