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'Life isn't fair,' McCain laments explaining campaign downturn
by David Edwards and Nick Juliano
Republican presidential candidate John McCain sought the friendly embrace of the crew at Fox & Friends Monday morning, where he lamented that only the existential injustice inherent to human existence could explain the downturn his campaign has taken in recent days. | Robertson: Nuke strikes in US after the election
by Stephen C. Webster
Christian Broadcasting Network co-founder Pat Robertson, in a new update to his Web site, states that, "we have between 75 and 120 days before the Middle East starts spinning out of control."The 700 Club host is convinced that Israel will attack Iran's nuclear energy facilities shortly after the US presidential election, triggering a series of "dramatic events" that conclude only once "God has rained fire on the islands of the sea and on the invading force coming against Israel." | Companies Scramble for Ever-Scarcer Resources
by Wolfgang Kerler
As humanity runs out of oil and minerals, the extraction of previously untouched deposits suddenly pays off -- financially. But experts warn that it will likely further accelerate climate change and seriously damage the environment.[Heavy equipment mines the oil tar sands at Syncrude's Aurora mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta in this May 23, 2006 file photo. (Todd Korol/Files/Reuters)]Heavy equipment mines the oil tar sands at Syncrude's Aurora mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta in this May 23, 2006 file photo. (Todd Korol/Files/Reuters) | How the Media Sold Their Souls to Wall Street
by Josh Silver
If you are like me, the pundits, and 99.9% of the American public, you really don't know much about economics. And despite Monday's refreshing moment of rebellion in the Congress, in all likelihood the House and Senate will pass a modified version of the $700 billion handout this week to fat cat Wall Street financiers. | McCain Surely Needs Lessons in Diplomacy
by Helen Thomas
John McCain, the Republican nominee for president, ridicules as naive his rival Barack Obama's promise to talk to the leaders of the nation's adversaries -- among them Iran and North Korea.So would McCain prefer to keep the U.S. in a state of permanent hostility, possibly leading to war? He falsely claims that Obama would enter a dialogue without preparation. No U.S. leader would come to any summit meeting with a designated enemy without an agenda -- but no responsible leader would fail to seek all possible roads to peace. | Fake pollsters' scare tactics target Obama
by Ewen MacAskill
Barack Obama's campaign for the White House is receiving increasing complaints about scam pollsters involved in dirty tricks operations to discredit the Democratic candidate.Victims claim the fake pollsters work insinuations into their questions, designed to damage Obama. Those targeted in swing states such as Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania include Jews, Christian evangelicals, Catholics and Latinos. | Palin, Biden answer questions about Roe v. Wade
by Nick Cargo and David Edwards
Alaska gov. evasive as Couric corners her on high court decisionsAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden were asked by CBS' Katie Couric to explain their views on the historic Roe v. Wade case and other Supreme Court decisions in a preview clip released this evening. | Today is our 14th birthday
by Doug Thompson
Capitol Hill Blue turns 14 today and the web site continues its place as the oldest, continually-published political news web site on the Internet.We've come a long way since that morning on October 1, 1994, when I took advantage of free web space by my Internet Service Provider and started what was then a few paragraphs of musings about politics. | Orwell's Inspiration ... The G.O.P.
by Jon Faulkner
The meltdown of the U.S. Financial Industry, and its subsequent bailout by Congress, is a harbinger of a future when corporate forces will control the world’s resources and use them to control populations. Never, in U.S. history, have the People’s Representatives been so brazenly disloyal to their sworn pledge to hold the people’s interests above all others. | Hell, Yes, I'm An Elitist!
