Growing Unemployment Trumps Stimulus Efforts
Thousands of jobs were created or saved in the past 77 days, Vice President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday in the first quarterly American Recovery and Reinvestment Act progress report. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that unemployment increased during that time, continuing at the highest level in a quarter-century. ...
Palin to Write Blizzard of Words Memoir
Fractional-term Alaskan governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential also-ran Sarah Palin announced on Tuesday that her first memoir is due to be published by HarperCollins in 2010, which is hilarious. ...
Eyes Roll Over 'Scare Force One'
A portion of the "Scare Force One" photograph was clearly altered which, in light of the commotion caused by and the fallout from (see: The Capitolist's Heads Roll Over 'Scare Force One') the staged photo opportunity of April 27, raises the question, why wasn't the image just Photoshopped altogether? ...
An End To Taxes Misallocated Down The Drain
As a supplement to the Obama administration's Fiscal Year 2010 Federal Budget, proposed to Congress in February and made public on Thursday, was the 119-page Terminations, Reductions and Savings report. ...
Franken Meets with Biden
Democratic presumptive junior Senator from Minnesota Al Franken met with Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday, one week after five-term Pennsylvanian Senator Arlen Specter switched his party affiliation while in office from Republican to Democrat. ...
Men Support Gun Ownership, Oppose Abortion
Public opinion on gun control and abortion has swayed conservative since a decade ago, particularly in the past year, despite–and possibly in response to–the recent election of the second Democratic president in three decades. ...
Former Pirate Hostage Proposes Protection for Crews, Cargo
Recent pirate hostage Captain Richard Phillips proposed a piracy deterrence policy to Congress on Thursday: why don't merchant vessels have a few armed personnel aboard so that pirates can't just sail up and take whatever they want without any resistance? ...
State Department's 100-Day Report Misses Mark
Among other Cabinet departments joining Wednesday's Obama administration benchmarking, the U.S. Department of State published their 100-Day Report, listing its accomplishments to date. There are, however, several discrepancies between the report and recent history. ...
U.S. Cabinet to Eliminate Dozens of Government Programs
President Barack Obama announced an initiative to reduce "wasteful" government spending in his weekly address on Saturday."Billions are squandered on programs that have outlived their usefulness, or exist solely because of the power of a lobbyist or interest group," Obama said.An agenda topic at Monday's first full Cabinet meeting will be budget cut proposals from each federal department and agency.In his Saturday address, Obama named two specific budget cuts recently made: firstly, the Department of Homeland Security is no longer spending $3 million on logo updates. The DHS was created less ...
Obama Announces $13 Billion Train Project
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced a $13 billion high-speed American rail transit development project on Thursday. The transportation project will be funded by an initial down payment of $8 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and an additional $1 billion per year for five years, beginning with the 2010 budget.Ten regional rail systems have been identified for the project: the California Corridor, the Pacific Northwest Corridor, the South Central Corridor, the Gulf Coast Corridor, the Chicago Hub Network, the ...
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