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Thunder makes itself heard for changes in law

To get attention on Capitol Hill, Ted Shpak had to ditch the jacket and tie.

"I get more respect wearing jeans," said the 64-year-old Vietnam veteran and president of Rolling Thunder Washington, D.C., which this weekend will hold its 25th annual motorcycle rally to bring attention to American service members ...

Vets, supporters find solace, camaraderie in Rolling Thunder's roar

For Walt Koren, it would be easier to know that his old friend is dead. Instead, he's lived with uncertainty for 41 years. Whether William Patrick Millner, an Army Air Cavalry pilot in Vietnam and high school classmate of Mr. Koren's, survived a crash landing in Laos in 1971, and ...

Expert Group Rejects World Trade Center Reports

TruthNews.US - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:33
Infowars.com | Film features 43 experts in building engineering, physics, chemistry, and other technical fields, plus a half-dozen psychologists.

Powell: "No problem" with gay marriage

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:33
In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, former secretary of state Colin Powell says he has "no problem" with gay marriage.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Crain's New York: "Big glitch in feds’ case against Spongetech"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:33

Crains New York: Big glitch in feds’ case against Spongetech by Aaron Elstein:

The government has majorly messed up its seemingly airtight case against the chief executive of Spongetech Delivery Systems, a New York-based maker of SpongeBob SquarePants sponges that allegedly faked 99% of its sales.

Last week, a federal judge ruled that reams of emails and other potentially damaging evidence couldn’t be used in court because the government took too long to examine the bounty.

My prior post on the case is here.

Occultural Ambassador

Opinion Journal - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:33
Late 19th-century Europe was a hothouse of the weird. Strindberg thrived, claiming to have discovered X-rays and made gold in his kitchen. Henrik Bering reviews.


Fitzgerald to step down as U.S. attorney in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Fitzgerald, one of the most feared U.S. attorneys in the nation and the architect of convictions against two Illinois governors and a former vice presidential aide, announced Wednesday that he is stepping down from the post he has held for more than a decade in Chicago.

Mr. ...

Despite a frustrated GOP, anti-Obama 'birthers' still persist

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:33
Dark theories about Obama's citizenship show no signs of fading away. Republican members of Congress and state party organizations are responsible for the latest conspiracy-mongering. And the loose talk could cause a headache for Mitt Romney this election season.
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Director: Agents did 'some really dumb things'

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:33
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testifies before a Senate committee investigating the Colombian sex scandal.
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Obama defends global leadership at Air Force Academy

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2024-11-29 02:33
President Barack Obama delivered a strong defense of his international leadership at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Wednesday, telling graduating cadets they'll be building on "new era of American leadership."
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