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U.S. sticks to 'no reparations, no Zionism' position on U.N. conference By Roland S. Martin BlackAmericaWeb.com Rolandm@blackamericaweb.com WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson said Tuesday that the Bush Administration is not budging from its position to not attend next month's United Nations world racism conference if slavery reparations and Zionism are on the agenda.    Johnson said she and others met Tuesday morning with senior White House staff, including Chief of Staff Andrew Card and National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, and were "told in no uncertain terms" that the U.S. will not support or attend the ...

Washington, July 31 (Bloomberg) -- House Republican leaders are raising more money than their Democratic rivals for political action committees that will help candidates in 2002's closest House races, according to disclosure reports filed this week. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Illinois Republican, raised $389,000 for his Keep Our Majority PAC during the first six months of this year. House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, Missouri Democrat, trailed with $255,000 for two PACs he heads. Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the No. 3 House Republican, led all House leaders by raising $718,000 for his Americans for a Republican Majority PAC. Such ...

WASHINGTON As Americans have traded more, they have become more prosperous. But there are always interests pressing to turn back the clock. So it is with the Teamsters Union, as it lobbies to close the United States to Mexican trucks. Trade is economically beneficial. Economic ties with Mexico have proved to be no different. The US economy has boomed since January 1994, when the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect. Exports to Mexico are up 170 percent, three times the overall export increase. US unemployment remains down by a third even as the economy slows. Of course, ...

WASHINGTON — They've spent their lives proving that they are smart enough, strong enough, hard-nosed enough, dignified enough. Small wonder that once every month, the women of the U.S. Senate just have to give it a rest. "We really don't talk about serious stuff at this dinner," Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu explains as the upstairs private dining room of a Capitol Hill restaurant fills with the swish of silk and nylon and the warble of feminine laughter. "No," interjects New York Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, "we talk about important stuff." Suddenly, Sen. John Breaux, D-La., appears at the door, ...

WASHINGTON — President Bush today asks members of the National Urban League to set aside conflicts with him and join forces to help students in failing schools.Bush is viewed with suspicion by many black Americans, who say he is insensitive to their needs. Critics say the tax cut he pushed through Congress favors the rich, while he opposes raising the minimum wage, which would help the poor. A recent poll for the National Urban League found that only 16% of black Americans approve of the job Bush is doing.Even so, Bush will request the 91-year-old civil rights group's support ...

Democrats who distinguish themselves from the left wing of their party by calling themselves "new Democrats" have a new strategy: be more like Republicans. In the New Democrat Blueprint, they freely admit that they need to reach out to people who have been unwelcome in the big tent Democrats claim to operate under. "No aspect of the lifestyle divide that marked the 2000 presidential election is, at first glance, more important than religion," one article begins. It ends by saying: "When it comes to morality and religion, Democrats have not always demonstrated sufficient common sense. There is no reason ...

CBS Evening News anchorman Dan Rather has come under criticism for refusing to report on the Gary Condit controversy. Condit is the congressman who obstructed a police investigation by lying about his adulterous affair with a young woman after she disappeared. Some critics suspected Rather, who spoke this spring at a Democratic Party fund-raiser, had chosen to remain silent because Condit was a Democrat. After 11 weeks of silence, Rather suddenly acquiesced -- adding a pro-Condit spin when he finally mentioned the story. Afterward, Rather complained that network executives had pressured him. "What happened," he told radio talk show ...

Levy's parents say Chandra admitted affairMODESTO, California (CNN) -- Chandra Levy's mother Tuesday revealed for the first time that the onetime government intern confided in her about an affair with Rep. Gary Condit, a relationship that gave her parents pause."She didn't tell me who she was involved with. I kinda got it out," Susan Levy told reporters gathered outside the family home."She admitted it," added her husband, Dr. Robert Levy.Neither parent mentioned Condit by name, but in a question-and-answer session with reporters outside their home, it was clear whom they were talking about."She had asked to keep it private, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — While no Democrat has announced a presidential run in 2004, several high-profile lawmakers are already hitting key primary states, new campaign finance reports show. The reports filed with the Federal Election Commission reflected fund raising — and profile-raising — appearances around the country from January through June. The early trips help potential presidential contenders look credible as national candidates, said Sam Kernell, a political science professor at the University of California-San Diego. ``Each of them is trying to signal people within their respective parties who actively promote and contribute and recruit and build campaigns,'' Kernell said. ...

A strongly backed bill that would make it a crime if educators fail to report an accusation of school sex abuse to the police is being stymied by two of the city's most powerful religious organizations, City Hall sources told The Post. Bill No. 933, inspired by several mishandled complaints in public schools, would require cops to investigate allegations of sex abuse involving private schools run by churches and temples as well as public schools. The law could set the stage for a battle between church and state because both Catholic and Jewish schools deal with sex-abuse allegations against clerics ...

