Monthly Archives: August 2009
AP Source: Coroner rules Jackson’s death homicide
If you were wondering what would fill the airwaves this week: the coroner determined a fatal combination of drugs was given to Jackson hours before he died in his rented Los Angeles mansion on June 25. The official spoke on … Continue reading
Filed under Media and Entertainment, Medicine, News, Uncategorized
NOW THEY TELL US
Posted by GeoT Appendix’s benefits revealed The pesky organ long thought to be useless may serve a vital function, new research shows Now researchers suggest the appendix is a lot more than a useless remnant. Not only was it recently … Continue reading
Filed under Medicine
More Advertisers Bolt Glenn Beck
Posted by Audiegrl AP–Glenn Beck returns to Fox News Channel on Monday after a vacation with fewer companies willing to advertise on his show than when he left, part of the fallout from calling President Barack Obama a racist. A … Continue reading
Filed under Media and Entertainment, Politics
Holder to Appoint Prosecutor to Investigate CIA Terror Interrogations
Posted by GeoT By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 24, 2009; 2:23 PM Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided to appoint a prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators and contractors … Continue reading
Bloopers
This will make you get off your cell phone while drivingFirefighters try to separate a car from a plane on U.S. Highway 101 about one mile northeast of the Santa Barbara Calif. Airport on Sunday Aug. 23, 2009. The Federal … Continue reading
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L.A. Times: Rep. Maxine Waters a hard-liner for public healthcare option
Posted by GeoT At a town hall at L.A. Southwest College, the congresswoman says she’ll back a package only if it includes a government-run insurance plan. The issue seems to be dividing lawmakers in Washington. “President Obama has been trying … Continue reading
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The Guns of August by Frank Rich
Posted by Audiegrl “IT is time to water the tree of liberty” said the sign carried by a gun-toting protester milling outside President Obama’s town-hall meeting in New Hampshire two weeks ago. The Thomas Jefferson quote that inspired this message, … Continue reading
Turns out the affair was the least of Sanford’s troubles
from McClatchy: COLUMBIA, S.C. — As talk of impeachment grows, the S.C. Ethics Commission said Friday it would consider probing new claims Gov. Mark Sanford failed to report private plane flights provided by friends and political groups. click for article
Filed under Politics, Uncategorized
Report Reveals CIA Conducted Mock Executions
Posted by Audiegrl A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency’s inspector general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators staged mock executions as part of the agency’s post-9/11 program to detain and question terror suspects. According to … Continue reading
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