Rep. Jackie Speier Admits To Having Had An Abortion In Speech On House Floor
February 18, 2011 No Comment
Political rhetoric on the floor of the House of Representatives took a surprisingly personal turn last night when Jackie Speier (D-CA) shared that she had lost a baby after having gone through an abortion procedure when she was 17 months pregnant. Her impassioned revelation was in response to a graphic description of an abortion procedure that had just been read aloud by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Mediaite Discovery Date : 18/02/2011 17:00 Number of articles : 6
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Yesterday at MWC we got our hands on the Huawei IDEOS X3 , an Android 2.3 phone slotted right between the IDEOS / Comet we reviewed recently and the X5 we saw at CES . While the original IDEOS took Android significantly downmarket, and the X5 is looking to bring high-end features to the mid-end, the X3 is aimed squarely at bread-and-butter devices like the LG Optimus T . Spec-wise, you’ll find a 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen, Qualcomm MSM7227 CPU (likely 600 MHz), 256MB of RAM, 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, front-facing camera, WiFi b / g / n, and dualband HSPA plus quadband EDGE radios, all powered by a 1200mAh battery. Contrary to its siblings, the X3 is not a Google Experience device, and runs a custom skin on top of Gingerbread . See our pictures in the gallery below and jump the break for our first impressions and hands-on video. Gallery: Huawei IDEOS X3 hands-on (video) Continue reading Huawei IDEOS X3 hands-on (video) Huawei IDEOS X3 hands-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Bahraini troops shot at protesters near Pearl Roundabout and wounded many, a doctor of Salmaniya hospital said, a day after police forcibly cleared a protest camp from the traffic circle in Manama. Dr. Ghassan said: “There are many casualties with head wounds.” The demonstrators made for Pearl Roundabout, where army troops who took it over after the police raid on Thursday opened fire.
Continue reading …Following an uproar over Justin Bieber’s comments about abortion in a Rolling Stone interview, the magazine admits it misquoted him. The preview for the article originally had Bieber saying, “I really don’t believe in abortion. It’s like killing a baby?” And, in the case of a woman who was raped,…
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For 25 years just one man has occupied the Ugandan seat of power – President Yoweri Museveni. Today he has joined the league of African leaders whose only wish seems to be to remain in power forever. He is now seeking another five years in power and Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow asks him what he hopes to achieve in the next five years that he was unable to in the past quarter of a century.
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Presented Without Comment of the Day: Justin Bieber shot and killed on last night’s CSI. [ wjb / reddit .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 18/02/2011 16:33 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …A witness in the trial of accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk is himself under investigation for Nazi killings, a German prosecutor tells the AP . Former guards have stated that 94-year-old Alex Nagorny participated in mass shootings at the Treblinka concentration camp in occupied Poland, says the prosecutor. Nagorny, a Ukrainian,…
Continue reading …The State Department secretly asked its diplomats in Bahrain to look for tabloid-level dirt on Bahrain’s princes, a new cable released by WikiLeaks reveals. Hillary Clinton’s office asked diplomats to report any “derogatory” info on Nasir bin Hamad al-Khalifa, 23, or his brother, Khalid, 21, such as whether they used…
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Over at Think Progress , Igor Volsky has compiled some of more outrageous claims made at yesterday’s marriage debate in New Hampshire. A sampling from the below video: REP. ALFRED BALDASARO: “The same thing happened in Canada, where they passed gay marriage. Now they’re fighting in the courts to get 3 husbands, 3 wives.” SEN. FENTON GROEN: “[Homosexuality] will significantly increase their risk of… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Joe. My. God. Discovery Date : 18/02/2011 16:05 Number of articles : 6
Continue reading …DAILY DUMPER: 2 Philly kids used as 'drug mules ?' 2 Philly kids used as ‘drug mules ?’ Police in Philadelphia say a woman stuffed the backpacks of her son and stepson with marijuana and sent them out of their home after officers seized 13 pounds of the drug from her husband’s car in a …
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