October 31, 2009
If there was a degree of dja vu for fans of Obama crammed inside a university athletic arena in Hackensack, NJ, the other evening, it was entirely deliberate.
They only had to close their eyes and listen to the deafening chants of “Yes We Can” to imagine they had been transported back to the heady days of a year ago when their candidate was
October 31, 2009
Liz Cheney says George W.
Bush showed more class than Barack Obama when he honored fallen troops — because Bush didn’t bring cameras along with him when he never went to Dover AFB. Reporters who covered Obama and Bush say Obama’s the first to have visited Dover.
October 31, 2009
The U.S.
Supreme Court blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names and addresses of those who signed a petition referring gay rights legislation to the November ballot. The ruling temporarily blocks a federal appeals court ruling that had ordered the release of the names. The Supreme Court order will remain in effect . . .
Source:
http://oregonfaithreport.com/2009/10/top-court-enters-washington-marriage-petition-debate/
October 31, 2009
It runs more pages than War and Peace, has nearly five times as many words as the Torah, and its tables of contents alone run far longer than this story.
Source:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28904.html
October 31, 2009
A police officer who once confronted Sen.
John McCain about marijuana decriminalization is being silenced and possibly pushed out of his job with a New Hampshire police force for speaking out against marijuana prohibition, his supporters say.
Source:
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/claim-cop-turfed-pot-legalization/
October 30, 2009
According to human rights lawyer John Sifton, the CIA tortured detainees so severely that it had to take measures to keep them alive so they could continue being tortured.
Source:
http://rawstory.com/2009/10/lawyer-cia-prevented-prisoner-deaths-prolong-torture/
October 30, 2009
Although a temporary truce between Libertarians and Republicans has been in effect for the Tea Parties, divisions over legalizing marijuana, domestic espionage, abortion, torture, gay marriage, the separation of church/state, immigration, and de-militarization are starting to toll. The schism between Libertarians and Republicans is widening.
Source:
http://progressivenation.us/2009/10/28/the-growing-rift-between-libertarians-and-republicans/
October 30, 2009
Google thought so much of rocket scientist, Karl Blanks that he became the first authorized consultant for a new Google tool.
Source:
http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/10/27/googles-favored-rocket-scientist
October 30, 2009
A worried Iranian airline pilot asked passengers to start praying after his plane was hit by a technical glitch early on Thursday, highlighting once again the notorious record of Tehran’s aircraft.
Source:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091029/world/iran_aviation_offbeat
October 29, 2009
New Yorkers are fleeing the state and city in alarming numbers — and costing a fortune in lost tax dollars, a new study shows.
Source:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/tax_refugees_staging_escape_from_qb4pItQ71UXIc0i6cd3UpK