by Alicia Morgan
One of the most truly terrifying things about the last eight years has been the triumph of ignorance. There has always been a tendency on the right to demonize intelligence, referring to educated, intelligent people as 'ivory tower elitists' and 'eggheads', and conflating brains with being 'out of touch' with the 'real folks'. But, until 2000, this tendency was not making national policy decisions. | Biden's Debate Ace in the Hole: George W. Bush
by Barry Yourgrau
Whatever goes down in tomorrow 's VP debate, I say Biden needs to pound one message over and over:McCain-Palin = Bush.Bush has the highest disapproval ratings in history. He is political toxin. He must be continually sprayed in the debate air.Forget the impact of any Biden gaffes, smirks, condescensions, mis-speakings, whatever. As long as ole Joey keeps flashing Bush Bush Bush every chance he gets, I say he's done what needs to be done. | Turning a Wall Street Giveaway Into an Economic Rescue for All Americans
by David Sirota
Following the astounding rejection of Henry Paulson's speculator bailout plan in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday, a wave of doomsday propaganda from Washington, both presidential candidates and the media has flooded the airwaves — all aimed at trying to force public opinion to support handing over $700 billion to Wall Street, no strings attached. Barack Obama, who has raked in $10 million from investment firms, has even issued a statement questioning the patriotism of the Democrats and Republicans who dared to vote with the public and against the Wall Street bailout. He claims they are refusing to "do what's right for this country." | Project Uncensored
by David Swanson
Project Censored has released a valuable new book called "Censored 2009: The Top 25 Stories of 2007-08."The book includes summaries of the censored stories, in some cases citing multiple small and independent sources that told the stories, plus updates on new developments in the stories. Also included are substantial updates on the top censored stories of the previous year, most of which are still making news except that they're not making news: they're still ignored by the U.S. corporate media cartel. Meanwhile it's so easy to waste our energy complaining about how the corporate media reports stories, while greater harm is done by it not telling stories at all. | No Bums' Rush to a Bailout: We Need to Demand Hearings!
by Dave Lindorff
With the Bush Administration, the two leading presidential candidates, and the Congressional leadership, as well as a phalanx of Wall Street lobbyists all pushing hard for a massive transfer of taxpayer money to the coffers of banks and investment banks, the American people need to demand a halt to this bums' rush to a bailout. | Republican "Palin Rules" for Debate Could Backfire
by Bill Hare
In 1988 David Gergen commented on Dan Quayle prior to his debate with Lloyd Bentsen after much criticism and doubt had surfaced about the Indiana senator’s qualifications for the vice presidency.“If Quayle shows up he beats expectations,” Gergen noted. | Many have feared Bush…To them I say, meet Sarah Palin
by MaryMacElveen
As some conservative writers such as Kathleen Parker have called into question Sarah Palin ability to become the next vice president of the United States where she wrote, “Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.” While that may raise the eye-brows of some: What terrifies me and I have written of it before is her willingness to go to war with Russia which is a superpower in its own right who does have at its disposal nuclear war heads. | Nixon, Bush, Palin
by Roger Cohen
In 1970, in the midst of the longest bear market since World War II, President Richard Nixon declared: “Frankly, if I had any money, I’d be buying stocks right now.”The market soared.Now, I’ve been asking myself, just for the heck of it, what would happen if President Bush tried his own jawboning of the market and said: “Frankly, if I had any money, I’d be buying stocks right now.” | AIDS traced to 1884 in Congo, report finds
by TheStar.com
The deadly AIDS virus first began spreading among humans at the turn of the 20th century in sub-Saharan Africa, just as modern cities were emerging in the region, U.S. researchers reported yesterday.The finding pushes back the origin of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by several decades, they write in the journal Nature. | McCain dogged by questions over Palin
by AFP
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, on the backfoot after poor recent polling data, is being dogged by questions about the experience of his running mate Sarah Palin.Endlessly asked about the qualifications of his vice presidential pick, the famously short-tempered McCain has replied with increasing irritation to questions from journalists. | Cannabis less harmful than drinking, smoking: report
by AFP
Cannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, according to a report by a research charity Thursday, which called for a "serious rethink" of drug policy.The Beckley Foundation, a charity which numbers senior experts and other academics among its advisors, said banning cannabis has no impact on supply and turns users into criminals. |
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