Wednesday, May 27, 2009: Daily Handpicked Headlines
ByWednesday, May 27, 2009:
Posted at 12:00 p.m. PST:
AP News: N. Korea Threatens to Attack U.S., S. Korean Warships
Corruption:
CQ Politics: Burris Again Denies Any Effort to ‘Buy’ His Senate Seat
Hot Air: Burris Update – A 7.5 on the Toast-o-Meter
AP: Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty in Bribery Case
Climate:
CNS News: Carbon Pollution to Grow by 40 Percent Worldwide, Government Says
Moonbattery: MIT’s Global Warming Forecast Technology
AP: New Warning of Rising Sea Levels in Northeast
Health Care:
Volokh Conspiracy: Obama Helping With Plans for Grassroots Health Care Parties
AP: Health Insurer Suggests Ways to Save Gov’t $500 Billion
CQ Politics: Millions of Medicare Beneficiaries Face Reduced Social Security Benefits
Politicized Closing of Car Dealerships?:
Michelle Malkin: A Look at the Protected Chrysler Dealerships
Gateway Pundit: Shock! Big Dem Donor Group Gets to Keep Their 6 Chrysler Dealerships Open
Gateway Pundit: More On Chrysler Closings– Did Team Obama Target Red Counties?
Gateway Pundit: Even GOP Congressman Loses Chrysler Dealership …Plus Peoria GOP Supporter Losing “5 Star” Business
Elections:
Reuters: Potential New York Mayoral Rival to Bloomberg Quits
FOX News: Poll – Dodd Gains Ground, but Trust Issue Looms
Economy:
Ace of Spades: Hey, Let’s Impose a National Sales Tax
Washington Post: National Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look; Rahm Emanuel’s Brother Advises 10% VAT
Red State: Get Ready For a VAT
USA Today: IRS Tax Revenue Plunges 34%
FOX News: Banks Earn $7.6 Billion in First Quarter After Record Loss in Fourth Quarter
FOX News: Could Budget Cuts Cost Pentagon Its High-Tech Edge?
CNN News: Police Officers Saved by Stimulus May Still Lose Jobs
USA Today: Americans’ Credit Scores Fall as They Struggle to Pay Bills
CNS News: The California Bailout Next on Obama’s Spending Agenda
CNS News: Survey – Most Economists See Recession End in ’09
Moonbattery: Big Brother Cracks Down on Second-Hand Sales
NY Times: U.S. Home Sales Remain Sluggish as Supply Soars
FOX News: Existing Home Sales in April Rise by 2.9 Percent
Government Motors?:
DET News: POLL – Obama Car Involvement Gets Mixed Grade
NY Times: Debt Exchange Falls Short; G.M. Moves to Sell Units
Hot Air: GM Bondholders to Board ‘Pound Sand’
CNBC: Government Will Own ‘Up to 69% of GM’
Other News:
FOX News: NAACP Branch Readies for Confederate Flag Fight
Hot Air: Employer Takes Down Mom’s Flag
Red State: Misleading ‘Study’ Slams Anti-Union Forces
CNS News: Montana Town Offers to Take Gitmo Detainees
Hot Air: Utah Workers Criticize Voiding of Drilling Leases
Volokh Conspiracy: Jail Time for Sending Racist Message to a City Councilman
Gateway Pundit: Protesters Greet Obama & Harry Reid in Vegas, Shout ‘Reject Reid!’ (Video)
Instapundit: F.I.R.E. – Student Attempts to Form a Gun-Rights Group at Community College Blocked by Admin
AP: Feds Drop Phone-Jamming Case Against GOP Organizer
Posted at 1:15 a.m. PST:
Ace of Spades: North Korea Says It No Longer Considers Itself Bound By Terms Of Armistice
Ace of Spades: Federal Court Challenge To Proposition 8 Filed By…Ted Olson?
Gateway Pundit: Senator Burris Caught on Tape- Promised Blago Cash!
CNS News: Catholic Obama Campaign Adviser Wants to Replace All Legal ‘Marriages’ with ‘Civil Licenses’
Gateway Pundit: 175 Protesters Arrested After Prop 8 Decision
