http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:17:50 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_1 11dd7aa4dfbb1f4603a69da750786b4d Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by a radical imam said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the 9/11 hijackers who attacked America. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T15:30:24+00:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_2 61dd6ca4003adcde9d4702cae94154a8 BOSTON (FOX25, myfoxboston) - FOX25 has learned that Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready's home in Ogunquit, Maine.  Ready is well-known for his relationship with Congressman Frank. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T15:30:24+00:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_3 950fda0a4ed30566ea7b8b921aaf52b1 Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail.  The JCT ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:40:01 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_4 ce701423fe4d69ad05f5d139b85e3985 The final compromises before a bill comes to the floor are never very pretty. This one, however, is worse than I anticipated. Opposition from anti-abortion Democrats, driven in large part by aggressive activism from the Catholic Church, forced Democratic leadership to allow a vote on Bart Stupak's amendment limiting elective abortion coverage ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:09:57 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_5 8da37da65874b219ad14b62c732741cf In a final push to get health care reform through the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Saturday that a vote against the legislation would not immunize them from Republican attacks. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:40:01 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_6 ad1eb089a70aad3d4bfc37024d547bb2 The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops delivered a critical endorsement to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday by signing off on late-night agreement to grant a vote on an amendment barring insurance companies that participate in the exchange from covering abortions. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:09:57 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_7 7467e1fe061379d55285ac67de80cb99 The official jobless rate excludes millions of people who have given up looking for work and part-time workers who want to be working full time. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:08:31 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_8 000df1264ce2c58d31a8428c429929ce C-SPAN offers gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. House of Representatives. C-SPAN also offers a variety of public affairs programming including congressional hearings, press briefings from the White House, State Department and Pentagon, campaign and election coverage, and international programming. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:07:05 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_9 2a35bb27e3037287e0b840da9d124843 Today, Robert Gibbs lamented some of the offensive signs at Bachmann's anti-health bill rally (of which there were some, but not enough to even fill out HuffPo's 12 Most Offensive slideshow): (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:44:58 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_10 cbfc61dc9359cde30d5b0a0122d66293 El plan era hoy a las 5 y media de la tarde: un grupo de jóvenes debía hacer una marcha-performance pacífica (no de protesta ni reclamación política) desde 23 y G hasta 23 y L, cruzar la esquina del cine Yara y volver por la otra acera hasta 23 y G. La idea era sumar gente con alegría y sin espíritu beligerante, sino festivo. La marcha- ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:44:58 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_11 f1a565e0a88a9f3b3c72abe89c432c7e House Democratic leaders will allow an up-or-down vote on an amendment blocking any money in its healthcare overhaul from funding abortions, risking the votes of members who support abortion rights. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T15:14:50-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_12 7d7bb20f32f7b2421c9115dff01489dc Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:25:22 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_13 69fdab70c801fc8d56f13fbb9873a7c1 Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:25:12 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_14 09af30861070ebe6a7753986a23e51e0 C-SPAN Rep. John Shadegg brings the seven-month-old daughter of a staff member to the House floor, and speaks on her behalf. Some lawmakers have been using live props — infants and young children — to help make their arguments about health care as they take to the House floor on Saturday. As they did so, they were chastised by those ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T01:20:41Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_15 d11a00ede9f5a085d0d122ab3457598e Renowned author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel condemned several signs containing Holocaust comparisons and anti-Semitic messages at yesterday's "House Call" protests.  (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:25:12 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_16 5564c4eb03395cbbcccbc0c8c4374112 It is not often that a political party puts more than $750,000 behind a candidate in a high-profile Congressional race, only to see the intended beneficiary endorse the opposition. