ONE of the most hostile U.S. newspapers when it comes to Cuba, headquartered in Florida, offers the following report:
“Taking advantage of the negotiations to free the Bay of Pigs’ prisoners, the CIA tried to use a key person in the talks, American lawyer James B. Donovan, to deliver a lethal gift to Fidel Castro: a wetsuit contaminated with a fungus that lacerates the skin and an underwater breathing device infected with tuberculosis...the gear in fact was given to the Cuban leader in November 1962.
“The revelation is one of many anecdotes in After the Bay of Pigs, a book on the negotiations held between the Committee of Relatives for the Liberation of Prisoners and Havana from April to December 1962.
“The 238-page book, published late last year, was written by Cuban exile Pablo Pérez-Cisneros with businessman John B. Donovan, son of the late negotiator, and Jeff Koenreich, a veteran member of the Red Cross who has promoted humanitarian missions between the United States
The Vicki Iseman-John McCain Allegations Aren’t the First Scandals Involving 2008 Presidential Candidates
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Complete Listing of DBKP Stories Involving the Candidates and Alleged Improper Behavior
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(Part One)
THESE reflections are self-explanatory.
On the now well-known Super Tuesday, a day of the week when many U.S. states selected the candidate of their choice from among a pool of aspirants to the presidency of the United States, one of the possible candidates to substitute George W. Bush was John McCain. Because of his pre-designed image as a hero and his alliance with strong contenders like the former mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani, other hopefuls had already gladly given their support. The heavy propaganda of weighty social, economic and political factors in his country and his style of conduct had made him the candidate with the best possibilities. Only the Republican extreme right, represented by Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, dissatisfied with certain insignificant concessions made by McCain, were still putting up resistance to him on February 5. Afterward, Romney also abandoned his candidacy, ceding to McCain’s. Huckabee is still a candidate.
The struggle for a c
A suicide bomber killed at least ten people, including an election candidate and injured 13 others in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region on Monday. The attacker rammed his car, which was laden with explosives into candidate, Nisar Ali's convoy, police said on condition of anonymity. "Ten people were killed, including election candidate Nisar Ali and an administration official, while 13 others were wounded in the attack on their convoy," the Dawn quoted an official, saying. Elections in Pakistan will be held on February 18. On Saturday, a suicide bomber had attacked an election rally of the opposition Awami National Party, killing at least 30 and wounding several others. (ANI)
Co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party Asif Ali Zardari has said that he did not want to be the PPP’s future Prime Minister candidate if party comes to power in February 18 polls. Zardari said that it was Babar Awan who in his personal capacity had advised him to accept the premier post, and added that his candidature for the PM’s slot was not the party decision. Zardari, who announced on Monday in an interview to Newsweek that he would be the future Prime Minister if the people of Pakistan voted the PPP into power, was talking to the office-bearers of the Karachi Press Club at the Naudero house of his slain wife Benazir Bhutto. He made it clear that the PPP has decided to abolish all anti-people amendments in the 1973 Constitution. He said the Constitution was a comprehensive document and recognised by all the political parties and masses of the country, adding the rulers destroyed it by bringing amendment after amendment merely to justify their misdeeds and prolon
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, has refused to meet his rivals for the presidency in live television debates ahead of the March 2 election. His opponents denounced his decision as unfair and said it would make it even harder for opposition candidates to gain airtime to get across their views. "Dmitry Medvedev has informed the Central Election Commission about his decision not to take part in joint events," a member of his campaign staff said. The 42-year-old lawyer, buoyed by strong support from the popular Putin, is already way ahead of all rivals in opinion polls and gets blanket coverage on state-run media. Official campaign rules envisage live TV debates among candidates. But in past elections Putin and his United Russia have refused to take part, saying they saw no worthy partners to debate with. The Election Commission has disqualified an ex-prime minister, Mikhail Kasyanov, from running in the election leaving Medv
To inject some fun on the eve of the South Carolina Democratic Party presidential primary, I’d like you to try to come up with the stupidest reason to vote for a presidential candidate.
To get the ball rolling, here’s the stupidest reason I can think of so far:
You should vote for Barack Obama or John Edwards [...]
