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Health-Care Math Mr. Obama says he won't add one dime to the deficit, but a lot of dimes remain unaccounted for. WHEN POLITICIANS start talking about paying for programs by cutting "waste and abuse," you should get nervous. When they don't provide specifics -- and when the amounts under discussion are in the hundreds of billions of dollars -- you should get even more nervous.

Three of Michael Bay's crew members asked his website last night to post their response to Megan Fox's recent insults of the director made to a magazine for her upcoming Jennifer's Body. (She accused Bay of wanting to "be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he’s a nightmare to work for.") Now the crew get even and detail why she's the nightmare. I love when there's honesty in Hollywood. Remember what the crew did to Bruce Willis way back when?: This is an open letter to all Michael Bay fans. We are three crew members that have...

Pretty funny.

As state sat, illegals got OKs to drive Sunday, September 13, 2009 3:46 AM By Randy Ludlow THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A loophole in an Ohio policy allowed thousands of undocumented immigrants to register cars and get license plates even though many did not have valid Social Security numbers or car insurance. The practice was so widespread that law officers in other states asked the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles why they were seeing so many undocumented immigrants driving cars registered in Ohio. State Public Safety Director Henry Guzman delayed a proposed crackdown for more than a year after he met...

President Barack Obama took to the airwaves to dispel what he called “a barrage of lies and fear thrown up by the forces of evil incarnate.” The President went on to insist that “contrary to what my enemies are saying, not a single person will be made worse off by the reforms I have proposed.” “The sick will get the care they need,” Obama promised. “My bill calls for panels of experts to determine the best practices for every illness. No longer will patients be at the mercy of a single doctor. A communal scope for decision making will ensure...

Between comments left on my site and the articles that I have read, I have literally not seen one Muslim show an once of concern for the life of 17 year-old apostate of Islam Rifqa Bary. Even the Arab News has decided to attack her and try to provide a smokescreen for the Noor Islamic Cultural Center in Ohio. As usual Muslims will say anything to defend Islam. Hate groups use teen to defame Islamic center Sameen Khan | Arab News COLUMBUS, Ohio: At only age 17, Fathima Rifqa Bary has already managed to create one of the most controversial...

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Child-bride, 12, dies in Yemen after struggling to give birth for THREE days DAILY MAIL REPORTER 13th September 2009 A 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labour to give birth, a local human rights organisation said. Fawziya Abdullah Youssef died of severe bleeding on Friday while giving birth to a stillborn in the al-Zahra district hospital of Hodeida province, 140 miles west of the capital San'a. Child marriages are widespread in Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, where tribal customs dominate society. More than a quarter of the country's females marry before age 15, according to...

FAR ROCKAWAY, N.Y. (WPIX) - Authorities turned to Facebook to help track down a Queens man who is accused of brutally beating his boyfriend's dog. The incident occurred following a verbal dispute between 22-year-old Donnell Walters and 20-year-old Omar Koonce outside the couple's home in Far Rockaway on July 29. Walters - who apparently bought the tiny Yorkshire terrier for his boyfriend as an engagement gift - is accused of grabbing the dog by the neck and slamming her against the stairwell before dropping her to the ground. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,...

A 12-year-old child bride has died after struggling to give birth to a baby for three days, a human rights organisation in Yemen has said. Fawziya Abdullah Youssef suffered severe bleeding while giving birth to a stillborn infant in Hodeida province, 140 miles (223km) west of the capital San'a, on Friday. She was only 11 when her father married her to a 24-year-old man who works as a farmer in Saudi Arabia, according to Ahmed al Quraishi from the Siyaj organisation, which promotes the rights of children in Yemen. He said he stumbled upon Fawziya in the al Zahra district...

