Call them Democrats vs Republicans in the US, or New Democrats vs Conservatives here in Canada. Ask any random sample of citizens, and the answer would almost certainly be the same: voters for these parties are representatives of big divides
Sen. John McCain told a Hispanic group that passing an immigration bill to legalize illegal immigrants is "my top priority, yesterday, today and tomorrow," but mischaracterized his own voting record on the issue and continued to distance hi
An old and dear friend of Antiwar.com, Vince Miller, has died. Vince had been a libertarian activist for over 37 years. He was one of the founders of the Libertarian Party of Canada and was an editor of the early magazine Libertarian Option....
An American helicopter nearby opened fire on the vehicles. As the vehicles were hit, the drivers attempted to seek cover, but both vehicles were repeatedly shot and disabled. The helicopter landed and the American soldiers killed any survivors & then
Late last year, Congress agreed to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran. The President sought $400,000,000 designed to destabilize Iran’s religious leadership. Involve support of the minority Ahwazi Arab and Baluchi groups and ot
It makes you wonder if perhaps there is a virus going around that is gradually making people stupid. If we or Israel attack Iran, we will have a new war on our hands. The Iranians are not going to shrug off an attack....
Eventually the strong become weak because of these actions. Bernanke's actions suggest there is no bank strong enough to take over the banks are about to fail.
The former Fed chairman sharply criticizes President Bush for not vetoing bloated spending bills and for adding prescription drug benefits to Medicare even though the budget surplus had disappeared and deficits were mounting.
A police officer who body-slammed an unarmed woman and broke her jaw during a medical call to a suburban restaurant last year was arrested and charged with civil rights violations. He grabbed the woman by the waist, hoisted her in the air and
The ice on the northern pole of Mars has been a particularly important find for NASA scientists because robots and astronauts could extract usable, even drinkable, water from it, helping to sustain an extended stay on the Red Planet
The US Congress has approved a 170 million dollar increase in security assistance to Israel as part of its new 10-year, 30 billion dollar defense aid commitment to the Jewish state.
WEST POINT, New York (Reuters) - Climbing ropes and crawling in the mud under barbed wire, dozens of American high school kids at an unusual summer camp vied to see who could get most dirty as they tackled an Army obstacle course.
American taxpayers fund a racket that wrenches the stomach. That is CPS. Some of those involved claim their are just following orders, others just pocket the bounty on children wrenched from their parent's arms. Nuremberg answered the question
Don't think so? Try me!........Turn the map "they" gave you rightside up and walk and you will eventually see it! .....Maybe it's better you didn't...you should just ignore the map!
In a 92 to 6 vote, the Senate yesterday approved unrestricted funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that allows continuation of the current military course of action through the end of President Bush's term and beyond.
American military intervention in Muslim countries has bred a generation of "angry young men" vulnerable to al-Qa'eda recruitment, a report from a leading security analysis group has said.
Hogan found the agents had also inspected the memory card from his camera. "It was fortunate that I didn't use [the laptop] for work, or I would have had to call up all my sources and tell them that the government had just seized their infor
The man in the T-shirt was tall, well-built and handsome, smiling but with a hint of menace. He pushed aside children and elderly people. He continued to shout slogans such as: 'Pigs Out.' He was, after all, a policeman himself - and a high-r
The launch of a new UK Government agency will see 11.3 million people vetted for any criminal past before they are approved to have contact with children aged under 16. . . including their own.
by Tom Leonard - Mexicans are being encouraged to reclaim a piece of Texas, more than 150 years after they lost the Lone Star state to the United States. (Too bad you have to go outside the U.S. to find these things out...)
U.S. stocks fell, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the brink of a bear market, on concern subprime-related writedowns will worsen and record oil prices will reduce profits at consumer companies. The Dow extended its retreat from an October
Nevada Republicans will attempt to reclaim control of their own party today. Freedom's Phoenix will be covering the event LIVE with Multiple Video web cams.
Proponents of gun rights may rejoice at winning this heavyweight tussle, but their victory comes by way of a nuanced decision. The ruling, which affirms a federal appeals court decree, makes clear that individual ownership rights are limited.
Oil futures climbed to a new record near $143 a barrel Friday as the dollar weakened against the euro, confirming expectations that the falling greenback, a major factor in crude's stratospheric rise, will extend its decline and add to oil
A killer is awarded 300,000 pounds by a British judge. This & other outrages demonstrate that British justice is broken. Can tomorrow's American justice be seen today in Britain?
Washington elites, pontificating pundits and media types would be very surprised to know: There is life outside the beltway. Millions of largely invisible, average Americans live there. And these Americans are living lives totally alien to the thousa
Violence from the war between the Mexican government and the drug cartels is spilling into the USA. However, it appears it will have to get a lot worse before the ruling elite in Washington take action.
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Or maybe I should say our former nation's capital. I don't recognize the place anymore, and I credit that to George W. Bush's efforts to fulfill his grandfather's dream using far subtler and more effective means than a military coup.