Headline: “Obama Vows No Earmarks on Stimulus” Fine Print: “We are going to ban all earmarks — the process by which individual members insert pet projects without review…” It’s much easier to ban earmarks if you change the definition. …
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LAURA BUSH GETS $1.6M ADVANCE
First Lady Laura Bush snagged a seven-figure deal to write her life story for the Scribner imprint of Simon & Schuster. Bush is said to have received an advance of $1.6 million, according to one well-placed publishing source - although another...…
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Request Denied: They'd Still Arrest Polanski's Ass In The U.S.
Request Denied: They'd Still Arrest Polanski's Ass In The U.S. Filed under: Old People > Legal Matters After 30 years of self-imposed exile, director Roman Polanski's appeal to have his rape charges dropped was challenged by prosecutors. …
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The Return Of Schiavo: Conservatives Plan To Revive Embarrassing Debacle To Block Obama’s DOJ Nominee
The Return Of Schiavo: Conservatives Plan To Revive Embarrassing Debacle To Block Obama’s DOJ Nominee By Amanda Terkel at 12:30 pm The Return Of Schiavo: Conservatives Plan To Revive Embarrassing Debacle To Block Obama’s DOJ Nominee» One of the saddest, most hysterical crusades by conservatives …
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I'm not so sure about this pick
It looks like Obama has picked Sanjay Gupta to be surgeon general. He seems a bit of a lightweight, to me — he's mainly known as a congenial talking head on television news. He's also an apologist for US health care, which does not give me any confidence that we can expect the slightest effort towards health care reform. …
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Palestinian Girl, Israeli Troops
Korean television has video of a Palestinian girl confronting Israeli soldiers over their firing (rubber bullets?) at demonstrating Palestinian children and youth. She is being identified by my facebook friends as Huwaida Arraf, a Detroiter married to Adam Shapiro, a University of Michigan …
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Roland Burris Arrives, Leaves Capitol Hill
Brad Haynes reports on Congress. A throng of reporters huddled in the rain outside the U.S. Capitol today awaiting the much hyped appearance of Roland Burris, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s controversial nominee for the vacant seat of President-elect Barack Obama. Senate Sgt. …
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MEMRI TV: Egyptian Clerics- 'Dispatch Those Sons of Apes and Pigs to the Hellfire' - 'bite their heads off with our teeth'
This is a MEMRI two-fer. The religious leadership is in full bloody-fangs mode on Hamas television. Click the video to go to the video (requires registration), click the title for transcript: MEMRI TV: Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi on Hamas TV: Dispatch Those Sons of Apes and Pigs to the Hellfire …
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Panetta Is Chosen as C.I.A. Chief, in a Surprise Step
The choice of Leon E. Panetta, a former White House chief of staff, to head the intelligence agency raised questions about his relevant experience.…
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Ariane Sherine: We did it! The atheist bus campaign is bigger and better then ever
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Sanjay Gupta For Surgeon General?
(AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)The transition team has announced that Barack Obama will make an announcement tomorrow morning at a 10:15 ET press conference. Could it be that he is tapping CBS News contributor and CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a…
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Obama says trillion-dollar deficits may last years
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama says the nation probably faces huge deficits for years to come, but heavy spending is needed now to spur the economy....…
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Legal fight in Dow-Kuwaiti deal looms
Dow Chemical will pursue legal action against a state-owned Kuwaiti company that scuttled a $17.4 billion joint venture just days before the deal was to close, and said Tuesday that talks for a similar arrangement with other investors are already under wa…
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Burris: 'I am the legally-appointed senator'
CNN's Wolf Blitzer spoke Monday with Roland Burris, picked by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. Below is a full transcript of the interview:…
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NO PLACE LIKE 'HOMELAND'
IF you've ever had your tweez ers confiscated before a flight, so you can't -what? - epilate fellow passengers to death, you are already familiar with Homeland Security. If you've ever had to put your lip gloss in a Ziplock bag before passing...…
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