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February 2008 (Pt.2)


2/22/08 - POLITICS


McCain on claim of coziness with lobbyist: 'It's not true'

Analysis: Story could undercut McCain

Cindy McCain, like others, stands by man

2/22/08


Obama, Clinton Debate Tonight in Texas

2/22/08


Bush: surveillance compromise unlikely

2/22/08


Democrats to face off in must-win state for Clinton

2/22/08


U.S. Investigates Whether Lott Had Role in Mississippi Judge Case

2/22/08



Rush, right rally to McCain
Limbaugh and other conservative commentators rushed to defend McCain on Thursday against a potentially damaging article in The New York Times, embracing a maverick they have often attacked.

2/22/08


 


2/22/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


Iraq waits on word from al-Sadr

2/22/08


Former Gitmo Prosecutor: Pentagon Official Said "We Can't Have Acquittals"

2/22/08


Stifled, Egypt’s Young Turn to Islamic Fervor

2/22/08



Iraqi Medical System Wrecked by War
Already a troubled system, Iraqi medical care has fallen to the brink of collapse since the U.S.-led invasion five years ago.

2/22/08


Unforgivable Behavior, Inadmissible Evidence

2/22/08


2/22/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Stocks end lower amid weak economic data

2/22/08


Recession Watch: Inflation Rears Its Head
The market has been preoccupied with the Fed's interest rate cuts, the health of the housing sector, and prospects for the broader U.S. economy.

2/22/08


Group says US economy to slow further

2/22/08


2/22/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Gene studies confirm "out of Africa" theories
Two big genetic studies confirm theories that modern humans evolved in Africa and then migrated through Europe and Asia to reach the Pacific

Cheers to the KKK!

2/22/08


2/21/08 - POLITICS


For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk

Vicki Iseman and John McCain: Sex Scandal or Smear?

McCain's ties to female lobbyist in question
Former aides claim his actions unnerved advisers

McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried Aides

McCain: Reports on lobbyist a "smear"

2/21/08


Obama Defends Wife Over 'Pride' Remark

Michelle Obama Clarifies `proud' Remark

2/21/08


Ron Paul vows to press on

2/21/08



Clinton attacks Obama as all talk, little substance

Or as Reuters sees it...

Clinton, seeking comeback, ridicules Obama

so Politico goes with this...

Obama camp slams Clinton ‘lunacy'

Is there an adult in the house?


Jackson to Dems: Play nice

2/21/08


Bill O'Reilly: "I Don't Want To Go On A Lynching Party Against Michelle Obama Unless There's Evidence"

2/21/08


Romney put in $42 million of his own fortune

2/21/08


 


2/21/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


Anti-US cleric's cease-fire in doubt
With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility that he may not renew cease-fire.

Sadr ceasefire in Iraq may not be renewed: clerics

2/21/08


US: Bombers didn't have Down syndrome
The U.S. military said that two women suicide bombers in attacks this month had undergone psychiatric treatment but there is no indication they had Down syndrome.

2/21/08


Soldier guilty of assault in Iraqi death

2/21/08



"Oh George... Will you still write me?"

Bush May Need New Pakistani Partner

Pakistan rejects Musharraf rule, cheers democratic turn
Pakistan's voters emphatically rejected the rule of President Pervez Musharraf's government, eviscerating the parties that supported him...

2/21/08


UN says Iraqi refugees need more help

2/21/08


2/21/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Fed sees economy slowing
Central bank cuts growth forecast and sees higher unemployment but hints at more rate cuts ahead to keep economy from recession.

Fed lowers economic forecast
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its projection for economic growth this year, citing damage from the double blows of a housing slump and credit crunch.

2/21/08


Consumer prices post another big gain
Consumers paid more to fill up their gas tanks, buy groceries and go to the hospital in January as prices on a range of items climbed.

