Tag: Obama
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1/19 Newspurge: All Aboard, The Sinking Ship Is Leaving
Kristol says Paul hangs with 9/11 conspiracy theorists // Official concerns over uncontrolled nuclear reaction risks inside plutonium facility near Portland // Costa Concordia Captain Reportedly Seen Dining With Mystery Woman Before Deadly Crash // Fmr NFL lineman dead in wildlife refuge faced sex charges // Massive Show of Force In London Ahead of Olympics
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mlk day: quote to be changed on made-in-china memorial
obamessiah marks holiday with call to service from ap: A quote carved in stone on the new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington will be changed after the inscription was criticized for not accurately reflecting the civil rights leader’s words. The inscription currently reads: “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.”…
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1/12 Newspurge: Tomorrow Never Dies
NY judge drops Binladen Group as 9/11 defendant // U.S. Agents Aided Mexican Drug Trafficker to Infiltrate Ring // Obama to Send US Troops to South Sudan // Ron Paul’s Iowa Finish: “Biggest Fraud Since Kennedy Stole the West Virginia Primary” // GITMO: Obama’s Broken Promise Protested
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Monsanto Genetically Engineered Corn Approved For Sale in US
Monsanto has been given the go-ahead to sell its genetically engineered, drought-resistant corn after the Obama administration quietly approved the variety, with the announcement being made during December’s Christmas break.
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12/29 newspurge: danger! heartbreak dead ahead
9/11 updates: ‘extremely loud & incredibly close’ could cause flashbacks* ‘all-american muslim’ to deal with 9/11* deadline approaching for pending 9/11 lawsuits* tourists add 9/11 memorial to nyc itinerary* nyc mayor says work on 9/11 museum has stalled* biowars/envirohealth: 14,000 US deaths tied to fukushima fallout* report assails japan response to fukushima* radioactive pollution in…
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oil trades near six-week high on iran threat to crude transport
from businessweek: Oil traded near the highest level in six weeks after Iran threatened to block crude transportation through the Strait of Hormuz, increasing concern that global supplies will be curbed amid shrinking U.S. stockpiles. Futures were little changed after rising for a sixth day yesterday, the longest run of advances since November 2010. Iran’s…
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signs point to economic rise at end of 2011, but experts see false dawn
from nytimes: As the fourth quarter draws to a close, a spate of unexpectedly good economic data suggests that it will have some of the fastest and strongest economic growth since the recovery started in 2009, causing a surge in the stock market and cheering economists, investors and policy makers. In recent weeks, a broad…
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obamessiah says we leave iraq with ‘heads held high’
not counting those without heads… from cbsnews: President Obama marked the end of the United States’ almost nine-year war in Iraq on Monday, saying at an appearance with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the final U.S. troops leave Iraq this year “with their heads held high.” Mr. Obama is taking something of a victory…
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presidential selection updates: selling access, staying the same
in third white house bid, paul’s message the same from ap: Long before he discovered Friedrich Hayek and other free-market economists, Ron Paul got a lesson in sound money from his oldest brother, Bill. It was the height of World War II, and the Paul boys were laying aside quarters from their Pittsburgh Press routes…
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Iran Captures CIA Drone
Iran reports capture of CIA drone, this week, on Iran TV. It appears to be a CIA RQ-170 (UAV), taken into possession by Iran about 140 miles inside its eastern border. // Update: Obama appeals to Iran to give back downed drone
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12/8 newspurge: i’m in with the out crowd
biowars/envirohealth: fukushima 45 tonne radioactive leak ‘reaches ocean’* ‘fuel rod materials’ may have been released into ground* irradiated baby food spotlights ongoing woes for japan’s food* questions swirl around $6b new mexico nuclear lab* epa says fracking may cause groundwater pollution* fda decision on teens, ‘morning-after’ blocked* climate conference close to deal on ‘green fund’*…
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12/8 binge & purge: rhetoric, recalls & recipes
newt says obama the ‘finest food stamp’ president* is obama the ‘food stamp president’?* supervalu joins farmers behind US food stamps at $71.8b* world food prices fall for a fifth straight month, united nations says may be ‘bottoming out’* 46 million on food stamps, up two-thirds* woman denied food stamps kills self, shoots children* iowa…
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12/1 pop occulture: good spirits & the last taboo
an evil force lurks among us* preachers confront ‘last taboo’: condemning greed amid great recession* billy graham in ‘good spirits’ in hospital* video: israel’s anti-US ads not kosher* iran’s leaders believe ‘end of days’ here* 3 in s. african court for church attack plot* uk cops hunt relative of ‘demonic women’* therapist ‘brainwashed’ woman to…

