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Truth body faces legal challenge | The Philippine Star News Headlines
www.philstar.com via @VoxJuanMo &bull 10 Minutes AgoA Leftist rebels burn 5 banana exporter's trucks in CompostelaA Police recover $7-million worth of cocaineA Gaza militants, Israel escalate violence to thwart direct peace talksA Mainland, Hong Kong reach agreements in tourism administration after complaints of 'forced shopping'A (UPDATE) PAL cancels 11 flights due to inadequate pilotsA Largest photo mosaic of late President Corazon Aquino unfurledA UN says deadly floods affect 1 million PakistanisA No timetable for U.S. MANILA, Philippines - Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives will challenge the legality of the Truth Commission, House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman said yesterday. Lagman said the opposition bloc is… Full Story »
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Poll: August Least Popular Summer Month Among Chicagoans
Huffington Post &bull 1 Hour Ago
June in Chicago -- lovely. July's great too, and you can't beat September, as the heat subsides and the football begins and the leaves start to think about changing. But August? Chicagoans give it a resounding "Blech!" Full Story »
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When Double Dippers become economic party poopers
Associated Press &bull 3 Hours AgoTheir warnings could become self-fulfilling prophecies if they frighten enough people into holding tightly onto their wallets. With consumer spending accounting for two-thirds of economic activity, anything that further rattles consumers can undercut recovery hopes. Recent data has shown that, after growing moderately for most of the past year, the U.S. economy appears to be slowing. This was underscored by Friday's government report that U.S. economic growth slowed to 2.4… Full Story »
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More House Democrats join the Footsteps Caucus
Hot Air &bull 3 Hours Ago
The tally of House Democrats calling on Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) to resign his seat in Congress stood at eight as members adjourned for the August recess late Friday. That number includes Rep. Mike Arcuri (D-N.Y.), the first Democrat from Rangel's home state to call for his ouster. Michael Arcuri, NY-24 - Arcuri came into office in the 2006 Democratic sweep, and his district is rated an R+2.A Republicans have a primary coming up in September to pick a challenger, but Arcuri is already sweating. Ann Kirkpatrick, AZ-1 - Kirkpatrick only holds this seat because of… Full Story »
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One More Poll Shows Crist Leading in Florida
Political Wire &bull 4 Hours Ago
One More Poll Shows Crist Leading in Florida A new Florida Poll shows confirms other recent surveys and shows Gov. Charlie Crist (I) leading the three-way U.S. Senate race with 41%, followed by Marco Rubio (R) at 30% and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D)… Full Story »
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Where Do You Stress? | Bear Market Investments
www.bearmarketinvestments.com via @Carydc &bull 4 Hours AgoThe European stress tests continue to be discussed in the media. The irony is that the stress tests were intended to de-stress the markets. Instead, the response has been all over the place. European Union stress tests found banks need to raise 3.5 billion euros of capital, about a tenth of the lowest analyst estimate, leaving doubts about whether regulators were tough enough." Had the Tier 1 threshold been 7 percent [1% higher], 24 [18 more] of the banks would have failed, said Andrew Sheets, Morgan Stanley's head of European credit strategy in London." If we had at least one… Full Story »
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Obama Says 'Tough Decisions' on Automaker Aid Now Paying Off
Business Week &bull 5 Hours Ago
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said the "tough decisions" he made to give almost $60 billion in aid to the U.S. auto industry saved a million jobs and led to the strongest period of growth for automakers in a decade. In his… Full Story »
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Confessions of a 'Right Wing Extremist'
American Thinker &bull Today
My name is Dave Coughlin and I live in Hawthorne, New York. I am a "Right Wing Extremist" and proud of it. Yes, I am active in the White Plains Tea Party group. I then returned to New York to work for IBM (another extreme organization). Maybe pin-striped suits and wing tips are the new extremist uniform? I was laid off last year, but… Full Story »
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WELCOME BACK, CARTER: Poll: 62% Think America Is In Decline....