2/21/08


Oil pushes past $101 on Fed view

ANALYSIS - $100 a barrel oil could lose its shock value

2/21/08


2/21/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


St. Patrick's Day causing Catholic dilemma
St. Patrick's Day falls in the week before Easter this year...Some Catholic leaders say no celebrations during Holy Week

Say it ain't so... Who will wear the funny leprechaun hats and drink the copious amounts of green beer!?!?

2/21/08


Next plague likeliest to emerge from poor tropical countries
Scores of infectious diseases have emerged to threaten humans in the past decades as viruses leap the species barrier from wild animals and bacteria mutate into antibiotic-resistant strains...

Hey, wadda' ya say we keep on wiping out the rain forests... it'll be kooky fun!... that is until we die of blood shooting out of all of our orifices...

2/21/08


2/20/08 - POLITICS


Obama wins Wisconsin and Hawaii

McCain wins in Wisconsin

Hillary Clinton strives to stem Obama's surge

2/20/08


Superdelegates could determine race between Clinton, Obama

2/20/08


Court rejects domestic spying appeal

Court rejects ACLU challenge to wiretaps

2/20/08


Biden, Bond seek probe of vehicle delay
Two senators are urging the Pentagon to investigate a Marine Corps report that bureaucrats refused an urgent request from battlefield commanders in 2005 for blast-resistant vehicles.

2/20/08



Castro announces resignation

Castro Legacy Holds Despite Resignation

2/20/08


US ambassador questions Democratic candidates' Iraq plans

2/20/08


 


2/20/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


U.S. military stretched dangerously thin by war: poll

2/20/08


Iraq orders police to round up beggars
Police ordered to begin rounding up beggars, homeless and mentally disabled people from the streets to prevent insurgents from using them as suicide bombers.

Iraq to round up homeless, mentally ill, to prevent bombings

2/20/08


Iraq: 15 police killed in rocket blast

2/20/08


Iraq to buy 40 aircraft from Boeing

Goodness! It's almost like the war in Iraq is a really good thing for big buisiness!

2/20/08



Australia says job is done for soldiers in Iraq

2/20/08


US Soldiers Likely to See Shorter Tours

Sure they will... I'm guessing that wil start right around the tiome Bush scurries out of office.

2/20/08


2/20/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


America's economy risks the mother of all meltdowns

2/20/08


Stocks end lower amid inflation fears

Bonds plummet on inflation warnings

2/20/08



Oil breaks $100, hits new all-time high
Crude soars as investors weigh the possibility of OPEC production cuts; Texas refinery explosion may have also lifted prices.

Oil jumps above $100 on refinery outage

2/20/08


Consumer spending 'likely to slow'

2/20/08


2/20/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Scientists find 'Devil Toad' fossil
A frog the size of a bowling ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions of years ago...

Mike Huckabee says that it would have to be a devil toad because god only created the world six thousand years ago!

2/20/08


Rapid sinking of Mississippi Delta only skin deep: study

2/20/08


2/19/08 - POLITICS


Obama, Clinton eye Tuesday's delegates

2/19/08


Proper role of superdelegates debated

2/19/08


Bush, African Host Deflect Obama Query
"It seemed like there was a lot of excitement for me, wait a minute," the President said to laughter. "Maybe you missed it."

2/19/08


Obama says borrowed lines not a big deal
Barack Obama said that he doesn't think it's a big deal that he borrowed lines from his friend Deval Patrick, although he probably should have given him credit.

I guess it does matter... But Nya-na-na-na...

Obama, Clinton camps point to 'borrowed rhetoric'

2/19/08



Former President Bush Endorses McCain's Candidacy

2/19/08


Coulter explains why she is "trying to associate [Obama] with Saddam Hussein?": "Because I think it's funny"

File under: Are you still even relevant? You can go away now moron.

