Archive for September, 2009
An Olympics We Can Believe In
Posted by Lucianne.com in Lucianne.com on September 30th, 2009
Creators Syndicate Inc., by Larry Elder Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:59:15 GMT Close your eyes, and pretend it's still the George W. Bush administration. In Afghanistan, more American service members died in August than in any month since the war began. His top military commander says that without more troops, we run the risk of losing the war. Iran admits operating a second previously undisclosed nuclear facility. ...(Snip) What does the President do? He flies to Copenhagen to personally lobby the International Olympic Committee to bring the Olympics
Special Health Care for Congress: Lawmakers’ Health Care Perks
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ABC News, by Jay Shaylor & Mark Abdelmalek Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:49:46 GMT This fall while members of Congress toil in the U.S. Capitol, working to decide how or even whether to reform the country's health care system, one floor below them an elaborate Navy medical clinic '' described by those who have seen it as something akin to a modern community hospital '' will be standing by, on'call and ready to provide Congress with some of the country's best and most efficient government'run health care.
Obama’s ‘Safe Schools’ Czar Admits He Poorly Handled Underage Sex Case
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Fox News, by Maxim Lott Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:44:49 GMT President Obama's ''safe schools czar'' Kevin Jennings said Wednesday he ''should have handled [the] situation differently'' when he didn't report an underage student told him that he was having sex with an older man. Jennings, the founder of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, was teaching high school in Concord, Mass., in 1988 when a sophomore boy confessed an involvement with a man in Boston. He told the boy, ''I hope you knew to
China Showcases Military in Anniversary Parade
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Wall Street Journal, by Ian Johnson Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:41:59 GMT Beijing ' China kicked off National Day celebrations Thursday with an old'style communist military parade featuring missiles and tanks and a series of floats touting its new prosperity '' an extravaganza involving hundreds of thousands of performers intended to showcase both its history and its rise as an economic power. (Snip) it was a precision event with no detail too small to ignore '' even the marching soldiers had been selected to be almost the
Saudi king’s university slammed for coed classes
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Associated Press, by Staff Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:34:47 GMT Riyadh, Saudi Arabia '' A prominent Muslim cleric has criticized a new Saudi university launched by King Abdullah for allowing men and women to take classes together.(Snip) ''Mixing is a great sin and a great evil,' al'Shethri was quoted as saying. 'When men mix with women, their hearts burn and they will be diverted from their main goal (which is) ... education.''
Some tribes at odds over coal plants
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USA Today, by Dennis Wagner Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:30:40 GMT Phoenix ' The president of the Navajo Nation joined other Native American leaders this week in assailing environmentalists who have sought to block or shut down coal'fired power plants that provide vital jobs and revenue to tribes in northern Arizona. ''These are individuals and groups who claim to have put the welfare of fish and insects above the survival of the Navajo people when in fact their only goal is to stop the use of
Chemical found in air outside 15 schools
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USA Today, by Blake Morrison & Brad Heath Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:27:31 GMT Outside 15 schools in eight states, government regulators have found elevated levels of a substance that in a more potent form was also used as a chemical weapon during World War I. (Snip) It is a byproduct of burning gasoline, wood and cigarettes, and its presence at so many sites was not explained. EPA spokesman Brendan Gilfillan said the initial readings show ''more must be done to reduce the amount of acrolein the
Three Dangerous Stooges
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Tribune Media Services, Inc, by Victor Davis Hanson Posted By: quidnunc- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:25:11 GMT Last week, three dictators from Iran, Libya, and Venezuela delivered lunatic hate'speeches at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Why do these anti'Semitic dictators feel so free to damn America from downtown New York? Why do their abettors spurn our requests for help? And why do creepy regimes plot to get nukes, and fund terrorists?
Transportation Secretary LaHood says cellphones and driving don’t mix
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Los Angeles Times, by Alexander C. Hart Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:22:34 GMT Washington ' In 2008, Linda Doyle was killed at an Oklahoma intersection when another driver '' who was using a cellphone '' ran a red light and struck her car. On Monday, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told more than 200 people participating in a meeting on the dangers of distracted driving that he intended to take federal action to combat this ''menace to society.''
EPA Proposes Tough Greenhouse’Gas Rules for Big Industries
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Wall Street Journal, by Siobhan Hughes & Ian Talley Posted By: Photoonist- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:19:46 GMT Washington ' The Environmental Protection Agency proposed requiring new power plants, factories and oil refiners to obtain permits to emit so'called greenhouse gases, ratcheting up pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive climate legislation. The EPA's proposal would effectively require new, large industrial facilities and existing ones undergoing modification to use the most up'to'date technology to curb carbon'dioxide emissions.