Archives for General News
January 2015
Saturday, January 31:
Video: Seattle Police Jail Elderly Military Veteran for "Walking in Seattle While Black" (4 comments)
Liberals still hoping to draft Warren into White House run
Anti-Gay, Anti-Mormon Hate Group Sponsors Reince Priebus' RNC Israel Trip
ISIS executes second Japanese hostage
2.1 million vehicles recalled for faulty air bag sensors
U.S. ground troops could be needed in Iraq: Chuck Hagel
Flight Logs Put Clinton, Dershowitz on Pedophile Billionaire's Sex Jet
McCain and Scum-- Revisiting my 2008 Interview with John McCain's Naval Academy Dorm-Mate (4 comments)
Friday, January 30:
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina joins other Republicans in pursuit of presidency
'Plan C': Released Documents Show How the FBI Prepared for World War III During Cold War
David Duke Might Run for Scalise's Seat: "This Guy Is a Sellout"
Ukraine Tipping? (3 comments)
Blast Kills Scores at Mosque in Southern Pakistan
Professor Sues University For Free Speech Rights--so much for free speech in the U.S.
Mitt Romney Won't Run in 2016 Presidential Election (2 comments)
'World's Poorest President' Stops His Car To Give Hitchhiker A Ride (3 comments)
'The Boundaries Of The University Shall Be The Boundaries Of The State': A Lesson Wisconsin and Scott Walker Forgot (2 comments)
Thursday, January 29:
3 Americans killed in shooting at Kabul military hub
WATCH: McCain calls protesters 'low-life scum' (6 comments)
Bill Would Allow Texas Teachers To Kill Students (1 comments)
Bryan Fischer Ousted As "Family" Group Spokesman Ahead Of RNC Israel Trip
Bacevich: A Hug for the Muddlers
U.S. Suddenly Goes Quiet on Effort to Bolster Afghan Forces
Germans Are in Shock As New Greek Leader Starts With A Bang (2 comments)
Wednesday, January 28:
ISIS threatens to behead Obama in the White House (1 comments)
Boehner's Treason? (7 comments)
Marissa Alexander Released From Jail to House Arrest
Netanyahu Talk Stirs Backlash in Israeli Race
How Is 'Citizens United' Ruining Democracy and How Can We Stop It?
Obama Gets a Huge Win As Democrats Withdraw Their Support For Iran Sanctions Bill
Tuesday, January 27:
How the CIA made Google (12 comments)
Why Google made the NSA (1 comments)
Judge Refuses To Dismiss Felony Abuse Of Power Case Against Rick Perry (2 comments)
Democrat assails GOP leader of House Benghazi committee (1 comments)
Former Fox News employee from Austin affiliate shot himself in front of Fox News headquarters in NYC
Psychopathic Politics in Congo Buries Opposition (3 comments)
Dozens of Top U.S. Officials Swarm Saudi Arabia to Hail the New King
Keystone votes fail in Senate (3 comments)
The Prosecutor Who Filed Murder Charges Against Cops Is Becoming Police Target (1 comments)
Former Senate Intel Chair Strikes Back At CIA For Spying
Bowe Bergdahl to Be Charged With Desertion, Officials Say
The West's Latest Putin Snub - and Dirty Trick (11 comments)
Obama Proposal to Open Atlantic Waters to Oil and Gas Drilling Slammed As 'Horrible'
Scientists Are Clear: Big Winter Storms Influenced
John Feffer: Europe's End? (2 comments)
If Only Adolph Hitler had had Drone Technology? (1 comments)
Obama to bolster crucial Saudi alliance amid Mideast unrest
Brave New Animals Exposed by New York Times Are Tip of Iceberg (2 comments)
Monday, January 26:
Koch-backed network aims to spend nearly $1 billion on 2016 elections
Former CIA officer convicted in leak case
Travel Bans in Place as Northeast Braces for Blizzard
The day the Klan messed with the wrong people
Where's the US 'Syriza'?: Greek Voters Tossed a Grenade into the Banker/Bureaucrat-Run European Establishment (3 comments)
GOP State Senator Argues He Can Legally Drive Drunk
New York Braces for Blizzard Amid Warnings of Closings and Hazards
Miller and Schivone, Bringing the Battlefield to the Border
Sheldon Silver to Temporarily Relinquish Speaker Duties
Is Russia trying to Short the Dollar by Buying Gold? (9 comments)
Sunday, January 25:
Fukushima update 1-25-15- dump radioactive water into the Pacific? (2 comments)
Radical Left Party Syriza Wins Greek election-- Landslide Victory Larger Than Expected (8 comments)
Benjamin Netanyahu Rejects Mounting Criticism of Speech to Congress
NY Times Columnist "Fuming" after Son Allegedly Stopped
Barrett Brown's allocution / sentencing statement (1 comments)
Divesting America of Ozone-Destroying Energy Sources (10 comments)
Saturday, January 24:
The Unbearable Rudeness of Bibi
Christie to Iowa conservative summit: I share your values (1 comments)
Potential GOP candidates audition for 2016 by slamming Hillary Clinton
Not Bush? Not Romney? Who does Donald Trump like for president in 2016?
