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US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio in critical condition
By M.R. KROPKO – 11 hours ago
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, had a brain hemorrhage and was in critical condition with limited brain function, a doctor said Wednesday.
Tubbs Jones, [...]

Indian Police Raid American Ex-Pat:Police raided the home of an American citizen living in Mumbai and
seized a computer from which an email claiming responsibility for an
attack that killed 45 was reportedly sent.
Homes Destroyed In Yosemite Wildfires:Hot weather
hampered efforts to contain a fast-moving wildfire near an entrance to
Yosemite National Park that had already destroyed 12 [...]

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm said
Friday that he is stepping down as co-chairman of Sen. John McCain’s
presidential campaign amid criticism for saying last week that “we have
sort of become a nation of whiners.”

I actually can’t say I disagree with Phil on this. In fact I might take it a step further [...]

(CNN) — Shortly after Barack Obama laid out his foreign policy
vision in Washington on Tuesday, presumptive Republican presidential
nominee John McCain criticized his proposals as naive and premature.
Of course what John McCain really meant to say is I am going to be the next president so Obama shouldn’t even be making policy claims for a [...]

At this very moment Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich is presenting 35 articles of Impeachment against President George W Bush. Go Dennis! w00t!!!
http://digg.com/politics/Impeachment_Happening_in_Congress_Right_Now_2
Not only has Dennis brought this on the floor securing his place as my hero, he has said the one thing that everyone has refused to say about our military contractors in [...]

Fact in Idaho a 10 year old girl gives birth. Fact she was the victim of statutory rape maybe as young as nine. Fact the man involved is 37. Fact he is an illegal alien. Instead of this case being about the poor girl and her baby, this case is sensationalized to be about an [...]

When did we quit teaching history in school? I find it all well and good that schools invest in teaching kids new technologies, but if this is what we get by skimping elsewhere, I may have to make some revisions to my thoughts on how education dollars are spent.
On the other hand I think [...]

Terrorism is in the news again today. Yesterday it was a bicycle riding bomber hitting Times Square early in the morning. This is a clear sign of terrorism in my book, the bomb like two others before it weren’t powerful enough to do any sort of real damage, nor were they placed at [...]

In an blog post from Junkfood Science shouted out by Katy I must ask the serious questions of why and WTF.
From Mississippi
HOUSE BILL NO. 282
An act to prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state department of health; to direct the department [...]