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Archive for November, 2009

Feds Dropped Investigation Of Fort Hood Shooter Because He Didn’t Seem Violent

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Well, this isn’t at all reassuring:
WASHINGTON — Intelligence agencies intercepted communications last year and this year between the military psychiatrist accused of shooting to death 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., and a radical cleric in Yemen known for his incendiary anti-American teachings.
But the federal authorities dropped an inquiry into the matter after deciding that [...]

Sarah Palin Revives The Death Panels

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, John McCain, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

From her Facebook page:
We’ve got to hold on to hope, and we’ve got to fight hard because Congressional action tonight just put America on a path toward an unrecognizable country.
(…)
“We had been told there were no ‘death panels’ in the bill either. But look closely at the provision mandating bureaucratic panels that will be calling [...]

Natalie Portman: Eating Meat Is Bad, But It’s Okay For Men To Sleep With Little Girls

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Celebrities, Dumbasses

Meet Natalie Portman, vegan:
I’ve always been shy about being critical of others’ choices because I hate when people do that to me. I’m often interrogated about being vegetarian (e.g., “What if you find out that carrots feel pain, too? Then what’ll you eat?”).
I’ve also been afraid to feel as if I know better than someone [...]

If ObamaCare Is So Great, Why Do They Have To Force People To Get It ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Individual Liberty, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

A great question asked by one Congressman during Saturday’s debate:

George H.W. Bush And Mikhail Gorbachev Recall The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under History

Legendary interviewer David Frost talks to former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev about the epoch-shattering event they both presided over:

Also, James Joyner notes some other remembrances of the day:
Over at New Atlanticist, we’ve been running a series of essays from people who played a slightly larger role than I [...]

Beltway Sniper John Allen Muhammed Denied Supreme Court Appeal

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Virginia

It would appear that the man who helped bring terror to the Washington, D.C. suburbs is at the end of his rope:
The Supreme Court on Monday denied John Allen Muhammad’s request to stay his execution, clearing the way for Virginia to put to death the man who terrorized the Washington region as the Beltway Sniper.
Justices [...]

Signs Of A Coming Dollar Crisis ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics

Gold passes $ 1,100/ounce:
Gold prices hit a record above 1,100 dollars on Monday with the dollar weakening after a pledge by G20 countries to keep economic recovery pumped up with easy money.
In morning trading here, gold struck an all-time peak of 1,109.50 dollars an ounce as the euro rose to 1.50 dollars for the first [...]

SNL Spoofs Fox News Channel’s Election Night Coverage

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Humor, Media, Politics

Orrin Hatch: House Health Care Reform Bill Will Never Pass Senate

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics

In other words, DOA:
The healthcare plan approved by the House over the weekend will never pass the Senate, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) vowed Monday.
Hatch, a conservative Republican who has long been opposed to health reform efforts including a public (or “government-run”) option, talked down the bill’s chances.
“That exercise in the House, that’ll never pass the [...]

Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, November 9th, 2009. Filed under History

Thank you. Thank you, very much.
Chancellor Kohl, Governing Mayor Diepgen, ladies and gentlemen: Twenty four years ago, President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin, and speaking to the people of this city and the world at the city hall. Well since then two other presidents have come, each in his turn to Berlin. And today, I, [...]

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