2/19/08


2/19/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


Admiral: Al Qaeda in Iraq 'killing off' former allies
Admiral: Al Qaeda in Iraq targeting Sunnis who oppose government, U.S. presence

2/19/08


Rockets kill 5 near Baghdad airport

2/19/08


CIA's ambitious post-9/11 spy plan crumbles
The agency spent millions setting up front companies overseas to snag terrorists. Officials now say the bogus firms were ill-conceived and not close enough to Muslim enclaves.

2/19/08


Iran-backed groups using secret arms stores: U.S.

2/19/08



Iraqis say woman suicide bomber kills two in Baghdad

Police: Woman blows up Baghdad store after officers ask her to stop

2/19/08


2/19/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Big Hurt For Retail

2/19/08


U.S. President Needed -- No Business Experience Required

2/19/08


Wall Street Eyes Inflation, Housing Data

2/19/08


2/19/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Pat Robertson Laughs About His Cocaine-Using "700 Club" Producer

2/19/08


2/18/08 - POLITICS


Clinton, Obama snipe over superdelegates
Wooing superdelegates all the way to convention

2/18/08


Unofficial Tallies in City Understated Obama Vote

2/18/08


Is Obama Using Sexist Language?
Speaking at Tulane University, Sen. Obama said this about the attacks coming his way from Sen. Clinton: "You challenge the status quo and suddenly the claws come out.

2/18/08


McCain says no new taxes
McCain was defending his support for an extension of tax cuts sought by President Bush, which McCain voted against.

"Read my lips... I am a pandering idiot!"

2/18/08



Obama and Edwards meet in NC

2/18/08


The Mittification of McCain

2/18/08


 


2/18/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


US ground forces: More money needed

2/18/08


US ambassador questions Democratic candidates' Iraq plans

2/18/08


Lawyers: Try soldier in military court

2/18/08



Iran says God protects nuclear program

They sound as crazy as Bush!

2/18/08


Iraqi military hopes security will last

2/18/08


2/18/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


IRAQ: In Baghdad, it's business as (un)usual

War is big business!

2/18/08


Economic woes reveal a long-felt unease
Even when experts were declaring the economy healthy, many Americans voiced a vague, but persistent dissatisfaction.

2/18/08


Everything Isn't Going to Be O.K.

2/18/08


2/18/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Keep eating that meat... It's just so good for you!

USDA orders nation's largest beef recall

USDA orders recall of 143 million pounds of beef

2/18/08


Why are we so different?
Biology isn't destiny, but it plays a big role in how women and men react to everything from stress to sex

2/18/08


2/17/08 - POLITICS


In Radio Address, Bush Hypes Consequences of Wiretapping Law Expiration

2/17/08


Bush wants limits on access to evidence
The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to limit judges' authority to scrutinize evidence against detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

2/17/08


Clinton aide urges seating delegates
Harold Ickes, a top adviser to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign who voted for Democratic Party rules that stripped Michigan and Florida of their delegates, now is arguing against the very penalty he helped pass.

2/17/08


Mr. Obama's Waffle
His commitment to pursue public financing for the fall campaign suddenly looks soft.

2/17/08



Huckabee ignoring GOP's hints to quit presidential race

2/17/08


Dispute over guns threatens Senate vote
An election-year dispute over whether to allow loaded guns in national parks is holding up a vote on a massive bill affecting public lands from coast to coast.

2/17/08


2/17/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


Study: Delayed delivery of trucks led to Marine deaths
The vehicles have been effective at protecting U.S. forces from roadside bombs... An urgent February 2005 request for MRAPs got lost in bureaucracy

2/17/08


Business Convention Comes to Baghdad
About 260 vendors - almost all Iraqi - set up booths on the ground floor of the Green Zone's al-Rashid Hotel, which still bears the scars of a 2003 rocket attack.

2/17/08


US Secretly Met Iran Banking Officials

2/17/08



Ownership Dispute of Saddam's Yacht

2/17/08


Mistaken Iraq Battle Kills 6 Fighters Allied With U.S.

2/17/08


2/17/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Consumer confidence lowest in 16 years
US consumer confidence dropped to a 16-year low this month, a level that has historically signalled recession.

