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Officer Nathaniel Taylor Jr. was shot Sunday as officers attempted to execute a search warrant.
Lamar Cooper, 37, was charged this evening with murder.
From the Sun-Times:
Cooper, who was shot by officers, was in “stable” condition at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
Several officers were conducting surveillance and waiting to serve a warrant at Cooper’s [...]
Los Angeles–(TURNINGLEFT)– International Medical Corps (IMC) has been matched for the American Express Top 25 Members Project, ‘Saving the Lives of Malnourished Children.’ The project was selected from 1,190 submissions nominated by American Express card members. As the organization matched to the project, IMC is eligible for a part of $2.5 million in funding. The [...]
For what it’s worth, people on the left and right are all in a tizzy about a completely unscientific poll running on the PBS web site. So, have fun, I’m passing on to you to vote NO to Palin.
Here’s the email:
PBS is polling whether we support Palin and think she’s ready. So far, this PBS [...]
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Snopes.com gives this one an unqualified “True” rating:
Carol McCain
McCain likes to illustrate his moral fiber by referring to his five years as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam. And to demonstrate his commitment to family values, the 71-year-old former US Navy pilot pays warm tribute to his beautiful blonde wife, Cindy, with whom he has four [...]
From our friends, the Democrats:
Tell The Media to Call Sarah Palin a Serial Liar
It is now thoroughly documented that Sarah Palin supported the $398 million “Bridge to Nowhere” when she ran for Governor in 2006, even though Congress cancelled the earmark in 2005.
She only opposed it in September 2007 after her final efforts to [...]
From Andrew Sullivan:
This decision is not worthy of a great power. Whatever skills Palin may turn out to have, however fabulous a person she may turn out to be, even if she becomes the Eva Peron of Christianism, McCain had no idea when he picked her.
He winged this. That’s the critical, unavoidable, devastating point.
John McCain [...]
The image of Governor Blagojevich and Speaker Madigan hugging at the Democratic National Convention was one for the books. I’ve been reflecting on the Democratic love-fest for over a week now, not quite sure how to respond. What does any of that mean? What really happened? Who started singing Kumbaya first?
According to news reports, Congressman [...]
John McCain is his own worst enemy.
If the video above doesn’t play, go here. It’s worth watching several times over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c
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This says it all:
Joblessness grew by an additional 84,000 in August 2008, bumping the national unemployment rate up to 6.1 percent. This is the highest level in five years and the eighth straight month of job losses. The economy has lost more than 600,000 over that time period.
Hardest hit were manufacturing jobs and the construction [...]
