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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top Story Dems to widen conflict with Bush
Even as their confrontation with President Bush over Iraq escalates, emboldened congressional Democrats are challenging the White House on a range of issues -- such as unionization of airport security workers and the loosening of presidential secrecy orders -- with even more dramatic showdowns coming soon. Getting closer.
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The WorldBaghdad car bomb kills 3, wounds 10
BAGHDAD - A car parked in a garage exploded Monday in Baghdad, killing at least three people and wounding 10, police said. The blast took place about 10 a.m. near a governmental property registration agency in Baiyaa, an area with a mixed population of Sunnis and Shiites in western Baghdad.
Olmert Seeks Regional Peace Conference
JERUSALEM (AP) - Advancing a flurry of recent international efforts to end the Arab-Israeli conflict, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert invited Arab leaders to attend a peace conference to discuss their ideas for reaching Mideast peace.
Iran appears dug in for lengthy standoff
TEHRAN, Iran - The standoff over 15 captured British sailors shows no signs of abating, and analysts say that Iran's tough stance is a demonstration of the power of hardliners unafraid to confront the West.
Taliban deploy thousands of suicide bombers: commander
Spin Boldak, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Thousands of Taliban suicide bombers have been deployed across Afghanistan to attack Western troops and the government, the group's military chief said on Monday.
Political parties clash in E. Timor
DILI, East Timor - Gangs from rival political parties scuffled and threw rocks in East Timor, injuring at least 20 people, authorities said Friday, in what was believed to be the first violence directly related to next month's presidential elections.
Truce fails to stop Somali fighting
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A truce brokered by influential clan elders between the government and Islamic insurgents failed Sunday to halt fighting that has left the streets of the capital strewn with corpses. The NationBush, Democrats blast each other over Iraq spending bill
President Bush, seeking to one-up Congress' Democratic majority in a showdown over the Iraq war, suggested Saturday that lawmakers should be ashamed that they added non-war items to an Iraq spending bill.
Ashamed. Yeah. DEMOCRATS should be ashamed. —Caro
Real deadline for Iraq war money is May
WASHINGTON - The real deadline for Congress to provide more money for the war in Iraq is well beyond the April 15 deadline cited by President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Clinton wants stricter loan standards
ORLANDO, Fla. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday she favors stricter home loan standards, clearer mortgage documents and better counseling for borrowers to stave off delinquencies and foreclosures.
Obama says Congress will fund Iraq war
SIOUX CITY, Iowa - If President Bush vetoes an Iraq war spending bill as promised, Congress quickly will provide the money without the withdrawal timeline the White House objects to because no lawmaker "wants to play chicken with our troops," Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday.
Did Obama become Senate Majority Leader while we slept? What gives him the right to speak for the entire Congress? And what kind of stupidity does it take to give away your hand before the bets are placed? I’m more and more convinced that this guy is in deep waters and doesn’t know how to swim. —Caro
Clinton, Edwards Top Fundraising Records
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Democratic presidential candidates broke previous fundraising records during the first three months of the year, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton setting a high bar of $26 million in new contributions for the quarter. Former Sen. John Edwards raised more than $14 million.
Money rules, friends. Until we stop it from ruling. —Caro
Southern clout in Congress at lowest point in 50 years
Dixie's heyday in Congress has come and gone. Today it's rare to find anyone with a Southern accent in a position of power, and after the Democratic victories in November, congressional historians say the region's clout has dropped to its lowest level in at least 50 years. MediaObservations about (The Politico’s) John Harris' replies
(National journalists) may not know it, but the disaster of the Iraq War and the absolute myths which they allowed to take root -- and which they never investigated, exposed or attacked -- is an inescapable indictment of what they do. That is the foundation on which media criticism rests, and there is nothing "partisan" about it. It is the opposite of "partisan." It is instead a demand that the media fulfill their core responsibility -- to serve as an adversarial check on government -- a responsibility which they have profoundly abdicated.
Carville Responds To Liberal Blogosphere's Case That He Should Be I.D.'ed As Hillary Backer On CNN
Okay, I just got off the phone with James Carville. We spoke at length about the case being made against him by the liberal blogosphere: That as a supporter of Hillary Clinton, he should be identified as such -- rather than being identified as an independent analyst -- when he talks about the Presidential race on CNN. Particularly when he smacks Hillary's chief rival, Barack Obama… It seemed that Carville saw at least a grain of merit in the case being made here.
Print coverage failed to note Swift Boat Vets' claims have been debunked
A March 29 Washington Times article extensively quoted John O'Neill, co-founder of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, criticizing the White House's withdrawal of the nomination of Republican donor Sam Fox to be ambassador to Belgium, which the Times attributed to "Democratic pressure," noting that "Fox's $50,000 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth was disclosed by Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee." The Times quoted O'Neill calling the withdrawal of Fox's name "an outrage" and "a tragedy," but did not report that both O'Neill and his group's 2004 campaign against Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) have been widely discredited, with many specific claims disproved or rebutted.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Denounces Congressional Black Caucus Institute’s FOX Debate
ColorOfChange.org says CBC’s decision is “shamefully out of touch” with Black voters; launches national campaign calling on CBC to reverse course and for presidential candidates to reject Fox debate Technology & ScienceNew Coating Keeps Glass Clean and Fog-Free
Foggy windshields and dirty sunglasses could soon be things of the past, thanks to a new glass coating developed by scientists at Purdue University… The coating has another major plus, too—it is self-cleaning.
Humans Can See Race and Sex Even in Simple Outlines
Adult minds are so keen at spotting race, gender and age that we can correctly guess those features from nothing more than a black-and-white silhouette, new experiments show.
Jellyfish Have Human-Like Eyes
Here's lookin' like you, babe. Jellyfish have many eyes that serve different purposes. One set works like ours.
But eyes can’t, like, EVOLVE, can they? —Caro
Asteroid to Pass Near Earth Friday Night
An asteroid will fly past Earth tonight (March 30) about 2 million miles away. That's about nine times farther away than the Moon. There is no danger of collision. And that's a really good thing. This space rock, named 2006 VV2, is more than a mile wide (about 2 kilometers), according to the web site Spaceweather.com. EnvironmentReport Details Global Biological Change
From the micro to the macro, from plankton in the oceans to polar bears in the far north and seals in the far south, global warming has begun changing life on Earth, international scientists will report next Friday. "Changes in climate are now affecting physical and biological systems on every continent,'' says a draft obtained by The Associated Press of a report on warming's impacts, to be issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the authoritative U.N. network of 2,000 scientists and more than 100 governments.
Plan for big offshore wind farm passes hurdle
BOSTON (Reuters) - A controversial plan to build the first large U.S. offshore wind-power farm won approval from Massachusetts authorities on Friday but still must clear federal regulatory hurdles. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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