Pin ItemailprintSpeaking at yesterday’s Occupy the Rose Bowl event, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced to the crowd of demonstrators that she hasn’t paid a dime in income taxes since her son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. Sheehan went on to try and justify her tax evasion by saying that [...]
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What’s another $1.2 trillion among friends, right? President Barack Obama will reportedly ask Congress this week for an additional $1.2 trillion in borrowing authority. The move would effectively increase the federal debt limit to $16.4 trillion and avoid the need for additional increases prior to the 2012 elections. This would be the last increase permitted [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Wednesday, December 21, 2011: – House of Representatives rejects payroll tax plan – Top Iraq war commander returns to U.S. – Five killed when plane crashes on NJ highway – National Menorah lit
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Here are your top stories for this Monday, December 19, 2011: – John Boehner rejects Senate payroll tax bill – Vaclav Havel dies – Troops return home from Iraq – Gas prices aren’t feeling the joy of the season
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The mission that ended 4,500 American lives and injured 30,000 more came to an end today, quietly and without fanfare. An official flag-lowering ceremony in Baghdad marked the event. U.S. troops lowered the flag of command that flew over Baghdad, placed it in a green and gray case, and symbolically declared the war over. Secretary [...]
Here are your top stories for this Thursday, December 15, 2011: – Obama marks the end of the Iraq war – Panetta says drone operations will continue – Syrian activists say more than 25 killed – Time picks Person of the Year for 2011 – White House backs out on veto of NDAA
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Here are your top stories for this Tuesday, December 13, 2011: – Obama says troops are leaving Iraq with honor – Occupy Wall Street protesters target ports – High court to rule on Arizona immigration case – Pandas sniff air in Scotland Incoming search terms:top news stories december 13 2011
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It may not carry much legal weight, but a war crimes court has convicted George W. Bush and Tony Blair for their hand in the Iraq War. The court in Malaysia reached a unanimous verdict on the charges. “War criminals have to be dealt with – convict Bush and Blair as charged. A guilty verdict [...]
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Actor J.R. Martinez managed to pull off a come-from-behind victory over Rob Kardashian last night to with the 13th season of ABC‘s hit dance competition Dancing With the Stars. The Iraq war veteran hoisted the mirrorball trophy with his professional partner, Karina Smirnoff. Host Tom Bergeron called Martinez an inspiration to the audience. “You’ve got to step [...]
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Here’s some good news to brighten up your Monday a bit. Scott Olsen, the Iraq War veteran who sustained a serious head injury in a confrontation with police at the Occupy Oakland protests last month, has been released from the hospital. Olsen, 24, was rushed to the hospital on October 25 after police raided the [...]
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Scott Olsen may have survived survived two tours of duty in Iraq, he may not survive Occupy Oakland. The U.S. Marine is in a hospital with critical injuries after an intense confrontation with police at this week’s violent protests in California. A member of the Veterans for Peace Organization, Olsen, 24, “sustained a skull fracture [...]
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Now that he’s decided to run for a second term, President Barack Obama thought it would be a good idea to sit down and chat with Jay Leno for an interview on The Tonight Show that covered everything from Osama bin Laden to Halloween to Occupy Wall Street. If you’d like to see Leno lob [...]
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