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The Associated Press Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | 4:23 p.m. Additionally, some House Democrats are hoping to avoid a straightforward vote on the Senate-passed health care bill. Instead, they want a procedural vote that would simply declare the measure to have passed at the moment the Senate cleared the fix-it bill. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., chairwoman of...
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(Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the September 11 attacks on the United States a “big fabrication” that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism, the official IRNA news agency reported. World Ahmadinejad, who often rails against the West and Israel, made the comment in a meeting with Intelligence Ministry personnel. It...
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Guardian UK Ewen MacAskill, Washington Barack Obama is still struggling to kick smoking, according to his first medical examination since becoming president. Obama is sensitive about his cigarette habit and tetchy with reporters who raise it. But after his 90-minute medical at the Navy hospital outside Washington yesterday morning, his doctors confirmed he had not yet managed...
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A “shocking” story coming out of Dubai. The Associated Press Monday, March 1, 2010 | 6:44 a.m. Dubai’s police chief says travelers, suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the United Arab Emirates even if they arrive with alternative passports. Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim says the move comes after the killing of a Hamas operative...
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While the verdict is not yet in, my initial opinion on the Health Care Summit is that President Obama doubled down on a bad hand.  To continue on my previous analogy, the Republicans recovered the kick-off.  They held onto the ball, the high ground, and the momentum. President Obama risked big, but looked small.  Those...
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President Barack Obama has recently revealed his solution for the health care crisis.  This was the opening shot of the political theater that will reach its zenith on Thursday morning when the President will “host” Congressional leaders of both parties for a health care summit.  Of course, this is the moment when the President...
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I know that I am probably stepping on Hipster Douchebag’s toes with this one, but I just can’t resist the world of sports!  Here is my top ten list of Winter Olympic movies.  In trying to compile this list I discovered that there simply aren’t that many movies based on the Winter Olympics, so...
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Earlier this week I argued with a friend that the retirement of Evan Bayh should not be considered a sign that Obama is losing.  IN fact, I stated, it could be his path to victory in the policy wars and in the mid-term election. Then this evening this came over the wire.  On a Friday,...
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Tiger Woods has made some “astonishing strides in the past few months”.  At least according to ESPN analyst Rick Reilly.  Reilly couldn’t believe how transformed Tiger had become.  He said that it seemed that,”Tiger may have written the comments himself,” and that Tiger was “the type of person who never said I’m sorry.” Wow. I agree...
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Associated Press: WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor University’s new president Kenneth Starr said Tuesday he is excited to promote the world’s largest Baptist university and pleased his time as an independent prosecutor investigating the Clinton White House is long past. Starr, whose investigation of land deals and the Monica Lewinsky scandal led to Clinton’s impeachment, was...
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