Superdelegates get campaign cash
boston.com
“Many of the superdelegates who could well decide the Democratic presidential nominee have already been plied with campaign contributions by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a new study shows.
“While it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent [...]
Olympics – UK athletes barred from political comments
By Adrian Croft
guardian.co.uk
LONDON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – British athletes will have to sign a contract pledging not to speak out on politics or human rights in China to be able to take part in this year’s Beijing Olympics, the British Olympic Association (BOA) said on Sunday.
To be a [...]
Tavis Smiley=crab in barrel?
Believe it or not I read that assertion on the net this morning as I was preparing to get the kids ready for school.
This is a CLASSIC example of ‘moving the goalposts’.
The other day I came across some talk about Tavis Smiley really laying it into Obama for not being able to [...]
According to this Obama-sponsored bill, America is not doing enough to deal with poverty around the word–DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY LEAD THE WORLD IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
Barack Obama’s Global Tax Proposal Up for Senate Vote
By Cliff Kincaid
A nice-sounding bill called the “Global Poverty Act,” sponsored by Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama, is [...]
Senior benefit costs up 24%
‘Health care crisis’ leads to 8-year rise
By Dennis Cauchon
USA TODAY
The cost of government benefits for seniors soared to a record $27,289 per senior in 2007, according to a USA TODAY analysis.
That’s a 24% increase above the inflation rate since 2000. Medical costs are the biggest reason. Last year, for the [...]
People: Gary Coleman spills about his marriage
By Internet reports and The Associated Press
He’s nearly a foot shorter and 18 years older, but pint-size Gary Coleman says he’s found true love with redhead Shannon Price.
The 40-year-old, 4-foot-8 “Diff’rent Strokes” star secretly wed the Utah woman, who’s 22 and 5-foot-7, in Nevada last August, it was revealed [...]
Obama, McCain sweep Potomac primaries (boston.com)
Nothing earth-shattering I can contribute to the voting results of yesterday’s primary. Both Obama and McCain were highly favored and won. However, I will make two comments (well, actually one comment and the other is a question) that I heard on the Rush Limbaugh show this morning while returning from [...]
Even with the majority, Democrats STILL could not vote FISA down.
Bush Presses House on Surveillance Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush pressured the House on Wednesday to pass new rules for monitoring terrorists’ communications, saying “terrorists are planning new attacks on our country … that will make Sept. 11 pale by comparison.”
Bush said he would not [...]
Miami Gardens: A tale of two cities
BY JOY-ANN REID
Urban center attracts businesses, struggles with crime
Miami Gardens is a study in contrasts: a fast-growing city (Miami-Dade’s third largest after Miami and Hialeah) that’s home to two major sports teams – the Miami Dolphins and Florida Marlins – and a steady stream of new construction.
Chains such as [...]
“Stolen” Aborigines weep for lost families
By Michael Perry
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Aborigine Lola Edwards wept on Wednesday when she heard Australia’s prime minister say sorry for the country’s past assimilation policies, under which black children were forcibly taken from their parents.
Edwards, 61, still remembers the taste of blackberries in her mouth the day she was “stolen” [...]
6 mortgage lenders agree to plan to avoid foreclosures
By Noelle Knox, USA TODAY
Six of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders have agreed to expand their efforts to help homeowners avoid foreclosure, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday, while warning that the worst of the foreclosure crisis still lies ahead.
The program, called Project Lifeline, will be available [...]
While paging through the films in our on-demand service, I come across this film:
Dang! No wonder my lil’ cousin was looking at me funny when he opened up his Christmas gift.
If you just bought the Transformers film from bruh-man at the barbershop, you bettah check it (LOL!)
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John McCain funded by Soros since 2001
Candidate’s Reform Institute also accepted funds from Teresa Kerry
By Jerome R. Corsi
worldnetdaily.net
As Sen. John McCain assumes the GOP front-runner mantle, his long-standing, but little-noticed association with left-wing donors such as George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry is receiving new attention among his Republican critics.
In 2001, McCain founded the Alexandria, [...]
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