Cross posted from The Virtuous RepublicWhat positions do the candidates take on illegal immigration? Themain contenders for president all have position “papers” posted ontheir websites. You don’t need me to tell you who to vote for, based onthe illegal immigration issue, but I’m simply going to present theirstated beliefs and positions on this issue.As you read the statements of the candidates from both parties, Ithink it is pretty clear who is serious about immigration and who isn’tand it is almost crystal clear who wants a border fence and who wantsto keep the masses across the border—across the border.Considering that Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter both have left thepresidential race, it is incumbent upon those of us against illegalimmigration to make sure we don’t elect someone sympathetic to amnestyand who will conduct business as usual at the border.With that being said, here are the positions of the variouscandidates on illegal immigration, as posted on their camp
After being shut out of the debates by corporate media outlets, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich announces he’s dropping out of the presidential race. Kucinch has been critical of corporate control of the media and represented the voice of millions of Americans on single payer health care, election reform, impeachment and ending the war. He’s facing serious opposition in Ohio’s 10th Congressional district.
So “Senator Honor And Virtue” is telling everyone in his latest T.V. ad that he’s “The Democrats’ Worst Nightmare,” is he?Well, this tells us that the race has tightened up between McCain and a Democratic opponent, I’ll admit, but I would point out two things first: 1) They aren’t running head to head yet (and I like all three of our front runners better than any of the Repugs, though I’m partial of course), and 2) It’s not assured by any means that McCain will end up winning the Republican nomination.Besides, all one has to do to find out what’s going on with “The Straight Talk Express” is to read here about his Baghdad photo-op, among other missteps (with too many of the American sheeple apparently lulled into the notion that Iraq is just hunky dory right now if The Almighty Petraeus says so) and his unflinching Bushco orthodoxy (and what “good company” he keeps also, as you can see here; D’Amato is a stooge, but Phil Gramm is one of the authors of our
Sometimes you witness an event and then when accounts of it appear in the news, it’s impossible to tell that they’re about the same thing you saw with your lyin’ eyes. Having watched the Democratic CNN/Black Congressional Caucus debate last...
John McCain is the candidate for the Republican Party in the 2008 election. Talk in the news about him not being a hero by some people that don’t like him. The history behind this situation is he was the in the United States Navy. During the Vietnam War become a prisoner of war for over five years and it was hell for him. He was released in 1973. Anyway, certain people have been calling him not a hero and other not so nice comments. My comments on this are what he went through at that time does make him a hero. That was a hard thing to go through in his life being captured like that. Him surviving this to become a senator along with a presidential candidate for United States of America very much makes him a hero in my eyes. - Books John McCain
It is said that we vote for politicians based on their attractiveness, or pleasing facial characteristics. Participate in this week’s poll so that come November we can compare the 44th president to our perception of the most “attractive.”
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s [...]
In response to the recent endorsement of Dennis Kucinich by Sean Penn……
There was a time, during the 60's and 70's that we needed to address the government. Folks got to the point where they took to the streets to stand up against a crooked president and senseless war. We were respected for that. Now today, me make cutesy remarks about ca5 Zoom(s)
It is to early in the campaign for me to get to excited about the 2008 US Presidential election, but it is interesting how the worlds media seems to be wetting itself over Barack Obama, which in itself should be a bit of a wake up call for all progressives. In my opinion Obama lacks political gravitas and seems to me to be in the mould of the European clean skin politicians that have emerged in the last decade, such as Angela Merkel, Tony Blair and David Cameron, Obama’s language is also very similar, slick but meaningless politically. I noticed he has refused to come out in favor of universal health care free at the point of need. If one takes into account that for many US families, health care costs is one if not the most pressing problem they face, then his stance is cowardly to say the least, the more so when one takes into account that the private health care industry is the most powerful political lobby in the USA.I also noticed that when US members of the Republican Party bas
Cross posted from Bear creek LedgerFrom Numbers USAThe GRID contains information that really is quite shocking. Most of you are aware that several of the candidates favor amnesty for the illegal aliens already in this country but claim (as do all 15 candidates of both parties) that they favor stopping FUTURE illegal immigration. But 9 of the 15 are opposing most of the measures that experts agree would be necessary to actually stop the illegal flow. In essence, 9 of the 15 candidates are promising to allow illegal immigration to continue at an outrageously high level. Look at the GRID, you’ll see what I mean. The GRID contains information that really is quite shocking. Most of you are aware that several of the candidates favor amnesty for the illegal aliens already in this country but claim (as do all 15 candidates of both parties) that they favor stopping FUTURE illegal immigration. But 9 of the 15 are opposing most of the measures that experts agree would be necessary to actually s
