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Obama likely to announce re-election bid next week - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Sat Apr 2, 2011 7:13 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Grab your popcorn, the silly season is about to start.

politics, barack-obama, 2012-presidential-campaign

HHS official: Employers may gradually move to exchanges - The Hill's Healthwatch

Seeded on Sat Apr 2, 2011 7:07 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

"If it plays out the exchanges work pretty well, then the employer can say 'This is a great thing. I can now dump my people into the exchange and it would be good for them, good for me,' " Ario continued. So much for keeping your health care plan if you like it...

politics, care, reform

Hillary Clinton now most popular figure in Obama administration - CSMonitor.com

Seeded on Sat Apr 2, 2011 6:41 PM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

More power to her, but she won't be able to do anything with it in 2012.

politics, hillary-clinton, hillary-doctrine

This is Why Government Run Healthcare Will Ultimately Fail

Fri Jan 2, 2009 10:13 AM EST

The problem with Obama's plan for government run healthcare is the same as for socialized health care. Yes, there is a difference, but ultimately, his plan will end up costing more than it is expected too. I wrote about this extensively here. For a great ex …

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politics, health-care, health-insurance, health-care-costs, insurance-premiums, obamacare

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Weapons show attracts record crowds | Jacksonville.com

Seeded on Fri Jan 2, 2009 7:16 AM EST (The Jacksonville Times-Union)

"It's pretty clear everyone is thinking the same thing — we won't let you take our rights away."

florida, guns, us-news, second-amendment, gun-show

Founders intended individual gun ownership

Seeded on Fri Jan 2, 2009 6:43 AM EST (standard.net)

Suggesting the Second Amendment only applies to muzzle-loading firearms is silly. By that reasoning, freedom of the press stops with quill pens.

politics, guns, second-amendment, individual-right

Israel Rejects Immediate Cease-fire with Hamas

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:36 AM EST (VOA News)

Israel has rejected an immediate 48-hour cease-fire with Hamas, saying it will push ahead with its military assault on the Gaza Strip.

israel, hamas, gaza, world-news

Marine legend Lt. Gen. Victor Krulak dies at 95

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:34 AM EST (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Lt. Gen. Victor Krulak, who headed all Marine forces in the Pacific during part of the Vietnam War, has died. He was 95.

us-news, marine-corp, devil-dog, krulak, leatherneck

Chicago synagogue firebombed; police probe possible link to Gaza violence

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:33 AM EST (haaretz.com)

A bottle of flammable liquid was hurled at one of Chicago's oldest synagogues, catching fire but not causing major damage. No one was injured in the incident early Monday at Temple Sholom of Chicago.

israel, chicago, gaza, us-news, synagogue

Obama's silence on Gaza angers Arabs

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:33 AM EST (rediff News)

Arabs, mainly immigrants from Palestine, are expressing their frustration and anger over President-elect Barack Obama's [Images] silence over Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip and asserting that this shows that there would be little change in the pro-Tel Aviv policies of the US.

israel, politics, arab, gaza, barack-obama

Ore. woman, 88, gives naked intruder the 'squeeze'

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:32 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said an 88-year-old woman fended off a naked intruder by grabbing the man's crotch and squeezing.

us-news, testicles, squeeze, humorous

Mexican wanted in sexual-assault cases arrested, Deported 10 Times

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:31 AM EST (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

SAN DIEGO — A Mexican national with a history of immigration violations and arrests has been taken into custody as a suspect in a series of sexual assaults, authorities said Tuesday.

immigration, us-news, illegal-alien, sexual-assaults

Palestinians Breach Egypt Border as Israel Bombs Tunnels

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:30 AM EST (VOA News)

Israel's deadly air offensive in the Gaza Strip has sparked clashes between Palestinian gunmen and Egyptian security forces. Nearly 300 Palestinians, most of them armed militants, have been killed since Israel launched the offensive on Saturday.

egypt, israel, palestinians, gaza, world-news

Have we hit bottom yet? Questions and predictions for 2009

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:29 AM EST (NY Daily News)

Consider yourself warned. "Nobody can predict the future," a business executive said the other day. He was talking about the economy, but it's good all-purpose advice. Still, 'tis the season when we must try, so here's my nine for '09.

politics, predictions, 2009

Schools Led by Obama's Education Secretary Designee Failed No-Child-Left-Behind Standard for Five Years

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:29 AM EST (CNSNews.com)

(CNSNews.com) – The Chicago Public Schools, whose superintendent, Arne Duncan, has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next education secretary, failed to meet the Illinois state standards set under the No Child Left Behind Act for the last five years.

politics, obama, no-child-left-behind, government-schools, arne-duncan

Fidel Castro's Cuba: celebrating 50 years of progress, equality, poverty and murder :: Gerald Warner

Seeded on Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:28 AM EST (Telegraph)

Fidel Castro likes to boast of his country's 70,000 doctors, but admits "tens of thousands" of them have been sent abroad.

cuba, death, politics, murder, fidel-castro, communism

Now This Is How You Sell Bambi | www.holytaco.com

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:37 PM EST (holytaco.com)

I saw the first Bambi and it was pretty good, but man, this Bambi Sequel seems kind of bad ass.

entertainment, marketing, funny, bambi

The GOP must reject Big Government - Los Angeles Times

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:37 AM EST (The L.A. Times)

Is it time for conservatives to give up our fight against Big Government?

conservatives, politics, republicans, spending, libertarian, big-government

Obama "monitoring" Gaza events… avoiding foot in mouth? Or afraid to offend Hamas?

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:36 AM EST (Flopping Aces)

For a man who touts "judgment", PEBO is hiding out in the islands…"monitoring"… but keeping his mouth shut on the latest warfare in Gaza between Hamas and Israel.

israel, hamas, politics, obama, barack-obama

Michelle Malkin » Bon voyage, Jihad Cindy McKinney; Update: Israeli Navy turns back S.S. Moonbat

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:36 AM EST (Michelle Malkin)

Move over, Hanoi Jane Fonda. Jihad Cindy McKinney is sailing to Gaza to deliver medical supplies to Hamas. Is it a one-way ticket? We can only hope.

hamas, politics, cynthia-mckinney, anti-semite, moonbat

Gateway Pundit: Support Israel Rally Tuesday Night In New York City

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:35 AM EST (gatewaypundit.blogspot.com)

Support Israel in the current situation with Hamas in Gaza. Israel is acting to prevent Hamas and other militant Palestinians from firing rockets into southern Israel.

israel, new-york, hamas, us-news, support-israel

Yourish.com » Abu-Zayd lies about Israel, AP passes it along

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:33 AM EST (yourish.com)

Omri catches the head of the UNRWA in a blatant lie about a supposed lull that nobody seems to have known about but her. And the AP is passing along her lies without so much as fact-checking them.

israel, ap, hamas, journalism, gaza, world-news

Weasel Zippers: Gaza: Terror Lab Bombed by Israel Partially Funded by US Islamic Group.....

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:32 AM EST (weaselzippers.net)

The Jerusalem Post reportedon Monday that Israeli Defense Forces aircraft bombed suspected Hamas terror laboratories located at the Hamas-run Islamic University of Gaza (IUG).

israel, gaza, united-states, us-news, islamic-group