IMPORTANT RADIO INTERVIEW WITH JAMAL JIVANJEE TONIGHT(Sunday) ABOUT RIFQA BARY IN CENTRAL OHIO @7:30pm EDT. Tune in to 610 am or listen ONLINE (610WTVN.COM)

New rules coming into force next month will give scientists working on stem cell research access to samples of blood and tissue collected by NHS hospitals during biopsies and treatments, as well as to giant "tissue banks" which built up stores of material before the legislation was introduced. Ethics experts, patients' groups and churches described the change as "absolutely frightening" and liable to destroy trust among thousands who donate, whatever their views on the use of hybrid embryos for stem cell research. "Scientists know how hard it would be to get consent for these kinds of experiments – this is...

A little background - nesnah's wife, a few years ago, used to be apolitical (really didin't care about politics and government stuff). Well, nesnah has been working on her, and now she proudly wears the moniker of "militant, right-wing extremist". Her & I watched the DC march action on FR and TV yesterday. We were so excited and proud of what happened. She now loves Glenn Beck, and decided to take some of the posted FReeper photos and create a nice little video. She is very happy and proud of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6thvC_ovKk

A study carried out for the BBC has highlighted a sharp decline in the number of migrants seeking work abroad as a result of the global recession. The research shows that the number of Mexicans moving to the United States has fallen by 40% since 2006. However, the financial crisis has not prompted a mass return home.

Once again we're reminded that political corruption has a cost and that the Chicago Way is not some game or performance art by jesters. On Saturday, we were reminded by Christopher Kelly, friend to politicians. He was pronounced dead after taking an overdose of medication, just days after he pleaded guilty to more federal corruption charges. It happens every so often, that we're reminded. * * * But it is in our nature to forget, because the dead aren't active and our politicians are awfully busy. Their mouthpieces will tell us, as they've told us in the past, that a...

China's exports continued to decline in August, down 23% from the same month last year. Official figures show exports fell to $103.7bn, from $134.9bn in August 2008. Exports of almost all major industrial products saw double-digit drops. The trade surplus fell 45% from August 2008 to $15.7bn, but was up from July. Recent signs that recession has ended in some major economies, including China's major trading partner Japan, suggest that exports may pick up again. But separately, Japan's economy grew 0.6% in the third quarter from the previous three months, less than the 0.9% originally estimated. This was due to...

Video game developer John Carmack, better known for his work on Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein, has qualified for a million dollar prize from NASA. America's space agency challenged the nation's brightest minds to come up with a design contest known as the Lunar Lander Challenge. Carmack's team, known as Armadillo Aerospace, won $350,000 after taking first prize last year in NASA's Level 1 competition. Now they are aiming for Level 2 and the million dollar prize. As MSNBC.com describes it: "The alcohol-fueled, pressure-tank-equipped rocket has to hang in the air for a minimum of 3 minutes during each leg of...

Welcome to the party fellas. When the president says his plan won't add one dime to the deficit, will cover everyone, will allow you to keep your plan, and will improve the quaIity of care, I usually start thinking that the unicorns will be here any minute. After the president's Hail Mary speech on Wednesday, the AP did a fact check and found many of his claims to be a stretch, at best. For example, on the assurance that "it won't add one dime to the deficit," AP notes that the Barry and the Dems are full of it.

BLOOMINGTON - A freedom rally to remember the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, and to galvanize the movement against government spending drew about 200 people to Miller Park Saturday. The rally coincided with the national tea party rally Saturday in Washington, D.C., and the 9-12 Project created by conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. Several speakers encouraged the local crowd to get involves in politics by either helping a candidate's campaign or going to city council and county board meetings. "I'm going to squash the lie that 'I'm not going to vote because it doesn't matter,'" said Rosanna Pulido. "It...

Is this the first step in what will become a full-fledged trade war? The Obama administration will put steep import duties on Chinese passenger and light truck tires, responding to what the U.S. International Trade Commission determined to be a surge of Chinese tire exports. The U.S. has announced a 35% import tariffs on tires from China, which would decline to 30% in the second year and 25% in the third. At the risk of throwing a major wrench in global trade, Obama again reaches out to provide government muscle to prop up his union allies.