Fox in chicken coop at Pentagon
Anwar Al-Awlaki, the al-Qaeda cleric on the CIA’s kill or capture list, dined at the Pentagon shortly after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Fox News is reporting.
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100 congressional candidates who oppose the so-called ‘Ground Zero’ mosque
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The Coalition to Honor Ground Zero is releasing the names of 100 candidates for Congress who say they oppose building of an Islamic cultural center two blocks from the World Trade Center site. The coalition is urging opponents of the center to support the named candidates.
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Coffee reduces brain cancer risk
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Go ahead, enjoy that second cup of coffee, or tea, for that matter, without regret. New research shows you may be reducing your risk of brain cancer in the process.
We may not be through bailing out Freddie and Fannie
A federal report suggests that the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may just not be over but that the cost to taxpayers could double.
Juan Williams’ demise – and NPR’s double standard
By TIM RILEY
Contributor
Maybe they were just looking for an excuse. National Public Radio has given the boot to commentator Juan Williams for a comment he made at his other job on Fox News Channel.
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Survey suggests Israelis want peace talks more so than Palestinians
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ISRAEL TODAY
JERUSALEM – A joint survey of Israelis and Palestinians published today once again reveals that far more Israelis support continuation of the Middle East peace talks than do Palestinians. Read the rest of this entry »
Building a peace park in Afghanistan
By DAVID SMITH-FERRI
Special to The Gary Baumgarten Report
BAMIYAN, Afghanistan – This city of roughly 60,000, has only one paved street, a wide, two-kilometer road without lanes that is a site of constant activity from 5 a.m. to curfew, at 10 p.m., and is referred to as the “bazaar” because it is lined on both sides with shops. Read the rest of this entry »
Let Them Eat Cat Food
Let’s put this financial mess into a little perspective.
After all, when you go to the doctor and his diagnosis is a life-threatening one, you need to hear the truth. Right between the eyes. Then you can consider your options. But sugar coating things doesn’t help very much.
People who have lost their jobs and those who may be next aren’t going to find it very easy finding new ones.
Those who have looked down their noses at the “lazy poor people” who should just go out and get a job better hope that the job-cutting axe doesn’t fall on them. But if it does, it will change their perspective on life real quickly.
Yesterday, during News Talk Online on Paltalk.com, I mentioned that some people are supplementing their nutrition with cat food. I was accused of taking that line out of some socialist playbook. But the sad truth is, there are people in the United States, my fellow Americans, who actually are buying pet food for human consumption.
The New York Daily News today reports about a man from New York state who worked in a mine. He was laid off, but was recruited by a Montana mining company to re-locate there for a job. So, not wanting to be one of those “lazy poor people” he packed up and drove 2,000 miles and reported for work.
His first day on the job finished, he returned to his new home, only to get a message on his cellphone. He was being laid off again.
Take Sam Gallup’s experience. Put it in your mind. Now increase it by one million. Or two million. Or three million.
Imagine the drain on our economy if, say, General Motors folds. And one, two or three million people, GM employees, suppliers, the people who transport the vehicles, the folks who work at the car dealerships – you get the idea – find themselves out of work.
Not only will they be out of work, but like Gallup, they will find it difficult to get other jobs.
There is good reason the Dow keeps nose diving on word that Congress is reticent to approve a GM bailout package. It’s ture that unlike the Wall Street bailout there must be actual oversight. A way to ensure that improvements and efficiencies are made to make it more likely that, as with the Chrysler bailout decades ago, there will be a return on the taxpayer’s investment. But letting GM fail is lunacy. It’s the proverbial cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s self.
The CEOs of the Big Three are correct when they say if one falls so may the other two. The auto manufacturers share suppliers. If GM were to close shop, so too will some of their suppliers. Making it impossible for Ford and Chrysler to keep their lines running.
Imagine the ripple effect in the economy. Imagine the increasing numbers of people, whose jobs are not even remotely related to the auto industry, who will be getting pink slips.
Now, imagine looking in the mirror in the morning and seeing Sam Gallup’s face staring back at you. Just imagine.
Will Federal Funds For Pregnancy Counseling Shift?
Spillar
You’re a teenager or young adult who finds herself in the unfortunate position of being pregnant and unwed. You go to a pregnancy counseling center for help. Only to find that you’re in an anti-abortion clinic that encourages you to keep the baby.
Federal dollars fund these centers. But should they? And will funding, under a pro-choice Obama administration, continue?
Joining us on News Talk Online on Tuesday November 18 to discuss this issue will be Katherine Spillar and Nicolette Tomaszewski.
Spillar, executive editor of Ms Magazine has been overseeing coverage of anti-abortion groups that target women’s reproductive health clinics such as Planned Parenthood. She is also executive vice president of the Feminist Majority Foundation where she has coordinated field operations in three statewide campaigns for women’s rights.
Tomaszewski is a woman who was pressured by a a local crisis pregnancy center in Tennessee where she was warned of horrible side effects of abortion by a volunteer who, she says, was not a medical professional. She says she was also told that, if she were to have an abortion, she likely would suffer side effects because the physicians employed in abortion clinics were from the “bottom of the barrel.” She was not actually pregnant when she went in for counseling, but wanted to experience for herself the treatment she would receive after a pregnant friend, looking for an abortion, told her she was discouraged when she went to the clinic.
Spillar says many crisis pregnancy centers, like this one near Tomaszewski’s college campus, masquerade as women’s health clinics often luring young women by offering free pregnancy tests. In reality, an FMF study reported on by Ms concludes that the vast majority of CPCs are not medical facilities.
To talk to Spillar and Tomaszewski on at 5 PM Tuesday November 18 CLICK HERE. There is no charge.
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