New Saudi King and U.S. Face Crucial Point in the Relationship
NBC's Richard Engel: Obama Statement Ironic Because Abdullah "Could Not Stand" Him
Sarah Palin: "Of Course" I'd Be Interested in 2016 Run
NY Times Editor: The Next Edward Snowden Should Come to Us
Writing Stories to Change the World (17 comments)
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Challenges Insider Trading Ruling - By MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN and BEN PROTESS, NYTimes. (1 comments)
Friday, January 23:
US Supreme Court reviews lethal injection (1 comments)
New GOP Chairman Suppresses Full CIA Torture Report
Blogger who uncovered GOP leader's white supremacist ties had home Internet lines cut
Yes, I'm back at Oakdale Prison after 49 days of travel. (5 comments)
House Republicans Pass Secret Tax Increase On Small Business In Abortion Funding Ban Bill (1 comments)
Elizabeth Warren Has a New Target People Hate Almost As Much As Wall Street (4 comments)
Federal Prison Sentence Begins for Anti-Drone Activist (1 comments)
The Sterling Closing Arguments: Who Is the Hero, Who Is the Storyteller? (1 comments)
A Future in Prison (1 comments)
Becoming Richard Pryor: If not Bill Cosby, then who?
Bernie Sanders Files A New Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United
Thursday, January 22:
How Not To Celebrate Roe v. Wade
Saudi King Abdullah dies, new ruler is Salman
New Senate Environment Chair Gets His Gavel, Goes On Rant Arguing Climate Science Is A Hoax
WH: Obama won't meet with Israeli leader
Cartoon humor--It's The Economy, Stupid (1 comments)
Abortion bill dropped amid concerns of female GOP lawmakers
Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Is Accused of Taking Millions in Graft
Wednesday, January 21:
Boehner invites Israeli leader to address Congress on Iran (2 comments)
Thousands in Tehran mourn Iranian general killed by Israel
Keystone XL Owner Files Eminent Domain Proceedings For Nebraska Land (1 comments)
Allies Line Up Against Obama's State of the Union Plea on Trade
Biden Says "There's A Chance" He'll Run In 2016
Brzezinski Says Conflict in Europe Should Not Turn Into Worldwide Collision
Tuesday, January 20:
Maureen McDonnell sentencing guidelines call for 5 to 6-1/2 years in prison
"Schools in Context": The Full Text of a Major Study Comparing the U.S. to Eight Other Nations: Diane Ravitch (3 comments)
Richest 1% to own more than half world's wealth by 2016 -- Oxfam
Mayor of Paris to Sue Fox News for Wildly Inaccurate, Insulting Coverage
Trojan Hearse: Greek Elections and the Euro Leper Colony (15 comments)
Christie's office refuses to release $800,000 in credit card bills
Dangerous? Deceptive? 2015's Top Food Stories So Far (1 comments)
Putin's judo partner takes on bridge to Crimea nobody wants to build (2 comments)
Nick Turse, A Shadow War in 150 Countries (3 comments)
CIA's Small World at the Jeffrey Sterling Trial: Racial Profiling and Leaked Identities
Conservative Catholics working selves into a lather over Pope's upcoming environmental declarations (1 comments)
Seattle Martin Luther King Day Marchers Block Highway 99 - Police Arrest 19 Protesters (1 comments)
Massachusetts Treasurer-elect open to public bank (4 comments)
Monday, January 19:
Maya Schenwar, Prison By Any Other Name
Dianne Feinstein's Husband's Real Estate Firm Poised to Make $1 Billion Selling Post Offices (2 comments)
South Carolina's Graham Considers Presidential Run
CIA on trial for lying about Iran's nuke program.
