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Offshore Drilling Moratorium Goes to Court: Diamond, Hornbeck Challenge Obama
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyLess than a month in, President Barack Obama's six-month offshore drilling moratorium is being challenged in two court cases filed by large industry players. One decision is expected as early as Wednesday. Diamond Offshore Drilling, "America's largest offshore drilling contractor" (and the company that recently disproved reports it was behind a second gulf oil spill), requested a restraining order on the moratorium from a U.S. District Court on Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company claims that the ban is invalid because it violates the Administrative Procedures Act -- a ...
When Will Keith Olbermann Apologize?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAccording to an AP story on AOL.com, Michael Devlin, the kidnapper, rapist, torturer, and would-be murderer of young Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby, was sentenced today. He has accumulated a total of 20 consecutive life sentences, with an appearance in Federal Court coming up on Wednesday. With the sentencing came the revelation, by Devlin, that he at one point started to strangle Shawn Hornbeck, but the 11 year-old talked him out of it. Shawn Hornbeck is my new hero. So what does all this have to do with Keith Olbermann? The occasion of this revelation caused Olbermann, on his show Countdown, ...
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