politics

A Time To Kill

President Obama announced Thursday that he has asked his administration to prepare the “full range of options” in confronting Libyan despot Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi, presently slaughtering his citizens as a civil war grips his nation.
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Obama says Gadhafi Should leave “Now”

Ratcheting up the pressure, President Barack Obama on Saturday said Moammar Gadhafi has lost his legitimacy to rule and urged the Libyan leader to leave power immediately.
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Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has said in a speech on Libyan state television that al-Qaeda is responsible for the uprising in Libya.

“It is obvious now that this issue is run by al-Qaeda,” he said, speaking by phone from an unspecified location on Thursday. Read more…

Robert Gibbs’s last day in the White House

”Obama returns Gibbs’ tie at last White House briefing”
Outgoing White House press secretary Robert Gibbs got quite the departing gift from President Obama today on his last day: his old tie back.
As President Barack Obama took the podium to begin the farewell, Obama joked, Obviously, Gibbs’ departure is not the biggest one today, referring to the resignation of Egypt’s president, which was announced hours before.
Obama said that Gibbs has “not only has been an extraordinary press secretary but has been a great friend.
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Is Oliver Stone some sort of Soviet sleeper whom the Reds forgot to de-programme when the USSR collapsed, or simply the most politically naïve baby-boomer alive?

The director has previously expressed kind words for Hugo Chavez and made a grovelling documentary about murderous commie gasbag Fidel Castro, as well as promoting the ludicrous idea that John F Kennedy was killed by some Right-wing conspiracy. Read more…

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North Korea has a message for its neighbor to the south: Hold friendly naval drills with the U.S., and you can expect a nuclear response.

In the past, North Korea has threatened war when the two countries have held joint military drills. Read more…

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CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez severed Venezuela’s diplomatic relations with Colombia on Thursday over claims he harbors guerrillas, and he charged that his neighbor’s leader could attempt to provoke a war.

Chavez acted moments after Colombian Ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos presented a meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington with photos, videos, witness testimony and maps of what he said were rebel camps inside Venezuela and challenged Venezuelan officials to let independent observers visit them. Read more…

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Former Nev. Gov. Kenny Guinn dies in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn, a two-term moderate Republican whose tenure marked a prosperous era in a state now facing severe budget problems, died Thursday after falling from the roof of his Las Vegas home while making repairs. He was 73.

The predecessor to current Gov. Jim Gibbons was pronounced dead at University Medical Center, where he was taken after the fall, Coroner Mike Murphy said. Authorities were investigating whether the death was from natural causes or an accident.
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Sarah Palin “Refudiate” Twitter Post, What Is Refudiate?
Sarah Palin is always giving people something to talk about. Today the term “refudiate” became of the highest searches on the Web after she included it in a Twitter post asking Muslims to withdraw their support for a mosque near Ground Zero.
Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.” Said Palin in her Twitter account. Read more…

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USS George Washington to Visit Republic of Korea
USS George Washington, the U.S. Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier will visit the Korean port of Busan July 21 to 25, U.S. Forces Korea officials announced today.

In addition to USS George Washington, three destroyers from its strike group will also visit
Korean ports. USS McCampbell and USS John S. McCain will visit Busan, and USS Lassen will visit Chinhae. Read more…