Pope Francis Confirms He Will Visit DC, NYC and Philly
Prison Dispatches from the War on Terror: Ex-CIA Officer John Kiriakou Speaks
Richest 1% Percent To Have More Than Rest of Humanity Combined (1 comments)
Surveillance Is Just First Phase as NSA Plans 'Guerilla' Tactics for Global Cyberwar
Paul Ryan Responds To Obama Tax Cut With Lies And Calls For Tax Hikes On The Middle Class
Fake plots get busted, real ones get a pass: The FBI's Dubious Record on Prosecuting Terror Plots (3 comments)
8 Facts About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That Will Surprise You
There are about as many solar jobs as coal jobs in the US (1 comments)
Sunday, January 18:
N.S.A. Tapped Into North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say (2 comments)
Israel urges allies to pull funds from ICC (4 comments)
John McCain leads US delegation of senators on tour to train Syrian rebels
WERE YOU TERMINATED OR FORCED TO RETIRE FROM LAUSD BASED ON FABRICATED CHARGES? - Perdaily.com (2 comments)
Elizabeth Warren keeps pressure on Hillary Clinton and Democrats ahead of 2016 (1 comments)
The Network of Global Corporate Control
Israeli strike in Syria kills senior Hezbollah figures
To get their diploma, Arizona students must pass citizenship test (1 comments)
No Inflation Unless You Eat Food, Use Water Or ...
Fuukushima update 1-18-15 Water Issues (3 comments)
New Snowden Docs Indicate Scope of NSA Preparations for Cyber Battle - SPIEGEL ONLINE
Shots fired near Biden's Delaware home
Saturday, January 17:
Congressman Charles Rangel Gives Support to Anti-Drone Activists (1 comments)
Obama's budget proposal will take aim at the wealthy (1 comments)
For State Of Union, Obama Faces GOP For First Time
'A Nation in Decline': Majority of US Public School Students Live in Poverty (2 comments)
Congress Introduced 6 Anti-Abortion Bills In Its First 7 Days (And They Make Zero Sense) (1 comments)
Cartoon humor Dog 12-Step Group (3 comments)
New Phony Terror Case Follows Well Worn Path
Three Frenchmen accused of preparing a jihad trip to Yemen or Somalia
Court to Look Into Possible Israeli War Crimes in Palestinian Territories (1 comments)
Drone on: Russia's anwer to American Drone Aircraft (1 comments)
Friday, January 16:
Obama Promises to Veto Iran Sanctions to Avoid War
Oklahoma executes Charles Frederick Warner with lethal injection. (1 comments)
Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police (1 comments)
White House Knew CIA Snooped On Senate, Report Says
Summer 2014 was record warmest on Earth, says NOAA
Poll: Most NYers Disapprove of NYPD Back-Turning, Really Dislike Al Sharpton
Paris hostage crisis ends without bloodshed as suspect gives himself up
Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address "Appalling" All-White Oscar Nominees
Humor cartoon--Are You At Risk of Road Rage? (1 comments)
Next Big Future: Pentagons $1.5 trillion mistake is one of many because of corrupt procurement (5 comments)
Thursday, January 15:
UDC Law Students Organizing Against Police Brutality (2 comments)
Cardinal decries "feminized" Catholic Church in backlash against pope's reforms (3 comments)
From Herzl to Hebdo (1 comments)
Exclusive: White House says net neutrality legislation not needed (1 comments)
Russia's financial crisis may bury Putin's Eurasian dream (6 comments)
Peter Van Buren, The Military-Industrial Complex in Iraq (1 comments)
De Blasio Says He Won't Apologize to the NYPD (3 comments)
Wednesday, January 14:
Missing From the Paris Unity March the US....And That's Not Necessarily a Bad Thing
RNC Announces Earlier Date For Republican National Convention (1 comments)
Ohio Man Charged With Plotting to Attack U.S. Capitol
Contractor at center of Navy bribery scandal expected to plead guilty
Senate Keystone debate to delve into climate, oil exports
Offshore Wind Blows Drilling Out of the Water: Report
Benjamin Netanyahu Rides Paris Terror Stance to Lead at Polls (1 comments)
4 top Secret Service executives told to leave their posts in agency shake-up (1 comments)
Cuomo Eyes Lifting Grand Jury Secrecy in Police Fatality Cases
Tuesday, January 13:
Jimmy Carter Blames Paris Attacks on Middle East Conflict