2/17/08


Home prices in steepest quarterly drop
Realtors say prices fell faster and in more places over last part of 2007.

2/17/08


Countrywide delinquency rate hits 7.47%
Mortgage lender says delinquencies on borrowers' loan payments increased in January as foreclosure rates remain steady.

2/17/08


2/17/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Study says people impact all oceans

Nearly every corner of seas damaged by human activity: study

2/17/08


Anglican boycott over gay bishop
Leaders from five Anglican provinces said they will boycott a once-a-decade world Anglican summit because the U.S. Episcopal Church ordained a gay bishop.

2/17/08


2/16/08 - POLITICS


Bush lashes out at Democrats over wiretap block

Boy, he sound mad... I wonder what kind of action he'll take to make his point?

Bush threatens to delay Africa trip in wiretap showdown

Oooh! That's sure letting them know just how important this is... Ummm, never mind.

Bush to leave for Africa as scheduled

2/16/08


Bush says Congress putting US in danger

2/16/08


Some voters say sexism less offensive than racism

2/16/08



Lieberman Supports Waterboarding: 'It's Not Like Using Hot Coals'

Aww, come on... You know he looks just like Droopy!

2/16/08


Rocker tells Huckabee to lay off song
The chief songwriter and founder of the band Boston has more than a feeling that he's being ripped off by Mike Huckabee.

2/16/08


2/16/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


McCain says early withdrawal from Iraq would mean 'genocide'

After we have snuffed out so many Iraqi's lives are there enough left to qualify as a genocide?

2/16/08


Disabled Iraqi children get wheelchairs, big smiles

I can't tell if this is a feel good story or not...? I can't help but feel were responsible not only for their disabilities but their inability to gain access to wheelchairs as well!

2/16/08


Iraqi Shiite worshippers attacked; 4 die

2/16/08



Skin disease strikes Iraqi children
At least 275 children in southern Iraq have been infected with a disfiguring skin disease, an outbreak some health officials are blaming on the war's devastating effect on the public health system.

2/16/08


Al Qaeda defeated in Baghdad: Iraqi PM

But then there's this...

Rift threatens U.S. antidote to Al Qaeda in Iraq

2/16/08


2/16/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Bloomberg Rips Government Over Failing Economy
NYC Mayor: U.S. Resembling A 'Third-World Country'

2/16/08


Industrial output posts weak gain

2/16/08



Greenspan says U.S. "on the edge" of recession

2/16/08


Wall Street worries about the economy
...investors eye weak manufacturing and consumer sentiment reports.

Stocks finish mixed after weak data

2/16/08


2/16/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Researchers get closer to safe stem cell treatments

2/16/08


Germany considers changing stem cell laws

2/16/08


2/15/08 - POLITICS

House Holds Bush Confidants in Contempt

Conyers Introduces Contempt Resolution, Call for Lawsuit against White House

House targets Bush aides so the GOP stages walkout

And what an amazing coincidence that the walkout coincided with the FISA vote!

Republicans walk out over eavesdropping

2/15/08


Judge asks details on destroyed evidence
Judge orders the Bush administration to tell him whether two CIA interrogation videos destroyed in 2005 were relevant to his case.

2/15/08


Bush criticizes Congress on terror bill

2/15/08


Bush to veto Senate ban on waterboarding

Tortured logic...

2/15/08


Ex-GOP candidate Romney endorses McCain

2/15/08



House in chaos: GOP calls vote during Lantos memorial

CLASSY!

2/15/08


Clinton wins N.M. caucus vote

Better late than never...?

