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Hitler's Remains Destroyed by KGB

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 8:37:04 PM
itler’s Remains Were Destroyed on KGB Orders, Interfax Reports

By Lucian Kim

Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Adolf Hitler’s remains were burned and dumped into an East German river by Soviet agents 25 years after the end of World War II, Interfax reported, citing Vasily Khristoforov, the Federal Security Service’s chief archivist.

The remains of Hitler, his companion Eva Braun and the family of Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels were destroyed in April 1970 on the secret orders of then-KGB chief Yuri Andropov, the Russian news agency said today. Andropov went on to become Soviet leader from 1982 until his death in 1984.

The Soviets were concerned that graves of Third Reich leaders might one day attract Nazi sympathizers, Interfax said. The remains were burned and dumped into the Biederitz River, outside the eastern city of Magdeburg, according to the news service.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=afB_Zuasc4H8

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The Left Put a Bounty on Chamber of Commerce CEO

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 7:21:32 PM

Classic Media/CBS

Liberal activist group offers big money for info leading to arrest, conviction of Chamber of Commerce CEO after trade organization comes out against climate change legislation, health care reform.
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NPR Fighting Obama's Battles?

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 5:05:51 PM

NPR reporter pressured over Fox role


By JOSH GERSTEIN | 12/6/09 10:36 PM EST

Executives at National Public Radio recently asked the network’s top political correspondent, Mara Liasson, to reconsider her regular appearances on Fox News because of what they perceived as the network’s political bias, two sources familiar with the effort said.

According to a source, Liasson was summoned in early October by NPR’s executive editor for news, Dic- Meyer, and the network’s supervising senior Washington editor,-Ron Elving. The NPR executives said they had concerns that Fox’s programming had grown more partisan, and they asked Liasson to spend 30 days watching the network.

At a follow-up meeting last month, Liasson reported that she’d seen no significant change in Fox’s programming and planned to continue appearing on the network, the source said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29892.html



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EPA Says Fear for the Worst

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 4:58:13 PM

EPA: Greenhouse Gases
A Public Health Threat

In face of GOP opposition, environmental agency declares greenhouse gases a danger to the public
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40,000 Tons of Carbon will be Released into the Atmosphere in Copenhagen

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 4:35:40 PM

Denmark's warm and 'fuzzy facts'

Truth about country's 'dirty' business

Last Updated: 8:14 AM, December 7, 2009

Posted: 4:14 AM, December 7, 2009

COPENHAGEN -- Shakespeare's Marcellus was right. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

In this hotbed of homogeneity, where global warming is a sacred assumption for the faithful, 15,000 people will come together from 192 countries to pray for two weeks over what can be done to save the Earth from certain doom. Few places are better suited to handle the throngs of unquestioning believers who will journey from around the globe.

Dissent is not tolerated, and diversity -- in any form other than biodiversity -- is not welcome here.

...

Some 40,000 tons of carbon will be spewed getting this crowd together and keeping them in comfort.

That is the amount of carbon dioxide produced by more than 60 of the world's smaller countries in an entire year -- combined.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/warm_and_fuzzy_facts_RD1aMFGyyvy19b0ZTHaGwO

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New Low for Obama in Gallup

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 4:10:21 PM

After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%

New low follows slight increase after announcement of Afghanistan policy

by Jeffrey M. Jones

PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obama's presidential job approval rating is 47% in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update, a new low for his administration to date. His approval rating has been below 50% for much of the time since mid-November, but briefly rose to 52% last week after he announced his new Afghanistan policy.


November-December 2009 Trend: Presidential Job Approval for Barack Obama

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124610/Brief-Uptick-Obama-Approval-Slips.aspx

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Chicago Man Has Connection with Mumbai Terrorist Attack?

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 4:09:29 PM

Chicago man charged in connection with Mumbai terrorist attack


A Chicago man accused of planning an armed attack on a Danish newspaper was charged Monday with conducting surveillance on potential targets in the Indian city of Mumbai before terrorist attacks in 2008 that killed 166 people.

