Politics

Laura Prudom: Supernatural Recap: Dean Meets His Daughter In 'The Splice Girls'


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 4, 2012 | 1:14 am CST
This week's "Supernatural," titled "The Splice Girls," will no doubt leave fans split since it revisited the basic theme of one of this season's most divisive episodes, "The Girl Next Door."  Rea...

Laura Prudom: Nikita Recap: Percy Changes The Game In 'Clean Sweep'


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 4, 2012 | 12:42 am CST
It's no wonder that "Nikita" showrunner Craig Silverstein has been referring to this episode as "Game Change 2," since "Clean Sweep" managed to realign many allegiances going into the second half of t...

Army Probes Crime Lab Workers After Critical News Reports


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 4, 2012 | 12:05 am CST
WASHINGTON -- Stung by critical stories about their crime laboratory, officials at Army Criminal Investigation Command recently questioned lab employees for hours and scrutinized personal phone record...

Richard (RJ) Eskow: False Apology: At Least Four Komen Recipients - And Sponsors Like Bank Of America - Are 'Under Investigation'


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 11:49 pm CST
The Susan G. Komen foundation has reversed its defunding of Planned Parenthood, at least temporarily, but the falsehoods and hypocrisy haven't ended. An investigation has revealed that at least four...

Syrian Embassy In Cairo Stormed By Crowd Of Syrians In Protest Over Homs Bloodshed


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 11:42 pm CST
 CAIRO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - A crowd of Syrians stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo smashing furniture and equipment and setting fire to parts of the building in protest over the latest bloodshed...

Open Thread for Night Owls: On-the-job hazards—IEDS, snipers and now the residue of toxins


Daily Kos Feb 3, 2012 | 10:30 pm CST
Where have we heard this before? Shades of "atomic veterans," Agent Orange, Gulf War Syndrome? The Pentagon says there's no problem regarding the effects of toxins encountered in the course of their...

Richard (RJ) Eskow: Job Numbers Hype: It's Bad Politics and Worse Policy


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 10:26 pm CST
The reaction to January's jobs report shows how tragically our expectations have fallen, especially among some Democrats and their supporters. Their cheerleading isn't just bad policy or bad politic...

Know What New Playground Game Has Parents Shocked And Scared? Take The Fark Weird News Quiz


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 10:24 pm CST
Know what new playground game has parents worried? Take the Fark Weird News Quiz and prove your knowledge.  Read More...  More on Weird News &nbs...

Bradley Manning Case: Army Officer Orders Court-Martial For Manning In WikiLeaks Case


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 9:57 pm CST
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — An Army officer ordered a court-martial Friday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged in the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Military Distr...

Ben Gazzara Dead: Actor Dies At 81


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 9:26 pm CST
Ben Gazzara, star of "Anatomy of a Murder" and "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie" has died at age 81. The actor, who was a favorite of director John Cassavetes, died of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Ho...

How Does Facebook Make Money?


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 8:38 pm CST
Facebook's IPO filing this week confirmed what we already knew: Facebook makes the vast majority of its money by selling ads on its site.  Read More...  More on Facebook...

Jodee Blanco: Schools That Stonewall: What to Do If Your Child Is Being Bullied and the School Is Unresponsive


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 8:21 pm CST
I know first-hand the anguish for both parents and administrators when there's a child in crisis. If you reach an impasse with the school or find you are being stonewalled, here are some specific ste...

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Poor Mitt?


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 8:10 pm CST
Mitt Romney, frontrunner for the Republican nomination, announced he wasn't too worried about poor people. Maybe it would be fun to see Romney debate Joe Biden, just because nobody would know what to...

Jen Jones: North Carolina's Civil Rights Community Leads the March Against Amendment One


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 8:00 pm CST
It's no coincidence that Equality NC and NAACP-NC are now standing side by side in the Coalition to Protect All North Carolina Families, the state campaign to defeat Amendment One in May and turn the...

Congressmen Question Pace Of Arlington Cemetery Probe


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 7:47 pm CST
WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress on Friday questioned why nobody has been prosecuted as part of a criminal investigation of mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery, nearly three years after repo...

Patricia Disney Dead: Disney Matriarch Dies In Los Angeles At Age 77


The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Feb 3, 2012 | 7:36 pm CST
By Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- Patricia Disney, who was once married to Walt Disney's late nephew Roy E. Disney and was vice chairwoman of Roy's investment company, died Friday after a long s...

Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Mitt Romney odds-on favorite in Nevada. How about nationally?


Daily Kos Feb 3, 2012 | 7:30 pm CST
  Things that appear certain, based on polling:  Mitt Romney is on his way to a relatively easy win in tomorrow's caucuses in Nevada. Romney is also in pretty decent shape in the two late F...

Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!


Daily Kos Feb 3, 2012 | 6:30 pm CST
From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE…  Late Night Snarksters Document Teh Crazy:  "I don't know whether Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich won [in Florida], but we do know one thing for certain: tomor...

Komen Foundation's rightward strategy assisted by ... Ari Fleischer?


Daily Kos Feb 3, 2012 | 6:00 pm CST
Ari Fleischer, official spokesman  for clusterfucks everywhere    Oh, for the love of:  Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for George W. Bush and prominent right-wing pundit,...

Super Bowl Predictions Open Thread


ThinkProgress Feb 3, 2012 | 5:36 pm CST
This feminist football fan will be hoping for a Patriots win, not least to honor the memory of Myra Kraft, who vetoed the team’s draft of a serial abuser of women, made her husband promise that...

 

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