A Confederate flag hangs from a noose at a gallows in an art and science museum in Florida’s capital city. The display’s title: The Proper Way to Hang a Confederate Flag.
One of a dozen displays of Confederate flag art by political artist John Sims, it’s part of an exhibit entitled AfroProvocations at the Mary […]
NEW ORLEANS - The Walt Disney Co. has started production on an animated musical fairy tale called “The Frog Princess,” which will be set in New Orleans and feature the Walt Disney Studio’s first black princess.
The film, set for release in 2009, also is the first hand-drawn film Disney has committed to since pledging […]
According to the police, the taking of this photograph in a public street constituted a criminal act. So now we know how Connecticut has spent “homeland security” dollars sent here since 9/11: to build photo databases of peace activists and set them up for bogus arrests.
As we reported Friday, police hauled activist/journalist Ken Krayeske […]
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WordPress database error: [Access denied for user: 'dbo202357768@%' to database 'db202357768'] INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('53', 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~3/C4sDNzelHpk/stevens_loses_re-election_bid.html', 'Stevens Loses Re-Election Bid', 'Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) lost his re-relection bid to Mark Begich (D), the <a href='http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ijDA5bgxiHlTvS_r-SSjskS1Tq1wD94HMTV00' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Associated Press</a> reports. <br /><br />The latest tally showed Begich ahead by 3,700 votes -- more than the 2,500 overseas ballots still uncounted.<br /><br />Democrats have now added seven seats to their majority.<br /> <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/KwKMeCwsJGvDFSxGx_XtNWeaxQs/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/KwKMeCwsJGvDFSxGx_XtNWeaxQs/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~4/C4sDNzelHpk" height="1" width="1"/>', '1227199251', '1227199232', '2008-11-20')
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WordPress database error: [Access denied for user: 'dbo202357768@%' to database 'db202357768'] INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('53', 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~3/IePBno_fdqE/in_search_of_bill_clinton.html', 'In Search of Bill Clinton', '<span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-amazon" style="display: inline;"><a href='http://www.amazon.com/Search-Bill-Clinton-Psychological-Biography/dp/031236976X%3FSubscriptionId%3D1A8N7Y3AN7BDVATH0382%26tag%3Dyouwonnowwhat%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D031236976X' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src='http://images.amazon.com/images/P/031236976X.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX75_.jpg' alt="In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography" class="mt-image-left" style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left;" /></a></span>In the mail: <i><a href='http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031236976X?ie=UTF8&tag=youwonnowwhat&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=031236976X' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography</a></i> by John Gartner.<br /><br />However, a <a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/23/AR2008102302735.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Washington Post</a> review notes that at the end of his introduction Gartner "denies that he was wholly 'seduced' by Bill Clinton, 'the great seducer,' which will come as quite a surprise to anyone who has read the preceding 13 pages -- not to mention anyone who manages to make it all the way to the end, more than 400 pages later. <em>In Search of Bill Clinton</em> does have its interesting moments and occasional insights, not all of which are in Clinton's favor, but overall it borders on hagiography, the work of someone who at times appears to be in the grips of a schoolboy crush." <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/anzjP0wCyyZfEU1etjd6RmbzfcE/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/anzjP0wCyyZfEU1etjd6RmbzfcE/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~4/IePBno_fdqE" height="1" width="1"/>', '1227199251', '1227198865', '2008-11-20')
WordPress database error: [Access denied for user: 'dbo202357768@%' to database 'db202357768'] INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('53', 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~3/BZCRuQY5r0s/mccain_will_run_for_re-election.html', 'McCain Will Run for Re-Election', '"After much speculation that his failed presidential bid would be his last campaign, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has decided to run for re-election to his Senate seat in 2010," according to <a href='http://www.rollcall.com/news/30267-1.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Roll Call</a>.<br /><br />Said a GOP source close to the Arizona senator: "He's ready to get back. He likes the game. He likes the deals." <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/_fJ7_zwsD3E3WKhd23oX0SNNLnA/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/_fJ7_zwsD3E3WKhd23oX0SNNLnA/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~4/BZCRuQY5r0s" height="1" width="1"/>', '1227199251', '1227197262', '2008-11-20')
WordPress database error: [Access denied for user: 'dbo202357768@%' to database 'db202357768'] INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('53', 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~3/EUa6y6dHtFA/gop_senators_punt_on_stevens.html', 'GOP Senators Punt on Stevens', 'Republican Senators decided to postpone a vote on whether to keep Sen. Ted Stevens in their GOP conference, "saying they'll wait until after his Senate race in Alaska is resolved," the <a href='http://www.adn.com/news/politics/fbi/stevens/story/593157.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Anchorage Daily News</a> reports.<br /><br /> In the latest count, challenger Mark Begich (D) currently <a href='http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/11/18/begich_expands_lead_in_alaska.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>leads</a> Stevens by 2,374 votes. <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fjxQTL1Xir5FwVNiuwM44MGqTAw/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fjxQTL1Xir5FwVNiuwM44MGqTAw/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~4/EUa6y6dHtFA" height="1" width="1"/>', '1227199251', '1227197044', '2008-11-20')
WordPress database error: [Access denied for user: 'dbo202357768@%' to database 'db202357768'] INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('53', 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~3/U0-v6QY02Ug/biden_not_likely_to_resign_until_becoming_veep.html', 'Biden Not Likely to Resign Until Becoming Veep', 'It seems the <a href='http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/11/17/when_will_biden_resign_from_senate.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>buzz</a> in Delaware is correct. <br /><br /><a href='http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/bidens-guv-plan.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>ABC News</a> has learned that Delaware's "newly elected Democratic governor is planning to take the oath of office at 12:01 a.m. ET on Jan. 20, 2009, making it possible for him to name Vice President-elect Joe Biden's replacement to the United States Senate. Whether Governor-elect Jack Markell (D) gets to name Biden's Senate replacement will ultimately turn on whether the Vice President-elect makes good on his stated intention to wait until the moment he becomes Vice President to resign from the U.S. Senate."<br /><br />"Delaware law provides that when a U.S. senator resigns before the end of his term, the state's governor appoints a replacement who remains in office until the next election which, in this case, is 2010."<br /><br />Speculation is that Biden's son, currently serving in Iraq, would run for the seat in 2010.<br /> <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/c2H5KMGGnxu7zkV879LeGEcqMTM/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/c2H5KMGGnxu7zkV879LeGEcqMTM/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~4/U0-v6QY02Ug" height="1" width="1"/>', '1227199251', '1227195830', '2008-11-20')
WordPress database error: [Access denied for user: 'dbo202357768@%' to database 'db202357768'] INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('53', 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~3/lREvsd1jAGU/obama_in_talks_with_gates.html', 'Obama in Talks With Gates', 'President-elect Obama and Robert Gates are negotiating terms under which the defense secretary would remain as Pentagon chief in his administration, the <a href='http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/596576ca-b5c0-11dd-ab71-0000779fd18c.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Financial Times</a> has learned. <br /><br />"Mr Obama, through an intermediary, has approached Mr Gates, who has served as defense secretary under President George W. Bush since 2006, about accepting the position, which would place a respected Republican appointee in his cabinet."<br /><br />"According to a source familiar with the situation, Mr Gates is seriously weighing the option. The two men are ironing out policy and personnel issues before a final offer could be made."<br /> <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/49_KamkgU96Dp1-qBXGna5BV2vs/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/49_KamkgU96Dp1-qBXGna5BV2vs/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~4/lREvsd1jAGU" height="1" width="1"/>', '1227199251', '1227199227', '2008-11-20')
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