August 2009
Monthly Archive
August 31, 2009
A CNN source with very close to the U.S.
Secret Service confirmed to me today that threats on the life of the president of the United States have now risen by as much as 400 percent since his inauguration, 400 percent death threats against Barack Obama — quote — “in this environment” go far beyond anything the Secret Service has seen with any oth
Source:
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/cspanjunkie/why-i-hate-barack-obama-pastor-steven
August 31, 2009
Jai Morcom, 15, allegedly stepped in to stop a schoolyard fight over a lunch table.
It cost him his life. Seriously sad stuff.
Source:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26001995-421,00.html
August 31, 2009
Evidence of a new consumer mindset keeps piling up.
Today’s New York Times front page reports Americans are becoming savers. When they shop, it is for necessities. They are spending less on impulse purchases.
Source:
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/08/29/americans-save-more-spend-less-will-it-last/
August 31, 2009
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again.
Source:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2009/57_would_like_to_replace_entire_congress
August 31, 2009
Far from being a new phenomenon, prison rape has a long history in the Islamic Republic.
The most systematic type of reported rape has been the rape of virgin girls who were sentenced to death by execution because of political reasons.
Source:
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/iranians-say-prison-rape-not-new/?apage=1
August 30, 2009
CNN analyst Mike Brooks reports that the Secret Service has interviewed Anderson, who told TPMmuckraker yesterday: “To be honest with you, I have prayed for Obama to die.
I’m not the only one, I’m just the only one with the spine to say it.”
Source:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/cnn_secret_service_paid_death-praying_pastor_a_vis.php
August 30, 2009
Rep.
Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told a Massachusetts audience at a recent town hall that the House will pass legislation this fall mandating a “complete audit” of the Federal Reserve. The bill to audit the Fed, H.R. 1207, was introduced by libertarian Fed critic Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/28/frank-bill-mandating-comp_n_271384.html
August 29, 2009
Why a health insurance executive decided to speak out against an industry that he was once paid to defend.
Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/opinion/27kristof.html
August 29, 2009
Original proposal from Senator Rockefeller to let the White House pull the plug on Internet sites drew fire, and the revised one is too.
Source:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10320096-38.html
August 29, 2009
Sen.
James Inhofe (R-Okla.) admitted this week that he would vote against health care reform without reading the bill, or knowing what was in it. At a town hall meeting Wednesday Sen. Jim Inhofe told Chickasha residents he does not need to read the 1,000 page health care reform bill, he will simply vote against it.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/27/inhofe-ill-vote-against-r_n_270636.html
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