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Paul McCartney receives Gershwin Prize then plays White House gig
Post Date: 2010-06-03 10:22:53 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Paul McCartney receives Gershwin Prize then plays White House gig div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } Thirty-five years after his first visit to the US as a Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney performed for a small invited audience including President and Mrs Obama in the East Room of the White House last night. The concert, one of a series hosted by the First Lady, also featured Elvis Costello and Stevie Wonder, and the comedian Jerry Seinfeld. It followed a presentation of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Sir Paul at the Library of Congress.
S.C. Gubernatorial Candidate Denies Claim of Second Affair
Post Date: 2010-06-03 10:21:08 by Badeye
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S.C. Gubernatorial Candidate Denies Claim of Second Affair Published June 03, 2010 COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A South Carolina lobbyist resigned from a rival political campaign on Wednesday and then became the second man to claim he had a tryst with a Republican lawmaker trying to become the state's first female governor. Lobbyist Larry Marchant admitted he had no proof to back up his allegation of a one-night stand with state Rep. Nikki Haley in 2008 and her campaign vehemently denied the allegation. The claim became the latest political drama for a state that was roiled when Gov. Mark Sanford made a tearful confession last summer to sneaking out of the country to rendezvous with an ...
Election 2010: Kentucky Senate
Post Date: 2010-06-03 10:21:07 by go65
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Just after his big Republican Primary win last month, Rand Paul led his Democratic opponent Jack Conway by 25 points in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race. Now Paul’s lead is down to just eight points. Now, however, Paul holds a much smaller advantage. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey finds the GOP nominee with support from 49% of the state’s voters while Conway earns 41% of the vote. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided. Almost all candidates receive a bounce following a big victory and Paul clearly lost his post-primary bounce. But he added to the decline by quickly stumbling out of the gate in an interview on ...
Obama: Impeachment or Resignation
Post Date: 2010-06-03 08:48:27 by no gnu taxes
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Barack Obama will either resign the Presidency or be removed from office through impeachment, possibly before the end of the year, but definitely before the end of his term." I wrote the above on April 29. Now with the story coming out about former Colorado Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff, this scandal may start to snowball. What we are seeing now may be just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. I remember Watergate. The Sestak/Romanoff affair has the same feel as it is starting to roll out. President Nixon truly believed that because he was President he was above the law. Mr. Obama displays the same arrogant attitude: "There are some areas where my authority is ...
Rahm Emanuel invites Israeli P.M. Netanyahu to White House to discuss security, peace. Transcript
Post Date: 2010-06-03 04:05:02 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Rahm Emanuel invites Israeli P.M. Netanyahu to White House to discuss security, peace. Transcript WASHINGTON---Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited Wednesday to the White House by Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in Jerusalem. Netanyahu arrives in June. Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas will also soon be meeting with Obama. "The President looks forward to a visit from President Abbas in the near future. We're just working out timing," Tommy Vietor, a White House spokesman said Wednesday. In speaking to Netanyahu, Emanuel said, "Mr. Prime Minster, on behalf of the President, you will be in Canada, and he has asked me to extend an invitation to ...
PATTERN!!! Obama Offered Federal Job To Colorado Speaker
Post Date: 2010-06-02 22:44:14 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration dangled the possibility of a government job for former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff last year in hopes he would forgo a challenge to Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, officials said Wednesday, just days after the White House admitted orchestrating a job offer in the Pennsylvania Senate race. These officials declined to specify the job that was floated or the name of the administration official who approached Romanoff, and said no formal offer was ever made. They spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not cleared to discuss private conversations. "Mr. Romanoff was recommended to the White House from Democrats in Colorado ...
U.S. Says No, but Nuclear Option for Spill Gains Support
Post Date: 2010-06-02 21:42:22 by Brian S
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The chatter began weeks ago as armchair engineers brainstormed for ways to stop the torrent of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico: What about nuking the well? Decades ago, the Soviet Union reportedly used nuclear blasts to successfully seal off runaway gas wells, inserting a bomb deep underground and letting its fiery heat melt the surrounding rock to shut off the flow. Why not try it here? The idea has gained fans with each failed attempt to stem the leak and each new setback — on Wednesday, the latest rescue effort stalled when a wire saw being used to slice through the riser pipe got stuck. “Probably the only thing we can do is create a weapon system and send it down 18,000 ...
