Barack Obama is today offering states a deal: If they adopt his preferred education reform policies, he’ll let them waive some of the more stringent and unpopular provisions of the No Child Left Behind law—most notably the 2014 deadline for making all students proficient in reading and math. “Our…
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Country legend Glen Campbell has Alzheimer’s disease, but is pressing on with a new CD, “Ghost on the Canvas,” and a global goodbye tour. He talks about the ups and downs of his life. (Sept. 23)
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Scheduled to speak Thursday at an event honoring former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, ‘Army Wives’ actress Kim Delaney stood awkwardly at the podium and only spoke a few words before she was escorted awayt. (Sept. 23)
Continue reading …Bachmann Equates Today’s Social Conservatives with the Civil Rights Movement
September 23, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann Thursday likened the conservative movement to the Civil Rights movement, a comparison that some may find offensive . “Of any election, this is the one where conservatives don’t have to settle,” the candidate said at an Orlando rally organized by Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition. “President Obama’s approval numbers are the lowest they’ve ever been, and I am here to tell you, they are going lower further,” she added. “So we don’t have to go to the side, we don’t have to sit on the back of the bus in this election. We need to stand up and be counted and have a candidate who is truly a social conservative who will stand for our issues.” The phrase “back of the bus” is associated with African Americans’ struggle for equal rights. In the 1950s, Montgomery, Alabama reserved the front of public busses for white riders, while blacks had to move to the rear. Rosa Parks sparked a bus boycott when she refused to give up her seat for a white passenger. In 2009, the polling organization Gallup found that only 2 percent of the Republican Party identified themselves as black. Using the phrase “back of the bus” wasn’t a one-time slip for Bachmann. She repeated it again the next day at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando.
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Fearing fresh tremors and landslides, hundreds of people in quake-hit remote areas of Sikkim started moving out of their villages as rescue teams airlifted 22 stranded engineers with the death toll in Sunday's 6.8 devastating temblor…
Continue reading …New York Newspaper: We Strongly Oppose Using Tragedy for Political Gain – Except When We Do It
September 23, 2011 No Comment
The paper of record for upstate New York is at it again, letting their readers know that Republicans and Tea Party members should essentially do as they say, not as they do. The Albany Times Union has criticized Republicans for playing political games with a recently defeated bill that provides $3.65 billion for disaster assistance.
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What goes around, comes around. That’s what politicians and diplomats around the world must be thinking in light of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s recent predicament. Canongate Books, an independent British publisher, released Julian Assange: The Unauthorized Autobiography Thursday, without Assange’s consent. The book details his childhood in Australia, the rise of WikiLeaks, his account of
Continue reading …On Dec. 22, 76-year-old Michael Faherty burned to death in his home in a blaze that, firefighters say, had no cause and was restricted to his body and the area immediately surrounding it. Yesterday, a coroner ruled that Faherty died of spontaneous human combustion, the Irish Times reports. The BBC…
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Man held after packets of painkiller Nurofen Plus found to contain antipsychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia A man has been arrested by police investigating a case where packets of pain relief medication Nurofen Plus were discovered to contain antipsychotic and anti-epileptic drugs. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued a safety alert in August after packets of Nurofen Plus were found containing Seroquel XL 50mg. A 30-year-old man from Bromley, south-east London, has been arrested, Scotland Yard said. Four packets of Nurofen Plus, believed to have been sold by separate chemists in south-east London, were discovered containing Seroquel XL, a prescription-only anti-psychotic drug used to treat conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Another contaminated packet, containing an epilepsy medicine, was found in Northern Ireland. It was feared at the time that a total of 500,000 Nurofen Plus pills may have been involved in the tampering. The brand contains codeine and ibuprofen. The contaminated packets were distributed in April, June and July this year, and had 2014 expiry dates. Seroquel XL can lead to extreme drowsiness and dizziness. Users are warned against driving or operating machinery. It was initially suggested the tampering had been done by animal rights activists because Nurofen tests some products on animals, although the company does not test Nurofen Plus on animals. Nurofen’s PR representative Siân Boisseau said in August: “There has been a suggestion that the packets were deliberately put in the wrong boxes. “It was not discovered until the packets arrived in store. It was not in the manufacturing process or supply chain. It is not a mix-up and is still being investigated.” Each packet of Nurofen Plus, which has silver and black packaging, contains 32 tablets. Seroquel XL tablets are 50mg and come in gold and black packaging. London Police Health Healthcare industry Drugs guardian.co.uk
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