Archive for October 12th, 2008

Gov. Mike Easley discusses NC voter climate with Rachel Maddow

Easley discusses various topics,ie., voter suspression and what he plans to do about it. Good interview

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TrooperGate Not over for Palin?

Newsweek’s Mike Isikoff  has been following the developments relating to Troopergate and Palin. This quote from the McCain Camp caught my attention.
McCain campaign spokeswoman Meg Stapleton dismissed the report as the product of “a partisan-led inquiry run by Obama supporters.” But there could be more land mines ahead. Some weeks ago, the [...]

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US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears

Source: Salon – By ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press Writer
When Indonesia’s health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it “the nuttiest thing” he’d ever heard.
Yet deep inside an 86-page supplement to United [...]

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