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 helps IT professionals to increase the flexibility of their server infrastructure while offering developers a more robust Web and applications platform for building connected applications and services. Powerful new management tools and security enhancements offer more control over your servers and network and provide advanced protection for your applications and data.Windows Server 2008 Standard EditionThis edition of Windows Server 2008 provides key server functionality across most server roles and features. It includes both full and Server Core installation options. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise EditionThis edition builds on Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition to provide greater scalability and availability, and adds enterprise technologies such as failover clustering and Active Directory Federation Services.Windows Server 2008 Datacenter EditionThis edition offers the same functionality as Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition with support for additi
Dear Mr. Heimlich,
In a recent campaign email, you characterized yourself as a good steward of tax dollars, and you said you transformed Hamilton County government. I recently asked Commissioners Todd Portune and David Pepper about your “transformations,” and they said you were to blame for the County being tagged by Moody’s for a potential bond rating downgrade.
Well I downloaded the release candidate for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and installed it on both a VM and a secondary XP Pro machine and it seems to have passed the boot up test. I will be testing more today but so far the only differences between the SP3 RC and my old Windows [...]
In his address to the Senate on December 17, Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd had this to say about proposed legislation to immunize from judicial review any specified or unspecified program to engage in surveillance against the American people using telecommunications data mining:
If we are to do our Constitutionally-mandated job, we need more than token oversight; [...]
In today’s plastic savvy world, each and every individual has a certain amount of debt that exceeds cash flow. When this amount turns unmanageable consulting a debt consolidation firm for suggestions and advices to get back on track becomes a necessity. But how will you know that you are the right candidate for debt consolidation?
The [...]
We told you about the registry hack that made it possible to download SP1 and now it is now publicly available. Here it is only 11 months over due. On Microsoft’s website you can download a document listing “notable changes”, which includes improvements in application compatibility, hardware ecosystem support, reliability, performance / power consumption, security, [...]
Russia gets worse by the day. Coming out today: Russian opposition candidate shot.Farid Babayev, who will lead the regional list for the liberal anti-Kremlin Yabloko party was in a serious condition in hospital, RIA novosti news agency reported after an unidentified gunman fired on him in the regional capital Makhachkala.This comes as Putin continues his maneuverings that will essentially allow him to stay in power indefinitely. He has dissolved parliament recently, and appointed a close ally prime minister. He has promised to take part in parliamentary elections, with victory assured. He will be elected prime minister. From there, Putin will either sap powers from the presidency making the prime minister’s office the most important one (which has no term limits, by the way), or will manipulate the lame-duck president from the shadows.
Back in September, we started looking at official campaign website traffic ratings for Democratic, Republican, Green and Independent candidates for president. To measure traffic to the presidential candidates’ websites, we rely on rankings from Alexa, a website that collects information on site visits for websites across the internet by users of the Alexa toolbar, [...]
...Ron Paul. Surprise surprise Stat :D.In the USATODAY quiz I took, none of my answers matched Paul's.Chris Dodd was most like me, mainly because he agrees with me that the best way to solve global warming is through a carbon tax.
Pauline Hanson, a candidate for the Australian Senate in this month’s general election, has once again called for the suspension of Muslim immigration, saying that
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Police arrested nine people Thursday in a bathroom sex sting at the Volusia Mall, authorities said.
Among the nine were former Daytona Beach city commissioner and mayoral candidate Michael Shallow, and local high school teacher and athletic trainer David Behringer, police said.
All were charged with lewd and lascivious conduct, and exposure of [...]
It’s only 62 days until the Iowa caucuses, when voting for the election of the next president of the United States begins.
Who’s your favorite presidential candidate? Of the Republican Party, Democratic Party, Third Party, or no party at all?
Identify and defend your choice!
P.S. My choice is still “undecided,” at least if I limit [...]