'Beautiful Show of Moral Power' as NY Groups Rally to Defend Public Education
*An Overview of the Syrian Crisis (2 comments)
Second Verse, Same As The First: Republicans Prepare Another Dodd-Frank Attack; by Zach Carter (2 comments)
Rory Fanning: Unpacking the War on Terror
Muslim Worker at Kosher Store Saved Jewish Lives During Paris Attack
Humor cartoon--Job Interview Tips for 2015 (1 comments)
Monday, January 12:
James Risen, New York Times Reporter, Will Not Be Called to Testify in Leak Case
Franklin P. Lamb: In fewer than 48 hours Syria can achieve relief for her endangered citizens seeking lifesaving refuge in Lebanon
Only 850 NYPD officers signed de Blasio petition
Netanyahu out of step with French leaders at Paris rally
Watch Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Blast the Keystone Bill
AirAsia plane exploded as it hit sea, says Indonesia, as black box recovered
Republican senator Ted Cruz to oversee Nasa in Congress
Paris rally: John Kerry defends absence of top US officials
A Textbook Case of Willful Distortion (4 comments)
Sunday, January 11:
Holder: Decision on Petraeus to come from "highest level" of DOJ
Two anti-torture protesters arrested at Dick Cheney's house
Ann Jones: Answering for America
Saudi blogger flogged for 'insulting Islam' (1 comments)
Saturday, January 10:
Commissioner Bratton admits NYPD slowdown (2 comments)
Syrian opposition groups divided over Moscow peace talks
Man acquitted in Trayvon Martin case charged in domestic dispute (7 comments)
Who Trained Charlie Hebdo Attackers: Insider Look to Terrorist Recruitment (1 comments)
Vermonters Lobby for Public Bank--And Win Millions for Local Investment Instead
Friday, January 9:
CA Senator Barbara Boxer: Won't run again in 2016 (1 comments)
House Republicans Pass Bill That Would Take Away Health Insurance From 1 Million Workers (3 comments)
Prosecutors Said to Recommend Charges Against Former Gen. David Petraeus (2 comments)
Romney tells donors he is considering 2016 campaign
House Approves Keystone XL Bill Again, Setting Up Showdown With White House
Harry Reid Laughs Off Mitch McConnell's Attempt To Claim Credit For Recovery (2 comments)
Democrat Barbara Boxer to retire from the Senate (1 comments)
Breaking-- 3 out of 4 Charlie Hebdo Hostage Takers And 4 Hostages Killed (6 comments)
French Police Storm Two Hostage Sites, Killing Charlie Hebdo Suspects (1 comments)
The Constitutionality of a Net Worth Tax (5 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: What Cuba is Gaining, Losing and Risking (23 comments)
Thursday, January 8:
Legal advocacy group asks for new Darren Wilson grand jury
Rand Paul Wants Aid to Palestinians Cut Over ICC Bid
Obama Proposes Free Community College Education for Some Students
Honda Fined $70 Million for Underreporting Safety Issues to Government
Congress Introduces A National Abortion Ban On Its Very First Day Back
Franklin P. Lamb: Their unpardonable crime is that they are Syrian (1 comments)
Cartoon --Foie Gras is Back on Menu (3 comments)
Kepler Confirms Over 1,000 Exoplanets and Finds More Potentially Habitable Worlds (1 comments)
Rushdie and Writers Condemn Paris Killings (15 comments)
Michael Klare: Perpetuating the Reign of Carbon (1 comments)
Next Generation American and Russian Submarines will have underwater drones and robots
Wednesday, January 7:
President Obama, Elizabeth Warren have different message on the middle class
U.N. confirms Palestinians will be ICC member on April 1
Senator Chuck Grassley on the Boston Marathon bombing trial fallout: "Agencies are gearing up to do battle" (1 comments)
French Police Identify 3 Suspects In Attack That Killed 12
As Australia Battles Worst Wildfires in Decades, Call for Abbott to Act on Climate
Killing is a Joke, according to "our" government
Utah's 'Ag-Gag' Law May Have Found First Legal Targets
Social Insecurity Coming Your Way (particularly if you get social security that you worked for)
Piss on You Economics at Your Doorstep
Republican-led House to vote on diluting financial regulations
Subsidizing Contractor Misconduct
OccupyTLV: Breaking interview with Channel1 News, Israel Broadcasting Service, this morning!
