Tag Archive | "Barack Obama"
Posted on 08 October 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, basketball, Conservative, David Jackson, fox, Mark Silva, Michael Sherer, press, Robert Gibbs, The Swamp, time, USA Today, White House
President Obama has lined up a few basketball games at the White House today, but some folks are keeping an eye on another contest: The White House versus the press.
Oval friend Michael Scherer at Time magazine offers this take on what looks like a coordinated White House effort to push back on what it considers unfair coverage. Read the full story
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Posted in Archive, R.T., US Government
Posted on 06 October 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, comedy, impersonation, politics, Saturday Night Live, United States of America
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Posted in Archive, Humor, Political, R.T.
Posted on 05 October 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, blogosphere, blogs, censorship, corporatized, Dan Rather, editors, fact-check, journalism, mainstream media, Michael Rivero, MSM, politicized, politics, producers, self-censorship, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Arlen Specter, Senator Jeff Sessions, Senator Lindsey Graham, Supreme Court, ThinkProgress, trivialized
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Posted in Cogent Nirvana, Featured, R.T., Technology
Posted on 05 October 2009. Tags: autism, Barack Obama, children, disease, Health Resources and Services Administration, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, NIH, pediatrics, study, Tom Insel, United States of America
Two new government studies suggest autism spectrum disorders are becoming more common in children in the USA. However, researchers say, it is not clear how much of the increase is a result of more frequent and earlier diagnoses and how much is a result of a real rise in the conditions.
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Posted in Health & Fitness, R.T.
Posted on 29 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, Bruce Bueno De Mesquita, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, The Predictioneer's Game
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Posted in Political, R.T., US Government
Posted on 28 September 2009. Tags: Arizona, Barack Obama, bill, California, Debbie Stabenow, Democrats, House, House Speaker, insurance, Jon Kyl, Max Baucus, Michigan, Montana, Nancy Pelosi, Senate Finance Chairman, tax
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Posted in R.T., US Government
Posted on 28 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, Geneva, inspectors, Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Israel, long-range missiles, medium-range missile, missile, nuclear, nuclear facilities, nuclear weapons, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Robert Gibbs, sanctions, Shahab-3, tests, uranium, uranium-enrichment facility, White House
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Shahab-3 medium-range missile during a drill at an undisclosed location, 28 Sep 2009
The White House on Monday condemned Iran’s latest missile tests as “provocative” and called on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to provide inspectors “unfettered access” to its nuclear facilities. Read the full story
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Posted in R.T., US Government, World Wide
Posted on 28 September 2009. Tags: add-on, application, Barack Obama, Barry Schnitt, Bob Beckel, Edwin Donovan, Facebook, poll, The Secret Service, third-party
The Secret Service is investigating the origins of a poll that appeared on Facebook that asked whether President Obama should be killed.
Posted over the weekend, the poll was removed by Facebook after the Secret Service received a tip and contacted the company, which was not aware of the survey, sources tell ABC News.
