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...Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's May 12 announcement that he will run for Senate instead of reelection in 2010 was rare good news for the flailing GOP. The first-term governor, who is seeking the seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Mel Martinez, has consistently boasted approval ratings in the high 60s since taking office despite economic dark days in the Sunshine State. An adroit campaigner who addresses every citizen he meets as "my boss," Crist is widely expected to crush the general election field - if he can make it through the primary. Dubbed a RINO - Republican in Name Only...
...fight started after the release of a Justice Department memo showing that terror detainees were waterboarded hundreds of times. Pelosi then called for the formation of a truth commission to examine the legality of the tactics and whether those who justified and executed them should be held accountable. House Republicans protested, and Representative Pete Hoekstra, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, warned in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed that Democrats should be careful what they wish for, as many of them were briefed about the tactics without complaint over the past seven years...
Students criticized planned reductions in Quad shuttle service and hot breakfast offerings at four Town Hall Forums held Monday by Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds just hours after the changes were announced.Hammonds began the town hall circuit with low-key, primarily one-on-one meetings in Lamont Café, followed by larger group meetings in Quincy, Cabot, and Mather Houses, where she was joined by other members of the College administration to answer questions and hear students concerns about the changes—part of $77 million in reductions announced by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
They were great! They love when you make fun of them. They haven't heard jokes about their own culture, no one's held a mirror up to them. Like about how much they smoke cigarettes, or talk in the movie theater. They go, "Yes, you're right...
...Iranian regime is capable of sustaining massive U.S. reprisal attacks without falling. In 1991 Saddam's army suffered a catastrophic defeat with the backbone of its army and air force destroyed and the loss of much of the southern part of the country to Shi'ite insurgents, but Saddam held on and remained in power. The Iranian regime believes it can weather the same degree of losses, especially as it has adequately prepared its populace for "martyrdom." As a result, it believes it is able to withstand much greater human and material losses than...