July 31, 2009
It’s now looking like a lot of prominent Republicans, ranging from party leaders to big-name pundits that we usually expect to make outrageous partisan attacks, are doing something they’d been previously neglecting: Definitively cracking down on the Birthers, rather than playing to the conspiracy theorists allowing this stuff to continue festering.
Source:
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/republicans-stepping-away-from-the-birthers.php
July 31, 2009
This evening, the House passed a resolution sponsored by Rep.
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) that commemorates Hawaiis 50th anniversary as a U.S. state by a vote of 378-0. The resolution also contains this provision: Whereas the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, was born in Hawaii,
Source:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/27/obama-resolution-hawaii-378-0/
July 31, 2009
The calls to audit the Federal Reserve have come fast and furious in the last few weeks.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is continuing to push back against a House bill that would give the Comptroller General the power to audit the central bank.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/30/fed-audit-supported-by-75_n_247765.html
July 31, 2009
Fearmongers, sponsored by the insurance industry, are telling bold face lies and doing whatever it takes to make sure real reform doesn’t pass. Instead of honestly debating the issue, they’re going to make old folks believe that the Government is going to come to their house, take them out back, and put them out of their misery.
Source:
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2009/07/30/its-time-to-talk-about-healthcare-and-stop-the-fearmongering/
July 31, 2009
“Good news! The Mexican FCC just canceled directive NOM-019SCT3-2001! Sure, I’ll forgive you if you have no idea what this means (I didn’t either at first).
The directive was a 2001 piece of law banning the use of mobile phones on commercial planes.”"
Source:
http://www.gadling.com/2009/07/24/mexican-authorities-to-allow-mobile-phone-calls-on-commerical-fl/
July 30, 2009
Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a revised $85 billion budget Tuesday that he said contained “the good, the bad and the ugly,” including additional cuts to child welfare programs, health care for the poor and AIDS prevention efforts.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/schwarzenegger-expected-t_n_246100.html
July 30, 2009
Paul Stanley, Tennessee State Senator, Quits After Affair With 22-Year-Old Intern | Yawn
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/28/paul-stanley-tennessee-st_n_246641.html
July 30, 2009
On July 28, 2009, Rep.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC) stated on the floor of the House that the Republicans’ health care reform legislation, unlike that of the Democrats, would not put seniors “to death.” Besides being a reprehensible accusation, her words are blatantly false.
Source:
http://mediamattersaction.org/factcheck/200907280007
July 30, 2009
“Of course Canada has longer life expectancy than the U.S. — we have 10 times more people.”
Source:
http://tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com/?id=3060320
July 30, 2009
In a mass e-mail, Officer Justin Barrett, 36, called Gates a “jungle monkey,” according to Elaine Driscoll, a spokeswoman for the Boston Police Department.
Source:
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/20215609/detail.html
