Gabrielle Giffords‘ simple request for a piece of toast for breakfast this week signaled a milestone in her recovery — because she asked for it with spoken words. The Democratic congresswoman from Arizona, severely wounded when she was shot in the head at a public event a month ago, has been speaking “more and more each day,” C.J. Karamargin, one of her congressional aides, said Wednesday. Karamargin could not give […]
A “predominantly White” group of protesters in Palm Springs, California from the Groups Common Cause and Code Pink were interviewed by an undercover videographer. The groups were protesting the Libertarian billionaire Koch Brothers. 25 protesters were arrested. The video of several of the attendees is stunning when the interviewer asked individuals questions about conservative Judge Clarence Thomas. Words like send him “Back to the Fields”, “String Him Up”, and […]
Has Keith Olbermann won the Future? This from Lauren A.E. Schuker For Keith Olbermann, the future is now. The former host of MSNBC’s “Countdown,” who left the network last month after a series of public disputes with its management, will announce his next step Tuesday in a telephone conference. Mr. Olbermann’s plans may include a deal with public affairs channel Current TV, which former Vice President Al Gore helped found […]
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court verdict ordering Arizona rancher Roger Barnett to pay damages of $87,000 for holding a group of undocumented immigrants at gunpoint. The incident occurred in March 2004 when the gun-toting Barnett detained a group of 16 unauthorized immigrants — none of them carrying weapons — on public land near the border town of Douglas, Arizona. He held the group captive […]
AOL to Buy The Huffington Post in $315 Million Deal The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is being acquired by AOL in a deal that creates an unlikely pairing of two online media giants. The two companies completed the sale Sunday evening and were expected to announce […]
Think of two very skilled fighters getting in the ring for a little exhibition warm-up bout. Both like the payday of big exposure they will get, but neither really wants to lay a glove on the other or draw blood. They just want to show off their moves, flick a few fast jabs across the other’s brow and dazzle the rubes out there in the cheap seats with their prowess. That […]
Op-Ed By Paul Westcott The Obama White House is a lot like the mob, you don’t want to deal with them but do, to make sure you’re “protected”. Unions for example would prefer to roam free and not have to give away any of their union dues for political donations but they do, for protection. The amount they gave away in election 2008 was over $30-million and man, are they […]
By Barack Obama Ronald Wilson Reagan was a believer. As a husband, a father, an entertainer, a governor and a president, he recognized that each of us has the power — as individuals and as a nation — to shape our own destiny. He had faith in the American promise; in the importance of reaffirming values like hard work and personal responsibility; and in his own unique ability to inspire […]
Photos Gamal and Hosni Mubarak see larger image uploaded by Albert Milliron President Hosni Mubarak’s family fortune could be as much as $70 billion U.S. Dollars according to analysis by Middle East experts. Much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up in real estate in London, New York, Los Angeles and along expensive tracts of the Red Sea coast. After 30 years as president and many […]
President Hosni Mubarak’s family fortune could be as much as $70 billion U.S. Dollars according to analysis by Middle East experts. Much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up in real estate in London, New York, Los Angeles and along expensive tracts of the Red Sea coast. After 30 years as president and many more as a senior military official, Mubarak has had access to investment […]
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