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People from around the world are painting their online photographs red, white and blue
to show their solidarity with American Tea Party protesters
Should political momentum continue in the same direction it is currently heading, here are some potential headlines we may be seeing before too long:
Doctors added to no-fly list
The Associated Press - 4 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Responding to pressure from trade unions and patient advocacy groups, President Obama just signed an executive order which prevents physicians and other health care providers on the critical shortage list from leaving the country. The flight of doctors from the United States has escalated since... (read more)
It's time for another stimulus package for the newspaper industry
New York Times - 37 minutes ago
Yesterday, three more newspapers announced that they are going under, bringing the total to 57 print publications which have shut their doors so far this quarter. Despite last year's legislation designed to bail out the industry, printing houses are closing at a faster rate than ever before. The problem isn't that Congress approved the stimulus, but that there wasn't enough money provided to... (read more)
Online activists from around the word show solidarity with American Tea Party protesters
AllAfrica.com - 1 hour ago
DALLAS - Eleven Tea Party protesters were arrested this morning by federal soldiers as the protests continue into their third week across the United States. The protests are in response to economic policies established by the controlling Democratic Party, policies which the protesters declare are unconstitutional. Expressing solidarity with the American freedom fighters, Internet activists from around the world are displaying red, white and blue pictures on their Twitter and other social networking... (read more)
Supreme Court to hear multi-state case on secession
Washington Times - 1 hour ago
While still not joining the list of states officially entering into the secession movement, Georgia Attorney General Erick Pye filed an amicus brief yesterday in support of the controversial issue. Citing Tenth Amendment grounds, the brief accuses the current administration of imposing unconstitutional mandates against the state. Fourteen states are currently listed as coplaintiffs in Perry v Holder, including Texas, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Alabama, ... (read more)
Florida Citrus Crops In Peril After Hard Freeze - CBS NEWS
CBS News - 1 hour ago
Another week of below freezing temperatures will probably ruin the rest of Florida's citrus crops for this growing season. Cold weather patterns in California are resulting in similar crop damage, too. Despite decades of warnings from government climatologists and former Vice President Al Gore about global warming... (read more)
Anniston parents upset about strip search of 13 year old student
Birmingham News - 1 hour ago
ANNISTON, AL - Upset parents showed in number at last night's school board meeting in Anniston following reports that a school administrator ordered a teenaged female student to be strip searched in order to locate contraband nail polish. Officials stated that they were acting in compliance with the US Supreme Court case of Safford v Redding, as the class disruption caused by finger nail polish certainly meets the court requirement of extraordinary situations. ... (read more)
Worcester surgeon arrested for trip to NYC
Boston Globe - 1 hour ago
Local authorities arrested Dr. William Simes at Logan International Airport for his defiance of the commonwealth's travel ban on medical professionals. While Simes had filed the proper paperwork to attend his father's funeral, the forms were denied by the Mass. Dept. of Homeland Security as a result of the state's health care provider shortage emergency. "It's an extreme act of selfishness, considering the plight of our needy patients," stated Director... (read more)
Should right-wing extremists receive same medical benefits as the rest of us?
DailyKos - 2 hours ago
Let's face it, some people are more deserving of health care than others. If faced with a choice between a NYC teacher who spends his life working in minority communities and some fleabitten redneck mobile home park owner, we all know who deserves the benefits. Right now, Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama are chickening out of doing the right thing, so it's up to us to keep the pressure on them by... (read more)
Home Depot taking advantage of currency crisis
Wired - 2 hours ago
The economic crisis may be hurting some, but the combination of a new invention and a clever marketing campaign has consumers laughing all the way from the bank to the grocery store. Benjamin Edison hadn't even left the office of his patent attorney when his cell phone started ringing. The callers were interested in his new invention, a securable wheelbarrow with an electronic meter which indicates the amount of cash left inside... (read more)
Wolf attack kills Boy Scout
USA Today - 3 hours ago
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - While on a camp out near the BWCA, several Boy Scouts were malled and one was killed by a pack of wild wolves. State police and National Guard helicoptors are currently searching for this pack of canines, but havent yet found them in the heavily wooded area. While wolves weren't reintroduced into the environment in this immediate area, recent harsh Canadian winters may have... (read more)
Justice Sotomayor deciding factor in gun case
Reuters - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the first Second Amendment gun case to reach the court since her nomination, Justice Sonia Sotomayor's vote proved to be the determining factor in NRA v DC. The NRA argued that the District of Columbia had violated a previous Supreme Court decision when they used federal no-fly lists as grounds to refuse permits to applicants wishing to keep a firearm in the city. The ALCU joined with the NRA, arguing that due process... (read more)
Health care providers and patients arrested in sting operation
FOXNews - 3 hours ago
Two doctors, a therapist, three nurses and eleven patients were arrest at an undergound medical clinic in Beverly Hills last last night. Undercover agents, pretending to be patients in search of rationed care, had been working the case for three weeks. Most of the patients were over 65 years of age and suffering from foms of cancer not covered by Medicare. They were paying cash or bartering other goods and services for... (read more)
Talk Show Host Fined for Hate Speech
CNN - 4 hours ago
(CNN) -- "Under the terms of the agreement just reached between the Excellent Bloviators Network and the FCC, I'm not allowed to disclose the amount of the settlement," said talk radio host Rush Boortz outside his studio today. "I'm also not allowed to state that I currently feel the same way about Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi as I did when I first made the controversial statement. I am getting the last laugh, though, because the dollar has dropped so much in value from the time we began negotiations with the feds... (read more)
Additional stories:
Illinois Legislature Outlaws Republican and Libertarian Parties
Congress considers candy bar tax
Karl Rove pushes for expansion of Medicare Part D
Canada regarding socialized health care: We told you so
Senator Huckabee proposes national smoking ban
New Mexico courts won't hear case of man wanting to be excluded from government health care policy
Waiting lines for health care continue to increase in America
Arlen Specter sponsors Cap and Trade III
Green Party statement about Hillary Clinton determined to be a hate crime
Major US corporations demand right to see individual health records
Obama: Additional bailouts may be necessary
Republican Party continues to lose support, elections
Controlling American, Delta and United stock now owned by feds
Gingrich, McCain urge President Obama to pass another stimulus package
Local Blogger Fined for using Hyperlinks
Of course, none of this actually has to happen. It's all up to you get involved in some meaningful political activity today.
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