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Marc Bernier, a Florida conservative talk radio host who was a vocal critic of vaccines, has died of COVID-19. Bernier, 65, died on Saturday evening after a three-week battle with the virus, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. ...

One of the highlights of Sunday night was a clearly stunned Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) fleeing the count in Manchester after realising that his hope of becoming an MEP was shattered. He polled just 2.2%, taking only 39,000 votes in the north west and lost his deposit. When he first announced his candidacy, it seemed inconceivable that the man who had founded the English Defence League could become an MEP. Yet we also knew that he was the best-known far-right activist since the second world war, and better known than most of our politicians. Over half the British...

President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation. The exchange arose as top House and Senate Republicans expressed concern to the president about the amount of spending in the package. They also raised red flags about a refundable tax credit that returns money to those who don’t pay income taxes, the sources said. The Republicans stressed that they want to include more middle class...

PRESIDENT OBAMA TAKES ON RUSH LIMBAUGH IN NEW MEDIA WAR Red Headline blazing on Drudge...

PRESIDENT OBAMA TAKES ON RUSH LIMBAUGH IN NEW MEDIA WAR WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration. "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," he told top GOP leaders, whom he had invited to the White House to discuss his nearly $1 trillion stimulus package. One White House official confirmed the comment but said he was simply trying to make a larger point about bipartisan efforts. "There are big things...

At a little before noon today, Harry Reid, leader of the Democrats in the Senate, surrendered to Rush Limbaugh. Given this historic defeat and the weaselly way in which Mr. Reid tried to make it look like he deserved some credit for the money raised for charity, it is hereby resolved (by me) that from this day forth, October 19 will forever be known and celebrated as: "Weasel Stomping Day!"*Click here for the official "Weasel Stomping Day" song. (Weird Al, of course) =

AL-QAEDA in Iraq yesterday claimed to be winning the war in Iraq and gloated over the resignation of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.Amid mounting speculation that the American ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, would become the latest casualty following criticism over US policy in Iraq, al-Qaeda issued a statement clearly designed to take advantage of President George Bush's current plight. Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, said: "The American people have put their feet on the right path by ... realising their president's betrayal in supporting Israel. So they voted for something reasonable in the...

For six years, latterly with the backing of both houses of a markedly conservative Republican Congress, George Bush has led an American administration that has played an unprecedentedly negative and polarising role in the world's affairs. On Tuesday, in the midterm US congressional elections, American voters rebuffed Mr Bush in spectacular style and with both instant and lasting political consequences. By large numbers and across almost every state of the union, the voters defeated Republican candidates and put the opposition Democrats back in charge of the House of Representatives for the first time in a dozen years. Article continues When...

Most of the game was smashmouth defensive football. But things started going Denver's way and the Patriots could do nothing to prevent their chances of "three-peating" from slipping away. 3 INT's and three fumbles recovered by Denver sealed it. The Pats got pounded in Denver tonight! Yeeeeehaaaaaw! What a season, eh? So many dominant teams. So many greeeeeat games. I can't wait for tomorrow!

Suddenly the roles are dramatically reversed. The great giver is in dire need. And the image of some 50 foreign nations, including some of the world's poorest, offering aid to an America devastated by Katrina should be deeply heartening to every American. Less heartening is the smugness that seems to accompany much of the international help offers. While voicing sympathy for the victims, a foreign legion of gabbers have been quick to blame America and American policy for the horrors of Katrina. First are the glasshouse critics - those who conveniently overlook their own failures to protect their populations in...

Today was an extremely busy day for President Bush in Brussels, Belgium. He attended two Summits; one with the 26 members of NATO, all of whom offered help in the rebuilding of Iraq, and one with the European Union Council. He delivered joint press conferences with NATO Secretary General, Jaap De Hoop Scheffer, and with President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg. The President also made a joint statement with British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, following a breakfast, and met with the newly elected Ukrainian President, Victor Yuschenko. First Lady Laura Bush traveled to southern Germany...

