A bad week for President Bush may foreshadow a dismal political season, as the president’s poll numbers plummet, Republicans abandon his Iraq policy and he faces a nascent censure and impeachment movement.
A new survey by the American Research Group found that only 31 percent of respondents approve of the president’s commutation of former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s prison sentence. The study by the private New Hampshire-based poll... (more)
After President George W. Bush commuted the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, his former adviser and one-time Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, a contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 encouraged citizens to flood the White House with phone calls. A blogger raised the ante, and linked to an internal White House telephone directory so callers could reach beyond the White House's switchboard.
"Last week Vice President Cheney asserted that he w... (more)
In reaction to the terrorist attack on the Glasgow airport in Scotland and seemingly related attempts in London, several conservative bloggers attempted to draw a connection between filmmaker Michael Moore and his film Sicko with the bombers, two of whom appeared to be doctors.
British news outlets revealed Sunday that two of the people detained by United Kingdom authorities were doctors.
"Two of the five terror suspects being held in the wake... (more)
The Army is sponsoring a tournament featuring one of the most graphically violent video games every produced. Players will be rewarded tens of thousands of dollars in prizes from the military for chainsaw massacres of opponents, whose deaths are stunningly illustrated.
In Gears of War, a tactical third-person shooter, players battle alien monsters on another planet. The bestselling Xbox 360 title features vivid graphics, and chain-saw kills are accompani... (more)
Security experts have tonight disclosed that some of the men arrested after the London and Glasgow terror attacks were known to the police and MI5 beforehand.
Professor Anthony Glees, of the Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security, told Channel 4 News: "My understanding is at least one of these people was on the list of 1,600 identified people.
"This list was referred to by Eliza Manningham-Buller (the former MI5 Director General) last Au... (more)
British life has been ranked as being among the least satisfying in the West. Despite a stable economy, a booming housing market and falling unemployment, there are many reasons for unhappiness, according to the Global Prosperity Index.
Mexicans have more reason to be positive about their everyday lives, it says.
The UK was ranked 17th out of 50 nations, behind front-runners Norway, Sweden and the United States.
A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer, according to a senior official with access to the document.
"This is reminiscent of the warnings and intelligence we were getting in the summer of 2001," the official told ABCNews.com.
U.S. officials have kept the information secret, and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said today on ABC News' "This W... (more)
Washington-based equity firm The Carlyle Group is pondering acquisition of UK cable provider Virgin Media, today's New York Times reports. Excerpts:
The Carlyle Group is in discussions with Virgin Media, the British cable company whose largest investor is Richard Branson, over a potential bid worth around $20 billion, a person familiar with the negotiations said today.
The talks are still early and may not lead to a bid, this person noted.... (more)
Nearly two thirds of all Americans do not know in what year US invaded Iraq, and less than half have an idea about the US casualty figures in Iraq, latest Pew Research poll shows.
Only 38% of a nationally representative sample of 1,017 American adults were able to correctly state that US invaded Iraq in 2003, while more than a third of the respondents incorrectly picked the year of the invasion was 2002, whil... (more)
Late last year when the presidential campaigns started, George Bush had a 36% approval rating in the state of New Hampshire according to American Research Group. But the latest American Research Group poll shows the approval rating for the President dipping down to 14%.
USAElectionPolls.com suggests the reason for George Bush's low ratings to be because of the presidential campaign. "Approval ratings for George Bush have been dipping in New Hampshire becaus... (more)
Summary: The Associated Press uncritically reported that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was excluded from the Iowa presidential forum because, according to one of the groups sponsoring the event, Paul "didn't meet the criteria the groups drew up," including "having an established exploratory committee and garnering at least 1 percent in a national poll." The AP did not mention that Paul established his presidential exploratory committee months before invitations for the f
"If 71% of people feel that Man has nothing to do with the recent change in our climate then those same people are not going to buy into any movement to reduce their carbon footprint."
The truth does not need to be sold or "bought into", only lies do.
The fourth "Die Hard" movie starring Bruce Willis is to be released in the U.S. next week, and one week later in Europe. We managed to collect the movie posters as they will be shown in the U.S. (left) and in Europe (right). Spot the differences.
Yes indeed, two different titles for the same movie! I guess the "live free" part of the title was considered to be too sensitive outside of North America? I know that "Live free or die" is the state motto of Ne... (more)
Tell Congress it is time for a new bottom line in U.S. drug policy, one that focuses on reducing the problems associated with both drugs *and* the war on drugs. Take action at http:... (more)
When a neighbor screamed she'd been shot, Colin Bruley grabbed his shotgun, found the victim and began treating her bloodied right leg.
Tonnetta Lee survived Tuesday's pre-dawn shooting at her Jacksonville apartment, and her sister and a neighbor praised Bruley's actions. But his employers, the same people who own the Arlington complex where Bruley lives, reacted differently. They fired him.
Bruley, a leasing agent at the Oaks at Mill Creek, said he lost his job aft... (more)
Men who have sex with drunken women risk being convicted of rape - even if they appear to have given consent.
Ministers will unveil the controversial proposals this week in a bid to boost conviction rates for sex offences and bring more 'date rapists' to justice.
A new white paper is expected to propose that judges should give firmer guidance to juries in cases where the woman has been drinking.
If a woman is deemed to have consumed so much alcohol th... (more)
