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Olbermann calls on Oprah to ‘crush’ ‘racist’ Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh may have met his match if MSNBC Keith Olbermann has his way. Olbermann wants Oprah Winfrey to take to the air and “crush” Limbaugh. Limbaugh suggested Tuesday that Winfrey and other African-Americans owe their success to their skin color. “If Obama weren`t black, he`d be a tour guide…
Lieberman: Rules of engagement protecting civilians ‘hurt morale’
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) called on President Barack Obama and the top general in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, to “loosen” the rules of engagement put in place to lessen civilian casualties. Fox News reported: Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday urged Gen. David Petraeus to change the rules of engagement “as…
Defense Secretary Gates tightens rules for media relations
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tightened rules on media relations for the US military, only days after the top general in Afghanistan was sacked over disparaging comments he and aides made in an interview. In a three-page memo sent Friday to senior military and civilian Pentagon staff, Gates said he…
Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo subpeona the President: ‘we were following your orders’
Brass ones, I tell you. This is going to be interesting. The Politico has the PDF of the subpoena. Ben Smith: The gay soldiers arrested outside the White House protesting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will annouce today that they’re demanding that President Obama testify in their trial on minor civil…
The Two Greatest Sentences In Wingnut History
From Thomas Sowell (R-Kidneys): But the Constitution says that private property is not to be confiscated by the government without “due process of law.” Technically, it has not been confiscated by Barack Obama, but that is a distinction without a difference. Technically, you see, Mr. Smith did not murder the…
Kucinich calls for independent probe of Israeli raid
The full text of the letter from Rep. Dennis Kucinich to President Obama follows the AFP story below A US lawmaker called Friday for an independent probe into Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship and called for Washington to impose diplomatic and financial “consequences” on its ally. “The…
Oil still leaking after BP caps oil pipe
BP reported some oil was flowing up a pipe Friday from a cap it wrestled onto its broken Gulf of Mexico well but crude still spewed and it was unclear how much could be captured in the latest bid to tame the nation’s worst oil spill. President Barack Obama was…
BP wrestles cap over leak as Obama heads back to Gulf
BP engineers wrestled a cap over a ruptured well gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, as a “furious” President Barack Obama prepared to head back to the stricken coast Friday. Remote-controlled submarines installed the cap over the spewing pipe nearly a mile (1,600 meters) below the surface late Thursday,…
US declines to apportion blame after Israeli raid
WASHINGTON  The White House declined Tuesday to specifically condemn Israel for its raid on a humanitarian flotilla, but said it showed Middle East peace moves were now needed more than ever. Asked if President Barack Obama condemned Israel for the raid, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs stuck to the…
US eyes plan for unilateral military strike on Pakistan
US military planners are looking at options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan, for use if a successful attack on US soil is traced to Pakistani tribal areas, The Washington Post reported late Friday. US retaliation would be contemplated only under extreme circumstances, unnamed senior military officials told the Post.…
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