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• CIA bomber was double agent

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  The suicide bomber who killed eight people inside a CIA base in Afghanistan claimed to have information about Osama bin Ladens second-in-command, and was being recruited as a double agent to infiltrate al-Qaida, a former senior U.S. intelligence official and a foreign government official confirmed Monday. The bombing ...
  17 hours ago

• The Aughts Were A Lost Decade — Part II

  
  Delaware Liberal — Authority: 527
  Bloomberg notes that even though the 2009 stock market rally was pretty remarkable, it did not save investors from the single worst decade of returns. And that is the single worst since theyve been collecting data:
  2 days ago

• The Aughts Were A Lost Decade

  
  Delaware Liberal — Authority: 527
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  3 days ago

• Ye gads! Fox is top cable news channel

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  Fox News Channel may drive blood pressures to record highs among liberals but the right-wing cable channel just finished its best ratings year ever and easily tops CNN and MSNBC with viewers. The only cable channels that do better than Fox News are entertainment ones. MSNBC and CNN arent even in the top 10. In fact, ...
  4 days ago

• Why cant the CIA even protect its own agents?

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  The brazen attack that killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in Afghanistan is likely to raise questions about whether the agency could do more to protect its operatives on dangerous assignments. Lawmakers on Thursday issued their condolences and withheld any judgment. But officials said they expected an ...
  4 days ago

• Obama reviews airport security failures

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  President Barack Obama is reviewing reports from homeland security officials as his administration tries to determine what U.S. policy and personnel failures preceded the attempted Detroit jetliner bombing. Intelligence officials, meanwhile, prepared for what was shaping up to be uncomfortable hearings before ...
  4 days ago

• Obama to get preliminary report on security screwup

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  President Barack Obama is to receive a preliminary report Thursday on how a 23-year-old Nigerian with suspected terrorist ties managed to board a plane he is accused of attempting to bomb on Christmas Day, along with recommendations on how to prevent a sequel. The report is just the first step in what is shaping up ...
  5 days ago

• States threaten lawsuit over Nebraska health care deal

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraskas political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday. "We believe this provision is constitutionally flawed," South Carolina Attorney ...
  5 days ago

• CIA officials believed killed in bombing

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  CIA employees are believed to be among the dead in Wednesdays suicide bombing inside a base in eastern Afghanistan, a congressional official said. A former senior CIA officer who was stationed at the base said a combination of agency officers and contractors operated out of the remote outpost with the military and ...
  5 days ago

• Rush Limbaugh hospitalized with chest pains

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh is resting comfortably in a Hawaii hospital after suffering chest pains while on vacation, his radio program says. "Rush appreciates your prayers and well wishes and will keep you updated via rushlimbaugh.com and on his radio program," the program said in a statement late ...
  5 days ago

• FUBAR II: Headbanger Sequel Off to a Foul-Mouthed, Frigid Start

  
  Spinner — Authority: 717
  Filed under: Canada According to Canadian actor and musician Paul Spence, the time has come to ready the troops. "Prepare the FUBAR army," he tells Spinner from Edmonton, Alberta, where the Calgary native is on location shooting the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2002 headbanger spectacle and runaway cult ...
  6 days ago

• The system worked. Are you kidding?

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  The Obama administration claim that "the system worked" after a failed aircraft bombing wasnt quite as jolting as President George W. Bushs "Brownie, youre doing a heckuva job" while New Orleans sank under deadly Hurricane Katrina. But both raised disturbing questions about presidential response in a time of crisis. ...
  6 days ago

• TSA=Abject weenieness=FUBAR

  
  Alaska TravelGram — Authority: 125
  OMG. The TSA, in a masterful example of abject weenieness, is harassing travel journalist Christopher Elliott to reveal his source for the stupid knee-jerk reaction to the Christmas-crotch-bomber from Nigeria . In case you missed it, here is Chris’s post about the TSA’s initial security directive, which ...
  6 days ago

• The FUBAR Tory Party... and their take on the Government Of All The Talents

  
  The Final Redoubt — Authority: 140
  By day Norsheen Bhatti is a highly-motivated aspiring young politician attempting to carve a name for herself in the House of Commons. But by night the the prospective Tory candidate bares her midriff and earns £260 an hour as a belly dancer. The 33-year-old is said to regularly appear at top London ...
  1 week ago

• Obama orders review of security procedures

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  President Barack Obama has ordered a review of how U.S. intelligence organizations keep the skies safe — or dont, as demonstrated by a failed Christmas Day attack on a Detroit-bound flight from Amsterdam. Obama has not yet tapped someone to head the multi-agency probe, but White House officials acknowledge the ...
  1 week ago

• Talk of bipartisanship is just that: Talk

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  Democrats and Republicans talk a lot about bipartisanship, about "reaching across the aisle" to build coalitions for legislation that puts the countrys needs above political agendas but, in the end, is mostly talk. Neither side has any real interest in bipartisanship because working with the other side does not fit ...
  1 week ago

• Seniors worry about cuts in Medicare

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  Insurers constantly caution seniors that their Medicare Advantage perks such as hearing aids, dental payments and even gym memberships will fizzle if Democrats get their way and cut government subsidies for them. But tens of billions of Medicare dollars funneled through insurers also pay for extras that never reach ...
  1 week ago

• Tighter airport security after failed terror attack

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  The U.S. government tightened airline security as it searches for answers to how a 23-year-old Nigerian man eluded extensive systems intended to prevent attacks like his botched Christmas Day effort to blow up a Northwest flight from overseas. The suspect who claimed ties to al-Qaida was charged Saturday with trying ...
  1 week ago

• In the end, insurers will benefit from "reform"

  
  Capitol Hill Blue - The oldest political news site on the Internet — Authority: 465
  Health insurers get some big presents in the Senates health overhaul bill — about 20 million new customers and no competition from a new government plan. Taking advantage of those boons might take some time, though. The bill imposes hefty new taxes and coverage rules that will pinch insurers by forcing them to ...
  1 week ago

• New Year’s Eve parties ready to pop the cork

  
  The Blender — Authority: 443
  Still trying to decide where you’ll end on New Year’s Eve, which is just around the corner? Here are a variety of partying suggestions suited to all sorts of different tastes, and these are just the tip of the iceberg. Combinations of…
  1 week ago

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