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A Step for Press Freedom in Russia?
The Nation Katrina Vanden Heuvel – Wed Apr 15, 11:12 pm ET The Nation -- As someone who has been close to Russia's leading opposition newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" for many years, it's a very important development that Russian President Dmitrii Medvedev gave his first print interview to that paper and its brave editor-in-chief Dmitrii Muratov. The interview, which took place a few days ago in the Kremlin and was published Wednesday, gives the paper much needed protection at a time when the economic and human rights situation in Russia is worsening. (Until now, the paper's main protection derived from the fact that former Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev is a part-owner.) Not only is Medvevev's interview an important step for "Novaya,"but it may also tell us something significant about Russia's still-new President Medvedev.Obama the Nixonian: A Cheeky Interpretation
GOP senator says Obama showing Nixonian tendencies- By BEN EVANS, Associated Press Writer Ben Evans, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 2 mins ago
Out-Fox the Democrats
The following is a copy of an email I received this week from the Obama camp. Apparently Fox is one of the few media outlets which is dispensing REAL information and it is making Obama and his minions nervous. Seems they have forgotten our country has "FREE SPEECH" which includes the ability to have opinions which may not agree with those of our lofty leader.
The democrats are SO scared that they actually are spending a great deal of money to attempt to thwart FOX NEWS and their ability to perhaps share some inconvenient information that Obama is really uncomfortable about ANY of us reading. Interesting isn't it! A president of the United States is advocating limiting our free speech and fair information! That smells like a rat. NOTE: I did not change this email except removing their links. I refuse to help them in this goal.
Dear MoveOn member,
All year, FOX has worked 24/7 to block President Obama's agenda—repeating lies about "death panels," promoting Tea Party protests, and whipping up fake political scandals.1
Now, President Obama is fighting back.
China Holds Firm on Major Issues in Obama’s Visit
President Obama toured the historic Forbidden City in Beijing on Tuesday during a break from meetings with Chinese leaders.
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BEIJING — In six hours of meetings, at two dinners and during a stilted 30-minute news conference in which President Hu Jintao did not allow questions, President Obama was confronted, on his first visit, with a fast-rising China more willing to say no to the United States.
On topics like Iran (Mr.
So Now Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Is A 9/11 "Suspect"
So Now Khalid Sheikh Mohammad Is A 9/11 "Suspect" The NY Times has joined the dance being performed by Team Obama, which has decided to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a Manhattan Federal Court - the accused is now a "suspect": Key 9/11 Suspect to Be Tried in New York By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in federal court in New York City, a federal law enforcement official said early Friday. By way of contrast, the WaPo is going with "Accused 9/11 mastermind".Closed Shop (or how Obama plans to get folks back to work)
Closed Shop By Kevin Mooney on 11.12.09 @ 6:07AM Non-union construction workers could be locked out of new federal projects thanks to an executive order President Obama signed back in February on the sly as part of a payback to organized labor. The election of Republican governors in Virginia, and especially New Jersey, who are both opposed to union-only favoritism in contracting, could complicate the administration’s efforts, at least on the state level. The loss of New Jersey must be viewed as a particularly acute setback, given how active labor bosses and White House operatives were in their failed effort to secure re-election for a long-time ally.Abandoned Under Obama
Abandoned Under Obama By Heather Robinson on 11.10.09 @ 6:09AM Earlier this month, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a self-described "Muslim Zionist," traveled to the U.S. to address audiences in New York City and at Yale University. Publisher of the largest English-language weekly newspaper in Bangladesh, Choudhury has been jailed, beaten, nearly blinded, and is now on trial for his life for his reporting, and for his pro-American, pro-Israeli views.‘Good evening, live from the Berlin Wall’
I thought this would be an interesting tie in from Tulipe's earlier post. On the night of Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall — the stark, menacing symbol of the Cold War — came crashing down, suddenly and dramatically.Health Care passes in the House
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/08/health-care-passes-the-sc_n_349783.html
The House floor erupted in one of the loudest cheers the chamber has heard in years when Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), an hour before midnight, cast the 218th and deciding vote on landmark health care reform.
There were still six minutes and fifty-two seconds on the clock and the chair made a move to gavel the vote closed.
Officers missed kidnap victim on 60 visits to Garrido's home
SACRAMENTO — A blistering new report concludes that state corrections officials failed repeatedly to properly supervise accused rapist and kidnapper Phillip Garrido for 10 years, missing numerous opportunities to discover that he had allegedly kept Jaycee Lee Dugard captive in his Antioch-area backyard during the entire time California authorities were supposed to be keeping watch over him. Among the mistakes by state parole agents who supervised Garrido from 1999 until his latest arrest in August was a failure to investigate why there was a 12-year-old girl inside the home of a registered sex offender, why "clearly visible utility lines" were running from Garrido's home to a concealed compound where he allegedly kept Dugard and why agents took no action when they received information "clearly showing Garrido had violated his parole terms. A four-page executive summary of the audit by California Inspector General David R.
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