Instapundit &bull Today
Making even the dumbest sh** interesting! Oxblog "Glenn also has a rather dry sense of humour, which I'm guessing not enough people pick up on." InstaPundit Store!Unfair DoctrineDeceiver.comBooks For Kids BlogPostGlobalPajamas MediaGlennReynolds.comMy TCS columnsAir CongressArms and the LawBecker-Posner BlogBlackProfCliopatriaDP Review.comDr. Full Story »
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President Obama Beating Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney in 2012 Says Zogby Poll
www.wisepolitics.com via @gopnews &bull TodayPresident Obama Beating Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney in 2012 Says Zogby Poll - A recent poll that was performed by Zogby shows that despite his 46% approval rating, most Americans prefer Barack Obama over Republican candidates like Mitt Romney and… Full Story »
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Hyped disaster's political spillover
New York Post &bull Today
Just a few weeks ago, the Gulf oil spill was a turning point for America. It was precisely the providential prodding Americans needed to wean ourselves from the diabolic goo that runs our cars, heats our homes and makes the plastic that makes the G.I. Joe with the kung-fu grip possible. While President Obama seemed to dither, the anointed consciences of American life combusted with frustration and rage. New York Times columnist… Full Story »
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Problems With Pew's New Pakistan Poll - By Kalsoom Lakhani
afpak.foreignpolicy.com via @gmugpss &bull TodayYesterday, the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project, which conducts public opinion surveys around the world, released a new poll on Pakistani perceptions based on face-to-face interviews conducted from April 13 to April 28, 2010. However, the sample size is relatively small -- 2,000 Pakistani adults out of a population of 180 million -- and admittedly "disproportionately urban." Moreover, while Pew polled people in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP), portions of Balochistan and K-P were not included because of instability. Pakistan's tribal areas (FATA), Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir were also not included in the survey, leading… Full Story »
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Abbott Overtakes Gillard in Pre-Ballot Australia Poll
Business Week &bull Today
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott's coalition has an election-winning lead over Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor Party with three weeks of campaigning left before the ballot, according to an opinion poll published today. The Liberal-National coalition leads… Full Story »
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Obama administration accused of racial bias
LA Times - National News &bull Today
L.A. O.C. D.C. Money & Co. Opinion L.A. Conservatives maintain that a voter intimidation case the Justice Department partially dropped demonstrates that the White House is interested in prosecuting only whites for racially motivated activity. Reporting from Washington - The incident occurred more than a year and a half ago at a polling place in Philadelphia. "Minister King" Samir Shabazz, a leader in the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was out front in a military-style uniform, wielding… Full Story »
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Or-Gov: Kitz awakens?
Blue Oregon &bull Today
Early this week, I made note of the apparent tight race for Oregon Governor between John Kitzhaber and Chris Dudley. I'm not sure if that post heard 'roundthe state lit a fire under Dr. John or if their britches were… Full Story »
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Oliver Willis
www.oliverwillis.com via @TennesseEMW &bull TodayRep. Anthony Weiner fights the GOP on health benefits for 9/11 responders. If we only had a Senate Democratic caucus filled with guys like this we'd get things done. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton is flooded with mail and calls after putting some of Arizona's controversial immigration law on hold.A The U.S. Marshall for Arizona, David Gonzales says aAbout 99.9 percent of the inappropriate comments are people venting. They are exercising their First Amendment rights and a lot of it is perverted. I had this problem, and while restoring it has helped some there are still some annoying glitches.… Full Story »
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David Sirota: Gov. Ritter to NBA Fans: You Have a Right to Wear Melo's Jersey At Colorado Sports Events, Even If Melo Leaves Denver
Huffington Post &bull Yesterday
Gov. On AM760 this morning, we discussed whether police should have ejected a man from a Cleveland Indians game last night for wearing Lebron James' new Miami Heat jersey. The move was deliberately provocative, but the use of public resources… Full Story »
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Democratic Surge? Part II (Huffington Post)
Yahoo! News - Politics &bull Yesterday
Last week, I argued that a reported "jump" for Democrats in Gallup's weekly tracking of the national generic U.S. House ballot was most likely a statistical blip. I boldly predicted that "more data" this week would "likely settle the issue." That latter assertion turned out to be wrong, as the issue isn't settled, but I'm still not convinced that we're seeing a real shift… Full Story »
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A few weak links in this chain e-mail
Politifact.com - Stories &bull Yesterday
Despite overwhelmingevidence that Barack Obama is eligible to be president, this issue simply won't die. In an April 2010 New York Times/CBS News poll, only 58 percent of Americans said they believed Barack Obama was born in the United States, and a full 20… Full Story »
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Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act (McClatchy Newspapers)
Yahoo! News - Politics &bull Yesterday
WASHINGTON - As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation's capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too? Congress is considering stricter regulation of oil exploration, and the Obama administration has pledged to overhaul the disgraced federal agency that oversees oil drilling. Already, however, some of the toughest proposals are facing stiff opposition from Republicans and some Gulf Coast Democrats whose constituents rely on the oil industry for jobs. The oil industry also is likely to fight the changes. It contributed more than $35 million… Full Story »