Some Oil Spill Events From Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Post Date: 2010-06-02 21:32:50 by Brian S
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A summary of events on Wednesday, June 2, Day 43 of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that began with the April 20 explosion and fire on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, owned by Transocean Ltd. and leased by BP PLC, which is in charge of cleanup and containment. The blast killed 11 workers. Since then, oil has been pouring into the Gulf from a blown-out undersea well. OVERVIEW As the crude crept closer to Florida, the risky effort to contain the nation's worst oil spill hit a snag Wednesday. PIPE CUTTING A diamond-edged saw got stuck in a thick pipe on a blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said the goal was to free the saw and finish the cut later in ...
Military chiefs split with Mullen on gays - DEAL RUSHES REPEAL ON BAN
Post Date: 2010-06-02 20:03:05 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Military chiefs split with Mullen on gays The debate over gays in the military has driven an extraordinary public wedge between the nation's highest-ranking military officer and the four service chiefs who collectively make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Adm. Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs chairman, in February first broke with the chiefs of the Navy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps by endorsing President Obama's campaign pledge to end the military's ban on open homosexuals. The gap widened last week. Adm. Mullen approved a White House deal for Congress to go ahead with a vote on repeal of the law barring openly gay members from the military, rather than waiting for completion in ...
[Mark] Kirk continues to face allegations of dishonesty
Post Date: 2010-06-02 18:00:55 by go65
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When Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal admitted last month to making misstatements about his military service, it took at least a week for the Democratic Senate candidate to move past the story. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Illinois, who admitted over the weekend to falsely claiming he won the Navy Intelligence Officer of the Year Award, is now facing the same scrutiny. Kirk is the GOP nominee for the Senate seat held by President Barack Obama. Kirk's acknowledgment about claiming he won the award for his service during the Kosovo conflict 10 years ago came after his Democratic opponent, Alexi Giannoulias, raised questions about it with The Washington Post. Kirk highlighted the ...
The Kenyan White House Resident is an Effin Joke
Post Date: 2010-06-02 17:54:40 by no gnu taxes
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Ever since polls have been taken there have been presidents who encountered disapproval during their terms in office. Usually history exonerates them to some degree. This is not likely to happen with Barack Obama. As this is written, a Politico.com polls puts Obama’s job disapproval rating at 46.4% and Congress has a disapproval rate of 72%, a figure matched by Rasmussen Reports. Obama’s disapproval rate according to Rasmussen was 44%. Polls, we are always told, are “snapshots” of public opinion at a given time, but the polls consistently tell us that the vast majority of Americans disapprove of the President and Congress, and believe the nation is headed in the wrong ...
BP Disaster Is Cheney’s Katrina; Bush Administration Actions Created Unsafe Circumstances
Post Date: 2010-06-02 16:59:19 by Brian S
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BP’s oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is without a doubt former Vice President Dick Cheney’s Katrina. President George W. Bush and Cheney consistently catered to Big Oil and other special interests to undercut renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives that would set the United States on a more secure clean energy path. Oil companies raked in record profits while benefitting from policies they wrote for themselves. These energy policies did nothing for our national security and left consumers to pay the price at the pump and on their energy bills, which rose more than $1,100 during the Bush administration. The following timeline outlines the administration’s ...
GOP's Lindsey Graham Out of Favor with Republicans Back Home
Post Date: 2010-06-02 16:46:23 by Badeye
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GOP's Lindsey Graham Out of Favor with Republicans Back Home South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has often occupied the Washington spotlight because of a reputation of being a Republican willing to cross the aisle in hyper-partisan times, and staking out a place on key issues like closing the detainee prison at Guantanamo, climate change and immigration. But what may earn Graham the attention he gets in Washington is not doing much for him back home. Last October, the Republican county committee in Charlestown voted to censure Graham for some of his policy positions and two other county committees had come close to doing so. Plus, Graham's vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice ...
