Posts in December 2009

But I just needed to throw up!

By ToPhOrN on December 27, 2009
But I just needed to throw up!

The same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day saw another security scare Sunday after a confrontation with a sick passenger, officials said. Security and airline personnel have been on edge since authorities charged a passenger from Nigeria with attempting to detonate... [+]

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27Dec

Obama Orders Travel Security Review

By ToPhOrN on December 27, 2009
Obama Orders Travel Security Review

President Obama has ordered a review into travel security measures following the failed terrorist attack on Flight 253. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on ABC’s “This Week,” that Obama has asked for two reviews – into the watch-listing procedures and detection capabilities. “What... [+]

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The Week in Cartoons

By ToPhOrN on December 27, 2009
The Week in Cartoons

What do Santa and health care have in common? Who’s crashing the White House now? And which end-of-the-decade predictions came true? VIEW The Daily Beast’s GALLERY of the week’s best political cartoons. Click below… via The Week in Cartoons – The Daily Beast.

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Al Qaeda's Flight 253 Blueprint

By ToPhOrN on December 27, 2009
Al Qaeda’s Flight 253 Blueprint

An al Qaeda magazine published a how-to article in Yemen outlining similar terror techniques that marked the attempted Christmas Day bombing. Howard Altman reveals the chilling details. Nearly two months before Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly smuggled a home-made incendiary device onto Northwest Flight 253 and... [+]

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Health Care Passes Senate

By ToPhOrN on December 24, 2009
Health Care Passes Senate

After 25 days of debate—the second-longest in Senate history—the Senate passed a landmark health-care bill Christmas Eve morning, as expected, by a margin of 60-39, with Democrats and two Independents joining together against Republicans. The bill cleared three 60-vote procedural hurdles earlier in the week... [+]

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24Dec

Wonkette Remembers Late 2009

By ToPhOrN on December 23, 2009
Wonkette Remembers Late 2009

We’ve got so many retrospectives, year-enders, decade-enders, thumbsuckers, years in review and other such journamalism prepared for your End-of-Days Holiday Fuckoff Time, it’s crazy! But we don’t want you to forget our first round of delightful remembrances of America’s lamest decade. Read these, while we... [+]

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23Dec

Snow likely to snarl central U.S....

By ToPhOrN on December 23, 2009
Snow likely to snarl central U.S. travel

A major winter storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest — and threatening to cause long delays and tough driving conditions for countless holiday travelers. The storm was expected to dump more than a foot of snow... [+]

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‘Balloon boy' dad to spend 30 days...

By ToPhOrN on December 23, 2009
‘Balloon boy’ dad to spend 30 days in jail

Richard Heene was sentenced to 90 days in jail, including 60 days work release, for fabricating a story that his 6-year-old son had been carried off by a homemade balloon. His wife Mayumi was to be sentenced shortly. Before the sentencing, which included 4 years... [+]

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The Left's Tea Party

By ToPhOrN on December 23, 2009
The Left’s Tea Party

As the Senate vote on health care looms, some liberals are frantically mounting an eleventh-hour effort to kill the bill. Dana Goldstein on the opposition’s last-ditch tactics. With the Senate hurdling toward a Thursday vote on health-care reform—and with passage all but a foregone conclusion—Democratic... [+]

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The Good Plane Crash

By ToPhOrN on December 23, 2009
The Good Plane Crash

On Tuesday night an American Airlines jet from Miami careened off a runway in Jamaica—but everyone walked away alive. Aviation expert Clive Irving on what went right and how the rain saved lives. It looks bad, very bad: an airplane wrecked as it hurtles beyond... [+]

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