Summer travel headaches loom as airlines' woes deepen
• Federal News Radiodomestic carriers will need to raise fares by 15 percent to 20 percent just to break even.
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Crude oil nears $120 on supply woes, dollar slide
• economictimes.indiatimes.comCrude oil futures popped to a fresh record Tuesday as supply threats gathered and the dollar tumbled against the Euro.
McCain's Money Challenge
• http://news.aol.com/political-machineMcCain to accept taxpayer money to finance his campaign. McCain will be eligible to receive about $84.1 million from the national treasury to run his campaign between his official September nomination at the GOP convention and Election Day.
Fabulous Life of John McCain
• YouTubeFabulous Life of John McCain
DNA Is Enough To File Indictments; As Good as a Name
• NY Sun (h/t Anon)Prosecutors now need no more than a suspect's DNA to file an indictment in New York City, following a court decision that allows prosecutors to get around statutes of limitations for some crimes. Did not need to know the identity of a suspect in
'Perfect Storm' food crisis grips globe
• Scotlandonsunday.scotsman.comThat anger is palpable across the globe. The food crisis is not only being felt among the poor but is also eroding the gains of the working and middle classes, sowing volatile levels of discontent and putting new pressures on fragile governments.
Today's Primaries: Publisher's Note - April 22nd 2008 (Clinton - Paul - Obama - McCain)
Ernest HancockBlah Blah Blah..... it is all about Hillary. No mention of Ron Paul (Duh) and the news about Florida's lost delegates and Pennsylvania's Voting Computers will all be Hillary Hillary Hillary... (Just so I can say "I told you so")
Unexplained light formations spotted above Phoenix
• ABC 15 (video)Did you see them? Several people reported seeing four lights forming various formations above the Valley Monday night.
Mystery Lights Spotted Flying 'In Formation' In Fla. Skies
• Local 6 (video)Strange orbs of light spotted flying in the night sky over St. Augustine are the second reported sighting of mystery lights in the area in recent weeks.
Lawmakers Want to Probe the College Bowl System
• AP / Ben EvansForget government corruption or corporate fraud. Three members of Congress want the Justice Department to investigate whether college football's Bowl Championship Series is an illegal enterprise.
Hillary on Iran: "Totally Obliterate Them"
• ABCnews.go.com"I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran," Clinton said. "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate the
Vacancies Soar in Commercial Real Estate Bust
• Michael Shedlock / MishArchitect billings in the C&I space have been in free-fall since December – the three-month annualized rate was -77.4% as of February.
GOP cracks down on Ron Paul activists
• St Louis TodayWithin minutes district GOP leaders disqualified almost half of the convention delegates or alternates — most of them suspected supporters of Ron Paul
Few Clear Wins in U.S. Anti-Terror Cases
• Washington PostWhen seven ragtag men in a Miami religious sect were indicted in 2006 for their role in a bizarre plot to blow up the FBI Miami office and Chicago's Sears Tower, then- Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said the case represented "a new bra
Is John McCain a Crook?
• SlateThe controversial George W. Bush-sponsored poll in South Carolina mentioned John McCain's role in the so-called Keating Five scandal, and McCain says his involvement in the scandal "will probably be on my tombstone." What exactly did Mc
Editor blows it, columnist loses his gig and gets tarred
• Chicago TribuneEvery once in awhile, we newspaper columnists, raging and fulminating at our keyboards, go too far -- we overstate, we gloss over nuance, we generalize unfairly, we give offense we don't intend while trying to be funny or profound, or we otherwi
The Green Light
• Vanity FairAs the first anniversary of 9/11 approached, and a prized Guantánamo detainee wouldn’t talk, the Bush administration’s highest-ranking lawyers argued for extreme interrogation techniques, circumventing international law, the Geneva Conventions, and t
The trillion-dollar mortgage time bomb
• CNNRisks are rising that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may need a taxpayer bailout that could cost far more than previous rescues.
Today's Pennsylvania Primary: Democracy of the Gods
• Brad blogOn Tuesday night, you will be told who the winner of the Pennsylvania Primary is. You will accept it. You will have no choice. No matter who the winner really is. Or isn't.
The Election Will be 'Unrecountable, Unverifiable, and Unauditable
From DNA of Family, a Tool to Make Arrests
• Washington PostPrivacy Advocates Say the Emerging Practice Turns Relatives Into Genetic Informants. Investigators obtained a court order without the daughter's knowledge for a Pap smear specimen she had given five years earlier at a university medical clinic in
Animal activists offer million dollars for test-tube meat
• AFPSteaks out of a test-tube? The animal rights group PETA is putting up a million dollar reward for anyone who by 2012 can grow in-vitro meat that looks and tastes like the real thing.
Pentagon chief urges Air Force to embrace change
• APIn unusually blunt terms, Defense Secretary Robert Gates challenged the Air Force, whose leaders are under fire on several fronts, to contribute more to immediate wartime needs and to promote new thinking.
Three States Subjected To "Martial Law Sweeps"
• After Downing StreetFederal law enforcement agencies co-opted sheriffs offices as well state and local police forces in three states last weekend for a vast round up operation that one sheriff’s deputy has described as "martial law training".
No matter who wins, we all lose
• South Carolina Times (h/t Kurt Hoffman)The 6th District Republican Party held its convention April 5. The election of national delegates/alternates played a prominent role. I was there and was elected one of three national delegates. So how did I, a small potato, get elected?
There Must Never Be Another Waco!<br>by Chuck Baldwin
• .On February 28, 1993, agents of the BATF began their assault on the home of the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas. An unarmed David Koresh was shot by the agents as he stepped onto his front porch. A shootout resulted with several deaths on both s
Quotes: Twenty Foreign Policy Quotes by Liberals
• Mondoreb“One hundred nations in the UN have not agreed with us on just about everything that’s come before them, where we’re involved, and it didn’t upset my breakfast at all.” That was Ronald Reagan in 1983 after the Grenada Invasion. He'd likely have t
Illinois Earthquakes: The Infamous Dr. Browning's New Madrid Prediction
• GinnThe earthquakes in Illinois, which still sent out aftershocks earlier this morning, reminded some of Dr. Iben Browning's infamous 1990 earthquake prediction--which sent residents scurrying for cover.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
Enormous Cost of Illegal Criminal Aliens: Sucking Tax Dollars Out of Your Wallet
Frosty WooldridgeDo you have any idea of the cost of criminal aliens in the USA? Hold on to your hat because you're paying for their crimes with your pocket book. You are a potential victim of car theft, rape, murder and worse as their numbers grow.
The Libertarian Party: Is it Time for a Woman President? YES! by RPaul supporter rtbohan
• Liberty in America columnSaw this article written by someone over at The Nolan Chart & wanted to share it.-- CSmith (Paid for by Christine Smith for President)
The Double Trouble of Taxation<br>by U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, M.D. (R-TX)
Powell GammillTax policy in this country hurts taxpayers twice – once when they pay taxes, and then when the government spends the money. To add insult to injury, after collecting this money the government does some very detrimental things to the economy.
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