Afghan president orders investigation into deadly US-led airstrike

ShareThis Afghan president orders investigation into deadly US-led airstrike 27 May 2012 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the recent US-led airstrike which claimed the lives of eight civilians. A statement released by Karzai’s office on Sunday said that he has dispatched a delegation to investigate the incident. On Saturday, a man, [...]

Absentee voting begins for recall election

ShareThis Absentee voting begins for recall election –Most said turnout for absentee voters appeared to be on par with typical November general election 21 May 2012 Absentee voters came to the polls in strong numbers Monday as the first day of early voting started ahead of Wisconsin’s June 5 recall. By 8 a.m., voters were [...]

Arizona: Sheriff to Face Civil Rights Suit Over Claims That Include Profiling

ShareThis Arizona: Sheriff to Face Civil Rights Suit Over Claims That Include Profiling 10 May 2012 The federal authorities said Wednesday that they planned to sue Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County and his office over claims of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling of Latinos. The Justice Department has been seeking an agreement [...]

What not to wear during the NATO summit

ShareThis What not to wear during the NATO summit 08 May 2012 Downtown workers may experience casual Friday and casual Monday later this month when the NATO summit arrives. Workers at some Chicago office towers are being encouraged to dress down to avoid being targeted by protesters during the meeting of world leaders May 20 [...]

Sharron Angle won’t run for elected office in 2012

From KTVN.com CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Nevada Republican Sharron Angle says she didn’t take her decision not to run for office in this year’s election lightly. The tea party favorite said she will instead focus on what she calls an epidemic of voter fraud. In a video posted on her website on Friday, Angle [...]

Lieberman’s Office Evacuated Because of Suspicious Mail

ShareThis Breaking: Lieberman’s Office Evacuated Because of Suspicious Mail 23 Feb 2012 Sen. Joe Lieberman’s Hartford office is evacuated after receiving a suspicious package. Lieberman’s office received a warning on Wednesday to look out of packages after some Congressional offices received threatening letters. The letters contain a suspicious powdery substance that was tested and proved [...]

3 ND Tea Party founders resign; 2 seeking office, third is managing US House campaign

From: TheRepublic.com BISMARCK, N.D. — Three founding members of North Dakota’s Tea Party Caucus have resigned because they’re running for office or working on political campaigns this fall. Former North Dakota Republican chairman Gary Emineth says he’ll be managing Republican Kevin Cramer’s primary campaign for the U.S. House this June. Former North Dakota Republican chairman [...]

10 Sites Skewered by Anonymous, Including FBI, DOJ, U.S. Copyright Office

ShareThis 10 Sites Skewered by Anonymous, Including FBI, DOJ, U.S. Copyright Office 20 Jan 2012 According to Anonymous, 10 well-known governmental and corporate sites with ties to the entertainment industry were assaulted and knocked offline in retaliation for the FBI shutting down Megaupload.com, one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites. Dubbing its DDoS spree “OpMegaupload,” [...]

DHS ‘Operation Shield’ training exercise with semiautomatic rifles startles locals

ShareThis DHS ‘Operation Shield’ training exercise with semiautomatic rifles startles locals 04 Jan 2012 (FL) It may have looked like they were ready for war or some deranged person looking for his late Social Security benefits. But it was only Federal Protective Service officers with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who were conducting a [...]

The real reason Obama finally pulled out of Iraq 3 years after he promised to

Why has Obama decided the Iraq war is finished NOW after 3 years in office and 9 years since Bush ordered it and no weapons of mass destruction, the deaths of 113000 Iraqi civilians, and 4500 American soldiers and a price tag to the American taxpayer of $704.6 billion? http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cost-war-iraq-numbers/story?id=14788211# Exxon Preparing To Tap Into [...]