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  • Meghan McCain flies home to be at her father's side in the last throes of his battle

    06/01/2018 12:26:14 PM PDT · by COUNTrecount · 130 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | June 1, 2018 | By Ariel Zilber
    Meghan McCain flies home to be at her father's side in the last throes of his battle against terminal brain cancer, as she slams MSNBC host Joy Reid for posting a 'disgusting' image of him on her blog Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with aggressive form of brain cancer His daughter flew home to Arizona, where the senator is undergoing treatment Meghan McCain also condemned an old blog post by MSNBC host Joy Reid In 2007, Reid wrote a post using photoshopped image of John McCain with guns McCain's head is superimposed on body of gunman from Virginia Tech...
  • In throes of recession, D.C. stands apart Federal spending insulates region

    10/18/2010 7:05:42 PM PDT · by Nachum · 7 replies
    Washington Times ^ | 10/18/10 | Patrice Hill
    Throughout the recession, one major city stood out as an oasis for jobs and growth: Washington, D.C. Supported by a gusher of federal borrowing and spending, the District of Columbia was the nation's only metropolitan area that never stopped growing. It stood as a beacon for the nation's millions of job hunters, from recent college graduates seeking careers in civil service to well-heeled lawyers cashing in on a bonanza of work stemming from health care and financial reform. Being the center of government, Washington is used to being insulated from national economic trends. But the disconnect became particularly pronounced during...
  • Aksa leader: Intifada is in its death throes

    08/05/2004 4:19:06 PM PDT · by Nachum · 7 replies · 745+ views
    Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug. 6, 2004 0:33 | MATTHEW GUTMAN
    This is the first in a series on Palestinian life four years into the intifada. It's not so much what Zakariya Zubeidi, the fugitive leader of the West Bank Aksa Martyrs Brigades, says, but how he says it. Zubeidi speaks in the vacant tones of a ghost. And four years after he first picked up a rifle, this peace-activist-turned-local-hero-and-killer eulogized the Palestinian intifada in words similar to those in which he described himself. "The intifada is in its death throes. These are the final stages – this I can confirm," he said on Wednesday. He held court in a safe...