Yesterday, Italy’s Constitutional Court convicted and sentenced 23 CIA agents and 2 Italian secret service agents for the kidnapping of Abu Omar, an Egyptian Muslim cleric, under the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. In 2003, Abu Omar(see photo) was kidnapped from a street in Milan and sent to Egypt where he was tortured. This is the [...]
Today in Tehran, the police violently broke up an opposition rally. The riot police used batons and tear gas as a separate demonstration was staged to mark the storming of the US embassy 30 years ago. The green movement demonstrators were chanting “Death to the dictator”, while pro-government hardliners were chanting the familiar “Death to [...]
The Republicans are enjoying victory laps around gubernatorial wins in Virgina and New Jersey. And while exit polls in both states clearly indicate voter anxiety over the sluggish economy and its future, many conservative pundits and commentators will surely use the off-year victories as a referendum on President Obama.
Just as Republicans and Democrats have cordoned off and retreated to their respective corners lobbing their demands for health care reform at Democratic leadership, small business groups have divided and done the same.
Freshman Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) just raked in half a million dollars on a non-election year money bomb. The fundraising effort was coordinated by ActBlue, and demonstrates the truth behind the ancient Latin proverb goes: fortune favors the bold.
