Category Archives: U.S.

Bombshell: Obama Threatened to Fire on Israeli Jets Attacking Iran

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Sunday, March 1, 2015 In case you think the relationship between the U.S. and Israel could not deteriorate any further, comes a report in the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida that says President Obama, planned to shoot down Israeli military jets headed … Continue reading →

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President Obama: Out of Touch with America

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Friday, October 15, 2010 President Obama is woefully out of touch with the country who elected him. According to a new New York Times/CBS News poll, President Obama’s obsession with the war in Afghanistan is his alone and not shared … Continue reading →

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How Many More Teenagers Must Die?

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Thursday, October 7, 2010 So far this year, nine American teenagers have committed suicide. The epidemic of bullying sweeping America has a single underlying theme: homophobia. I am furious at parents for failing to teach their children the difference between … Continue reading →

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Netanhayu Pokes a Stick in Obama’s Eye on Memorial Day

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Monday, May 31, 2010 Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of aid ships headed to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing 19 people passengers in a botched military raid, provoking international outrage and a diplomatic crisis. Details of what … Continue reading →

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President Obama Lifts 22 Year Ban on HIV-Positive People Entering U.S.

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Saturday, October 31, 2009 Friday was a good day for President Obama Ending the 22-year ban on travel to the U.S. by HIV-people, a promise Obama made to gay advocates during the campaign, the president said the restriction was “rooted … Continue reading →

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Is Political Correctness Destroying Halloween?

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Friday, October 30, 2009 America, please! I know we live in a scary world of H1N1 swine flu, al Qaeda, and Sarah Palin, but has the stranglehold of political correctness reached the point where children can’t dress up as vampires … Continue reading →

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AIG Refuses to Pay Claims for U.S. Airways Jet that Ditched in Hudson River

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Saturday, June 13, 2009 Remember last September’s Troubled Asset  Relief Program or TARP? The $900 billion taxpayer bailout of Wall Street criminals ramrodded through the Democratically controlled Congress and championed by former President George Bush, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Barney … Continue reading →

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Why Americans Need Single-Payer Health Insurance

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Thursday, June 4, 2009 Medical bills or related illness contributed to more than 62 percent of personal bankruptcies in 2007, according to a new study. A nearly 50 percent increase from 2001 and not even reflecting the growing number of … Continue reading →

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A Spacewalk Does the Hubble Good

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Saturday, May 16, 2009 In this extraordinary photograph, NASA astronauts Michael Massimino, working from inside Hubble and his partner, Michael Good, had no problem removing all six of Hubble’s 10-year-old gyroscopes. They easily replaced the first new set of two … Continue reading →

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First Human-to-Pig Swine Flu Transmission Reported in Canada

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Sunday, May 3, 2009 Upsetting the epidemiological apple cart comes this story from our neighbors in the Canadian province of Alberta. Pigs on a Canadian farm have been infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus apparently by a farm worker … Continue reading →

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