Month: May 2011

GOP Attacks Women’s Health, Again

I know people don’t really like to think about unpleasant things like miscarriages, but they happen all the time. And, unless they happen fairly early in the pregnancy, they require a medical procedure. Most of the time, a...

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Top Serbian War Crimes Suspect Caught after 15 Years

. Top Serbian War Crimes Suspect Caught after 15 Years PARIS (NY Times) — Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general accused of war crimes including masterminding the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica...

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Is Sarah Getting In?

I had already written Sarah Palin out of my mind when thinking about the Republican primaries. Should I start reconsidering? I have a hard time taking taking that silly woman seriously. She quit her job as governor because she...

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Senate Rejects Radical Budget Plans

Well, I guess I missed the scheduling because Harry Reid held the budget votes tonight and all but five Republican senators contracted gonorrhea. The five hold-outs were Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, Scott Brown of...

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Egypt to Open Rafah Border Crossing Permanently

. ‘Egypt to open Rafah border crossing by weekend’ CAIRO, Egypt (JPost) – Decision to open Gaza crossing “part of efforts to end status of the Palestinian division,” Egyptian news agency reports....

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