Ron Paul's campaign has been promoted through the use of email spam, using techniques that are at minimum harassing and dishonest, and are likely to be actually criminal. Ron Paul's campaign has attracted dishonest hackers who have such disrespect for voters that they're willing to subject us to torrents of garbage clogging up our email accounts.
On the day of the vote in the UK Parliament which was to endorse Tony Blair decision for the British military to take part in the USA led invasion of Iraq, I told my local MP who had telephoned me to explain why he was voting in favor of this illegal and obscene act, that Tony Blair was either the biggest charlatan to have ever held the office of British Prime Minister [PM] or the stupidest man ever to do so. Since that fateful day which brought untold misery on to the heads of the Iraqi people and not a little to the doors of the families of the dead and wounded UK service personnel. I have reconsidered my assessment of Mr Blair and concluded that far from being a either charlatan or fool, he is in human form an amalgam of these two sorry human traits.That the MP in question claimed to believe Blair’s nonsense that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction that could strike at the UK or its interests within forty five minutes is for him and his conscience. I for one amongst millions o
Tonight, at the Southgate House in Newport, singer, songwriter, and multi-platinum recording artist turned media activist, newspaper publisher, and Cincinnati politician—Justin Jeffre—will host the World Music Festival from 8pm-2am.
The Christianity of Gospel music is part of Obama's campaign message, not at all incidental. That's of concern to me as a non-religious American, because it implies that there is something defective with being non-religious, much in the same way that Donnie McClurkin says that non-heterosexuals are defective. Barack Obama cannot go around trying to show voters that he's worthy of being elected because he's an eager Christian without implying that a candidate for President who is not as eager about public displays of Christianity is somehow less worthy of support.
The toughest challenge Duncan Hunter has is name recognition. He's not a governor or senator, so he's not well-known nationally. He's the most Conservative guy running with a 92% rating from the American Conservative Union. I cannot figure out why Conservatives would vote for any other Republican candidate. For a little more info on Duncan Hunter, here's a recent Q&A. Question: You have been doing well in several states' straw polls, but not registering highly in the national polls. What is the disconnect? Answer: In Texas, there were 1,300 delegates, who had either been to the national convention or the state convention, and I beat the nearest guy, Fred Thompson, by better than 2-to-1. Now the Iowa straw poll, where you had to pay $35 a vote, I announced early on I wasn't going to pay a dime for anybody's vote. If you wanted to vote for me, you'd have to pay it out of your own pocket. We weren't even contenders in that. Romney won that straw poll big. I did win the Ariz
Democrat candidates ran on government reform and reducing earmarks in last November’s election. However once in power it must just be to tempting to resist earmarks, as can be seen by some of the spending by presidential candidates.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton(D-N.Y.), who has rejected Obama’s attacks that she is too close to lobbyists, arranged [...]
Who is your favorite among the current candidates for President?
Me, I’m undecided. And I’m all ears.
Step aside from the media filters and use this space to convince your fellow citizens. Post a comment. Link in to your favorite candidate’s websites. Alert us to news stories that back you up.
Here’s [...]
Green Party candidate for President Jared Ball has released his political platform and a list of actions he would take in the White House. Most of the items are not what you would find in a Democratic Party candidate’s platform, putting the lie to the notion that the the political world fits into two [...]
Last week, we started looking at official campaign website traffic ratings for Democratic, Republican, Green and Independent candidates for president. Now that a week’s passed, let’s move beyond one point in time and see how things have changed.
To measure traffic to the presidential candidates’ websites, we’ll rely on Alexa rankings. Alexa is the [...]
For almost three years now, we at Irregular Times have been tracking the share of sales of buttons, bumper stickers and t-shirts that promote the Democratic contenders for the presidency. We’d track Green and Republican Party candidates in this regard, but nobody’s bought anything of ours that favors a Green Party candidate for president, [...]