“When the Secret Service became aware of the poll we worked with Facebook to have it taken down and are conducting an investigation,” said a spokesman for the Secret Service. Read the full story
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Posted in R.T., US Government
Posted on 25 September 2009. Tags: "People's March", Arrests, Barack Obama, college students, G20, pennsylvania, pepper gas, pepper spray, pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, Police, protesters, protests, rally, Sgt. Lavonnie Bickerstaff, Thomas Merton Center
Security forces are bracing for a large “Peoples’ March,” through downtown Pittsburgh, as G-20 protesters regroup and converge a few blocks from where summit leaders are meeting. Read the full story
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Posted in R.T., The Wire
Posted on 25 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, britain, Canada, China, economic, Economy, europe, finance, france, G20, G7, Germany, IMF, International Monetary Fund, italy, Japan, New World Order, NWO, The Group of 20, United Statewa, World Bank, World Wide
By Lesley Wroughton
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The Group of 20 is set to become the premier coordinating body on global economic issues, reflecting a new world economic order in which emerging market countries like China are much more relevant, according to a draft communique. Read the full story
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Posted in Business, R.T., US Government, World Wide
Posted on 25 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, britain, centrifuges, diplomatic, economic summit, enrichment, fissile, france, G20, Germany, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Islamic republic, Mohamed ElBaradei, Natanz, nuclear, pittsburgh, plant, sanctions, secret, Tehran, U.N. Security Council, United States of America, uranium, Vienna, warheads, weapon
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Posted in Politics, R.T., The Wire, World Wide
Posted on 24 September 2009. Tags: appropriations, Barack Obama, budget, CBO, college, College Access Challenge Grant program, Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Department of Education, Direct Loan program, FAFSA, Federally-Guaranteed Student Loan Program, Free Application for Federal Student Aid, inflation, legislation, Loan, Pell Grant, Perkins Loan program, PLUS loan program, SAFRA, Senate, Stafford loan, Student, United States, universities
This legislation eliminates the federally-guaranteed student loan program and replaces it with 100% direct lending from the federal government. SAFRA uses the savings to fund an increase in the Pell Grant program among other initiatives. The US Senate is expected to consider its own version of the legislation within a few weeks. Read the full story
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Posted in Education, R.T., US Government
Posted on 24 September 2009. Tags: Argentina, australia, Barack Obama, Brazil, Canada, central bank governors, Chancellor Angela Merkel, China, Finance ministers, france, G20, Germany, Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, India, Indonesia, italy, Japan, King Abdullah, Live, march, Mexico, oleoresin capsicum, pepper spray, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President Dmitry Medvedev, President Felipe Calderón, President Hu Jintao, President Jacob Zuma, President Lee Myung-bak, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, Resistance March, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, south korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Video, Watch
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Posted in R.T., The Wire
Posted on 23 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, Brazil, Brazilian Embassy, Central America, coup, crisis, De facto leader, demonstrators, European Union, exile, Honduras, Latin America, Organization of American States, politics, President Hugo Chavez, President Manuel Zelaya, riot police, Robert Micheletti, security forces, socialist, soldiers, standoff, tear gas, Tegucigalpa, U.N. Security Council, United States of America, venezuela
Honduras’ fallen leader told The Miami Herald he is being subjected to mind-altering gas and radiation — and that `Israeli mercenaries’ are planning to assassinate him. Read the full story
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Posted in R.T., The Wire, World Wide
Posted on 22 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, David Letterman, late night talk show, The Late Show, Top Ten List
President Barack Obama has been asked a lot in recent days whether he thinks racism has to do with the vocal opposition to him and his policies. He usually doesn’t give the answer he gave to David Letterman on Monday. Read the full story
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Posted in R.T., Television, US Government, Video
Posted on 22 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, George Mitchell, Israel, Middle East, negotiations, Palestine, peace, President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, settlements
NEW YORK—President Barack Obama is pressing Palestinians not to allow Israel’s refusal to halt settlement activities to prevent both sides from reopening long-dormant negotiations towards peace in the Middle East. Read the full story
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Posted in R.T.
Posted on 21 September 2009. Tags: ambassador, America, Barack Obama, central bankers, China, debtors, economic policy, EU, Euro Zone, europe, European Central Bank, exports, Finance ministers, Financial System, france, G20, G7, Germany, global economy, IMF, imports, International Monetary Fund, Japan, Jean-Claude Trichet, John Bruton, Le Monde, london, New World Order, pittsburgh, savings, scotland, taxpayer, taxpayer money, U.S., United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will urge world leaders this week to launch a new push in November to rebalance the world economy, but there are doubts national governments will bow to external advice. Read the full story
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Posted in Business, R.T., US Government, World Wide
Posted on 21 September 2009. Tags: Barack Obama, George Stephanopoulos, health insurance, Healthcare reform, tax, taxes, This Week, United States
On “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos and President Obama have a colorful discussion over Obama’s health care reform proposal. Read the full story
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