2/15/08


2/15/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


Iraqi security adviser wants no troop withdrawal pause

2/15/08


US-Iran talks on Iraq postponed: American embassy

2/15/08


Ahmadinejad to become first Iranian president to visit Iraq

2/15/08



Hezbollah chief threatens Israel

Jewish targets alerted after Hezbollah death

2/15/08


‘Ignorant buffoons’ at the Defense Intelligence Agency
New book by AMERICAblog’s A.J. Rossmiller paints a picture of the dysfunctional agency. CQ previews the book and some of the right-wing “ignorant buffoons and bullies” working for the Bush administration:

2/15/08


2/15/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Paulson, Bernanke: Slow growth ahead

Bernanke warns of worsening economy

Stocks fall following Bernanke comments

2/15/08


Obama proposes $210 billion for new jobs

2/15/08


A recession of global dimensions?
Globalization is a wonderful thing for the U.S. economy. It's also driving the dramatic slowdown that's underway.

2/15/08



Will the cure be worse than the disease?
Politicians are scrambling to offer a stimulus package, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is slashing interest rates. But they may be paving the way for a bigger calamity down the road.

2/15/08


Americans: Recession near - or already here
More than three out of four Americans believe that a recession has already started or will hit in '08. Half have cut their spending, which could make a slowdown worse.

2/15/08


2/15/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


US military accused of harboring fundamentalism
Since his last combat deployment in Iraq, Jeremy Hall has had a rough time, getting shoved and threatened by his fellow soldiers. The trouble started there when he would not pray in the mess hall.

Isn't stopping religious intolerance one of the things we are supposedly trying to do in Iraq?

2/15/08


Tooth scan reveals Neanderthal mobility
Analysis of a 40,000-year-old tooth found in southern Greece suggests Neanderthals were more mobile than once thought

2/15/08


Colleges seek to protect church tills
The globe-trotting priest from Connecticut drove a Jaguar, shopped at Bergdorf Goodman and bought jewelry from Cartier, all of it with money stolen from his church's coffers. By the time the parish finance council caught on, he had embezzled $1.3 million.

He was just doing his Christian duty trying to stimulate our lagging economy!

2/15/08


2/14/08 - POLITICS


Senate Votes to Ban Waterboarding... Bush's threatens veto
Congress moved to prohibit the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects.

Surely there is a powerful lawyer out there somewhere who could convince Bush to change his mind about waterboarding.. Umm I guess not.

Scalia Defends Torture
It’s ‘Absurd’ To Say The Gov’t Can’t 'stick something under the fingernails' or ‘Smack’ A Suspect ‘In The Face’

As a torture victim I can't wait forMcCain to tear this guy a new one... Umm, never mind.

McCain Votes Against Waterboarding Ban

2/14/08


Bush warns of attacks while backing bill
Claims 9/11 Will "Pale In Comparison" To New Threats

Bush presses lawmakers to pass wiretap bill

Fear card

2/14/08


Clinton's edge slips with whites, women

2/14/08


Congressional grades set on a low curve

2/14/08



Ethics panel says Craig acted improperly

Senate panel to Sen. Craig: You discredited the chamber

2/14/08


IRS probes pastor's Huckabee endorsement

2/14/08


Democrats Seek to Narrow Secrets Law
"It has taken a legal doctrine that was intended to protect sensitive national security information and seems to be using it to evade accountability for its own misdeeds," the chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said

2/14/08


2/14/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS

Iraqi security adviser wants no troop withdrawal pause

/14/08



Rice admits errors in Iraqi, Afghan reconstruction

Nooooooooo! Really!?!?!?! Shocking news flash!

2/14/08


US: Iraqi hospital director detained
Mentally disabled women carried the hidden explosives perhaps as unwitting bombers for al-Qaida in Iraq.

2/14/08


House drafts bill to fund war efforts

2/14/08


2/14/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Budget deficit more than doubles
Treasury Department projects total deficit for 2008 at $410 billion, near all-time high.

2/14/08


How bad will the economy get?
Fortune managing editor Andy Serwer spoke extensively with Lawrence Summers, Harvard University professor who served as Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton.

