It ain't Obama, it ain't yo' mama—it's your money
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Harold Michael Harvey, J. D.
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 09:28:38 -0700 | political-news
Last Sunday, President Barack Obama spoke during the commencement exercises at Morehouse College, the premier college in the nation dedicated to the education of African American men. It was the first time that a sitting American president had spoken at...
Constitutional disorder: House votes to approve Keystone in defiance of Obama
Posted by: PrairieDogPress
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:02:47 -0700 | political-news
Republicans in the house, who are always professing how much they cherish the Constitution, voted on Wednesday to pass the H.R 3 Northern Route Approval Act, which would circumvent action by President Obama and allow construction of the Keystone XL...
As I was traveling down Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee, right where the main library sits, I noticed ...
Posted by: Jerome McCollom
Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 09:21:14 -0700 | political-news
As I was traveling down Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee, right where the main library sits, I noticed a protest. A protest by workers and their supporters in favor of raising wages for fast food workers. There must have been about...
IRS' Lerner can be held for contempt of Congress, says Dershowitz: What's next?
Posted by: Dava Castillo
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 12:04:33 -0700 | political-news
Outspoken Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz said yesterday that Lois Lerner, the IRS official who was in charge of the division of the IRS overseeing exempt organizations, which targeted the tea party and other conservative political groups, could be held in...
Boy Scouts vote on lifting gay youth ban; America waits for final decision
Posted by: jodijill
Grapevine :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:01:17 -0700 | political-news
The Boy Scouts of America maybe lifting the controversial a long-standing ban on openly gay scouts. On Thursday a vote on whether to lift the ban for the Boy Scouts of America has people watching Grapevine, Texas news closely. Dividing...
Anthony Weiner debuts new mayor campaign; Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel release parody ads (videos)
Posted by: jodijill
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:17:07 -0700 | political-news
Anthony Weiner debuted his new campaign for New York City mayor on Wednesday and it took less than 24 hours before the comedians of late night revised the online ad to provide something that was a little more entertaining. On...
AZ atheist legislator offers humanist statement on floor of state legislature
Posted by: Jerome McCollom
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 09:07:33 -0700 | political-news
Arizona State Representative Juan Mendez, when his turn came up to give an invocation before the Arizona state legislature, delievered a beautiful statement on humanism. He stated: "Most prayers in this room begin with a request to bow your heads....
Sen. Coburn: 'Morally wrong' for feds to finance tornado victim aid
Posted by: itobin53
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 11:48:04 -0700 | political-news
Evidence of the disconnect between Washington politicians and working-class Americans was palpable on Thursday, in Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn’s statements on the devastating tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, on Monday. To the families who...
Kerry eats shawrma and Palestinian traditional sweets in Ramallah after meeting with Abbas, ...
Posted by: saleh1966
Ramallah :: Palestine | updated 2013-05-23 14:07:33 -0700 | political-news
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry separately met with the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, to revive the stalled Middle East peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel. This is...
Missouri – gun lovers' paradise state
Posted by: Ivana Cvetkovic
St Louis :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 14:10:55 -0700 | political-news
A generous landowner in Howell County, Mo., John Negri, is offering free land in parcels of 6, 38 and 100 acres up to gun makers who are looking to relocate due to the current wave of passed gun control legislation,...
Body of child found in deadly Minn. landslide
Source: The Boston Globe
Saint Paul :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 13:11:09 -0700 | political-news
Minn. (AP) Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a boy missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured a day earlier at a St...Paul Assistant Fire Chief Jim Smith told reporters that crews found the...
Census: Texas has 8 of 15 fastest-growing cities in U.S.
Source: United Press International
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 13:45:07 -0700 | political-news
Texas leads the nation in population growth with eight of the 15 fastest-growing large towns and cities in America located in the state, the Census Bureau says. Only Texas had more than one city among the 15 fastest-growing cities in...
India and China: Parsnips unbuttered
Source: The Economist
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-23 10:26:39 -0700 | political-news
Mr Li's trip, after all, comes only weeks after satellites and drones showed a Chinese military force camped 19km inside the Indian side of the line of control, high up in Ladakh, in the Himalayas. Brief incursions by both armies...
Teacher who confronted terrorists
Source: CNN
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 11:41:32 -0700 | political-news
Wednesday afternoon, former teacher Ingrid Loyau-Kennett was just a passenger on a bus passing through southeast London. Thursday she was being hailed as one incredibly brave woman who confronted a man seconds after he hacked a British soldier to death...
Peacemaking in the Philippines: Bedevilled by the details
Source: The Economist
Cotabato :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-23 10:26:30 -0700 | political-news
From the print edition A Moro management trainee A FEW miles outside Cotabato City in Mindanao, in the south of the Philippine archipelago, a squat, disconcertingly new building sits stranded on its own off the main road. It may not...
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