9 matches for 'npr'

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  Non-Random Notes (Throughout the day)

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 6:10am EST by Bill Bradley

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  Number of comments: 10
  

  
  After a chaotic day into night of evanescent negotiation in Copenhagen, President Barack Obama said a “meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough” had been reached among the U.S., China and three other countries on an effort to curb climate change. But there is clearly an enormous amount of work to be [...]

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  Bonusmas -- Must See!

  Posted: December 17, 2009, 1:59pm EST

  This is the must-see video for the week: Happy Bonusmas! : NPR

  Click through to see it!

  Then watch this:

  Go to Bankster and learn what you can do!

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  Moorlach blasts Nguyen for berating employees

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:30am EST by Jennifer Muir

  Number of comments: 10
  

  In an email sent to constituents this morning, Supervisor John Moorlach elaborated about why he opposed electing Supervisor Janet Nguyen as the chairwoman for the county Board of Supervisors next year, saying she publicly yells at county staff members and that she’s frequently unprepared for meetings.

  “Regretfully, with [...]

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  How CRU at East Anglia Falsified Australian Climate Data Through "Homogenization"

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:02am EST by Turin

  This long post, quoting from a discussion by Willis Eschenbach, shows how the CRU falsified data (late 19th century through 20th century) from Australian temperature measuring stations to show a trend rise in temperature, rather than the trend decline in temperature recorded in the raw data. The revelations at CRU speak not only to unprofessional [...]

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  How Obama Got His Groove Back

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:06am EST by Rogue Elephant

  Number of comments: 4
  Why did the President decide to try KSM and four others in U.S. criminal courts? This was not Eric Holder's unprecedented legal decision, but the President's political decision. The President's political decision raises concerns of both conservative and liberal legal scholars. It seems that the President has made a short-term [...]
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  The Fullerton School District’s Budget is Really Screwed Up

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:55am EST by Travis Kiger

  Let’s keep this simple – today the Fullerton School Board is staring down the barrel of an unprecedented budget hole. To insulate themselves from the difficult decisions, the board is asking the “Budget Advisory Committee” to recommend a solution. This committee consists of unionized teachers, administrators and PTA parents. At this [...]

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  British scientists suspect swine flu virus has mutated in Ukraine

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:15am EST by Bob Morris

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  Number of comments: 10
  

  Beans, Rice and Gold has been following this story since it started.

  British scientists suspect that swine flu virus has mutated in Ukraine. Some doctors say that flu in the country has shown unprecedented symptoms, creating the effect of burnt lungs, the Daily Mail reports.

  
  

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  Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed's Trial Will Be OJ Redux

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:24pm EST

  Prediction: Obama Admin. Will Use Acquittal Or "Hung Jury" To Blame Bush Admin. For "Torture"Attorney General Eric Holder testified in front of the Senate today, defending his asinine and unprecedented decision to give an enemy combatant, Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed, a civilian trial in New York instead of a trial in [...]

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  Republicans rediscover joys of judicial filibusters

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:49am EST by by Alan Bock, Register editorial writer

  Remember when Bush was president and those nasty, obstructive Democrats sometimes conducted filibusters against his judicial nominees, which would have forced them to get 60 votes? AL Sen. Jeff Sessions was especially outraged back then, calling it “really wrong” to indulge in such “unprecedented, obstructive tactics.”

  Well, there’s a Democrat in [...]