2/14/08


Rebate checks in the mail by spring

2/14/08


Paulson says economy should dodge recession

2/14/08


2/14/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Deforestation in the Amazon exploded late last year
Rising deforestation in Amazon undermines Brazil's environmental policies

2/14/08


Saudi Arabia bans all things red ahead of Valentine's Day

Do you believe these nutjobs are actually banning a color!

2/14/08


Human stem cell tests could begin this summer
The CEO of Geron is planning embryonic stem cell tests in humans this spring if the biotech meets the FDA's "high bar."

2/14/08


2/13/08 - POLITICS

SOMEWHAT LESS THAN SUPER TUESDAY

Clinton, Obama face off in 3 contests

McCain seeking strong Potomac results High turnout reported for Maryland, Virginia primaries

And the results are in...

Obama on a roll after three big wins

2/13/08


Senate OKs immunity for telecoms in intelligence bill
President Bush says he will veto bill if immunity is not part of bill

2/13/08


US Compares 9/11 Trials to Nuremberg

2/13/08



Bush: Noose displays 'deeply offensive'
Americans should agree that noose displays and lynching jokes are "deeply offensive," Bush said.

Heavens! Where does the Bush find such courage and strength to make these kind of bold statements! What a pillar of strength! (Damn, didn't the Jena incident happen months ago!).

2/13/08


Executions May Be Carried Out at Gitmo

2/13/08


2/13/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


Iraqi threatens to disband parliament
The speaker of Iraq's fragmented parliament threatened Tuesday to disband the legislature, saying it is so riddled with distrust it appears unable to adopt the budget or agree on a law setting a date for provincial elections.

2/13/08


Trial of 9/11 plotters faces hurdles

2/13/08


The US troop surge, a year later
A year ago in Baghdad: Shiite militiamen and Sunni insurgents owned entire neighborhoods and key areas beyond. Iraq's government was adrift, and U.S. commanders weighed the real possibility of being trapped in a full-scale civil war.

2/13/08



Underestimating al-Sadr - Again

2/13/08


Iraq morgue chief says 13 bodies found in mass grave

2/13/08


Army sending medical ‘no-goes’ back to combat zones

2/13/08


2/13/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Budget deficit more than doubles
Treasury Department projects total deficit for 2008 at $410 billion, near all-time high.

Budget deficit running at faster pace

2/13/08


Feds announce plan to delay foreclosures

2/13/08


GM posts biggest annual US auto loss

2/13/08


Oil prices ease as market expects US stocks build

2/13/08


2/13/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Telescopes spot one of earliest galaxies
Astronomers took pictures of a far-off lumpy galaxy just forming 13 billion years ago, putting it among the earliest and most distant cosmic objects ever photographed.

13 billion years ago... That is so much more than 6 thousand! I guess the God didn't create us first... What a bummer!

2/13/08


Lake Mead Could Dry Up by 2021
Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern United States, could go dry by 2021, a new study finds.

2/13/08


King penguins could be wiped out by climate change: study

2/13/08


2/12/08 - POLITICS


Judge OKs Inquiry of White House Techs
A federal judge agreed to allow a private group to delve into the operations at the White House as part of a controversy over missing e-mails

2/12/08


Obama narrowly leads McCain in AP poll

2/12/08


Huckabee brushes off calls to bow out

2/12/08


Clinton has lead with party insiders

2/12/08


Senator John McCain has a very severe skeleton in his closet.
The ACSA challenges Senator McCain on his legislative history of Human Rights Violations: "a Skeleton in his closet: UNFIT to hold public office!"

2/12/08



Rep. Tom Lantos dead at 80
Tom Lantos, who as a teenager twice escaped from a Nazi-run forced labor camp in Hungary and became the only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in Congress

2/12/08


2/12/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning
A review of the lengthy report shows that it identified problems with nearly every organization that had a role in planning the war.

U.S. deficient against Muslim insurgents, study says
The U.S. military is seriously deficient in meeting "the threat of Islamist insurgencies," says a Pentagon-commissioned study

And if that weren't bad enough...

