Obama Nominates Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary
• http://news.antiwar.com, by John GlaserConservative Republicans, outwardly opposing Hagel, are gearing up for a fight in his confirmation process
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Conservative Republicans, outwardly opposing Hagel, are gearing up for a fight in his confirmation process
A concerted effort to unseat Speaker John A. Boehner was under way the day of his re-election to the position, but participants called it off 30 minutes before the House floor vote, CQ Roll Call has learned.
In Ayn Rand’s "Atlas Shrugged," society begins to crumble after the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists and business people withdraw their services from a culture that disdains success and rewards failure by
A Champaign, Illinois man drowned in a mall pond as increasingly angry observers demanded a rescue, at least 13 minutes after the local fire department arrived at the scene. The man slipped under the freezing water 18 minutes after
Reuters critic Felix Salmon thinks there's something fishy about the official BLS jobs numbers!
The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year.
Supermarkets and manufacturers told to get 'their house in order' or face laws to curb high levels of sugar and fat in food
Despite a deafening silence on the part of the government controlled news media, it is no secret that very serious questions persist ...
Pelosi Defends Doctored Photo A photo of the 61 female members of Congress including the photo-shopped images of four absentees was defended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) who says that the altered image “more accurately portrayed
It's a parody of that Demand a Plan gun control video. Governments are the number one killer of people. I thought this was pretty well done, and I'm not a huge Infowars fan.
President Barack Obama is expected to name Chuck Hagel as his choice for defense secretary as early as Monday, as critics of the former Nebraska senator prepare to go to war to fight his expected nomination.
Homeowners looking to replace some 75-watt light bulbs around the house are running out of time. A federal law started Tuesday that stops 75-watt incandescent bulbs from being made or imported.
A federal judge ruled in favor of secretive U.S. drone strikes Wednesday, stating that attacks killing civilians, including U.S. citizens, can remain shrouded in mystery.
David Lory VanDerBeek is running for Governor in Nevada in 2014
A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means "light breeze" in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the government.
Disclosing details of behind-the-scenes discussions about tales of melting banknotes could endanger national security or international relations, says Canada's central bank who released internal records - almost completely blanked out
The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in October, a move that could head off a possible doubling of milk prices next month.
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Democrat Senator: “Mr. and Mrs. America… turn ‘em all in.”
Dems Scramble to Explain Obama Debate Defeat Going into this week's first presidential debate Democrats were confident that the most brilliant man to ever hold the office would easily trounce his challenger. However, 67% of voters who saw the deba
By the time her season's greeting card and a handwritten note arrived in my office, my old friend Benazir Bhutto was already dead. The card mailed in Pakistan days before her murder, remains on my desk to this today, a touching last link from this re
Agenda is all important, because it is the way Washington achieves hegemony over the world and the American people. 9/11 was the “new Pearl Harbor” that the neoconservatives declared to be necessary for their planned wars against Muslim countries.
Although she does not appear in any of the class photos, the media claims that 6-year-old Emilie Parker on the right was shot in the Sandy Hook massacre
Candidate Admits to Lie, Offers to Do “Community Service” Massachusetts Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren admitted that she falsely claimed Native American status in order to advance her academic career at Harvard Law School—a felony un
Is there a secret plan underway to oust Speaker of the House John Boehner from his speakership? Could it really happen?
Russia Bans US Adoptions The Russian legislature passed and President Vladimir Putin signed a bill banning the adoption of Russian children by U.S. Families. In a signing statement President Putin asserted that “we cannot continue to subject th
Ben Swann takes a look at the 2013 NDAA and whether or not the power of indefinite detention has been removed or is alive and well. In this 2 part series, Ben breaks down the Feinstein/Lee Amendment voted for by Senator Rand Paul.
A group of 60 or so financial analysts, reporters, diplomats, and cybersecurity specialists shake off the previous night’s tequila and file into a ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. At the front of the room, a giant screen shows a globe targeted by
GUN CONTROL: Seeking effective debate techniques that utterly obliterate the anti-gun argument.
If the smartest people in the world were simply allowed to organize it properly, we'd all live in a Nirvana and never have to make any decisions on our own.