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Gingrich admits to a double flip-flop on Libya intervention
Newt Gingrich can’t make up his mind. The former House speaker explained Sunday that he was actually against using force in Libya before his March 23 flip-flop on the no-fly zone. In a March 7 interview with Fox News, Gingrich said, “Exercise a no-fly zone this evening.” After President Barack…
Chris Wallace attacks White House for not coming on his show to talk about Libya
Fox News’ Chris Wallace slammed the White House Sunday because they allegedly wouldn’t provide any officials to appear on his show to talk about the intervention in Libya. “Of course, we wanted to get the White House view on Libya,” he said. “However, they chose to offer Secretary of State…
Virginia offers naming rights for rest stops
ARLINGTON, Va (Reuters) – Driving through Virginia? You could soon be making a pit stop at the Geico Travel Plaza. The commonwealth is selling naming rights to its 42 rest stops and welcome centers to help defray the $20 million annual operating and maintenance costs. “By partnering with the private…
US Jesuits agree $166 million abuse payout
SEATTLE (AFP) – A US Jesuit order has agreed to pay $166 million to compensate some 500 mostly native American child victims of “horrific” sexual abuse at religious mission schools, lawyers said. The US Northwest chapter of the Rome-based Society of Jesus agreed to the payout — which lawyers said…
Has WI Gov. Walker killed his own bill?
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his allies have published Walker’s controversial bill limiting the rights of public unions to collectively bargain, in spite of a state judge’s restraining order against publication of the bill by Secretary of State Doug LaFollette. Supporters of the bill have appealed Judge Maryann Sumi’s stay…
Geraldine Ferraro: Don’t patronize me
Geraldine Ferraro, the first major-party female candidate for the vice presidency, passed away Saturday morning at age 75. Her legacy as a tough female politician, however, lives on. Below, watch a clip from the 1984 vice presidential debate between Ferraro and then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, where she bites back…
Maher: GOP birthers think Obama’s race is “un-American”
Bill Maher, upon learning that 51 percent of Republican voters now believe that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, thus making the GOP majority birthers, he asked his conservative panel, “At what point do you say, I can’t be a Republican anymore?” Maher attributed the birthers’…
Appeal to keep Twitter data out of WikiLeaks probe filed
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Internet rights attorneys appealed a US judge’s order that Twitter must hand over data of three users in contact with the controversial website WikiLeaks. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged the March 3 ruling on behalf of Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta…
Breaking: Geraldine A. Ferraro, first female VP candidate, dies at age 75
Geraldine A. Ferraro died Saturday morning of complications related to blood cancer, according to a statement released by her family. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1998, and lived with the cancer for 12 years. She was 75 years old when she passed. Ferraro was the first female vice…
Lawsuit pits Target against gay-rights group
The retailing giant Target came under fire last year for its donations to run ads supporting an anti-gay rights candidate in Minnesota. Target insists that it is not anti-gay and has contributed to gay and lesbian organizations, but as recently as this month, concerns about last year’s incident caused Lady…
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