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Pelosi: Bush’s CIA misled me on waterboarding – LA Times

Critics are calling for her scalp. Republicans are insisting that she be the first casualty of the controversy over torture. And this morning, Karl Rove, the man responsible for getting George … Continue reading

May 15, 2009

Pelosi in dispute with CIA over interrogation

By Susan Cornwell and Steve Holland Susan Cornwell And Steve Holland – 1 hr 23 mins ago May 15, 2009   WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives on … Continue reading

May 15, 2009

Dems: CIA briefers may have broken law

By MANU RAJU Democrats on the House intelligence committee said Thursday that CIA officers broke the law in 2002 if they told Nancy Pelosi then that they had not yet … Continue reading

May 15, 2009

CURL: The Speaker misspeaks

By Joseph Curl POLITICAL THEATER | Friday, May 15, 2009 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her eyes wide, her hands gesticulating wildly, on Thursday laid out a third version of what … Continue reading

May 14, 2009

Nancy Pelosi – Playing Politics! Congressional Hearings

  Gets flustered here   and here… Part 1 Part 2

May 14, 2009

Pelosi: C.I.A. Misled Congress Over Waterboarding (Nancy Pelosi says CIA LIED to Congress!!)

By Carl Hulse AND Brian Knowlton Longer version Under fire from Republicans for what she knew about harsh questioning of terror detainees, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday asserted that … Continue reading

May 14, 2009

Pelosi says she learned of waterboarding in 2003

 May 14, 1:30 PM (ET) By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS WASHINGTON (AP) – Under strong attack from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush administration of misleading her … Continue reading

May 14, 2009

Congress and Waterboarding – Wall Street Journal OP Ed

Nancy Pelosi was an accomplice to ‘torture.’ By KARL ROVE Someone important appears not to be telling the truth about her knowledge of the CIA’s use of enhanced interrogation techniques … Continue reading

May 14, 2009

FACT CHECK: Data belie Biden Stimulus Anecdotes

FACT CHECK: Data belie Biden stimulus anecdotes By MATT APUZZO – 6 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first quarterly report on the nation’s stimulus package, Vice President Joe … Continue reading

May 14, 2009

Influenza A (H1N1) – World Health Organization Update 27 May 13, 2009

13 May 2009 — As of 06:00 GMT, 13 May 2009 33 countries have officially reported 5728 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection. Mexico has reported 2059 laboratory confirmed human cases … Continue reading

May 14, 2009

Office of Management Budget (OMB) memo raises doubts about EPA findings

  by Eric Zimmermannn  EPA finding last month that greenhouse gases are a danger to public health rests on dubious assumptions and could have negative economic impacts, a memo from … Continue reading

May 13, 2009

FDA Blasts General Mills Over Cheerios Claim (Cherrios are dangerous??)

Cereal Makers Scolded Because Claim Of Lowering Cholesterol 10 Percent In Month Makes It A “Drug” Company Fires Back: This Is About Language, Not Science. NEW YORK (CBS) ― he … Continue reading

May 13, 2009

“French” kissing ups risk of oral HPV infection

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral sex and open-mouthed “French” kissing increase the risk of acquiring oral infections of human papillomavirus, or HPV, a study shows. “Performing oral sex is … Continue reading

May 13, 2009

Many Swine Flu Cases Have No Fever May 13, 2009 (New York Times)

By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN Published: May 12, 2009 Many people suffering from swine influenza, even those who are severely ill, do not have fever, an odd feature of the new … Continue reading

May 13, 2009

Swine flu spreading too fast to count, CDC says – May 12, 2009

Confirmed cases are only the ‘tip of the iceberg,’ health official says Swine flu is spreading so far and fast in the U.S. that state health officials may soon stop … Continue reading

May 12, 2009

Is it Possible for the Federal Government to Properly Manage Healthcare, When They Can’t Manage Their Own Spending??

