by Jim Kouri, CPP If the Republican Party is wondering why it’s having a difficult time firing up its base — conservatives and Christians — perhaps they should take a look at a story circulating on the internet by bloggers on both sides of the political spectrum. According to the BlueNC, a Democrat blog,...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP {The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.} The almost legendary MI5 British counterintelligence service is said to be deeply concerned over an increase in spying by Chinese operatives in the United Kingdom. Although intelligence experts aren’t certain how...
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A poll conducted for CNN over the weekend suggests support among Americans for the war in Iraq is dwindling to an all-time low. Just 34 percent of those polled say they support the war, while 64 percent say they oppose it.
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Outrage over judicial activism has been so high in the last few years that voters in several states will face something new this fall: ballot initiatives designed to restrict the role of judges.
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For years, scientists have studied how leaves prepare for the annual show of fall color. The molecules behind bright yellows and oranges are well understood, but brilliant reds remain a bit of a mystery.
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Kim Jong be-Il-lin’ How to handle North Korea by Thomas Lindaman With the recent news that North Korea tested a nuclear weapon, the world is left asking one question: Will Samuel L. Jackson sign on for a sequel to “Snakes on a Plane� Yes, our mindset towards North Korea’s nuclear program has been…well, lacking. We’ve...
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During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities. Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or loss of a spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly...
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Advertising icons define our nation and they have a pervasive influence on our culture. If a foreigner wants to learn what makes America tick, he can set aside his history books and examine our imaginary icons. “The Marlboro Man” tops the list of “the 101 most influential people who never lived”, a new book about...
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When Robert Parker divorced in 1978 his daughter, now 30, was 2-years-old. While his ex-wife was the primary residential parent, they shared joint custody. Like most men going through divorce, Parker expected to have a meaningful ongoing relationship with his child. It didn’t happen. He says today his daughter “hates the sound of my...
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Michael Rogers: “What these (Republican) party leaders don’t tell these voters is how many of them actually lead secret lives which include sexual encounters with members of the same sex.” (Let the “pile on” begin.)
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Sen. Joe Lieberman, running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary, said Tuesday he hoped Democrats seize control of Congress with one caveat: a Democratic-led Congress, he said, must change its ways.
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Casino magnate’s expansive gesticulation tears $ 139 million deal with art collector
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We recently saw the Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez form an alliance to combat any response from America, shall we intervene by force against these nations. We’ve seen North Korea thumb its nose towards the International community by testing a nuclear weapon underground and ignored, for a year, engaging in 6-party...
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A federal judge in Houston this afternoon wiped away the fraud and conspiracy conviction of Kenneth L. Lay, the Enron Corp. founder who died of heart disease in July, bowing to decades of legal precedent but frustrating government attempts to seize nearly $44 million from his estate.
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No matter how bad your day might have been, chances are you didn’t lose as much money as Steve Wynn. From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: Pablo Picasso’s “dream” painting has turned into a $139 million nightmare for Steve Wynn. In an accident witnessed by a group that included Barbara Walters and screenwriters Nora Ephron...
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New Grand Mufti of Jerusalem hints that Palestinians have right to resist occupation by any means
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Justice Department reviewing camping trip that Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz. took with two former pages and others in 1996
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According to Reuters, teams at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, “bombarded californium with calcium ions” to create the element which has “only existed in three different atoms lasting a fraction of a second over months of experiments”.
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Wall Street employees earned 5.1 times as much as other workers in New York City last year as booming trading and advisory fees fueled record profits, New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi said.
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Police today warned internet users to guard their identities after a man was convicted of Britain’s first “web-rage” attack.
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