Bob McCarty Writes

Only $107 billion of the soon-to-be-approved $827 billion so-called “economic stimulus package” will be spent this year, according to a recent Washington Post report, leaving taxpayers time to take action toward rescinding the remaining 88 percent of the money.
One way for taxpayers to fight back against this near-trillion-dollar example of “generational theft” can be found [...]

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In an article published today, the folks at the Pew Research Center report today that the scandal surrounding Illinois Democrat Gov. Rod Blagojevich (a.k.a., “Blago-gate”) filled more than a quarter of the news hole from Dec. 8-14, as measured by the News Coverage Index from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Mark Jurkowitz, [...]

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“The chief task of our time is to build a global society where people of all persuasions can live together in peace and harmony,” said religious scholar Karen Armstrong, quoted in an AFP report published Friday.

Based on Armstrong’s comment above, I’m inclined to wonder whether the project in which she is involved is really focused [...]

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“FIRE IN ‘THE CHUNNEL!’”

That’s what’s being reported in the British and French press about the undersea Channel Tunnel that connects England and France:
All freight and passenger services were suspended after a “serious incident” on French side of the tunnel. — The (UK) Telegraph
Some 32 truck drivers have been evacuated from a freight [...]

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Yesterday, we reported on an incident in the Suez Canal that involved a U.S.-flagged ship and a shooting. AFP reported that the ship involved was a U.S. military ship, while the International Herald Tribune reported that a cargo ship was involved. Today, we learned that the ship involved — the Global Patriot [...]

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