And it’s not Hillary: Taking a break from his work at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto on Monday, former President Clinton warned Republicans not to politicize the London terror arrests, slammed Sen. Joe Lieberman, whom he campaigned for just a couple weeks ago, and tackled some of the controversies surrounding his work to […]
This is swiftboating gone too far: A U.S. Marine suspected in the killing of 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will sue Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record) for libel after the war critic made public comments about the case and accused the serviceman of murder, attorneys said on Wednesday. Lawyers representing Staff Sgt. Frank […]
This should be really good: Mocked by comedian and host of “The Daily Show” Jon Stewart for calling the Internet a bunch of tubes, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Stevens said on Thursday he is open to appearing on the popular cable television program for a rebuttal. The comedian has parodied the dean of […]
They are just determined to keep this story going: Police labor officials, angry over a federal grand jury’s refusal to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney for assaulting a police officer, said Monday said they want the House ethics committee to review her conduct. And they said the grand jury’s decision last week sent the message that […]
Now this is really interesting: The United States strongly criticized the No. 2 United Nations official on Wednesday for a speech he gave that accused the U.S. government of leaving Americans in the dark about the world body’s good works. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton called Tuesday’s speech by Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown a “very, […]
So Bush is back on the lead by fear campaign. This should come as no shock to anyone but the details seem to have come to a shock for L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he was blindsided by President Bush’s announcement of new details on a purported 2002 hijacking plot aimed at a downtown […]
One of Murtha’s original arguments for wanting us to phase the troops out of Iraq was due to a poll that showed many Iraqi’s favored attacks aimed at our troops. Today a new poll has been released reaffirming that argument: A new poll found that nearly half of Iraqis approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, […]
Arguments are once again heating up over detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay. This time it is not from some U.N. group or international human rights organization: Via UPI: Blair: Guantanamo ‘must be stopped’ LONDON, Nov. 22 (UPI) — The U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is an “anomaly that has to be dealt with,” […]
It appears as though the White House is not the ideal place to be employed right now. A scathing new report in the New York Daily News paints a dark and grim picture of a work atmosphere that would make the most dedicated employee consider calling in sick. Here are a few of the quotes […]
Via Raw Story: Reporter in leak case to take leave of absence effective immediately 10/15/2005 @ 4:19 pm Filed by John Byrne and Jason Leopold New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who spent 85 days in jail protecting her source in the recent CIA leak investigation, will take an indefinite leave of absence effective immediately. […]