David Coleman Headley, 49, was charged in a 12-count criminal information with six counts of conspiracy to bomb public places in India, to murder and maim people in India and Denmark, to provide material support to foreign terrorist plots and another offenses, the Associated Press reports.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2009/12/chicago-man-charged-in-connection-with-mumbai-terrorist-attack/1


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Transparency in the Age of Obama

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 4:02:38 PM
PROMISES, PROMISES: A closed meeting on openness

By SHARON THEIMER (AP) – 21 hours ago

WASHINGTON — It's hardly the image of transparency the Obama administration wants to project: A workshop on government openness is closed to the public.

The event Monday for federal employees is a fitting symbol of President Barack Obama's uneven record so far on the Freedom of Information Act, a big part of keeping his campaign promise to make his administration the most transparent ever. As Obama's first year in office ends, the government's actions when the public and press seek information are not yet matching up with the president's words.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5joOOsTVD57lFwm_InpZY_nRbg4KQD9CE3SEG0

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Pelosi Open to a "Global" Tax

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 3:55:48 PM
Pelosi Endorses ‘Global’ Tax on Stocks, Bonds, and other Financial Transactions
Monday, December 07, 2009
By Matt Cover, Staff Writer

(CNSNews.com) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) endorsed the idea of a “global” tax on stock trades and other financial transactions, saying the estimated $150 billion in annual revenue from such a tax could be used to help fund more stimulus spending.
 
At her weekly press briefing on Thursday, Pelosi said the financial transactions tax (HR4191) currently before Congress would have to be made “global” to keep U.S. investors from taking their business overseas and out of taxable reach.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/58099
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Was the Stimulus Really Worth the Costs? Absolutely Not of Course

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 3:54:34 PM

Cost-benefit analysis of jobs stimulus

Dec 7, 2009 12:23 EST
stimulus | unemployment

Hopefully any new plan will have a better ROI than the current stimulus package. Economic analyst  Ed Yardeni runs the numbers:

The Obama Administration is touting that their stimulus program has saved or created 640,329 jobs since it was enacted back in February through the end of October. This number is updated and posted on the Administration’s recovery.gov web site. That amounts to $246,436 per job based on the $157.8bn that has been awarded so far!

http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2009/12/07/cost-benefit-analysis-of-jobs-stimulus/
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91 Breaches Since 1980

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 3:53:08 PM

Secret Service counts 91 breaches

2003 report has been used as training tool

By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 7, 2009

Long before a pair of gate-crashers penetrated a White House state dinner, the Secret Service had detailed for its internal use a lengthy list of security breaches dating to the Carter administration -- including significant failures in the agency's protection of the president.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120602556.html?hpid=topnews
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Well Actually Your Party Defended Slavery, But that is Not the Issue Really at Hand

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 3:46:49 PM

Reid: GOP Would've Defended Slavery

Senate majority leader likens Republicans who oppose health reform to those who clung to slavery
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CNN Reaches a Milestone

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 3:29:46 PM

#100: CNN Reaches Historic Low In Prime Time Demo

by Steve Krakauer | 12:56 pm, December 7th, 2009

CNN has reached a historic ratings low during prime time in the A25-54 demographic, finishing as the fourth place cable news network in that category now 100 times during 2009. This means CNN finished behind Fox News, MSNBC and sister network HLN.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/100-cnn-reaches-historic-low-in-prime-time-demo/
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TARP Cost is Cut by $200 Billion to be Spent on a "Jobs" Bill

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 3:22:36 PM

Estimated TARP Cost Is Cut by $200 Billion


By DEBORAH SOLOMON

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration, buoyed by a resurgent Wall Street, plans to cut the projected long-term cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program by more than $200 billion, in a move that could smooth the way for the introduction of a new jobs program.

The White House and leaders in Congress are debating whether to use any of the remaining TARP funds for other domestic efforts, such as a jobs bill. Congress authorized $700 billion for the program during the height of the financial crisis.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126015764384079549.html


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Surprise Story of the Day: ACORN Internal Audit Found No Illegal Pattern

Posted by Defend America on Monday, December 07, 2009 3:19:50 PM

ACORN prober finds no illegal pattern on videos


By PETE YOST

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — An internal investigation of the community-organizing group ACORN found no pattern of intentional, illegal conduct by ACORN staffers on undercover videos shot by conservative critics of the group.

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/acorn-prober-finds-no-230206.html


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