Archive for June, 2010
South Carolina Democratic Candidate, Alvin Greene Can’t Immediately Name GOP Opponent Jim DeMint
Radio talk show host Mark Levin interviews US Senate candidate Alvin Greene (D-SC) about his campaign, his pornography scandal, if he is a GOP plant and what he hopes to achieve if elected Senator.
The notable part of the interview occurs at the end, when Greene is unable to name his Republican opponent Jim DeMint. Greene […]
Obama taps top scientific minds for oil spill probe
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama on Monday named five of America’s top scientists, environmentalists and conservation experts to his independent commission set up to probe the causes of the Gulf oil spill.
The five, mostly drawn from some of the nation’s leading academic centers, will join the bipartisan body set up last month in the […]
TN Democrat tells GOP female lawmakers: ‘Lift their skirts to find out if they are women’
NASHVILLE - State Republican Chairman Chris Devaney today denounced as “petty and insulting” a Democratic legislator’s statement about her Republican women colleagues.
“You have to lift their skirts to find out if they are women. You sure can’t find out by how they vote,” said Rep. Janis Baird Sontany, D-Nashville.
(Excerpt) Read more at knoxnews.com
Claim: Bronx Students Forced To Clean School Toilets
Department of Education officials are investigating after students at a Bronx school claimed they were forced to clean toilets as a punishment.
Some students at In-Tech Academy in Kingsbridge say they were assigned janitorial duties as part of their detention as recently as last week.
“After school the principal came in with the inspector lady and she […]
EDITORIAL: Pro-Black Panther prejudice–Justice Department implements a racial double standard
The foundation is crumbling from the Justice Department’s stonewall on the New Black Panther voter-intimidation case. What’s becoming visible is a serious corrosion in the whole edifice of the Civil Rights Division in the Obama-Holder Justice Department.
The edifice shook on Friday when a key lawyer in the case notified the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights […]
U.S. Pays $400 Million in Bonuses to Federal Employees
The Obama Administration handed out more than $400 million in awards to federal employees last year, up by more than $80 million from the prior year, according to new government data.
The biggest winners were air traffic controllers and top managers in Washington, a review of fiscal year 2009 salary reports from the U.S. Office of […]
400 Thousands Truck Driving Jobs Need To Be Filled BY 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Can’t find a job? Maybe it’s time to take your search on the road.
The U.S. trucking industry will need to hire about 200,000 drivers by the end of this year, and will need to add another 200,000 by the end of 2011, according to the state of logistics report from the […]
Americans get most radiation from medical scans (Useful News)
We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It’s true that we get too much radiation. But it’s not from those sources — it’s from too many medical tests.
Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, even more than folks in other rich countries. The U.S. accounts for half of […]
Obama Officially Begins Push For New Bailout Of The States
It’s clear from recent news and official government stats that the budget cutting at the state level is proving to be a real drag on growth, via lost jobs.
Not surprisingly, Obama wants another bailout.
NYT (via Calculated Risk):
In a letter to Democratic and Republican Congressional leaders, Mr. Obama said the “mounting employment crisis” in the states […]
How Elderly New York Millionaires hide their assets to qualify for Medicaid
Thelma, 85, has almost $1 million in assets, including the house she owns in the tony neighborhood of Roslyn Heights, and $75,000 in bonds and $50,000 in savings she hopes to leave to her two daughters. She also collects her late husband’s pension and her own Social Security.
Yet Thelma is poor enough to qualify for […]
Obama pleads for $50 billion in state, local aid
President Obama urged reluctant lawmakers Saturday to quickly approve nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to state and local governments, saying the money is needed to avoid “massive layoffs of teachers, police and firefighters” and to support the still-fragile economic recovery.
In a letter to congressional leaders, Obama defended last year’s huge economic stimulus package, saying […]
A Decade Later, Genetic Map Yields Few New Cures
Ten years after President Bill Clinton announced that the first draft of the human genome was complete, medicine has yet to see any large part of the promised benefits.
For biologists, the genome has yielded one insightful surprise after another. But the primary goal of the $3 billion Human Genome Project — to ferret out the […]
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
According to TimesOnline, the Saudi has given Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites.
“…..Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.
In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round […]
Less spending by Americans could slow recovery (”Hope and Change” Fading Away?)
Americans are pulling back on their spending, a trend that could slow the economic recovery if it continues.A sharp drop in retail sales points to still-wary shoppers and could lead economists to curtail their expectations for growth.
Analysts cautioned against overreacting to Friday’s Commerce Department report. It could signal a return to modest growth after two […]
Hispanics abandon Arizona, fleeing economy, immigration law
Arizona’s hard-hitting immigration law is driving Hispanics out of the state weeks before the controversial law goes into effect.
Although concrete figures are not available, anecdotal evidence suggests Hispanics, both legal residents and illegal immigrants, are starting to flee.
Schools in Hispanic neighborhoods are reporting abnormal enrollment drops, and businesses that serve Hispanics also report that […]
Obama Orders Dance Classes, Movie Nights, and Bingo for Illegal Detainees
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Obama administration has ordered the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department to implement multiple modifications to their facilities to make life easier, more comfortable, and pleasant for the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants (approximately 400,000) it detains annually. An internal ICE email highlights 28 different changes the organization […]
Hundreds of Bibles have been burned by Iranian Government Security Forces
RAN - (ANS)- The Farsi Christian News Network (www.fcnn.com) is reporting that Iranian Government Security Forces have burned hundreds of Bibles.
A spokesperson for FCNN told the ASSIST News Service (ANS), “This action [of burning the Bibles], which has been confirmed by informed sources, was aired on a site belonging to the Pasdaran paramilitary organization, is […]
Solo Sailor Sunderland Safe at Sea
Abby Sunderland, the 16 year old attempting to sail around the world, was feared missing at sea yesterday, but has now been found alive and well.
Sunderland had sent out numerous distress signals after her yacht, “Wild Eyes”, was pounded by huge waves in the Indian Ocean some 2,000 miles off the south African coast enroute […]
Retail sales unexpectedly fall in May …plunge by largest amount in 8 months
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales at retailers unexpectedly fell in May for the first time in eight months, but a jump in consumer sentiment to a near 2-1/2 year high in early June eased fears of a slowdown in the economic recovery.
The drop in sales reported by the Commerce Department on Friday followed last week’s data […]
President Bush delivers ‘inaugural address’ on Facebook laying out post-presidency works
Former President George W. Bush took to Facebook on Thursday to update supporters on his life after leaving the White House, and promote his upcoming projects.
In what the former Republican president called his “inaugural address,” Bush briefly laid out his personal and charitable work post-presidency, as well as progress in building his presidential library and […]