Obama: Too much debt could fuel double-dip recession

With the U.S. unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, Obama told Fox News his administration faces a delicate balance of trying to boost the economy and spur job creation while putting the economy on a path toward long-term deficit reduction.

Temple Owls vs. Georgetown Hoyas - Recap - November 17, 2009 - ESPN

WASHINGTON -- Whether the games were ugly or pretty, Georgetown found all sorts of ways to lose the close ones last season -- enough to sink the Hoyas down to the NIT.

Allen Iverson Back To Denver? Karl Says It Could Happen -- NBA FanHouse

Don't completely rule it out. At least that's the word from Nuggets coach George Karl, who said Tuesday the team would consider bringing back the guard if there were to be an injury on his team.

Year One at Newsvine and Back for Another

Baltimore, MD, A year ago before the election, I joined Newsvine to express my discomfort with the election and how it was going for Barack Obama. I didn't want Barack Obama to become President of the United States for various reasons but not because he is black (I am black).

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White House "Dismayed" At Jerusalem Settlement Expansion - NYTimes.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that it was "dismayed" over Israeli approval to expand the Gilo settlement in Jerusalem and sharply criticized the ongoing evictions and demolition of Palestinian homes.

Microsoft Aims Search Guns at Google With Bing - Advertising Age - Digital

The software giant is set to launch an $80 million to $100 million campaign for Bing, the search engine it hopes will help it grab a bigger slice of the online ad market.

Rightists start anti-Obama campaign | Israel | Jerusalem Post

Chanting "No, you can't!" and waving signs bearing messages in a similar vein, nearly 200 people held a demonstration outside the US Consulate on the capital's Rehov Agron on Wednesday evening, protesting the growing American pressure to stop construction in West Bank settlements.

SHOCK! Barack Hussein Obama: US "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world" ::

It is important to note that "if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world". So says President Barack Obama. Or I should say: Barack Hussein Obama.

Sotomayor's minority cred - Oppressed Group or Priviledged Patron

Sotomayor can keep playing the poor, underprivileged Boricua, but let's be real, she's spent her childhood in private school environments, early adulthood amongst the Ivy League elite, and most of her adulthood as a corporate attorney and judge living in Greenwich Village, where  …

Obama's Guantánamo Appeasement Plan

Two days after his inauguration, President Obama pledged to close Guantánamo within one year. The Republicans, led by Senators John McCain, Mitch McConnell and Pat Roberts, immediately launched a concerted campaign to assail the new president.

Susan Boyle's two four-letter rants in one day | Britain's got Talent | The Sun |Showbiz|TV|Britain Got Talent

RANTING Susan Boyle completely lost her cool with TWO four-letter outbursts in a day, The Sun can reveal. She stunned Britain's Got Talent fans, contestants and their families before going into meltdown later in front of hundreds of hotel guests.

Glue :: Firefox Add-ons

Glue connects you with friends around things you visit! Glue automatically appears on sites about books, movies, music, restaurants, stocks, wine and more to show you friends who looked at the same things and tells you what they thought!

Couple: County Trying To Stop Home Bible Studies - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego

SAN DIEGO -- A local pastor and his wife claim they were interrogated by a San Diego County official, who then threatened them with escalating fines if they continued to hold bible studies in their home, 10News reported.

President Obama refuses to meet with Governor Gibbons about tourism comments

"I am disappointed at the hypocrisy shown by this Administration," Gibbons said, "President Obama is coming to Las Vegas later this month for a political fundraiser, but he will not help the struggling families in Las Vegas and Nevada who are out of work because of his reckless c …

To Lie or Not To Lie - Pelosi Fuels Fire on Interrogations

She went on to call on the CIA to release the details of briefings they provided to Congress and for the creation of a truth commission to "determine how intelligence was misused and how controversial and possibly illegal activities like torture were authorized within the executi …

Obama Cuts Federal Funding to Historically Black Colleges (How Did I miss this one?)

Leaders of historically black colleges say they'll fight a reduction in a federal program they call a financial lifeline at a time of economic distress for the schools and their students.

Obama's Journey from Charismatic to Polarizing - US News and World Report

Obama is facing an additional problem that has been little noticed by the media and little discussed by his own strategists, at least in public. He is turning out to be what he said he wouldn't be: a polarizing figure.

What Is Obama Really About - Pam Geller

A co-worker sent this to me today and I am uploading it for others to view. I have looked for a little more information about Pam Geller and see that she has been demonized by a few also for her beliefs but she has some really important material on the internet.

Obama mulls making vets foot bill for service injuries - DEMOCRATIC SURPRISE

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is considering making veterans use private insurance to pay for treatment of combat and service-related injuries.

Boy banned from wearing Obama mask in skit - Nation losing Humor

A mask similar to one President Barack Obama himself wore in a "Saturday Night Live" skit prompted a Portland school principal to ban a boy from performing while wearing it at his elementary school talent show after deciding the rubber likeness of the 44th president was "inapprop …

YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME - Pelosi Lowers Expectations on Stimulus Job Creation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn't quite as optimistic as she used to be about the job-creating potential of the stimulus package -- telling Charlie Rose on PBS that it will probably fall short of the four million initially predicted, but exceed the 2.5 million guess-timate by pess …

WELFARE RESURRECTION: Record 31.8 million on food stamps

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A record 31.8 million Americans received food stamps at the latest count, an increase of 700,000 people in one month with the United States in recession, government figures showed Thursday.

US jobless rate up to 8.1 percent, 651K jobs lost -

The Labor Department's report shows America's workers being clobbered by a relentless wave of layoffs.

CFOs see no recovery until 2010, Duke study says - Triangle Business Journal:

A new Duke University survey of chief financial officers suggests that the global recession will last well into 2010 – with harsh effects on the economy.

Sharper Downturn Clouds Obama Spending Plans - U.S. Economy Shrank 6.2% in Fourth Quarter -

It seems to me that this is being missed by the mainstream media altogether.

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday that it was "dismayed" over Israeli approval to expand the Gilo settlement in Jerusalem and sharply criticized the ongoing evictions and demolition of Palestinian homes.

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