by Lydia Saad Gallup PRINCETON, NJ — Conservatives have maintained their leading position among U.S. ideological groups in the first half of 2010. Gallup finds 42% of Americans describing themselves as either very conservative or conservative. This is up slightly from the 40% seen for all of 2009 and contrasts with the 20% calling...
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Archive for June, 2010
In 2010, Conservatives Still Outnumber Moderates, Liberals
U.S. Says Border Patrol Not Responsible for Mexicans’ Drownings
Latin American Herald Tribune MEXICO CITY – Border Patrol agents were not responsible for the drownings of four Mexican migrants in the Rio Grande last weekend, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico said. The drownings occurred in Hidalgo, a town in Coahuila state, some 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Nuevo Laredo, located across the border...
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Venezuela Takes Oil Rigs Owned by US Company(Where is the outrage?!!!!)
Latin American Herald Tribune In the latest takeover by the government of Hugo Chavez — another in a string of expropriations in his design to remake the oil rich nation into a Communist country — Venezuela plans to nationalize 11 oil drilling rigs belonging to US company Helmerich & Payne CARACAS – Venezuela’s government...
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The Coming Immigration Show Trial(Will Arizona have the guts to win no matter the cost?)
Posted by Larry Elder on Jun 25th, 2010 and filed under FrontPage U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder questioned the constitutionality of Arizona’s new immigration law — before admitting he hadn’t read it. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just confirmed that the feds plan to sue to stop the law. And Mexico, whose president said...
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BP spill clean-up at key stage as its shares plummet
By Kristen Hays and Tom Bergin Kristen Hays And Tom Bergin – 1 hr 10 mins ago HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – BP Plc’s struggle to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was nearing a potentially important stage on Friday even as worries about the soaring costs of the clean-up sent the company’s shares nose-diving to a 14-year-low. The...
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Russia Hires Cisco to Build a Silicon Forest, Easier Said Than Done (Are you freakin kidding me?)
BY Greg LindsayThu Jun 24, 2010 Fast Company Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wrapped up his whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley yesterday, and while it’s fun to imagine Steve Jobs giving him the five-cent tour of One Infinite Loop or Ev Williams and Biz Stone teaching him how to tweet, Medvedev’s mission was to round...
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House, Senate leaders finalize details of sweeping financial overhaul(the two clowns that brought us Fannie and Freddie do it again)
By Brady Dennis Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 25, 2010; 12:26 PM Key House and Senate lawmakers approved far-reaching new financial rules early Friday after weeks of division, delay and frantic last-minute dealmaking. The dawn compromise set up a potential vote in both houses of Congress next week that could send the landmark...
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BP and government will not save us, behind the scenes video, must see.
BP behind the scenes video.
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Congresswoman Raises Red Flag on Hezbollah-Cartel Nexus on U.S. Border
Published June 25, 2010 | FOXNews.com Iran-tied terror group Hezbollah may be colluding with drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border, a Republican congresswoman warned, calling on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to establish a special task force to figure out how to “clamp down” on this “national security” threat. The Lebanon-based group has long-standing...
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Unemployment extension fails to pass; thousands to lose benefits
The Senate has collectively gotten their hands on the Jim Bunning Kool Aid and failed to pass unemployment extensions for the thousands of Americans out of work who have no hope in sight in this anemic jobless ‘recovery’. Bunning, the persnickety former major league pitcher and now Senator from Kentucky held up the last...
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