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NPR: Medical staff at Walter Reed worried about Hasan

Michele McGinty — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:44:26 -0500

Interesting interview about the Ft. Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, giving a lecture to other doctors at Walter Reed, freaking them out leading them to think he might be a terrorist: It's funny that the media's narrative of this...

Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry vs. the Roman Catholic Church

Michele McGinty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:06:12 -0500

Here is a link to the BBC's The Intelligence Squared Debate between Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry and Catholics, Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Anne Widdencombe MP debating: "Is the Catholic Church a Force for Good in the World?" Evidently, according...

Rep. Wasserman: Abortion amendment will be stripped

Michele McGinty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:03:33 -0500

She is confident of it. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats' chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other pro-choice lawmakers would work to strip the amendment included in the House health bill that bars federal...

Win a cash prize for attending church

Michele McGinty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:47:37 -0500

You can win up to $500 for going to church. OK, this is all kinds of wrong on so many levels: Of course they packed the church, why wouldn't people want to win money for just an hour of sitting...

The first iPhone worm

Michele McGinty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:46:03 -0500

It only infects jail-broken iPhones: Australia's ABC News online reports that the program -- known as ikee -- changes the phone's wallpaper to a picture of 80s singer Rick Astley with the message, keying off Astley's song, that says "Ikee...

Hasan may have attempted to contact al Qaeda

Michele McGinty — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:12:08 -0500

It amazing that our intelligence community has learned so little since 9-11. They knew that Hasan had tried to contact al Qaeda and yet what did they do about it? U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major...

Jon Stewart spoofs Glenn Beck

Michele McGinty — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:51:41 -0500

Very funny spoof! If you haven't seen it yet, watch it. He does a very good job making fun of Beck's conspiracy tendencies. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe 11/3 Projectwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth...

Taylor Swift's SNL Monologue Song

Michele McGinty — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:02:08 -0500

With a funny reference to Kanye West, of course: She also did a pretty funny spoof of Twilight:...

Pelosi does the impossible

Michele McGinty — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:57:14 -0500

You have to give credit to Pelosi for holding her party together to vote on a bill that will likely mean the defeat of many of her party next year (and she knows it). And she did it by holding...

Hoyer admits they don't have the votes to pass ObamaCare on Saturday

Michele McGinty — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:29:31 -0500

They may have to move the final vote to Sunday or next week:A House leader says Democrats haven't yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland says the vote that...

More on the Ft. Hood shootings

Michele McGinty — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:26:02 -0500

He yelled "Allahu Akbar!" (God is great) then opened fire on the unarmed military personal waiting to be processed for deployment. He was taken down by a female civilian police office. He's alive but paralyzed. From USA Today: An Army...

Purging Moderates

Michele McGinty — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:45:17 -0500

Evidently, the Republicans aren't the only ones purging moderates:Democratic Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is out as keynote speaker for the Palm Beach County Democratic Party's annual fund-raising dinner next week because party leaders dislike her stance on health care reform,...

Ft. Hood Shootings

Michele McGinty — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:44:10 -0500

We are learning quite a bit about the Ft. Hood shooter . He was a psychiatrist from Maryland, a Muslim (maybe Syrian or Jordanian) and upset that he was being deployed to the Middle East: Jeff Sadosky, a spokesman for...