WASHINGTON - New, even harsher anti-Israel language is now being pushed for an upcoming U.N. conference - including claims that Israel is "an apartheid, racist and fascist state" that is guilty of "war crimes." The White House has threatened to boycott the U.N. Conference Against Racism, set for the end of August in Durban, South Africa, unless the anti-Israel language is killed. The new rhetoric, which goes way beyond the 1975 U.N. resolution equating Zionism with racism, was drafted by private groups that will attend the Durban conference. It accuses Israel of waging a "holocaust" and committing "genocide" against the ...

WASHINGTON - An anti-cockfighting measure backed by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as a "basic animal rights" issue was approved yesterday by the Senate. Clinton declined to comment on the vote, but spokeswoman Karen Dunn said Clinton was "pleased" that the amendment, attached to a separate $7.4 billion agriculture bill, had passed. It was approved on a voice vote, with only Sen. Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat and friend of Bill Clinton, angrily yelling out a solitary "nooo" in the Senate chamber. The amendment bans the interstate shipment of birds. Since the cockfighting industry relies on shipping cocks from around the ...

Tuesday, July 31, 2001 The death of pro-life? By Randall Terry © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Yesterday, as I was mulling over the arguments about stem-cell research on human embryos, I had the most bone-chilling "revelation" I have had in years: I realized that the real agenda in this debate is the defeat of the pro-life movement in America and around the world. If we lose this battle, we would not make abortion illegal in our lifetime, and perhaps not for generations to come. This is not hyperbole. You've undoubtedly heard that stem cell research might unlock a cure for cancer, diabetes, ...

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Dead dope While looking for new ways to get high, some marijuana smokers have decided to get low, six feet under to go metaphorical on you. Taking the expression "stiff joints" in a whole new direction, some pot users dip their marijuana cigarettes in embalming fluid to increase the potency and length of the high. A mixture of alcohol, moisturizers and anti-clotting agents, among other things, embalming fluid's most important ingredient is formalin, formaldehyde diluted in water. A blunt treated with the fluid is commonly dubbed an "illy," "wet" or "fry." San Francisco College Mortuary Science President Jacquie Taylor ...

To: Richard Vigilante, American Spectator From: Jude Wanniski Re: Deflation & Contraction I've heard, Richard, that you are interested in the distinction I've been making between an economic contraction and a monetary deflation. You've had a few items on "deflation" in the Spectator since you became editor several months ago, but I'm afraid they were either mostly incorrect or a bit off the mark. You have hit on exactly the right point, though, in wanting to learn about deflation by hearing why it is different from "contraction." Believe it or not, I actually discussed this topic with Treasury Secretary ...

Worm Turns as Code Red Virus Fizzles Out By David FoxSINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dreaded Code Red computer virus left the Internet largely unscathed on Wednesday with some experts congratulating themselves on catching the worm before it turned and others dismissing it as a false alarm.Computer experts saw no immediate effect from the Code Red worm that was expected to begin winding its way through Web servers from the stroke of August 1, but they cautioned that more time was needed to assess its full impact.The worm -- a benign sort of software virus that affects computers running certain types ...

It's August, time for the august presence of that Augustinian emperor of English, the Lingo Czar. All rise. His Wordliness is in the house. Citizens are hereby urged against using the following worn-out phrases, buzzwords, and mispronunciations infecting and muddling clear and dignified communication in this, the 21st century. They are rated "T" (trite), "A" (asinine), "P" (pretentious) and "CP" (criminally prosecutable, with recommended minimum punishment of one day of self-imposed silence). Comfort food: A term favored by "foodies," devotees of what must be the most decadent and reprehensible hobby pastime since disco. "Foodies," you see, are people who ...

After the collapse of the Oslo process in January 2001, Israeli and American officials most closely involved with this diplomacy went silent – and with good reason. Promising an end of the Arab-Israeli conflict, they delivered the most vicious and fatal Palestinian-Israeli fighting since 1948. But the brief period of remorse by those diplomats and politicians has now ended. In recent weeks they have launched an audacious campaign arguing that no matter how bad things are today, the parties eventually must return to exactly their brand of diplomacy. And now The New York Times has devoted its immense resources ...

Every year, it seems, I write that title, and every year the same copy follows it. This year, the only thing significantly different is that the Arabs aren't claiming the uprising was "spontaneous." In fact, the PA-controlled media and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem had begun preparing for this uprising weeks in advance. A group of religious Jews attempt to place a cornerstone for a Third Temple on Temple Mount. Every year, Gershon Salomon applies for the necessary permits from the Israeli government. Every year, his group is refused permission. Salomon's group, known as the Temple Mount Faithful, carries ...