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Archive for June 11th, 2007

11 Jun

New Orleans Cop Charged in Beating Man Shoots Himself

QuestionGirl 11:20 pm (Hurricane Katrina)

Who doesn’t remember this……..
From CNN:

[[ Video ]]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans police officer charged in the videotaped beating of a man after Hurricane Katrina apparently shot himself to death about a month before his trial, authorities said Monday.
The body of Lance Schilling, 30, was found Sunday in a suburban Metairie home. [...]

11 Jun

Drought Covers 1/3 of the Nation

QuestionGirl 11:04 pm (Weather)

Deep cracks cover the bottom of what should be five-feet deep Lake Okeechobee near Okeechobee, Fla. in early May. On June 1, the lake broke a record for its all-time low water level.
Drought, a fixture in much of the West for nearly a decade, now covers more than one-third of the continental USA. And it’s [...]

11 Jun

China Steel Exports Up 116%

QuestionGirl 10:24 pm (China)

I remember when the steel plants of South Chicago and Gary, Indiana shut down one by one…..leaving so many unemployed.
From Resource Investor:
SHANGHAI (Interfax-China) — China’s steel product exports surged 116.7% year-on-year in the first five months of this year, according to a Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official.
China exported 27.44 million tonnes of steel [...]

11 Jun

“nervous” - Willie Dixon (1962)

Jim Swanson 10:00 pm (Club Blue)

[[ Video ]]

11 Jun

Teen: Toilet water cleaner than fountain

Jim Swanson 7:13 pm (Attaboy!, Humor)

from YAHOO! NEWS
NORTH BEND, Ore. - Middle School student Kyleray Katherman had a hunch something was amiss with the school’s drinking fountain water. And right he was.
For an English assignment, he tested the bacteria content at four water fountains and one toilet to challenge a ban on students from bringing bottled water to class. It [...]

11 Jun

Air Force jets collide in mid-air

Jim Swanson 7:04 pm (Military)

By JAMES HALPIN, Associated Press Writer
from YAHOO! NEWS

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An F-15 fighter jet crashed Monday after colliding in mid-air with another military jet during a training exercise, Air Force officials said. The other jet landed safely, and no one was seriously injured.
The pilot of the F-15C ejected safely and was taken a military hospital, [...]

11 Jun

GOP blocks Gonzales no-confidence vote

Jim Swanson 6:39 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales, Bush, Congress)

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
from YAHOO! NEWS

WASHINGTON - Republicans blocked the Senate’s no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday, rejecting a symbolic Democratic effort to prod him from office despite blistering criticism from lawmakers in both parties.
The 53-38 vote to move the resolution to full debate fell seven short of the 60 required. [...]

11 Jun

Top Republican to vote against Gonzales

Jim Swanson 4:57 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales, Congress)

from YAHOO!
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday he will vote for a no-confidence resolution against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Sen. Arlen Specter , R-Pa., said he’s concerned like others in his party that the resolution, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and up for [...]

11 Jun

Where Voters Go for News

Jim Swanson 4:49 pm ((Unspecified), Media Bias, News, Politics)

By Wendy Melillo
from AdWeek magazine
WASHINGTON This may alarm people who prefer their news served without an opinion: More people agree that Bill O’Reilly is a better source of political information than ABC News, according to a JWT survey conducted on behalf of Adweek.
And while election 2008 has started earlier than ever with news outlets closely [...]

11 Jun

Conservatives May Target Schumer As Retribution For No-Confidence Vote

Jim Swanson 2:32 pm (Alberto (I don't recall) Gonzales, Congress, Congressional Hearings)

cross posted at Think Progress
To counter the fallout of an Alberto Gonzales no-confidence vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has repeatedly said he will bring an alternative resolution to the floor. Today, Roll Call previews what that alternative, targeting Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), may look like:
“He may get a dose [...]