I’ve been sitting here, thinking about that very question.  How on earth, can our government, which has increased the federal deficit by four times in 5 months, what it was the … Continue reading

May 12, 2009

U.S. has more than 2,500 H1N1 flu cases – May 10, 2009

Sun May 10, 2009 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has 2,532 confirmed cases of the new H1N1 swine influenza in 44 states, and three deaths, the U.S. Centers for … Continue reading

May 11, 2009

Cheney contends Obama policies hurt US security – On Face the Nation

Cheney contends Obama policies hurt US security     WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he believes the U.S. has become more vulnerable to a potential terrorist … Continue reading

May 11, 2009

Dick Cheney on Face the Nation May 10, 2009 – Transcript

TRANSCRIPT SCHIEFFER: Today on “Face the Nation,” former Vice President Dick Cheney, and he’s talking. His old boss George Bush has left town and is keeping quiet, but Dick Cheney … Continue reading

May 11, 2009

Not funny: Barack Obama laughs at Wanda Sykes “joke” about wanting Rush Limbaugh dead

Posted By: Toby Harnden at May 10, 2009 at 17:51:55 [General] What was Wanda Sykes thinking? Perhaps more to the point, what was President Barack Obama thinking when he laughed … Continue reading

May 11, 2009

Barack Obama: ‘John Boehner … is a person of color’

By POLITICO STAFF | 5/10/09 7:05 PM EDT President Barack Obama’s top quips from his after-dinner speech at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner: “Good evening. You know, I had … Continue reading

May 11, 2009

Robert Gibb’s incompentence!! Does the President Ever INFORM Him of Anything?

Robert Gibbs total incompentence while being asked about the flyover of New York City.  Does the President actually inform him of anything or is he too afraid that Mr. Gibbs … Continue reading

May 9, 2009

WHO: Up to 2 billion people might get swine flu

May 7 12:23 PM US/Eastern By ELIANE ENGELER and ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS GENEVA (AP) – The World Health Organization said Thursday that up to 2 billion people could be infected … Continue reading

May 9, 2009

United States has 1,639 cases of new flu, CDC says – May 8, 2009

CHICAGO, May 8 (Reuters) – The United States has 1,639 cases of the new H1N1 flu in 43 states, with two deaths, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Continue reading

May 9, 2009

Senator Jon Kyl Warns Obama Administration Not to Fire Bank CEOs

By James Rowley May 8 (Bloomberg) — A leading Senate Republican warned the Obama administration against removing chief executive officers at banks that received U.S. assistance, saying “the great fear” … Continue reading

May 9, 2009

Report: Hackers broke into FAA air traffic control systems

by Elinor Mills Hackers have broken into the air traffic control mission-support systems of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration several times in recent years, according to an Inspector General report … Continue reading

May 9, 2009

White House Internal Review of New York City Air Force One Flyover – PDF File

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/politics/20090508_AF1_Report.pdf

May 9, 2009

UPDATE 1-White House aide resigns over N.Y. flyover

UPDATE 1-White House aide resigns over N.Y. flyover Fri May 8, 2009 5:04pm EDT * Obama accepts aide’s resignation * Flight cost as much as $357,000 * Aide “did not … Continue reading

May 9, 2009

Are Gay Activists Intolerant – Yet Demand Tolerance of Others?

I’ve been watching the news coverage of this Miss USA 1st runner up who has been vilified by the gay movement.  Why are the people who demand tolerance from all of … Continue reading

May 8, 2009

CIA Says Pelosi Was Briefed on Use of ‘Enhanced Interrogations’

Intelligence officials released documents this evening saying that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of harsh interrogation tactics against al-Qaeda prisoners, seemingly contradicting her repeated statements over the past 18 months that she was never told that these techniques were actually being used.

In a 10-page memo outlining an almost seven-year history of classified briefings, intelligence officials said that Pelosi and then-Rep. Porter Goss (R-Fla.) were the first two members of Congress ever briefed on the interrogation tactics. Then the ranking member and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, respectively, Pelosi and Goss were briefed Sept. 4, 2002, one week before the first anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks

May 8, 2009

Tea Party Sign Ideas and Presidential Quotes

Here are a list of Quotes from former Presidents Samuel Adams Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly … Continue reading

May 7, 2009

Hello America! Tea Parties are NOT about Anti-Obama!

Here I am Daisy Maxwell.  This is my alias.  I have a lot to say about the way things are going in America right now.  I am mad and I … Continue reading

April 13, 2009