NASA Releases HD Photo of Iconic 'Pillars of Creation' (1 comments)
Tuesday, January 6:
Fox News Is OFF the Air and the Foul Odor of Deception has Ceased
Darren Wilson Juror Files Suilt Against Prosecutor McCulloch (1 comments)
Bob McDonnell Sentenced To Prison
These Three American Families Are Funding Half Of Netanyahu's Re-Election Bid
White House: Obama would veto Keystone bill (1 comments)
Boehner survives leadership challenge from conservative members
The Latest Russian Fighter Jet Blows America's Away (2 comments)
SpaceX postpones rocket launch due to "actuator drift" problem
Defiant on Witness Stand, Times Reporter Says Little
Palestinians Seen Gaining Momentum in Quest for Statehood
The Republicans Didn't Really Win the Senate (5 comments)
Engelhardt: Feeling Insecure in 2015 (1 comments)
Tsarnaev trial set to begin as potential jurors openly admit they are prejudiced (5 comments)
Monday, January 5:
Two New York Police Officers Are Shot in the Bronx
Exclusive: CIA says its inspector general is resigning at end of month
N.Y. police arrest son in murder of hedge fund founder
Afghan president says U.S. might want to "re-examine" pullout deadline
Antonin Scalia: Torture's Not Torture Unless He Says It Is
Steve King Won't Support John Boehner For House Speaker
Michael Brown grand juror sues St. Louis County prosecutor, asking to speak out on case
Two Irrepressible Egalitarian Spirits
Fear of Government Spying 'Chilling' Writers' Speech Worldwide
Fukushima update 1-5-15 (3 comments)
How Bloomberg 'News' Lies (26 comments)
Sunday, January 4:
GOP continues defending Steve Scalise amid white supremacist flap
Stuart Scott, ESPN anchor, dies at age of 49
North Korea responds with fury to US sanctions over Sony hack
Huckabee Leaves Fox News Show to Consider 2016 Run
G.O.P. Turns to the Courts to Aid Agenda
Ukraine Leader Was Defeated Even Before He Was Ousted
Cutting Down On Meat But Not Exactly A Vegetarian? You are a Reducetarian Says New Group (11 comments)
Gun Owners Who Were Shot by their Dogs
Saturday, January 3:
The Koch Brothers Launch A Surrogate War Against Pope Francis (6 comments)
Israel Plans To Target Top Palestinian Leaders for "War Crimes" (2 comments)
U.S. embassy bombing suspect dies days before terror trial
Iran says no deal with U.S. to ship enriched uranium to Russia
*The Blood on the Blade: Global Inequality and War (1 comments)
Eating Fast Food Linked to Lower Test Scores
New Year's Resolutions for the NRA-2015 (11 comments)
Friday, January 2:
Israeli settlers stone two cars belonging to US consulate staff
Netanyahu expects ICC to reject Palestinian bid
Russia Says Ukrainian Nazis Pay Blackwater for Training (3 comments)
In Response to Sony Attack, U.S. Levies Sanctions on 10 North Koreans
Bill Moyers signs off -- for the final time, he swears
Harry Reid Hospitalized After Exercise Accident
Swaps Rule Repeal Shows that Community Banks Are the 99%
What Sex Drugs Are on the Horizon for 2015? (1 comments)
Zaporozhye Nuclear Problem may be even Scarier (19 comments)
Israel's Netanyahu Wins Likud Party Primary
Thursday, January 1:
Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dead at 82 (1 comments)
A Ride In the Wayback Machine to OEN Beginning-of-the-Year Pages of the Past (2 comments)
Putin sends Obama message in New Year's speech (1 comments)
Minimum Wage Increases Go Into Effect Across the Country
Republican legislators who oppose Obamacare thwarting bids to expand Medicaid