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EXCLUSIVE: FIFTY percent of asylum seekers surveyed about the quality of housing they have been provided, which is paid for by the taxpayer, have branded it as "completely inadequate", it has emerged. Refugees housed across Birmingham and the West Midlands were quizzed about the standard of accommodation they were provided and a further 17 per cent described it as just "mediocre". The properties were provided by G4S, one of three companies hired by the Home Office to provide asylum seeker accommodation up and down the country. Just 11 percent of people asked said the housing was excellent, eight percent described...

Washington (CNN) -- In a symbolic gesture toward more civil political discourse, Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer and Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said Sunday they will sit together at the upcoming State of the Union address. Appearing on the NBC's "Meet the Press," Schumer and Coburn called for political debate based on issues and ideology, rather than motives and personal attacks, in the aftermath of the Tucson, Arizona, shootings last week that killed six people and critically injured Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Schumer acknowledged that sitting with Coburn for the president's annual speech to Congress would be symbolic, "but maybe it...

The Kossacks and their guy Hackett lost tonight. Remember in 2004 when *every* Kossack backed candidate won? Hahahaha! You can’t because that didn’t happen. They. All. Lost. Just like it appears will happen tonight. Oh, and for those who want to spin that this district was really competitive, keep in mind these points:

A group of Afghan Muslim clerics threatened on Sunday to call for a holy war against the United States in three days unless it hands over military interrogators reported to have desecrated the Koran. The warning came after 16 Afghans were killed and more than 100 hurt last week in the worst anti-U.S. protests across the country since U.S. forces invaded in 2001 to oust the Taliban for sheltering Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network. The clerics in the northeastern province of Badakhshan said they wanted U.S. President George W. Bush to handle the matter honestly "and hand...

Congrats to our favorite lefty liberal "Screw them" (in reference to Americans being burned and dragged through the streets of Baghdad) decided to raise over $500,000 for his favorite 15 candidates. (Appropriately called, "the kos dozen"). He had a perfect night. Not. One. Win. Every single race. Nada. Nothing. Zero. Zilch.

John Kerry’s campaign web site has removed their link to Daily Kos. But another site, far worse even than Markos “Screw Them” Zuniga, is running a gory picture from Al Jazeera—right next to a Kerry campaign advertisement: NathanNewman.org - News and Views: Four Mercenaries Killed in Iraq. (Hat tip: Richard.) [Warning: Gruesome Photo of John Kerry for President Campaign Ad Next to Photo of Dead Iraqi Child Follows. Click if you have the stomach to view.]