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Remembering Pearl Harbor - Obama vs. Bush
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Appeasing our enemies vs. Protecting on national security On a tranquil Sunday morning, as war raged around the globe, the attack on Pearl Harbor effectively ended American isolation -- thrusting our Nation into action. Japanese airplanes had launched an unprovoked assault on our military with immense firepower, ...1 day ago -
Esquire Magazine - Dec 2009 issue
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Lots of good stuff from the Dec 2009 issue of Esquire Magazine . With Robert Downey Jr. on the cover, it features throughout the funky graphics shown being sat upon over. Concept is this being the augmented reality (as referenced in this blog post done a month ago) issue... and by using the camera in any ...2 days ago -
Obama Health Overhaul May Fail to Cut Care Spending (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg – Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says the medical-system overhaul now being debated in the Senate puts in place… Go here to see the original: (Bloomberg)"> (Bloomberg)">Obama Health Overhaul May Fail to Cut Care Spending (Bloomberg)2 days ago -
Obama Health Overhaul May Fail to Cut Spending on Medical Care (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg – Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says the medical-system overhaul now being debated in the Senate … Originally posted here: (Bloomberg)"> (Bloomberg)">Obama Health Overhaul May Fail to Cut Spending on Medical Care (Bloomberg)2 days ago -
Al Jazeera notes US Media more interested in Mickey Mouse than the Taliban
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I am not surprised by the US media but found this Al Jazeera story interesting. Youd have been hard pressed to find much coverage of the Obama troop announcement on Wednesdays American breakfast TV. I know this because our North America editors had asked me to watch the US breakfast shows, in case there was a story ...3 days ago -
Obama finds new excuse to escape the Oval Office and fly on AF1
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His "White House to Main Street" photo-op tour will not fix his inept handling of the economy. Under pressure from Republicans and an impatient public to fix the sputtering economic recovery, President Barack Obama is refocusing on this politically potent issue by talking job creation with business and labor ...3 days ago -
USDA says PETA is a terrorist threat
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”Plants have feelings. Be a Carnivore.” Says People for the Ethical Treatment of Plants (PETP). People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been classified as a “terrorist threat” in a document created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA created a new “APHIS Facility Security Profile” ...3 days ago -
Rifqa Bary to meet parents so they can talk about Islam
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But she will talk to them about Christianity. A government caseworker outlined a plan calling for Rifqa Bary, 17, and her parents to listen to each others views on religion. Bary needs to hear out her parents explanation of their beliefs when she goes home, according to the proposal filed in Franklin County ...4 days ago -
Kudos, Mr. President on Afghanistan
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but a deadline is a big error. President Barack Obama invoked the September 11 attacks Tuesday in calling for the nation to unite behind his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. Obama announced he would send an additional 30,000 troops to the war-torn country on an expedited schedule so that the ...4 days ago -
Game Changers, Curve Benders…and Teeth Pullers
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One version of a toothless , continuous-feedback loop - “Precious” the dog precious talking for her soft food @ Yahoo! Video Continuing on what gives me (and other fiscal hawkish types) “loosey-goosey” anxiety about health reform, OMB director Peter Orszag had explained in the Monday story by Lori ...4 days ago -
Orszag embarrasses himself and a side note
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What Did Orszag Discuss with Blue Cross/Blue Shield? Last week, the Associated Press reported that White House officials – including Orszag – met early and often with a long list of health care industry lobbyists as the White House was developing its health care overhaul earlier this year. ... ...“I’m not ...4 days ago -
Senator Kerry Sends Letter to Secretary of State Clinton Seeking Climate Funding
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Talking Points Memo : U.S. Senator John Kerry, an outspoken advocate of climate control legislation in Congress, on Tuesday recommended that the Obama administration include $3 billion in next year’s budget to help fund international activities related to global warming. In a letter sent to Secretary of State ...4 days ago -
Hamilton Project likely to have a say on jobs initiative
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Odds are that President Obama, seeking ideas for how to get Americans back to work, will draw on the expertise of a Democratic think tank.4 days ago -
UK’s national HC cancer rationing by region
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Late diagnosis of cancer causes at least 10,000 premature deaths a year. Thousands of people with cancer are dying prematurely because they live in the "wrong" part of the country, a government report reveals today. Charities and MPs condemned the variations, which mean that sufferers in some parts of the ...5 days ago -
Send Rifqa Bary a Christmas card
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Bary denied visitors including her minister. The authorities, at the command of the Barys’ lawyer Omar, continue to isolate her. She has been in Ohio for well over a month and still there is no “approved visitation” list. How can this be? How can it be that friends who request a visit, and whom Rifqa ...6 days ago -
Obama escape the Oval Office again
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He attended a basketball game and fed his face. President Obama attended todays Oregon State-George Washington University basketball game to cheer on his brother-in-law, Beavers coach Craig Robinson. The first lady, Malia and Sasha Obama, and President Obamas mother-in-law Marian Robinson were in attendance as well. ...1 week ago -
Obama’s Thanksgiving dinner has 50 guests
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but no visit to our military – only a couple phone calls. The Obamas are having an equally plentiful meal. In addition to the traditional turkey, the family is having a honey baked ham. There will also be two kinds of stuffing (oyster and cornbread), macaroni and cheese, and six -- yes, six -- different kinds of ...1 week ago -
George Washingtons 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
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Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a ...1 week ago -
Security breach at Obama’s 1st state dinner
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Heard there were cuts to the Secret Service. Tareq and Michaele Salahi appear to have taken a more direct route to fame by allegedly gatecrashing President Obamas first White House dinner on Tuesday night. The US Secret Service is investigating how the couple, who its spokesman, Ed Donovan, confirmed were not on ...1 week ago -
White House defends efforts to slow health costs
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The Obama administration pushed back Wednesday against claims that its not doing enough to slow the growth of health care costs, a topic that senators will debate heavily in coming weeks. White House budget director Peter Orszag cited economists and analysts who say a pending Senate bill would take several steps in ...1 week ago