Two Pa. Teens Arrested in Airborne Egging Two Pa. Teenagers Arrested on Charges They Bombed Their High School With Eggs From Airplane Jan. 11, 2005 - Two teenagers were arrested on charges they bombed their high school with a bucket of eggs from a low-flying airplane. During the incident last June, panicked officials evacuated about two dozen people from the top floors of a hotel when the two-seat plane circled low over downtown Gettysburg, then disappeared. "You hate to think what might have happened even unintentionally," prosecutor Brian Sinnett said. He called the prank "one of the most bizarre cases...

Health stocks on merger, re-election rollBy Laura Gilcrest, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 2:28 PM ET Nov. 9, 2004 WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Shares of health care insurers got another shot Tuesday, largely due to the expected merger of WellPoint Health Networks and Anthem. Nevertheless, market analysts say other factors have boosted the stocks in recent weeks. WellPoint (WLP: news, chart, profile) shares rose 6.98 percent to $$112.30 in early afternoon trading; Anthem (ATH: news, chart, profile) stock advanced 4.86 percent to $90.70; Humana (HUM: news, chart, profile) shares surged 2.42 percent to $22.81; and Aetna (AET: news, chart, profile) shares moved...

George W. Bush received more votes in Tuesday's election than any presidential contender in the history of the United States, and I would like to believe Michael Moore was partly responsible. Here, after all, was not simply a film director whose "Fahrenheit 9/11" emitted a vile propagandistic stink, indicating something contemptible in the mindset of its creator, but someone who went trotting about Europe telling the adulatory press that Americans "are possibly the dumbest people on the planet." While some Europeans may still be slapping their thighs at such cleverness, it should not be surprising that some Americans may have...

"With this in mind, the two General Discussion forums have been re-named. The "General Discussion: Help and Support" forum is for those people who are looking for help and support. If you feel sad, or if you are the type of person who thinks that we're all in this together, then that is the forum for you. But if you are feeling very angry about the election, or if you are feeling like pointing fingers and placing blame, you should post in the other GD forum, the "General Discussion: Fighting and Acrimony" forum."

YEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAA! At the time of writing — 1:45 A.M. Wednesday morning — George W. Bush needs just one Electoral College vote to get him over the top. I'm going to take this as a done deal, and start gloating. Now, gloating is of course bad — coarse, heartless, insensitive, and ill-mannered. Magnanimity in victory, that's the thing. Humility, grace, gentlemanly forbearance, there but for the grace of God... YEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAA! Sorry, sorry. I was saying... Yes, gloating. Definitely uncouth, undoubtedly bad manners. Still, the fact that the good Lord gave us the capacity for bad manners suggest to me that He...

ARE SOME Americans, including journalists, rooting for the enemy while their country is at war? This question is coming up with increasing frequency as the troubles in Iraq continue. The May 15 issue of the British magazine The Spectator published an article by Daily Telegraph correspondent Tony Hamden, recounting a conversation he had with an unnamed "American magazine journalist of serious accomplishment and impeccable liberal credentials." According to Hamden, "Not only had she `known' the Iraq war would fail, but she considered it essential that it did so because this would ensure that the `evil' George W. Bush would no...

Jeb Bush sailed to an easy victory over his Democrat challenger and secured a second term as the Governor of Florida by a margin of 56 per cent to 43. The victory gives the party of his brother, President George Bush, a crucial foothold to win the state in the presidential elections two years from now. No victory for the Republicans on election night – and no loss for the now bedraggled Democrats – was more symbolic than this one in the Sunshine State. No other contest in the country was as important to President Bush both for family and...

When the alarm went off this am and I heard NPR announce 'GOP takes Senate,' I refused to put on the Today show so I wouldn't see Russert's bloated puss. Driving to work, refused to listen to talk radio (I live in North Carolina and didn't want to hear about 'Liddy' that lying bitch. The people in NC are going to be pissed when what few manufacturing and textile jobs that remain leave the state and Dole doesn't do squat to stop Bush from giving them to Turkey and Pakistan in return for their support in the war on terra.)...

"I saw Tom Daschle on TV this morning. He had the same expression on his face my dog makes when he sees me scrape meat off my plate into the garbage instead of into his food bowl. I saw Dick Gephardt on TV this morning. He looked like the kid who still hasn't been picked for softball even though two girls and the boy with one leg longer than the other have already been chosen. I've listened to a lot of C-SPAN callers this morning, they generally sound like angry first wives who somehow think Republicans are responsible for their...