Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet - Times Online

In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: "Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world's resources. A vegetarian diet is better."

After Twitter shuts down GOP accounts impersonating Dems, party complains of "free speech" infringements.

Twitter has shut down 33 fake accounts created by Connecticut Republicans meant to impersonate Democratic state representatives.

Conservative group aims to delete "liberal bias" from Bible

"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." That famous line, attributed to Jesus in Luke 23:34, could well apply to the folks at Conservapedia -- the "conservative version" of Wikipedia -- who have embarked on a project to rewrite the Bible.

Does Bill O'Reilly back public option?

O'REILLY: But you know, I want that, Ms. Owcharenko. I want that.

Judge tosses birther suit, threatens lawyer with sanctions

A federal judge in Georgia has threatened Orly Taitz, de facto leader of the birther movement, with sanctions if she ever brings another "frivolous" case before him, news reports say.

Joe Wilson, Obama's speech disrupter a health industry darling

In fact, over his entire congressional career, health professionals represent Wilson's top industry contributors, donating a total of $244,196 to his campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics OpenSecrets.org database.

US new jobless claims fall to 550,000

New US jobless claims fell to 550,000 in the past week, the government reported Thursday in a sign of further healing in the critical labor market. The seasonally adjusted number of claims fell by 26,000 in the week to September 5, the Labor Department reported.

Video shows chicks ground up alive at egg hatchery

An animal rights group publicized a video Tuesday showing unwanted chicks being tossed alive into a grinder at an Iowa plant and accused egg hatcheries of being "perhaps the cruelest industry" in the world.

"We hate the United States": Secessionists rally in Texas

Larry Kilgore, a Christian activist that the Texas Observer says has advocated execution for homosexuals, "drew some murmurs of disapproval" when he told the crowd: "I hate that flag up there. ... I hate the United States government. … They're an evil, corrupt government.

The Top 5 Lies About Obama's Health Care Reform | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com

To the credit of opponents of health-care reform, the lies and exaggerations they're spreading are not made up out of whole cloth—which makes the misinformation that much more credible.

Right-wingers cry socialism over 9/11 anniversary plan backed by many in GOP

As some commentators have pointed out, Vadum's article overlooks the fact that the idea to link the 9/11 anniversary to volunteerism was originally promoted by President George W. Bush, and the bill to make it law, passed this spring, had bipartisan support.

Tom Ridge: I Was Pressured To Raise Terror Alert To Help Bush Win

In a new book, former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge reveals new details on politicization under President Bush, reports US News & World Report's Paul Bedard.

Two-thirds of GOP blame Obama for recession

Nearly two-thirds of Republican supporters believe President Barack Obama is to blame for the recession that began in December, 2007, according to an opinion poll from Rasmussen Reports.

Woman at Vegas town hall yells "Heil Hitler" at Jewish man w/ Video

To be clear, you just witnessed a Jewish man defending Israel's national health insurance system as a way of respecting Israeli soldiers.

More advertisers pull support for Glenn Beck

Web site ColorofChange.org, reacting to a long line of racial comments about President Barack Obama, has managed thus far to knock loose from Beck's fold Lawyers.com, Procter & Gamble, Progressive, S.C. Johnson, GEICO, Men's Wearhouse and, just this morning, Sargento.

Whistleblower: Insurance firms "very much" behind town hall disruptions

Health insurance companies deserve "a great deal of the blame" for the sometimes violent disruptions to town hall meetings on health care, says a former health insurance company executive turned whistleblower.

Republican senator calls Palin's "death panels" "nuts"

"Is this bill going to euthanize my grandmother?" Klein asked Isakson, referring to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's comments that Democrats' healthcare proposal would create "death panels." "What are we talking about here?"

Video: Cop bodyslams knife-wielding elderly woman, nearly causing �riot�

On the night of August 1, at a Whitehall, Ohio Walmart, Virginia Dodson could not remember why she was sitting alone in a car. Coming to grips with her enclosed environment, it dawned on her that she did not know how to unbuckle her seat belt either. Panic began to take hold.

One-third of Republicans want more birther coverage

According to the poll, 39 percent of Republicans, 30 percent of Independents and 14 percent of Democrats want to be updated on the progress of a movement that has perplexed reasonable political observers for its rapid growth.

Russian subs caught patrolling off East Coast

Two Russian nuclear submarines have been detected by the US military in recent days, patrolling as close as 200 miles off the East Coast of the United States, according to officials who spoke to the New York Times.

Report: Ex-Marine, employee link Blackwater founder Erik Prince to murders

In sworn statements filed with a Virginia court last night, a former Marine and former Blackwater employee claim that the company's founder and former CEO, Erik Prince, "may have murdered or facilitated the murder" of people who were aiding a federal investigation into a Ba …

Boston cop calls Gates a "jungle monkey" in mass e-mail

According to the Boston Herald, 36-year-old Officer Justin Barrett was placed "on administrative leave pending a termination hearing yesterday afternoon.

"Drill Baby" Nations List Lengthens: Dozens More Than A Quarter Past Peak

he number of nations well past Peak Oil is surprisingly long.

Drunken Israeli Settler Threatens Film Crew

In a drunken racial tirade, an Israeli settler threatens a British film crew. The wild exchange has the settler cursing Jesus, threatening to kill the film crew and Palestinians.

Israel 'used human shields' in Gaza: Amnesty

Amnesty on Thursday accused Israeli forces of war crimes in Gaza, saying they used children as human shields and conducted wanton attacks on civilians, in a report rejected as "unbalanced" by Israel.

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