"north-american-aerospace-defense-command" Articles & Blogs:
Iran, North Korea Playing Diplomatic Games With American Journalists?
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Roxana Saberi’s dad says she is ‘pretty suicidal’ in Iran’s Evin Prison, while some say North Korea will use Al Gore’s Current TV journos as bargaining chipsJournalists Detained in Iran, North Korea | Today 9:50 am
Iran and...[Read on] |
Follow Santa's Christmas Travels With Help from OnStar
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Santa Claus is getting a technology upgrade this Christmas season: For the first time ever, OnStar subscribers can follow Santa's Christmas Eve journey around the world using the OnStar system in their vehicle, thanks to a new partnership with The North ...[Read on] |
Few Details on Detained Journalists From Al Gore's Current TV
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Whereabouts of Euna Lee and Laura Ling — sister of former ‘View’ co-host Lisa Ling — unknown; U.S. working with Chinese, Swiss on releaseAmerican Journalists Detained in North Korea | Today 11:00 am
Time may not be on the side o...[Read on] |
Forever Cher
| Cher doesn’t court the spotlight, but she still knows how to command it. Five decades after first stealing the show, and with a new movie, Burlesque, the iconic polymath sounds off to Krista Smith about Sonny, Meryl, and her two least favorite women in ...[Read on] |
Why were Laura Ling and Euna Lee in North Korea?
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Absent from reporting on the imprisonment and release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, which has taken the disturbing turn of focusing on the power dynamic between the Clintons, is the story the journalists were investigating in the first place. A piece by Ji-...[Read on] |
Sign the petition for Euna Lee and Laura Ling
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Euna Lee and Laura LingAs you may have heard by now, two American journalists with CurrentTV, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were just sentenced to 12 years in a North Korean labor camp. They were found guilty of unspecified "grave crimes" and "hostile acts" --...[Read on] |
Cinema Verite takes on An American Family
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Before The Real World, Horrible Housewives or Jersey Shore Jerks, there was An American Family. Back in the early 70’s, the idea of reality TV was born when a documentary filmmaker decided to ask the Loud family from Santa Barbara California, if he ...[Read on] |
Is the BP Oil Spill Really Obama’s Katrina?
| More than a month after the explosion of drilling rig Deepwater Horizon killed 11 crew members and began to gush thousands of barrels of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico, a debate rages over whether the BP oil spill might be “Obama’s Katrina.” Even...[Read on] |
The 10 Best Political Videos You've (Probably) Never Seen
| Thousands of “post-partisan” citizens who discovered on January 20 that they are very much opposed to federal deficits are taking to the streets today in what’s being billed by its supporters as the most significant anti-tax demonstration since 1773...[Read on] |
War Watch: October Deadliest Month for Americans in Afghanistan
| • Taliban gunmen attacked a guest house in central Kabul this morning, killing six U.N. employees, one of whom was an American security guard. (New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, BBC) • On Tuesday, eight American soldiers ...[Read on] |
Never send a woman to do a man's job: North Korea edition
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In Kinshasa, Congo yesterday, a Congolese student asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton her husband's opinion on an international economic issue.
"You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state, I am," she repli...[Read on] |
Dear So and So: My Blog
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Dear Tipsyreader.com,
I haven’t had my morning cup o’ joe yet, so this could get ugly.
Sometimes I wish this were one of those blogs where I could write about my life at least a little bit. But there are two things wrong with this picture. One is ...[Read on] |
Disappointing Development in the Trial for Tiller
| Sedgwick County District Judge Warren Wilbert ruled on Friday that defense attorneys can present evidence to support a conviction of "voluntary manslaughter," defined in Kansas law as '"an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstances existed that jus...[Read on] |
Naked Nike!
| Check out this "mockumentary" just released by Nike. They even got some pretty high-profile runners to participate. That's Lauren Fleshman, sub-15 minute 5000m runner, naked behind a guitar. And at the end, that's Adam and Kara Goucher, ...[Read on] |
Domestic violence: one more reason for health care reform
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I just received this email from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. I’m embarrassed to admit that I didn’t already know this:
Eight states (Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyo...[Read on] |
Tribeca Winners: It's All About the Art
| David Salle, "Untitled" 2008. Awarded to Carlos Chahine, for his film The North Road, which won best narrative short. Emitting a collective, satisfied, post-coital sigh after a week and a half of building tension, the nation learned the results of...
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Iran Detains American Female Journalist Roxana Saberi (Video)
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Saberi is just the latest American-Iranian to be arrested in the Islamic country; her dad hasn’t talked to her since Feb. 10, fears for her safetyPost | Today 10:40 am
Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi’s father is absolutely worried ...[Read on] |
Domestic violence is a "pre-existing condition"?!
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Incredibly disturbing news from the SEIU blog:
[I]n DC and nine other states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming, insurance companies have gone too far, claiming that ...[Read on] |
Women’s College Cup: True Blue
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In a battle between the NCAA’s most storied program and an unbeaten Stanford squad, history won out, as North Carolina took a 1-0 win to claim its record 20th national title.
It was a heartbreaking outcome for Stanford (and after UCLA lost in the semis...[Read on] |
Yes! (Or, Oh No): Time's The State of the American Woman
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A comprehensive report shows that women have made their way to the top in several aspects of career and life — but with that has come an additional burden that our mothers never felt … Share with us an anecdote in your life that helped carry u...[Read on] |
Is Kayla the real life Lisbeth Salander?
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Meet Kayla: an Internet hacker from Anonymous. Is her name really Kayla? Is she even a teen girl? I don’t know and probably never will. Either way, I think it's pretty bad ass seeing what she has done in defense of Wikileaks, an organization t...[Read on] |
Idol Speculation: Aerosmith Frontman Steven Tyler Likely Selection for American Idol Judge
| Before entering an after-party for Saturday’s concert in Las Vegas, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler told reporters that he is “probably going to be [a] judge on American Idol.” Though there is little doubt that the show has suffered of late from ...[Read on] |
Slate asks If Elena Kagan will wear traditional female garb as Supreme Court Justice
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And I am left wondering: why does it matter ?
The absurd debate over the sexuality of then nominee- now Judge- Elena Kagan has been raging since President Obama first announced her as his nomination to fill Justice Stevens' seat. From the right, many...[Read on] |
Feel-Good of the Day: First Women-Run Pharmacy in North America Opens
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Sadly, most of the time pharmacists are mentioned on Feministing it's regarding "conscience clause" folks - anti-choice pharmacists (and their buddy Bush) who believe it's their "religious or moral" right to refuse to sell contraception to women even th...[Read on] |
Biggest Loser Couples Reflections
| So I’ve been thinking about The Biggest Loser and its impact on American culture for some time. I can’t help but notice all the efforts in government and healthcare to inspire change and how little really gets done. Cross that with The Biggest Loser a...[Read on] |
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