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03 Jun 2009 10:00

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U.S., World: Osama bin Laden does what he does best: Fearmongers

  • Obama and his administration have planted seeds for hatred and revenge against America.
  • Osama bin Laden • In an audiotape aired Wednesday by Al Jazeera that was designed to undercut the speech Obama plans to make to the Muslim world in Egypt. Bin Laden (or whoever is playing him on the tape) has good reason to come out and criticize Obama now – his open-arms diplomacy represents a threat to terrorist organizations in the Middle East. • source
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03 Jun 2009 09:53

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U.S., World: Obama is hanging on every word the king of Saudi Arabia says

Man, we wish that people would listen to much with as much attention as Obama’s giving King Abdullah. source
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02 Jun 2009 23:02

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Tech, U.S.: Get ready for the Guantanamo video game that will piss you off

  • The British company behind this game claims to have gotten lots of hate mail for this game, where a Guantanamo detainee rebels and starts killing his captors. Noooo, really? We have no clue why “Rendition: Guantanamo” would split public opinion so passionately.source
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02 Jun 2009 22:04

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Tech, U.S.: Someone’s making out like a bandit on the Digital TV transition

  • $40 amount in royalties you could pay for your big-screen TV source
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02 Jun 2009 21:56

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U.S.: Latest reason we’re all gonna die: Nuclear data accidentally leaked

  • *forehead slap* Great job, federal government. The U.S. revealed in a newsletter yesterday that somebody messed up and released a 266-page document LOADED with information about civilian nuclear holdings as well as maps of where we keep all of the fuel for our nuclear weapons. The document was marked “highly confidential,” which sounds scary. Some experts claim the leak isn’t THAT big a deal, but it’s not the first data screwup while Obama’s been in office. source
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02 Jun 2009 11:12

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U.S., World: Where did that money go, since the pirates didn’t steal it?

  • $30,000 was found missing after the pirate attack of the Maersk Alabama source
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02 Jun 2009 11:07

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Biz, U.S.: GM sez parties making interested rings around Saturn

  • 16 interested parties approached GM about buying the brand source
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01 Jun 2009 22:29

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U.S.: Poll: Dick Cheney won the public mindshare on Guantanamo

  • 2:1 the rate which USA Today/Gallup poll respondents preferred keeping the detention camp open source
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01 Jun 2009 21:12

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Biz, U.S.: Currently on Obama’s plate: Financial industry regulation

  • How do we make sure this never happens again? Re-invent FDIC? Kill the Office of Thrift Supervision? Throw out the rule book? The Obama administration is considering all sorts of MacGyver-like techniques to prevent future financial industry screw-ups. Don’t expect them to combine a bunch of organizations together like a puzzle, though. Obama doesn’t think he’ll get enough political support for that, and even some of his closest colleagues in Congress think it’s a bad idea. source
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01 Jun 2009 10:53

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Politics, U.S.: George Tiller’s murder shows flaws in “pro-life” movement

  • Nothing exposes this fundamental inconsistency and instability in the ethic of life as a description of the anti-abortion movement more than ‘pro-life’ murder.
  • Theology professor Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite • Who argues that the way to reduce abortions, rather than through fiery, passionate protests, may be through sex education and financial support of poor women stuck in the undesirable position of keeping a child. She says a “pro-life” movement that leads to murder is a flawed movement. Scott Roeder, the suspect in the George Tiller shooting, apparently felt that the murder of an abortionist was justifiable. • source
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