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Archive for November, 2009

Pork In PelosiCare: Loan Forgiveness For Vets And A Biofuels Tax

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

Report: Major Nidal Hasan Told Colleagues That Infidels Should Die

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

More reports of warning signs about Nidal Mailk Hassan:
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the gunman who killed 13 at America’s Fort Hood military base, once gave a lecture to other doctors in which he said non-believers should be beheaded and have boiling oil poured down their throats.
He also told colleagues at America’s top military hospital that [...]

How A Computer Virus Can Land You In Jail

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

If this doesn’t make you check your security settings, I don’t know what will:
Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses — the malicious programs better known for swiping [...]

Why ObamaCare Won’t Work

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 8th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Economics, Health Care Reform, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Harvard Economist, and former head of the Council of Economic Advisers, Martin Feldstein uncovers the fundamental logical flaw behind the public option health care reform plans:
A key feature of the House and Senate health bills would prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to anyone with preexisting conditions. The new coverage would start immediately, and the [...]

Joe Lieberman: If Public Option Plan Is In There I Will Not Allow This Bill to Come to Final Vote

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 8th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Report: Obama Likely To Send 34,000 Troops To Afghanistan

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 8th, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Politics

It’s less than General McChrystal recommends, but still a substantial increase in the American commitment to a questionable war:
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send more than 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan next year, but he may not announce it until after he consults with key allies and completes a [...]

Hasan’s Fellow Mosque Member: “I’m Not Going To Condemn Him For What He Did.”

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 8th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Islam, Religion

The BBC interview a member of the Texas mosque that Major Nidal Malik Hasan attended prior to last week’s attack and came away with a rather shocking statement:

Duane : I’m not going to condemn him for what he did. I don’t know why he did it. I will not, absolutely not, condemn him for what [...]

Would The Discovery Of Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life Destroy Christianity ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 8th, 2009. Filed under Catholic Church, Religion, Science, Space Exploration

The Vatican is holding a conference dedicated to examining that very question:
ROME — A little more than a half-mile from the Vatican, in a square called Campo de’ Fiori, stands a large statue of a brooding monk. Few of the shoppers and tourists wandering through the fruit-and-vegetable market below may know his story; he is [...]

When It Comes To Foreign Policy, We May As Well Call Him George W. Obama

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 8th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, George W Bush, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

After one-year the record of the Obama Administration overseas isn’t that much different from his predecessor:

Why Was Major Nadil Malik Hasan Still In The United States Military ?

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, November 8th, 2009. Filed under In The News, Politics, War On Terror

While it’s becoming fairly clear that last week’s shootings at Fort Hood were not part of a wider terrorist plot, questions are starting to be raised about exactly why the man who carried them out, Major Nadil Malik Hasan, was still a member of the United States Army given the fact that there seemed to [...]

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