On 2 November – two days after Kim Kardashian announced that she would be divorcing basketball star Kris Humphries – a 41-year-old Colorado woman posted a petition imploring E! to take its show Keeping Up with the Kardashians off the air. Her campaign has gone viral. To date, more than 165,000 people have signed on [...]
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November 24, 2011
November 21, 2011
US debt-reduction panel spirals toward failure
November 21, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis US debt-reduction panel spirals toward failure –Barring breakthrough, super dictatorship to concede failure on Monday [Just save everyone time and declare failure *today.*] 20 Nov 2011 A months-long effort to set U.S. finances on a sustainable course appeared likely to end in failure on Monday as lawmakers in Congress [...]
November 14, 2011
Cities struggle to deal with occupy movement
San Francisco (CNN) — Police in riot gear moved into the Occupy Oakland encampment Monday, tearing down tents and arresting some protesters, the latest effort by city officials across the country to gain control over a movement that some leaders say has become a public safety and health threat. Oakland, California, police, aided by dozens [...]
November 14, 2011
Police tear down Occupy Oakland camp
San Francisco (CNN) — Police in riot gear moved into the Occupy Oakland encampment early Monday, tearing down tents and arresting some protesters, the latest effort by city officials across the country to gain control over a movement that some leaders say has become a public safety and health threat. Oakland, California, police, aided by [...]
November 10, 2011
Vancouver takes legal action to shut down Occupy tent city
November 8, 2011 by walden9 ShareThis Vancouver takes legal action to shut down Occupy tent city 08 Nov 2011 Vancouver officials launched legal action to shut down the Occupy Vancouver tent city Monday, in the latest effort to dislodge the protesters’ camp from the city land it has occupied for more than three weeks. Vancouver [...]
November 3, 2011
White House to face subpoenas on Solyndra
November 3, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis White House to face subpoenas on Solyndra –White House: The ‘unprecedented’ subpoenas are part of a ‘partisan’ effort 03 Nov 2011 A House panel voted Thursday to subpoena the White House for documents related to the solar energy company Solyndra. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on oversight [...]
October 25, 2011
US politics live blog: Rick Perry’s flat tax plan and birther comments, Herman Cain’s viral video
3.49pm: Watching Rick Perry‘s press conference, Jeffrey Sachs is on MSNBC and is unhappy: It’s so pathetic, it’s such hackery it’s unbelievable. But it’s what passes for adult discussion in America As does “pathetic” and “hackery”, apparently. 3.45pm: Asked to compare his plan to Herman Cain‘s much-ballyhooed 9-9-9 plan, Perry points out that his doesn’t [...]
October 24, 2011
October 24, 2011
October 13, 2011
Authorities launch new effort to identify Gacy victims
(CNN) — More than three decades after the arrest of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, authorities in Chicago have launched a new effort to identify eight of his 33 victims. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office says new technology has allowed it to obtain DNA profiles for the eight victims, whose remains were recovered from Gacy’s [...]
October 7, 2011
McChrystal: after 10 years, Afghan war only half done
The US began the war in Afghanistan with a “frighteningly simplistic” view of the country and even 10 years later lacks the knowledge that could help bring the conflict to a successful end, a former top commander has said. Retired US army general Stanley McChrystal said in remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations that [...]
October 3, 2011
October 3, 2011
Israel must restart talks with its neighbours or face isolation, says US
The US has warned that Israel is becoming increasingly isolated in the Middle East, and said the country’s leaders must restart negotiations with the Palestinians and work to restore relations with Egypt and Turkey. In a blunt assessment made by Leon Panetta, the US defence secretary, as he was travelling to Israel, he said the [...]
September 30, 2011
State lawmakers push to allow guns on college campuses
September 29, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis State lawmakers push to allow guns on college campuses 29 Sep 2011 State lawmakers across the USA are pushing a growing number of bills this year that would legalize carrying guns on college campuses, according to groups tracking the trend. So far this year, at least 14 states have [...]