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Al Gore: Chicken Little or Just Chicken? Reactions on yesterday's endorsement of Barack Obama by Al Gore was underwhelming. They ranged from "Yawn" to "timid" to complaints of Gore's "lousy timing". Perhaps one day someone will write a chapter about Al Gore in a new book titled “Profiles In Uncourage.” Democratic presumptive Presidential nominee Barack Obama finally got what he and former rival Senator Hillary Clinton had pined for all these months — THE endorsement from former Vice President Al Gore. But it came so late in the game that the person who’ll be most impressed with it will be...

Source: American Chemical Society Date: March 30, 2007 'Cold Fusion' Rebirth? Symposium Explores Low Energy Nuclear Reactions Science Daily — In 1989, 'cold fusion' was hailed as a scientific breakthrough with the potential to solve the world's energy problems by providing a virtually unlimited energy source. But subsequent experiments largely failed to replicate the initial findings and the controversial concept was dismissed by most people in the scientific community. "Although 'cold fusion' is considered controversial, the scientific process demands of us to keep an open mind and examine the new results once every few years," says Gopal Coimbatore, Ph.D., of...

65 years ago,the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor ripped youngsters like me out of our protective cocoons: subjecting us,on a daily basis to living history. Things have changed !

Libby Makes Outrageous Disclosure :Massive Protests Feared ! Lewis “Scooter” Libby made an outrageous disclosure in court papers filed yesterday: claiming – under penalty of perjury – that while President Bush and Vice President Cheney had authorized him to furnish details of the National Intelligence Estimate to New York Times reporter Judith Miller (thereby de-classifying the document) , neither the President or the Vice President authorized him to reveal the identity Of “Secret Agent X-9 ½ “ – otherwise known as Valerie Plame ! Reaction on the Left was swift…. and furious . “ This is a direct slap in...

Leftist Reaction to News About Saddam Tapes Story appears-several sources on the net-saying ABC has obtained copies of audiotapes made by Saddam Hussein-right before War-and will air them on TV. Leftists begin reacting, with barely concealed rage.They have been chanting: "Bush Lied,People Died" since 2003,and there is a strong possibility they may be proved wrong !!!Lefty #1: The source quoted is flawed. Just not as credible as AP, or AFP !Lefty #2 : So WHAT if Saddam admits on tape he has WMDs ? Where are they ? Lefty # 3: Why should we believe Saddam Hussein ? Lefty...

As a political and journalistic experiment, I decided to see how people who live in primarily one-party areas would react when faced with a living, breathing member of the opposition. I appointed myself an ambassador to bridge the Red-Blue divide and ventured into each side's territory dressed in the T-shirt, campaign button, and tote bag of the other. (A baseball cap, I decided, pushed the ensemble one step over the line, making me look a raving nut about to start yelling obscenities.) For four days, I wandered Republican areas in a Kerry-Edwards shirt and button and loitered in the heart...

"...Cable goes wall-to-wall, broadcast networks mixed. Some stations still running regular programming. Local news mostly focused on story, but with major local angles that sometimes seem too provincial. Focus on the news that has actually occurred. Let's show we care. Some other stories being covered as well. Actually heard an Aruba update. Let's take a pass on that one for a few days, shall we? ...While the blogosphere jumps right in, talk radio is caught with its pants down. Many regular hosts are away this week and the substitutes in their place range from nightmarish, to completely unairworthy. ...Please leave...

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" is provoking strong Arab reaction. Kuwait banned it, Jordan tried to cut it, Syria has not decided, and Saudi commentators are denouncing it. Many Arab moviegoers say with a twinge of envy that they wish the region, where free speech is for the most part restricted, had its own Moore. Some say it reinforces their bad image of the United States and shows Americans what their own media does not. A few believe Moore is unfair to President Bush (news - web sites) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites)....

Nations and organizations around the world have reacted to the bombing of two synagogues in Istanbul on Saturday morning. Israel tied the deadly attacks to anti-Semitic incitement in the Arab world and the recent anti-Semitic and virulently anti-Israeli statements heard in Europe. France and Italy acknowledged the Jewish aspects of the attack, with Italy linking it to the killing of 19 Italians in Iraq on Wednesday. Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon expressed "shock and outrage" at the attacks and sent Israel's condolences to the Turkish people, and said he had full confidence in the ability of the Turkish authorities to...

Try as she might, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton just can't seem to resist the urge to interject herself into next year's presidential contest - and her latest stunt has some Democrats fuming. Clinton has accepted an invitation to emcee next month's Jefferson-Jackson day dinner in Iowa, one of the premier events for Democratic presidential candidates who are currently courting the state's voters in anticipation of January's Iowa caucuses. "She ought to know better," one party activist seethed to the New York Post. "If she's not going to run, she ought to give some air to the people who really...