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:25:12 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_17 7dd0a5e4828e3619bab32a8e29d68619 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:07:21 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_18 adef63bcce774783f1dbefe1cc4023e5 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:43:30 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_19 18532d098d3871c9b3a7c3fdae1f9214 A case involving the admissions policy of a Jewish high school in London has potential repercussions for thousands of other parochial schools across Britain. (Read on Source) ]]> Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:45 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/1#item_20 61bf0b6ae2fc24de49deeef641f4da4f Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-08T01:20:41Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_1 c086c353ee8d7171c4a888d6331d1c7d Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:07:21 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_2 2b4aeaecc6b7551bcdc8291bb3846001 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T22:02:16Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_3 3590919cfaff5d03570e6dad446c4a78 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:07:21 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_4 1072021eb0d37a531a529eed5922aef3 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:58:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_5 e994c25afdeb3a4b545a9710675983b6 West Allis — Less than two weeks before the release of her memoir "Going Rogue," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was on message during a Friday night speech to anti-abortion activists at State Fair Park. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T10:19:09-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_6 f6201ab4ddcdc9a3fe09b18926915d7b Per the NY Times, Obama sidled up to the fact that the Fort Hood shooter was a Muslim shouting "Allahu Akbar" in his radio address: WASHINGTON — President Obama, extending condolences to the community at Fort Hood, Texas, reminded Americans... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:07:21 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_7 871447cb2e8e65ff6750e8e1f82768ee What interpretation of Islam influ enced Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan? As often before, the trail leads to the official sect of Saudi Arabia -- known as Wahhabism to most of us of who denounce it. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:58:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_8 e17afb4a5630f3fa806e78f038a2da35 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:58:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_9 cef2e9f75dbb198dab144aa174b464bd Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T22:02:16Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_10 9da0129f26cb10428e9076080097a82a Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T18:37:10Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_11 1d5adc870d1bd209d9ce065fef17d45e Yesterday, Pastor Himes provided powerful, and courageous, witness to the union violence he and his wife saw in St. Louis on August 6th.  They provided strong testament to the union attack on Kenneth Gladney. But, his comments only dealt with the events of that day. Evidence is emerging that the events of that day went far beyond St. Louis and ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:58:28 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_12 67624c61d7e4a91d22e5c21eb5b4495a Signals the troops to awaken for morning roll call. Used to accompany the raising of the National Colors. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_13 c32b1bd24bc5be7b90534c9713d7790c I say, Muffy, that deuced gunnery is flattening the bubbly!  Old Ironsides’ la-di-da waterfront condo neighbors want to muffle the guns … a.m. and p.m. salutes to the flag, unsettling. Boston Herald:  (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T11:43:34-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_14 868ed542c7026bacaae9cadad04819f7 We will miss this man more and more: Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited wounded soldiers and their families near the site of the worst mass shooting on an Army post in the United States. The Bushes made their private visit to Fort Hood's Darnall Army Medical Center on Friday night. Bush spokesman David Sherzer said in ... (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_15 fe5e4312126a95059e8689791d4cd628 So we've made it half way through the AALS hiring conference.  Any stories anyone wants to share?  Best interviews?  Worst interviews? (no names necessary) (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T09:21:44-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_16 26e74899be3a592fe86118a096eabf7f Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T09:21:44-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_17 65aee3518930e44ba34837a4412792c4 …. in one secretive statist health care bill (click here or on pic to open full-size pic in a separate window, and brace yourself): The area in the yellow box in the top center was the chart as it existed several months and hundreds of pages ago. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-07T09:21:44-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_18 eb8bbe78254e6b1b0dd5d60a5f0fd734 Owens indicated in a press release that he was now in favor of the bill in direct contrast to his earlier position during his campaign. According to Politico.com, Mr. Owens assured voters that he felt the public option had no place in the health care reform bill. Contrary to that position, Mr. Owens now indicates that he intends to vote in favor ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_19 6531bfe03e9479479f90c2ddf0b9b621 A Muslim veteran affairs organization says it has not received reports of harassment from Islamic soldiers, contrary to claims by a relative of the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/21#item_20 ddc7c726221164643177ce6023f3f862 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_1 7e02c410961b485f84a20bc55d333ba1 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_2 aa18ac03b7ac6c22e6dd3f6538976be7 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_3 772bb4104c8980f1cb5cb9daa0203576 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_4 e522a1673abe50dc04ba37092e82f933 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:30:00 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_5 f57b70ee2e7e5eeb7c655ef1e896dad6 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_6 3978dad3a359a1c6dd279a0de06cc23f With unemployment over 10 percent for the first time in 26 years, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to determine the careers with the best—and worst—prospects. The results: the 10 high-growth and 10 worst-growth jobs out there. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:35:00 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_7 8ef0ec09b995ac4af4dc9b07154b6454 The White House is strongly denying a story claiming that White House officials privately threatened to retaliate against a Democratic strategist for appearing on Fox News — a claim generating a big stir on the right as the latest example of the White House’s victimization of the network. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:01:03 PST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_8 bafffaa74af488e3ebc0b76318d19d2f Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth. Abas Hussein Abdirahman, 33, was killed in front of a crowd of some 300 people in the port town of Merka. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:38 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_9 b92c80e7f4733dff2dcb9ec3044df26c Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:35:00 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_10 ff67d9218e0640b3284f4d2577620ee6 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:38 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_11 b925d5c1de214985d701e5aa196c2cd5 Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:35:00 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_12 c0d852821542a7a6c957a2802e08b349 As rival claimants on the presidency remain at odds over what they've 
agreed, the U.S. risks being seen in the region as having accepted a coup (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:38 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_13 fe26f0330003c4d0d3355ec950ffddf4 The stated number-one priority for Democrats is passage of a government takeover of American health-care. President Obama and his allies in Congress have essentially bet the future of their party on securing something radical and sweeping. Congressional leaders have set aside everything else until they can pass some version of Obamacare, and they ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T15:21:12-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_14 0dd5c935e6a5346c9cad2e71e51e269a In a fast-breaking development comes word that agents of the Attorney’s General office in Louisiana have raided ACORN’s offices in New Orleans. ACORN’s New Orleans was, for decades, the headquarters of the national community organizing association. News of the raid comes from Marcel Reid and her colleagues at ACORN 8, an ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:37 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_15 1d286bfb22e11e402b4029b8ff6dc63d MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The number of drug-related killings in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, so far this year has reached 1,647, surpassing the death toll for all of 2008, a city spokesman told CNN. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T22:12:03Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_16 ebb964225e0f1d7bdb81cf08e1f15208 The expanded use of formal rules on Capitol Hill is unprecedented and is bringing government to its knees. The slaughter last April of 32 people at Virginia Tech University by a mentally disturbed student using a variety of guns he had purchased brought about an unusual, quick consensus in the political arena: guns should not be in the hands of ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T15:45:17-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_17 ab2f83b1c105ca62d1d328686e0fe526 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-06T15:45:17-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_18 8ed290502e3baf78562eba1831019079 At the Capitol Hill rally against nationalized health care on Thursday, talk-radio host and author Mark Levin talked to the press: "These are citizen patriots out here, and I’m tired of them being smeared." Some didn’t get the message. In Friday’s Washington Post, columnist Dana Milbank played the usual game of quoting the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:37 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/41#item_19 335989f69acb30605393ed772a7b9340 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:12:37 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/61#item_1 4a1ee829301ab74c604475ceb952aa90 We were honored to help judge Long Beach's Howl'oween dog-costume contest Saturday, but while we were having a blast with L.A.'s most pampered pets, our colleague Lu Parker of KTLA News was busy helping homeless pets find new adoptive families. We had a great time -- but three guesses on which of us had a more fulfilling Halloween! ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:27:37 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1257648783/61#item_2 7ebab43954be5da2e5cf2987d084f465 Things seen that cannot be unseen from around the web. Currently showing, among others, Surveillance Video Of Fort Hood Shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan Large Hadron Collider stalled again… thanks to chunk of baguette What if Richard Simmons was a Pick up Artist? , Show Goat, Whale fall Bill of Frights: Current White House Posts Its New Simple " ... (Read on Source) ]]>