Below are a few Questions you can ask yourself if you are contemplating on working from home as an Independent Travel Agent for Global Travel International.Do you love to travel?If you do then you likely already know a little about the product and you’ve already taken the first step to success.Do you have friends and relatives?If so, you already have an established potential client base. Your friends and family are sure to be grateful for the fabulous travel deals that you have access to as an agent, and they will feel good referring business your way.Do you belong to a club or organization?This offers a great opportunity to organize group tours and a great way to start your travel business. You can present a group travel deal slide show to your organization. Are you a stay-at-home parent?Domestic engineers are perfect candidates for a home-based business. Imagine booking travel and earning commissions while the kids are sleeping or at school!Are you a self-starter? Can you start RIG
Hamilton County Commission President Todd Portune met this afternoon with Justin Jeffre and other members of the Southwest Ohio Green Party, attempting to gain the support of progressives for his nearly billion dollar jail proposal.
Am I a good candidate for surgery?This is one of the most frequently asked questions from people around the globe to surgeons. The answer is just as simple as the question.An irresolute patient is not a good contender for plastic surgery. A patient with unrealistic goals also contributes to not be a good applicant for surgery.People with health problems like diabetes, hypertension, lung disease, heart disease, high cholesterol, arthritis, emphysema don’t generally form good candidates for cosmetic surgery. An emaciated, severely depressed, corpulent or someone who is a chain smoker or heavy drinker does not make a good applicant for surgery.Most plastic and cosmetic surgeons will ask potential patients a sequence of questions upon their original. The idea of asking the questions is to calculate whether the patient is genuinely bearing in mind plastic surgery to look and feel in good health, or if the patient is in quest of plastic surgery as a means of camouflaging emotional sufferin
Tags: Ajax, CSS, Internet, Javascript, SviluppoÈ stata appena rilasciata la release candidate 1.6.0 di prototype con interessanti aggiornamenti all'intero sistema di API. In particolare il metodo observe dell'oggetto Event è stato migliorato e ora fornisce il contesto dell'oggetto che ha rilasciato l'evento. Questo "giusto" comportamento può tuttavia essere sovrascritto. Questo significa che per default this si riferisce [...]
Just got fundraiser mail from Bill Richardson. The outside of the envelope said
The war is Iraq is not the disease.
Iraq is a symptom. The disease is arrogance.
His 7 point plan on Iraq
- Troops out in 6 months
- No troops left behind
- Congressional deauthorization of war
- Promote Iraqi reconciliation conference
- Work with [...]
DES MOINES - Following in the path of Mitt Romney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Hillary Rodham Clinton and a host of other presidential candidates, Fred D. Thompson punched his ticket at the Iowa State Fair on Friday, acting very much the candidate despite legal restrictions on his political activity.
This was in no uncertain terms a debut [...]
YAVUZ BAYDAR: The political rationale speaks exclusively for Gül After a very bumpy journey, here we are, about to face the moment of truth. Despite all the efforts of derailing democracy, inventing a fundamentalist boogey man, fictionalizing a climate in...
The Independent has led us to a great suggestion for an unofficial motto for the Fred Thompson presidential campaign: Vote Fred Thompson 2008… Or 2009, Maybe. He’ll Get Around To It, Okay?
Fred Thompson’s supporters are getting downright ticked off at the candidate’s series of delays and excuses for not getthing his formal presidential campaign going on time. Fred Thompson is still officially exploring the possibility of becoming a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, but now that there’s just a few months before the primaries begin, Thompson is failing even to meet his exploratory campaign’s fundraising goals.
Rumors are that Fred Thompson just has a hard time getting out of bed in the morning and making himself work on the campaign. As the Independent puts it, “procrastination has cost him some of his lustre. He also has a reputation for laziness, and there are claims that he does not have the energy for presidenti
The Democratic presidential candidates for 2008 presidential election is such a heated race already. Everyone is talking about who you might vote for, so that gave me the idea to do the opposite. Blog about the candidate I won’t be voting for even though I am not sure exactly who I am voting for yet. I already know some of the candidates I will not be voting for sure. However, like anything in life thoughts could change with more debates and etc. Won’t Vote for Sure - Senator Joe Biden, Senator Christopher Dodd, Governor Bill Richardson, Former Senator John Edwards, Representative Dennis Kucinich and Former Senator Mike Gravel.Why I will not vote for them it is some about issues but more about an emotion or a feeling I get from them an inner energy. I do like some of them while others been Washington since the 70’s so influenced by that lifestyle in DC. I don’t think anything would change important issues with not in reality of what is really going on with the American people.
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