Afghan efforts 'faltering,' report finds

2/12/08


Gates backs pause in future troop pullout
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he backed a brief pause in U.S. troop cuts in Iraq once an initial pullout of five combat brigades has been completed in July.

I'm going to go out on a limb on this one... I'm betting the troops will come home right around election time. Just a guess.

2/12/08



U.S. to seek death for 9/11 detainees
6 Gitmo detainees to face trial for 9/11

U.S. charges 6 for roles in 9/11 attacks

I'm going to go out on a limb on this one... I'm betting the trials for this pile of garbage will take place right around election time. Just a guess.

2/12/08


Ahmadinejad: Iran won't stop enrichment

2/12/08


US confirms upcoming talks with Iran on Iraq
The United States confirmed Monday reports that it is planning a new round of talks with Iran on the future of war-ravaged Iraq, but that the two sides have yet to agree on a date.

2/12/08


U.S. spotlights Al Qaeda in Iraq weakness

Oh good... Im glad al-Qaida is finally being defeated in Ira..... Ummm, oops...

al-Qaida Regaining Footing

Insurgents - either led or inspired by al-Qaida - have stepped up assaults

2/12/08


2/12/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


Bush acknowledges economic uncertainty

Wow... He's really going out on a limb with this one!

2/12/08


New mortgage rescue goes beyond subprime
With mortgage defaults surging and politicians urging the industry to do more, six lenders agreed to widen their effort to help borrowers of all loans — not just subprime.

2/12/08


New Hitches In Markets May Widen Credit Woes

2/12/08


2/12/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


UN chief calls for climate change action

2/12/08


Deforestation in the Amazon exploded late last year
Rising deforestation in Amazon undermines Brazil's environmental policies

2/12/08


2/11/08 - POLITICS


Bush: Obama Would "Attack Pakistan And Embrace Ahmadinejad"

2/11/08


Obama sweeps 3 states, Huckabee takes 2

2/11/08


Clinton replaces campaign manager
Clinton shakes up staff after Obama sweep

2/11/08


Plan would sidestep Electoral College
If John R. Koza gets his way, American voters will never again have to wonder about the workings of the Electoral College.

2/11/08


McCain a 'true conservative,' Bush says

2/11/08



Cheney takes tougher stance in gun case
Cheney took the unusual step of joining with lawmakers in signing a Supreme Court brief that goes further in support of gun rights than the one submitted by the Bush administration.

The gun industry thanks you Mr. Cheney...

2/11/08


Obama wins a Grammy for 'Hope' book

2/11/08


2/11/08 - MIDEAST CRISIS


Former Staffer Slams Diplomats in Iraq
A former top GOP congressional aide is harshly criticizing the U.S. diplomatic effort in Iraq, accusing American diplomats of gross and potentially criminal negligence and incompetence....

2/11/08


Bombings, gunmen kill 42 in Iraq
Car bombs and gunmen struck new U.S. allies, police and civilians Sunday in northern Iraq,

2/11/08


Army sniper convicted of killing Iraqi
10 years for US sniper who killed unarmed Iraqi

2/11/08


Suicide bomber kills 25 in Iraqi market

2/11/08


2/11/08 - BUSINESS & MONEY


G7 leaders say world economy vulnerable

2/11/08


Many Believe US Already in a Recession

2/11/08


2/11/08 - SOCIAL ISSUES & SCIENCE


Many churches join in Evolution Weekend discussions

Evolution Weekend Highlights Religion, Science Debate

apperantly the message hasn't gotten to these enlightened thinkers...

Creationists seek foothold in Europe
After the Sunday service in Westminster Chapel, where worshippers were exhorted to wage "the culture war" in the World War II spirit of Sir Winston Churchill, cabbie James McLean delivered his verdict on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

2/11/08


French GM ban infuriates farmers, delights environmentalists
France officially banned Saturday a strain of genetically modified corn from US agribusiness giant Monsanto, delighting environmentalists but sparking outrage from the company and French farmers.

2/11/08