"In Egypt, we had the opportunity to tour the pyramids,” Mr. Obama said, referring to his trip earlier this month. “And by now, I’m sure you’ve all seen the pictures of Rahm on that camel. I admit, I was a little nervous about the whole situation. I said at the time, ‘This is a wild animal known to bite, kick and spit. And who knows what the camel could do.’ ”
The report, which has a long section detailing whether torture is “effective,” could dramatically undercut Dick Cheney’s claims that torture works and have a major impact on the debate over the legality of the torture program. As I’ve noted here before, for these reasons, Dem Hill staffers have called the report the “Holy Grail.”
States are already using the $1.2 billion the Obama Administration set aside to pay for thousands of summer jobs for low-income youth.
As the old saying goes, you win some, you lose some. Just ask Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The judge, who has come under heavy fire from conservatives for being a “judicial activist,” this week grabbed the endorsement of a high-profile legal conservative: Kenneth Starr, the Clinton-era independent counsel and dean of Pepperdine University’s law school.
As the old saying goes, you win some, you lose some. Just ask Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
The judge, who has come under heavy fire from conservatives for being a “judicial activist,” this week grabbed the endorsement of a high-profile legal conservative: Kenneth Starr, the Clinton-era independent counsel and dean of Pepperdine University’s law school.
Actually, it doesn't do much for me either.
An influential Catholic newspaper urged Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Friday to respond to allegations that women were paid to attend his parties. [...] Earlier this week, Italy's Corriere della Sera published an interview with Patrizia D'Addario, a showgirl who was quoted as saying she was paid euro1,000 ($1,400) to attend a party at Berlusconi's Rome residence.
An influential Catholic newspaper urged Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Friday to respond to allegations that women were paid to attend his parties. [...]
Earlier this week, Italy's Corriere della Sera published an interview with Patrizia D'Addario, a showgirl who was quoted as saying she was paid euro1,000 ($1,400) to attend a party at Berlusconi's Rome residence.