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Hasan Called Himself Soldier of Allah on Business Cards
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Does that make him a terrorist? Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan called himself a "soldier of Allah" on business cards found in his apartment after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood in which he is accused of murdering 13 people. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, reportedly obtained the business cards over the Internet. In ...11 hours ago -
Military religious diversity leads to non-uniform uniform
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Is political correctness destroying the military? The U.S. Army is making an exception to a decades-old rule and will allow a Sikh doctor to serve without removing his turban and cutting his hair. The New York-based Sikh Coalition says Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi is the first Sikh to be allowed to go on active duty ...11 hours ago -
Recanvassing shows NY-23 race tightens
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Conservative Hoffman could be declared the official winner. Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was down 5,335 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted on election night, and he had barely won his ...12 hours ago -
Obamacare future: Fat pregnant women refused care in UK
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UK’s NHS has rationing. Obamacare will have rationing. Overweight mothers-to-be in a Somerset town are being sent to a hospital in Bristol to give birth because the local unit cannot cope with their size. Weston General Hospital has a low-risk, midwife-led birth centre and said it could only admit expectant ...12 hours ago -
Barbara Ehrenreich: Not Always Sunny, but Pleasantly Skeptical
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By PATRICIA COHEN Barbara Ehrenreich wants to make clear that she is not a spoilsport. “No one can call me a sourpuss,” she declared. “I have a big foot in the joy camp.” She is the author of “Dancing in the Streets,” a history of “collective joy,” she notes, and a lot of fun at parties. So her ...20 hours ago -
In Central-Northeast Wichita, government is cause of problem, not solution
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From the November 2007 archives. Since then, the Wichita schools have a new superintendent, and Kansas has raised its minimum wage. An article in The Wichita Eagle “Plan offers hope for city’s troubled heart” (November 14, 2007) reports on the development of a plan named New Communities Initiative, its goal ...23 hours ago -
Obamas Asian adventure
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Who will he appease or kowtow to?. As Barack Obama, the US president, begins his first trip to Asia, he will be doing so at a time when American influence on the worlds most populous region is seen to be fading. "The age of America as the worlds superpower has come and will soon pass," says Li Chun Hwa, a Beijing ...1 day ago -
Obama stares down Patriot Act criticism….
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like from the Democrat Underground forums. The Obama administration is standing firm in its support of several George W. Bush-era Patriot Act powers in the face of sharp criticism from civil rights groups, liberal Democrats and a Dec. 31 deadline to extend key provisions of the bill. The Justice Department ...1 day ago -
Climate change scientist Ian Plimer argues CO2 is not causing global warming
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Weather comes in natural cycles. The next Ice Age is due. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is a natural phenomenon caused by volcanoes and is not responsible for climate change, a scientist has claimed Professor Ian Plimer, a geologist from Adelaide University, argues that a recent rise in temperature around the ...1 day ago -
Unions Can Help Create Good Jobs for People of Color
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This chart, prepared by EPI, shows the shrinking of good jobs over the past 30 years. Increasing union membership is one of the keys to creating more good jobs for all workers, but especially for people of color and those in low-wage jobs, several experts said today. Many of the ...1 day ago -
Obama’s Justice Dept attempts to destroy privacy on Internet
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Even the loony left should object. In a case that raises questions about online journalism and privacy rights, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a formal request to an independent news site ordering it to provide details of all reader visits on a certain day. The grand jury subpoena also required the ...2 days ago -
Obama: most gifted orator or greatest teleprompter reader
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Is Obama a worst speech maker than Bush? As the most gifted orator of his generation, President Obama finds speechmaking perhaps his most potent political tool. It propelled him to national prominence in 2004 and to the White House in 2008. And whenever he needs to calm economic fears or revive stalled health care ...2 days ago -
Obamacare rationing is already here
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H1N1 is NOT a crisis except in the socialist minds. From a letter to the editor: The new era of government control over our lives and freedoms has begun. This week, it got personal, and I felt helpless. The doctor overseeing my health care advised me to get an H1N1 flu shot. Ive been under a six-year treatment ...2 days ago -
The "Teen Job Scene"
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Like the rest of the labor force, times have been awfully rough for teens. Almost 28% of the teen labor force is unemployed which puts a serious dent in not only their current prospects but their long term prospects. Ironman discusses recent statistics on this part of the labor force.2 days ago -
A Jobless Recovery
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An economist explains why output and employment are moving in opposite directions, and are likely to continue doing so for a while.3 days ago -
Obama exceeds Bush on Afghanistan
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Kudos Mr. President for sending more troops unless you change your mind. Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more troops and plans to keep a large force ...3 days ago -
White House Visitor Records: Transparency like you’ve never seen before
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Except for William Ayers (so far) As part of President Obamas commitment to government transparency, we are providing records of White House visitors on an ongoing basis online. In December 2009, we will begin posting all White House visitor records for the period from September 15th onwards under the terms of our ...3 days ago -
Global Warming News: 3rd coolest October
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It’s not GW but now climate change. The average October temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the 20th Century average and ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data. For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on record. The month was marked by an active weather pattern that ...3 days ago -
NBER Study: The Minimum Wage and the Body Mass Index
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From David Meltzer and Zhuo Chen (HT Greg Mankiw ): Growing consumption of increasingly less expensive food, and especially“fast food”, has been cited as a potential cause of increasing rate ofobesity in the United States over the past several decades. Because thereal minimum wage in the United States has ...3 days ago -
World leaders in Berlin to mark fall of Wall
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Obama too busy making us the Socialist States of America to attend the 20th anniversary of the Berlin wall. World leaders past and present gathered in the German capital on Monday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Walls fall, which led to German reunification and hastened the demise of the Soviet ...4 days ago
