Archive for May, 2009

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Evening News Roundup 05/27/09

by QuestionGirl • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 11:12 pm

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HEY HISPANIC CHICK LADY!

THAT DREW PETERSON……HE’S A REAL JOKESTER!

NEW CALIFORNIA BUDGET CUTS HIT POOR FAMILIES, KIDS


IMAGES OBAMA WON’T RELEASE SHOW SEX ABUSE, RAPE IN IRAQI JAILS

JUSTICE ALITO ON EMPATHY AND JUDGING


NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: US SAFER UNDER OBAMA

COP UNION SUING PALIN…



Club Blue

by Chicher • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 8:30 pm

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Cab Calloway – Reefer Man



Oh, this would suck!

by Chicher • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 7:53 pm

A Marine stationed in Iraq recently received a “Dear John” letter from his girlfriend back home. It read as follows:

Dear Ricky,

      I can no longer continue our relationship. The distance between us is just too great. I must…



Former military interrogator says torture cost hundreds ‘if not thousands’ of American lives

by Chicher • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 7:42 pm

Raw Story:

cheney_shades.jpgA 14-year military interrogator has undercut one of the key arguments posited by Vice President Dick Cheney in favor of the Bush Administration’s torture techniques and alleged that the use of torture has cost “hundreds if not thousands” of…


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Tape From Burris Wiretap Is Released

by Chicher • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 6:53 pm

BlueHerald ImageCHICAGO (AP) — Sen. Roland Burris promised to “personally do something” for Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s campaign fund while pressing the then-governor’s brother for appointment to the Senate, a transcript of a wiretapped conversation showed Tuesday.

“Tell Rod to keep me in mind…



U.K. Government Goes Orwellian On Alison Crowe

by Chicher • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 6:44 pm

Newfoundland-based singer/songwriter Allison Crowe and two of her bandmates didn’t realize they needed something called a Certificate Of Sponsorship in order to tour Britain, which ended up getting them deported home.

Crowe, guitarist Billy Woods and drummer Laurent Boucher were immediately…


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Former Interrogator Rebukes Cheney for Torture Speech

by QuestionGirl • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 4:23 pm

Dick Cheney says that torturing detainees has saved American lives. That claim is patently false. Cheney’s torture policy was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of American servicemen and women.

Matthew Alexander was the senior military interrogator…


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Keeping My Sanity

by QuestionGirl • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 9:37 am

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We all have our own way of staying sane, or trying to. Mine has always been swimming. Recently I haven’t been able to get in the water as much as I like, so I’ve started quilting again. This is what…



U.S. Prison System, A Bipartisan Affair

by QuestionGirl • Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - 9:14 am

I’ve been reading about our prison system. Who runs them, who’s in them, what politicians have an interest in them. I’ve come across some pretty interesting stories. In this time of economic downturn, the private prison firms are turning a…



Club Blue

by Buck • Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 - 8:30 pm


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Madonna – I’ll Remember



Bomb Kills Three Americans in Iraq

by QuestionGirl • Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 - 1:41 pm

and the blood keeps spilling…..

Former Illinois Commerce Commission Chairman Terry Barnich was killed Monday by a roadside bomb while traveling in a U.S. convoy in western Iraq, according to the State Department.

The blast also killed a U.S. soldier and a…



News Roundup 05/26/09

by QuestionGirl • Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 - 10:03 am

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COURT DECISION ON CALIFORNIA PROP 8 TODAY

HARRY REID SKEEERED HE’LL BE VIEWED AS TOO LIBERAL

OBAMA TO PICK SOTOMAYOR FOR SUPREME COURT

ISRAEL TO PROPOSE SETTLEMENT COMPROMISE TO U.S.

3 NATO TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

SHOWDOWN LOOMING ON STATE SECRETS

NYT EDITOR ON CHANGES TO…



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