Issues

The Tyranny of a .07% Solution

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
It seems that more and more, a small contingent in America is constantly pressuring the majority of Americans to acquiesce to their demands. And to achieve success, the contingent exaggerates its own numbers, so as to seem less peripheral than it really is.2012-06-13T10:52:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZAustin Nimocks
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White House National Security Leaks Draw Surprising Political Pushback

TownHall.com - Columns - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
A string of White House information leaks, each leak a war-story skit crafted to buff President Barack Obama's tough-dude cred in the upcoming presidential election, has very likely harmed U.S. national security interests.2012-06-13T10:27:00-04:002012-06-13T21:10:06ZAustin Bay
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Best of the Web Today: Tar Heel Trouble

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
Is Obama losing black voters in North Carolina?


Feds drop remaining Edwards charges

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
Federal prosecutors dropped the remaining charges against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Wednesday, less than two weeks after his corruption trial ended in an acquittal and mistrial.
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NASA Black Hole Search Begins Today

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
SlashGear.com | NASA launches NuSTAR, an array that will fly through space looking for black holes and their connection to supernova explosions.

Obama bailed out UAW, not GM

Eagle Forum - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
One of Pres. Obama's main campaign themes is that he saved GM and killed bin Laden. A new paper has this abstract: The U.S. government will lose about $23 billion on the 2008-2009 bailout of General Motors and Chrysler. President Obama emphatically defends his decision to subsidize the automakers, arguing it was necessary to prevent massive job losses. But, even accepting this premise, the Rogerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474078324293158376noreply@blogger.com0

Obama, Romney agree on donating via text

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
Could the national conventions become more than just political rallies? That's what one political expert predicts with the Federal Elections Commission ruling that will allow people to text donations to the campaign of their choice.
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NASA launches telescope to seek out black holes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA on Wednesday launched its newest X-ray space telescope on a mission to shine a light on black holes and other hard-to-see objects lurking in the Milky Way and other galaxies.

Mission controllers clapped after receiving a signal from the telescope that it had reached orbit ...

Battle for GOP's soul

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
Jeb Bush is being attacked for being a traitor to the conservative cause, but John Avlon says the former governor is just being rational 
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Baker: Why middle class has taken a big hit

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
Dean Baker says it's no surprise that the average American family lost almost 40% of their net worth. Blame it on Alan Greenspan
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Florida's voting standoff deja vu?

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
For some Florida voters, 2012 is starting to feel eerily like 2000. The electoral chaos that followed the disputed results of the state's presidential vote still leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of the state's civil rights activists to this day.
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ABAJ.com: "Judge Orders DA to Give Lawyer Copies of Documents Seized in Police Raid of His Law Office"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56

ABAJ.com: Judge Orders DA to Give Lawyer Copies of Documents Seized in Police Raid of His Law Office by Martha Neil:

A state-court judge has ordered the local district attorney's office to provide to a New York lawyer copies of all documents seized during a police raid last week of his law office.

Ezequiel Neuman, 51, doesn't know what his court schedule is because his calendar was seized, defense attorney Edward Menkin told Onondaga County Judge Anthony Aloi. He ordered that copies of the documents be provided to Neuman during a ruling from the bench on Tuesday morning, the Post-Standard reports.

Neuman was arrested last week on a felony charge of bribing a witness. He is accused of offering a client $50,000 not to testify in a murder case.

From Persia to Iran: The Iran Neighborhood, Friend or Foe

TruthNews.US - News - Wed, 2024-11-27 01:56
Infowars.com | Iran is in the crosshairs of western foreign policy as Israel and western powers align to confront Iran over harnessing nuclear weapons technology.
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