Air America to File for Bankruptcy Amid Ad Decline (Bloomberg) — Air America Media, the radio station with liberal-leaning programming, said it ceased operations and will file for bankruptcy after a drop in advertising sales. The liberal station stopped live programming today and will soon file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the company said in a […]
WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate’s sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama’s signature issue. Pelosi, D-Calif., made the comment to reporters after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which participants vented frustration with the […]
BOSTON – In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and marring the end of his first year in office. […]
Most countries in the European Union offer universal health coverage for their citizens. And when citizens of one EU country travels to or lives in another EU country, they also are covered. Now Spain says that rule is making it a victim of “Health Tourism” as more northern Europeans choose to retire to its Mediterranean […]
thelastcrusade–Americans are paying highly inflated prices for pharmaceuticals that have been repackaged and sold for 1,000% or more of their cash worth. The General Accountability Office has discovered that a pill that can be purchased in Mexico, Israel, and France for $.50 is sold by leading drug companies in the United States for $50.00 and […]
Posted by Dan Perrin (At 11;59 PM on 1/8 Moe Lane posted on this story, here. I’m just adding another log to the fire.) In a clear demonstration of the Speaker’s comment that we will do “almost anything” to pass health care, the Democrats have said they will delay seating Scott Brown, the GOP candidate […]
Executive Order 12425 was amended by Obama on December 19th that gives Interpol total immunity. This was an order that previously granted Interpol the same rights as enjoyed by the FBI, CIA, etc. However, they were held to the same rules. Now, Obama has granted them immunity and exempts them from the Freedom of Information […]
The Federal Communications Commission is moving ahead with proposed “Open Internet” rules, which would give federal regulators vast new powers, and ultimately lead to government control of the Internet. In the Matter of Preserving the Open Internet. GN Docket No, 09-191, WC Docket No. 07-52. You can read the complete proposal here: (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-93A1.pdf). In a […]
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) is asking Americans to contact their members of Congress to demand immediate Congressional investigations to determine why the Department of Homeland Security is continuing to give valid U.S. visas to millions of people on the terrorism watch lists, including the Detroit Flight 253 bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. ALIPAC called […]
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up the Amsterdam-Detroit flight this week demonstrated that “the system worked.” Asked by CNN’s Candy Crowley on “State of the Union” how that could be possible when the young Nigerian who sought to set off the bomb was able to smuggle explosive […]
