Silly Liberals… Federal deficit hits all-time high $1.42 trillion WASHINGTON – The federal budget deficit has surged to an all-time high of $1.42 trillion as the recession caused tax revenues to plunge while the government was spending massive amounts to stabilize the financial system and jump-start the economy. The imbalance for the budget year ended Sept. 30, more than tripled last year’s record. The Obama administration projects deficits will total $9.1 trillion over the next decade unless corrective action is taken.

The birthers are chasing another red herring in the shape of a June 2004 article from a newspaper in Kenya that referred then Illinois State Senator as “Kenyan born:” Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations. The allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to implode in four short days have given Obama a clear lead as Republicans struggled to fetch an alternative.

U.S. National News The White House has issued a statement of President Barack Obama’s position on marriage equality referenda in Maine and Washington. The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act , which would extend benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, flew through its Senate hearing.The similar bill House bill has already passed out of committee. It is unclear if the full House will vote on it before the end of year.

Hey bloggers, You did it! Yesterday you and bloggers in 155 countries across six continents wrote about a single issue that impacts us all, and turned Blog Action Day 2009 into one of the largest social change events ever held on the web. Your participation helped change the conversation and showed the power of the web to connect people across the world who despite their varied backgrounds have one shared desire: to make a difference.

Strange, Sistani supports the “open-list” system (Shiite parties claim), while in 2005 election he blessed the “closed-list” that brought the current UIA to the government.Recently, he even rejects the mixed-list (again claims):Sistani and the supreme clerics disapproved the adoption of a mixed (open-closed lists) system, because it causes confusion in the the results – Al-Watan.Open/closed lists, the publicly announced differences:- Open-list system supporters believe that the system will give the Iraqi voters the freedom to exclude of candidates who do not want to vote for them.- Closed-list system supporters believe that the system helps to concentrate the votes.

Barack Obama and State of Hawaii on the ropes October 14, 10:23 AM / Portland Civil Rights ExaminerHat Tip to STEVE STEVENSBy Dianna CotterLiberty LostThe latest legal turn out of Hawaii leaves very little wiggle room for the state.On July 27th 2009 The Hawaii Department of Health in a press release declared that Barack Obama was a Natural Born Citizen.Researcher Justin Riggs on July 29th was informed by email that Hawaii Attorney General Mark Bennett reviewed and approved the Statement released

One of America’s wealthiest men was among six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in a hedge fund insider trading case that prosecutors say generated more than $25 million in illegal profits and should be a wake-up call for Wall Street. Raj Rajaratnam, a partner in Galleon Management and a portfolio manager for Galleon Group, a hedge fund with up to $7 billion in assets under management, was accused of conspiring with others to trade based on insider information about several publicly traded companies, including Google Inc.

Congress has passed a bill that will make fuel-efficient three-wheeled vehicles eligible for federal funding and is headed to the White House for President Barack Obama’s signature. The funding will be available to automakers and their suppliers. The bill, which will open Department of Energy funding to companies like Aptera Motors, was passed by the Senate yesterday as a part of the energy appropriations bill after being approved by the House, report Automotive News .

By KleinheiderPosted on October 16, 2009 at 3:51 pm Last year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain won the district in the northwestern corner of the state with 56% of the vote to President Barack Obama’s 43%. The Cook Political Report rates the district “likely Democratic,” but estimates Republicans will gain between 12 and 24 House seats in the November 2010 elections.permalink

Wankette | Friday, 16th of October 2009 at 01:50:54 PM Or it would, if James Taranto at WSJ hadn’t gotten to it first.  How are those Heisman votes coming along, y’all?The Magazine Publishers of America’s American Society of Magazine Editors has added a category to its annual magazine cover awards: Obama. This new category is the only ASME category focused on a single person, and highlights the reverential attitude for the President widely held in the magazine publishing community.