Feds approve new Gulf oil well off La
Post Date: 2010-06-02 14:57:00 by Badeye
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APNewsBreak: Feds approve new Gulf oil well off La Jun 2 02:24 PM US/Eastern By MIKE BAKER Associated Press Writers This image made from video released by BP PLC shows the gushing oil well... Federal regulators approved Wednesday the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban on drilling in shallow water, even while deepwater projects remain frozen after the massive BP spill. The Minerals Management Service granted a new drilling permit sought by Bandon Oil and Gas for a site about 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana and 115 feet below the ocean's surface. It's south of Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve, far to the west ...
Palin Endorses Tea Partier Miller Over Murkowski
Post Date: 2010-06-02 14:25:36 by Badeye
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Palin Endorses Tea Partier Miller Over Murkowski [Daniel Foster] In a Facebook statement in which she lauds contested primaries as "good for America's political process" Sarah Palin has endorsed GOP challenger Joe Miller in his effort to unseat Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R.): Unfortunately, Lisa Murkowski and much of the political establishment have recently evolved into being a bigger part of the big government problem in Washington, and they’ve strayed from the principles upon which they had espoused. They ushered in the largest increase in federal domestic spending since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society; it’s an increase in government that political machines may ...
Effort to contain Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw
Post Date: 2010-06-02 14:24:27 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Effort to contain Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw By GREG BLUESTEIN and BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writers Greg Bluestein And Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writers 19 mins ago PORT FOURCHON, La. – As the crude crept closer to Florida, the risky effort to contain the nation's worst oil spill hit a snag Wednesday when a diamond-edged saw became stuck in a thick pipe on a blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf.Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said the goal was to free the saw and finish the cut later in the day. This is the latest attempt to contain — not plug — the gusher. The best chance at stopping the leak is a relief well, which is at ...
Do They Have Internet In Federal Prisons
Post Date: 2010-06-02 13:29:01 by Biff Tannen
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#31. To: WhiteSands, Goldi-Lox, 22rifle, JoeSnuffy, Sweetjustusnow, yukon, JLO (#0) Anyone know if packrat1145 is OK? I'm ok, thanks. Just out of state for awhile and without Internet access except for public computers. Thanks for all the concern and kind words. packrat1145 posted on 2010-06-02 13:02:58 ET libertypost.org/cgi-bin/r...ArtNum=289834&Disp=31#C31
Poster Comment:I wonder if the fed's searched his hard drive or something.
Beating victim's father outraged by suspects' release - Black On White
Post Date: 2010-06-02 13:09:29 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Beating victim's father outraged by suspects' release Photo shows Shane McClellan after the brutal assault. SEATTLE -- The father of the teen who was brutally beaten in West Seattle last week is outraged by the investigators' release two men suspected in the case. Detectives said they collected DNA samples from two men they found roaming the streets in the minutes after the beating of 16-year-old Shane McClellan. They swabbed blood that had dried on the men's hands to compare with DNA samples found at the crime scene, detectives said. With DNA test results pending, police released the two unidentified men due to a lack of a full physical description. But the ...
Hamas stops flotilla aid delivered by israel
Post Date: 2010-06-02 12:46:00 by no gnu taxes
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Israel has attempted to deliver humanitarian aid from an international flotilla to Gaza, but Hamas -- which controls the territory -- has refused to accept the cargo, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday. Palestinian sources said trucks that arrived from Israel at the Rafah terminal at the Israel-Gaza border were barred from delivering the aid over protests that members of the flotilla were not delivering the materials. Israel had 20 trucks of aid found on the ships, such as expired medications, clothing, blankets, some medical equipment and toys. Nine people died on Monday when Israel intercepted an aid vessel bound for Gaza. Under Israeli policy, humanitarian aid must come through ...
BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas in Worst-Case Scenario
Post Date: 2010-06-02 12:33:19 by Brian S
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June 2 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc’s failure since April to plug a Gulf of Mexico oil leak has prompted forecasts the crude may continue gushing into December in what President Barack Obama has called the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. BP’s attempts so far to cap the well and plug the leak on the seabed a mile below the surface haven’t worked, while the start of the Atlantic hurricane season this week indicates storms in the Gulf may disrupt other efforts. “The worst-case scenario is Christmas time,” Dan Pickering, the head of research at energy investor Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. in Houston, said. “This process is teaching us to be ...
FNC Notes Gaza-Bound Flotilla’s Links to Terrorists, Mob Chanted ‘Death to Jews’
Post Date: 2010-06-02 12:06:16 by Badeye
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FNC Notes Gaza-Bound Flotilla’s Links to Terrorists, Mob Chanted ‘Death to Jews’ By Brad Wilmouth (Bio | Archive) Wed, 06/02/2010 - 09:02 ET On Tuesday’s Special Report with Bret Baier, FNC correspondent Dana Lewis filed a report in which he noted some of those on board the Gaza-bound ships that were boarded by Israel were from a Yemeni group that has "murky links to al-Qaeda," and others from an extreme group in Turkey believed by Israelis to have terrorist links: "But among the hundreds, these three parliamentarians from Yemen's Islah Party, a group known to have murky links to al-Qaeda, and others from Turkey's IHH organization. The Israeli ...
CBS Decides Al and Tipper's Separation is the Fault of....George W. Bush
Post Date: 2010-06-02 11:09:12 by Badeye
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CBS Decides Al and Tipper's Separation is the Fault of....George W. Bush By Brent Baker (Bio | Archive) Tue, 06/01/2010 - 20:17 ET Is there anything a journalist cannot or will not twist to bring the topic back to how life would be so much better if only not for that awful George W. Bush? On Tuesday's CBS Evening News, with the help of the Washington Post's Sally Quinn, Sharyl Attkisson managed to blame news, that Al and Tipper Gore are separating, on how they never got over being denied the presidency despite winning the popular vote in 2000. If only Bush hadn't taken it from them. Attkisson recalled “it's been ten years since that oddly public passionate kiss ...
BP Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas in Worst Case Scenario
Post Date: 2010-06-02 10:45:58 by Badeye
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BP Oil Leak May Last Until Christmas in Worst Case Scenario By Jessica Resnick-Ault and David Wethe June 2 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc’s failure since April to plug a Gulf of Mexico oil leak has prompted forecasts the crude may continue gushing into December in what President Barack Obama has called the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. BP’s attempts so far to cap the well and plug the leak on the seabed a mile below the surface haven’t worked, while the start of the Atlantic hurricane season this week indicates storms in the Gulf may disrupt other efforts. “The worst-case scenario is Christmas time,” Dan Pickering, the head of research at energy ...
Effort to contain Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw
Post Date: 2010-06-02 10:42:38 by Badeye
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Effort to contain Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw By GREG BLUESTEIN and BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writers Greg Bluestein And Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writers – 1 min ago PORT FOURCHON, La. – The risky effort to contain the nation's worst oil spill hit a snag Wednesday when a diamond-edged saw became stuck in a thick pipe on a blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said the goal was to free the saw and finish the cut later in the day. This is the latest attempt to contain — not plug — the gusher. The best chance at stopping the leak is a relief well, which is at least two months from completion. "I don't ...
Anti-Washington Anger Triggers Highest Number of Congressional Challengers in 35 Years
Post Date: 2010-06-02 10:38:27 by Badeye
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Anti-Washington Anger Triggers Highest Number of Congressional Challengers in 35 Years Published June 02, 2010 | Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A potentially record-breaking number of congressional challengers are running this election year. Discontent with incumbents and anti-Washington anger are boosting the numbers. More than 2,300 people are running for the House and Senate in the midterms, the highest number in at least 35 years. That's according to data provided to The Associated Press from the Federal Election Commission, which began tracking candidates in 1975. Frustration, particularly on the right, with President Obama and his Democratic agenda appears to have contributed ...
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