Readers take on guns, taxes, 'sex camp' and more
Source: Orlando Sentinel Online
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 13:23:47 -0700 | political-news
And for those who missed that column and are now gagging on your breakfast "sex camp" was a church-run weekend of sex education for parents and their rising middle-schoolers.) Scott, your best column ever...I will be able to tolerate your...
Private charity no match for federal poverty aid, experts say
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 08:40:44 -0700 | political-news
But for the steady-state emergency that is hunger in America, no amount of charitable giving has been enough, say people doing the numbers.
Politico Ignores Govt.-AP Timing Discussions in Saying 'Veteran Lawyers' See 'No Clear-Cut Abuse' in ...
Source: Newsbusters
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 08:28:49 -0700 | political-news
In a story appearing this morning at the Politico about the Department of Justice's broad and unannounced subpoenas of the April and May 2012 personal and business phone records of reporters and editors at the Associated Press involving 20 phone...
Angelina Jolie's leadership lessons: Obama, are you listening? Burman
Source: Toronto Star
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 06:42:42 -0700 | political-news
Photo Save to mystar What can Barack Obama learn from Angelina Jolie? On Tuesday, a day which saw the Obama administration stumbling and fumbling in response to a series of political embarrassments, the Oscar-winning actress and director wrote a remarkable...
Gay marriage across the world
Source: DAWN
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 14:57:29 -0700 | political-news
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage on Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political debate and protests...Netherlands: On April 1, 2001 the Netherlands became the first country in the...
Bulgaria among Countries with Lowest Racial Tolerance
Source: Novinite
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 03:14:32 -0700 | political-news
Bulgaria , along with Albania, Moldova, and France, is in the group of countries where 20% to 29.9% of respondents have said they did not want to have as neighbor someone from another race. Romania, Serbia, Macedonia and Hungary are...
US plans tough immigrant contro...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 18:24:22 -0700 | political-news
A bipartisan plan brokered in the House of Representatives will be tougher on illegal immigrants living in the United States than a Senate counterpart, congressional aides said yesterday. But it fails to address the difficult issue of how many low-skilled...
Letters: North County, May 18, 2013
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 17:18:58 -0700 | political-news
Concerning Bernie Schroer's letter to the editor (Bouncing Obama, May 14) on President Obama's commencement speech at Ohio State University: Mr. Schroer states, I watched in horror as he advised these highly educated young people to not believe anything they...
Burglar holed up in Everett house, claims he has grenade
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 22:38:34 -0700 | political-news
45 p.m. saying a home burglary was under way. When police arrived, the intruder went from outside back into the house, said police spokesman Aaron Snell. Police entered the home, and then backed out when the man said he had a grenade.
Obama Fondly Recalls Frustration Of First Term
Source: The Onion
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 16:58:15 -0700 | political-news
President Obama told reporters Friday that the current scandals plaguing his administration have made him long for the deeply frustrating, often maddening political climate of his first term in office. Remember when I couldn't get anything through Congress for two...
Get ready for the summer crush at Sea-Tac Airport
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 16:12:02 -0700 | political-news
Expect very busy days at Sea-Tac starting around the Memorial Day weekend. (Ellen M. Banner photo / The Seattle Times) You and 99,999 other passengers; that's the averagel crowd on a summer day at Sea-Tac Airport . And it could...
Gun-control group putting ads on Metro Transit buses
Source: Seattle Times
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 15:29:31 -0700 | political-news
The Seattle Times political team explores national, state and local politics...Rosenthal A state gun-control group is putting advertisements inside and outside of dozens of King County Metro Transit buses, urging residents to think twice about having a gun in your...
Revisiting 9/11 attacks and Boston bombings
Source: Arab News
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 14:52:09 -0700 | political-news
Abdulrahman Al-Zuhayyan Saturday 18 May 2013 Last Update 18 May 2013 12:15 am The recent Boston bombings are reminiscent of the infamous attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, although the Boston explosions were far less in magnitude in terms of destruction...
Networks Ignore Second Federal Court Rebuking Obama for Unconstitutional Recess Appointments
Source: Newsbusters
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 14:51:40 -0700 | political-news
Bush was dogged by not one or two but three scandals -- one of which was the IRS singling out liberal groups for stricter scrutiny -- a federal appeals court invalidated a recess appointment the Republican president made, finding he...
NBC's Williams Ready to Move On: 'It's Tough to Know the Staying Power of Any Given Scandal'
Source: Newsbusters
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-17 14:51:40 -0700 | political-news
On Thursday's NBC Nightly News , after proclaiming President Obama to be "on the offensive" amid growing scandals, anchor Brian Williams hinted at those controversies being only temporary setbacks for Obama: "And some folks are already calling the President's problems...
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