White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers will lead a high-level meeting on Monday to discuss the state of the economy, job creation and ways to achieve sustainable growth and would include Cabinet officials from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithn
Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores wh
"The Independent Election Commission declares the esteemed Hamid Karzai as the president ... because he was the winner of the first round and the only candidate in the second round," the commission's chief Azizullah Ludin told a news conference.
We will be making new stencils and designs for signs to be hung up everywhere regarding photo radar and the surveillance state. Bring your ideas and paints tonight, Monday the 2nd, at 5:00 PM! Light snacks and drinks to help replenish the supplies
PHOENIX -- Swine flu vaccination clinics will begin in Maricopa County elementary schools November 2nd, according to Mollen Immunization CEO John Roehm.
Jane is a young woman living in Vienna who, while working as a medical editor, was horrified to learn in early 2009 of the fiasco in which a Baxter International research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria, sent a quantity of human H3N2 viral material t
The large-scale government intervention in the economy is going to end badly. - I am reminded of the outlook in 1930, when the experts were certain that the worst of the Depression was over and that recovery was just around the corner.
In the next few weeks, you could be forced to take a toxic vaccine against the "swine flu“, be quarantined and restricted in your travel because the World Health Organization has declared a global pandemic emergency of the highest level.
From the English and French upper classes and nobility came the “fops”. These over-dressed dandies were more concerned with style than substance. Almost 10% of Congress is related to another person who’s “served”; are politicians the new nobility? Is
Though NY-23 has gotten most of the headlines, there’s one other congressional election on tap today: California’s 10th. If NY 23 is a referendum of sorts on the Obama policies, isn’t Cal-23? The contest pits Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi (D) ag
The viability of yeast cells was found to be enhanced threefold after silica encapsulation, and their cell division could be suppressed by encapsulation.
None of these events signal any type of dramatic uptrend in solar activity; in fact, the sun was far more active as to sunspot counts in October 2008 than observed thus far in October 2009 (thru Oct 21).
After a long search, Barber's ice breaker finally found a 16-km (10-mile) wide floe of multiyear ice that was around 6 to 8 meters (20-26 feet) thick. But as the crew watched, the floe was hit by a series of waves, and disintegrated in five minutes.
The Fed may have played all its cards, but state and local governments still hold a few aces. Some local politicians are looking into the feasibility of opening their own publicly-owned banks, providing them with their own credit machines. A new publ
The Obama administration has, yet again, asserted the broadest and most radical version of the "state secrets" privilege -- which previously caused so much controversy and turmoil among loyal Democrats (when used by Bush/Cheney) -- to attempt to bloc
Please come over to our new site, take a few minutes to orient yourself, and register for our ‘comment’ section. Well, that’s only the first step. Next, please help me put the word out, invite your kindred spirit friends, and encourage them to jo
The developments come as the White House seeks grounds to establish a major military presence in Africa. Analysts caution that similar pretexts were used to justify the US invasion of Afghanistan, the missile attacks in Pakistan, and its waning mili
Forty British children - some as young as four - were marched off by armed airport guards as they landed for half-term holidays in Egypt because they were thought to have swine flu.
Horrified parents watched as officials used draconian legislation
Representative Ron Paul, the Texas Republican who has called for an end to the Federal Reserve, said legislation he introduced to audit monetary policy has been “gutted” while moving toward a possible vote in the Democratic-controlled House.
FBI officials visiting an overseas prison run by the CIA found prisoners 'manacled to the ceiling and subjected to blaring music around the clock', according to the documents.
Handwritten notes attributed to Justice Department officials discuss th
In the next 2 weeks, Mr Obama is likely to bring months of agonized deliberation to a close when he decides how many more troops to send to Afghanistan. The decision, much like the one by Lyndon Johnson to step up involvement in Indochina, could prov
There have been few evolutionary reasons given for oral sex to date, and fellatio is largely thought confined to humans. Now scientists find the short-nosed fruit bat routinely engages in oral sex, the first time fellatio has been seen in adult anima
Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts. The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center brings together various government organizations