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Hearings: Transocean official denies BP pressured them to complete work quickly
By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune
May 27, 2010, 9:34AM

Transocean's top drilling official on the Deepwater Horizon said he was wrapped up with hosting top BP officials in the hours before... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/699 Thu, 27 May 2010 11:01:25 ¬snip¬

Methane hydrates are volatile compounds — natural gas compressed into molecular cages of ice. They are stable in the extreme cold and crushing weight of deepwater, but are extremely dangerous when they build up inside the drill column of a well. If destabilized by heat or a decrease in pre... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/698 Thu, 20 May 2010 09:00:10 Pale Horse Sickles Built Christian Fantasy of Serial Killing
posted 29th March 2010 in Media, Religion, Video by jclifford
For Khristopher Sickles, who used the Hutaree pseudonym “Pale Horse”, Christianity served as a perfect combination of righteous indignation and an excuse to behave in inexcus... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/696 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:38:02 ¬snip¬

"I'm not that guy," he said to a judge during a pretrial hearing in Hammond, Indiana. "What they're alleging and what I've done are two different things," Piatek said in Hammond federal court according to the Northwest Indiana Times.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Cherry ordered a special h... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/697 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:16:43 Last May, about 30 people gathered at a resort in Jekyll Island, Ga., for a series of discussions about "increasing national instability" and President Obama's "socialized" policies.

The island was chosen for symbolic reasons — the initial discussions about creating a Federal Reserve were held t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/695 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:46:18 Judge: School officials must clear ‘webcamgate’ comments with lawyers
By Joseph Tanfani and Larry King

INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS

The unusual order, signed by a federal judge today, means people running the elite Lower Merion School District can't say a word about the laptop cameras or any other... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/694 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:14:11 Laptop camera snapped away in one classroom
By Dan Hardy, Derrick Nunnally, and John Shiffman

Inquirer Staff Writers

A laptop security program at Lower Merion schools was, when triggered, set up to snap multiple photos of whoever was using the computer, a district computer employee said in a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/693 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:07:07 Source: [b]AFP[/b]

BAGHDAD — Iraq's pro-Western former prime minister Iyad Allawi has denounced a commission that barred candidates allegedly linked to Saddam Hussein from elections before their disputed reinstatement on appeal.

"The integrity and justice committee is actually a secret police," ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/691 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:40:13 Source: [b]Pak Tribune[/b]

PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban on Thursday demanded the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist who has been convicted by the US court on charges of her alleged attempt to murder US soldiers in Afghanistan, and threatened to execute an American soldier they were... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/692 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:41:44 Source: [b]AFP[/b]

WASHINGTON — Radical Yemeni cleric Anwar Al-Awlaqi has praised a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a US airliner and said the man accused in the attack was his "student," according to an interview published by Al-Jazeera.

The militant religious leader, accused of links to Al-Qa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/690 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:26:09 Source: [b]AP[/b]

WASHINGTON (AP) — al-Qaeda can be expected to attempt an attack on the United States in the next three to six months, senior U.S. intelligence officials told Congress.

The terrorist organization is deploying operatives to the United States to carry out new attacks from inside t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/689 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:11:58 this is news to me, but probably already has been posted.

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In fall 2006, when she was a UCLA freshman, she and fellow conservative activist James O'Keefe came up with the idea to infiltrate clinics.

Rose, by e-mail, and O'Keefe, in a phone interview, said they were inspired by the wor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/688 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:53:45 22 million missing Bush White House e-mails found
By PETE YOST (AP) – 17 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — Two nonprofit groups say that computer technicians have found 22 million White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush.

The two groups say the electronic messages were p... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/687 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:27:26 Right-Bloggers React to Fort Hood Exactly as Expected

Posted by Roy Edroso, Alicublog at 10:26 AM on November 6, 2009.



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FIGHTIN' KEYBOARDERS CALLED BACK INTO ACTION. We'll probably be reading a lot of idiotic stuff about Fort Hood, but it'll be hard to top this f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/686 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:04:28 Allen's alleged sex crimes still in limbo
By Corey Allen-Young, CBS 11 News Reporter
Created: 10/28/2009 04:48:50 PM AKDT


ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTVA-CBS 11 News)
Now that Bill Allen knows his sentence for corruption where does that leave the Anchorage police investigation into the alleged sex ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/685 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:34:14 Source: [b]AP[/b]

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are searching for suspicious transactions in the personal bank records of a retired Army colonel who ran the contracting office in Baghdad during the early stages of Iraq's $125 billion reconstruction.

The focus on Anthony B. Bell opens a wind... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/684 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:45:16 Blagojevich Confidant Turned Informant
How a Top Advisor Turned on Blagojevich
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN and EMMA SCHWARTZ
December 12, 2008


For years, John Wyma has been one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's closest allies. He served as Blagojevich's chief of staff in Congress and was a key advisor in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/683 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:29:39 Blagojevich's Fundraising Shakedowns Detailed
POSTED: 01:34 PM ET, 12/10/2008 by Derek Kravitz
TAGS: Congress, FBI, Rod Blagojevich, federal courts



Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, center, leaves his home through a back alley Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, a day after being arrested on federal cor... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/682 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:26:41 Lies, Half Truths and Contradictions: Chronicle ''Hidden'' Audio on Obama

It's not true.

But the Drudge Report, the Republican National Committee and apparently even GOP VP candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fell for completely fabricated news from a shady website called Newsbusters today sugge... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/681 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:34:30 Source: [b]AP[/b]

WATERLOO, Iowa -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain is dismissing the sour poll numbers that show him trailing in his race for the White House against Democrat Barack Obama and says his campaign is "doing fine."

McCain, interviewed Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press, sa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/680 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:31:17 In his efforts to attack Barack Obama, John McCain appears to have turned to the same political consulting firm that was responsible for spreading vicious smears about the Senator during the 2000 South Carolina GOP primary.

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On Friday, a recipient of one of those calls, Chris Schoff of M... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/679 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:16:15 Palin Makes Troopergate Assertions that Are Flatly False
October 12, 2008 6:56 PM

On Saturday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin twice spoke to reporters about the so-called "Troopergate" scandal and the investigative report on whether she had abused her power in trying to get her sister's ex-husband Mike... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/678 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:29:18 By Michael D. Shear and Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, October 10, 2008; Page A04

WAUKESHA, Wis., Oct. 9 -- There were shouts of "Nobama" and "Socialist" at the mention of the Democratic presidential nominee. There were boos, middle fingers turned up and thumbs turned d... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/677 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:20:13 Sarah Palin was on the verge of inciting a race riot in northern Florida yesterday. At her rallies, the Republican faithful hurled a racial epitaph at a black sound man, and screamed "kill him" and "treason!" at Barack Obama.

"Boy, you guys just get it!" Palin responded. This reaction, presumabl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/672 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:59:44 The Town Hall Debate: What Was McCain Up To?
Did McCain have a strategy? John McCain’s approach to Tuesday night’s town hall debate seemed at odds with the direction his campaign has taken over the last several days, a point I discuss in my column this morning.

I’ve been pondering what McCain m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/maddezmom/673 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:56:32