NY Times ^ | 11/8/2009 | David Sanger
The Obama administration, attempting to salvage a faltering nuclear deal with Iran, has told Iran’s leaders in back-channel messages that it is willing to allow the country to send its stockpile of enriched uranium to any of several nations, including Turkey, for temporary safekeeping, according to administration officials and diplomats involved in the exchanges. But the overtures, made through the International Atomic Energy Agency over the past two weeks, have all been ignored, the officials said. Instead, they said, the Iranians have revived an old counterproposal: that international arms inspectors take custody of much of Iran’s fuel, but keep it…

What if all of those people took out a policy?

The premiums would be tiny (because the vast number of people paying the premiums would not be making claims ) – but the coverage would be very nearly universal.

Every woman in the country could have 20 abortions if they felt like it.

Jason,

You saw this right?

Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck

Too soon?

Times-Picayune ^ | 11/06/2009 | martha carr

Attorney General Buddy Caldwell has served a search warrant at the ACORN office at 2609 Canal Street, according to Tammi Arender Herring, a spokeswoman with the office. Investigators in khaki pants and polo shirts loaded several dozen computers and other electronic items into an SUV. They are also carrying records out of the building on handcarts. The large office building sits at the corner of Dorgenois and Canal. ACORN staffers were given no notice that a search would be conducted today, Herring said. “They have been extremely cooperative,” she said. Early last month, Caldwell’s office issued subpoenas for records from…

KRGV ^ | 11/06/2009
GARCIA, Mexico – A Mexican police chief has been murdered after being on the job for only five days. Brig. Gen. Juan Arturo Esparza is the latest officer suspected of being killed by a drug cartel. He was the police chief of Garcia, a town outside Monterrey. Esparza was on his way to confront drug cartel members who were threatening the city’s mayor. Officials say the suspects opened fire on the police chief’s car. The chief, two former soldiers, and two police officers were all killed. Five police officers and five other suspects were arrested and are behind bars at…

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organized crime in Mexico is gaining control of the border lands.

Jon Stewart and his writers are just brilliant. And I love whoever did the blackboard. NAFTA ≠ NaCl is killer.

The Billionaires for Wealth Care also attended the Michelle Mob:

So now we know what Black History Month is good for now — to provide an easy but really clueless way for wingnuts to get their victim on.