capitalizing on his trip to latin america this week john mccain released a spanishlanguage radio ad on thursday touting his support for a proposed free trade agreement between colombia and the united states. colombia trade subscription which is running on spanishlanguage stations in florida features tony villamil the states former director of tourism commerce and economic affairs praising the ari...
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did that headline grab your attention its exactly the kind of slimy trick fox news played when anchor e.d. hill began her show americas pulse with the teaser a fist bump a pound a terrorist fist jab the gesture everyone seems to interpret differently. well by foxs own insane equation fist bump slanderous spin terrorist threat sen. joe lieberman is a terrorist. after all lieberman can be seen...
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those nationals went a respectable 33 over the last week. they took a three game set against the orioles a series highlighted by a thrilling 12th inning walk off homerun. since the team has come to washington the nationals are 108 against baltimore. also the fact that teddy earned his first race win against the oriole bird cannot be ignored. this year has been the first year during which it ...
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back in march i wrote a story laying out the rationale for drawing out a fisa fight that everyone expected us eventually to lose. we dont have the votes the basic premise every time congressional dems actually slow down and take stock of the situation from senator chris dodds brave and lonely and seemingly futile stand to the cautious maneuvering of house dems today new revelations arise that ...
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your one stop pundit shop. karl rove says barack obama may be overreaching by spending money in north carolina georgia south carolina indiana nebraska montana alaska and north dakota which means that karl rove is worried about losing north carolina georgia south carolina indiana nebraska montana alaska and north dakota. doug feith once described as the stupidest guy on the face of the earth giv...
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...sed and for nearly an hour while several hospital staff members looked at her and one staff member even prodded her with her foot received no aid. at some point during that time she died. httpwww.washingtonpost.comwpdyn...070202799.html......
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any time a presidential candidate follows the phrase loving your country with the word must a shiver runs through me and not in the chris matthews way. heres barack obama yesterday as part of his weeklong patriogasm in the runup to independence dayloving your country shouldnt just mean watching fireworks on the fourth of july. loving your country must mean accepting your responsibility to do your ...
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... varying degrees of success because it does not always serve my interest or the publics. not true and not under control according to many of those on the wrong side of mccains famous temper. httpwww.washingtonpost.comwpdyn...041902224.html......
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did you get an email from metro yesterday if you did youre now an important part of a new program thats attempting to find ways to improve the service of the s bus lines which run between silver spring and downtown d.c. the first step in the the metrobus 16th street line study was surveys which were distributed to riders of any s line bus on june 18. the email contains details about a communi...
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any time a presidential candidate follows the phrase loving your country with the word must a shiver runs through me and not in the chris matthews way. heres barack obama yesterday as part of his weeklong patriogasm in the runup to independence dayloving your country shouldnt just mean watching fireworks on the fourth of july. loving your country must mean accepting your responsibility to do your ...
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in last sundays washington post jonathan karp makes some interesting statements about the future of publishing in his article turning the page on the disposable book he starts with an accurate assessment of the immediacy of publishing and its ramifications like most publishers i want multitudes of readers to buy our books. moreover authors prefer publishers who believe in the broad appeal o...
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dont blame the law clerks doj admits it also missed the militarys childrape capital punishment law and regrets not briefing it to the supreme court. new york times bush administration encouraged regional iraq oil deal with texas oil company says congressional committee. new york times u.s. releases first dollar coin with braille since lawsuit finding currency unconstitutional. cnn seattle an...
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the fourth amendment may prohibit unreasonable searches and seizures and require probable cause but not at the border according to the 9th circuit us court of appeals which has ruled that customs and border protection agents could conduct random warrantless searches and seizures of laptops without probable cause. the los angeles times tells the story of bill hogan a freelance journalist who re...
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under scrutiny from fellow republicans that his campaign was poorly managed john mccain put steve schmidt a veteran of president bushs 2004 campaign and a confidant of karl rove in charge of daytoday operations and demoted campaign manager rick davis. schmidt is the latest of several rove associates to join the mccain camp. continuing his weeklong series of speeches on faith family and patr...
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by john mccaina as i told the national sheriffs association tuesday protecting innocent citizens from the scourge of crime is one of the chief responsibilities of our government. but theres only so much we can do alone. thats why im proposing a radical new approach to crime fighting. im installing a bat signal on top of the white house. it would be the worlds largest bat signal and it woul...
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some privileged scion of a mississippi political family representative chip pickering r announced in august 2007 that he was not going to run for reelection. he wanted to spend more time with his family he said. hes all set to take a cush lobbying job when he leaves congress at the end of the year. last week he filed for divorce from his wife with whom he has five children. i guess spending m...
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the fairfax county government suffering from identity crisis is now investing your taxpayer money into buying houses fixing them up and selling them below market value to people who otherwise couldnt afford to buy it. gerry connolly says that its a needed step because the market is what .........
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american idol davids together again the dynamic duo from the seventh season of american idol arrives in san jose next week. the two talented davids along with the shows other top contestants will perform tuesday at hp pavilion on the american idols live tour. before it kicked off idol winner david cook and runnerup david archuleta participated in a telephone news conference and here are excerpts...
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from the why its a bad idea to have software do what humans should be doing file washington post columnist al kamen reports on a funny technoblooper that recently affected an automated news website run by the american family association there were certain words that would pop up from time to time in the associated press stories that moved onto the site that were a bit salacious or unacceptable to...
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fascinating to see ron pauls campaign soliciting willie nelsons help for events surrounding the republican convention paul is planning a oneday shadow convention that could be the wildest party of the entire week. especially if a certain famous longhaired bandannawearing potsmoking libertarianleaning country star accepts pauls invitation to perform. yes willie .........
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around the internet right now you can read many testimonials from people who have successfully returned their used avent bottles breast pumps and other baby feeding equipment to toysrus for store credit. they claim that no receipt is necessary and no questions are asked. in my experience this is not entirely true.bpa is the reason that people are rushing to dispose of their avent products. bpa bis...
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the fight over mortgage bailout bill still being debated by congress has helped expose what is one of the best kept secrets in washington. despite the fact that the median home is worth 218000 speaker nancy pelosi is threatening to kill the bill unless the cap on the size of mortgages the federal government can guarantee is raised to 730000. so why is pelosi threatening to stall legislation that s...
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more than 900 cases alleging that government contractors and drugmakers have defrauded taxpayers out of billions of dollars are languishing in a backlog that has built up over the past decade because the justice department cannot keep pace with the surge in charges brought by whistleblowers the washington post reports. the issue is drawing renewed interest among lawmakers and nonprofit groups bec...
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more than 900 cases alleging that government contractors and drugmakers have defrauded taxpayers out of billions of dollars are languishing in a backlog that has built up over the past decade because the justice department cannot keep pace with the surge in charges brought by whistleblowers the washington post reports. the issue is drawing renewed interest among lawmakers and nonprofit groups bec...
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as the political news shows bury themselves in the micro stories such as......
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