http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091207/scahill http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091207/scahill#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:22:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100532 controversial private military contractor Blackwater to plan targeted drone-strike assassinations and run "snatch and grab" operations on key Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan, according to an investigation by The Nation.]]> http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091207/scahill/feed/ 0 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-troop-costs23-2009nov23,0,3233273.story http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-troop-costs23-2009nov23,0,3233273.story#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:25:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100417 LA Times show the Pentagon calculate the 40,000-troop surge in Afghanistan being pushed for by military commanders would cost $30-35 billion -- at least $750,000 a person.]]> http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-troop-costs23-2009nov23,0,3233273.story/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/rundle-health-debate-reveals-the-marvel-of-mr-jeffersons-machine/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/rundle-health-debate-reveals-the-marvel-of-mr-jeffersons-machine/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:30:15 +0000 Guy Rundle http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100180 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/23/rundle-health-debate-reveals-the-marvel-of-mr-jeffersons-machine/feed/ 4 http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/22/kennedy.abortion/ http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/22/kennedy.abortion/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:12:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100240 http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/22/kennedy.abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29795.html http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29795.html#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:05:02 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100109 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29795.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/obama-in-danger-of-hoovering-the-economy/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/obama-in-danger-of-hoovering-the-economy/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/obama-in-danger-of-hoovering-the-economy/ David Hirst.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/obama-in-danger-of-hoovering-the-economy/feed/ 12 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/11/19/2009-11-19_former_mayor_rudy_giuliani_to_announce_plan_to_run_for_us_senate.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/11/19/2009-11-19_former_mayor_rudy_giuliani_to_announce_plan_to_run_for_us_senate.html#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:55:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99931 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/11/19/2009-11-19_former_mayor_rudy_giuliani_to_announce_plan_to_run_for_us_senate.html/feed/ 0 http://www.openleft.com/diary/16112/more-republicans-think-obama-stole-2008-election-than-democrats-think-bush-stole-either-2000-or-200 http://www.openleft.com/diary/16112/more-republicans-think-obama-stole-2008-election-than-democrats-think-bush-stole-either-2000-or-200#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:05:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99897 http://www.openleft.com/diary/16112/more-republicans-think-obama-stole-2008-election-than-democrats-think-bush-stole-either-2000-or-200/feed/ 0 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/cia-secret-prison-found/story?id=9115978&page=1 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/cia-secret-prison-found/story?id=9115978&page=1#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:55:11 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99894 ABC News has uncovered the site of one of the CIA's secret European prisons: inside a fancy-pants horse riding school in Vilnius, Lithuania.]]> http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/cia-secret-prison-found/story?id=9115978&page=1/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/video-obama-does-fox-news/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/video-obama-does-fox-news/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:22:55 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99878 a nasty and public war of words between the White House and Fox News, Barack Obama has finally appeared on the network, receiving a "lighting round" grilling from Fox's White House correspondent Major Garrett.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/video-obama-does-fox-news/feed/ 1 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29626.html http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29626.html#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:26:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99609 Steve Clemons. As a result, Copenhagen is now dead.]]> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29626.html/feed/ 0 http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/11/10-reasons-that-sarah-palin-could-win.html http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/11/10-reasons-that-sarah-palin-could-win.html#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:20:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99592 Nate Silver reckons she's still in with a chance to be nominated as the Republicans' 2012 Presidential candidate. He gives 10 good reasons why. ]]> http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/11/10-reasons-that-sarah-palin-could-win.html/feed/ 0 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/the-discovery-of-john-thune.html#more http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/the-discovery-of-john-thune.html#more#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:39:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99416 are predicting could reinvigorate the embattled party.]]> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/eye-on-2012/the-discovery-of-john-thune.html#more/feed/ 0 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-11-16-hunger_N.htm http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-11-16-hunger_N.htm#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:33 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99363 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-11-16-hunger_N.htm/feed/ 0 http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/16/sarah-palins-going-rogue-review-revue/ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/16/sarah-palins-going-rogue-review-revue/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:20:07 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99382 Going Rogue by former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin is about to hit shelves, and the critics have weighed in. Is it scandalous? Insightful? Coherent? The WSJ wraps the coverage.]]> http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/16/sarah-palins-going-rogue-review-revue/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/honduras-sleight-of-hand-smoke-and-mirrors/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/honduras-sleight-of-hand-smoke-and-mirrors/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/honduras-sleight-of-hand-smoke-and-mirrors/ Warwick Fry.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/17/honduras-sleight-of-hand-smoke-and-mirrors/feed/ 1 http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/liveblog-palin-goes-rogue-oprah-10225 http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/liveblog-palin-goes-rogue-oprah-10225#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:34:28 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99187 Oprah appearance hits our screens? Media Alley has a minute-by-minute account, including videos, as Palin talks Levi, 2012, Hillary and her new book.]]> http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/liveblog-palin-goes-rogue-oprah-10225/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/17/the-repugnant-case-of-omar-khadr/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/17/the-repugnant-case-of-omar-khadr/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:46:59 +0000 Greg Barns http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99176 Greg Barns.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/11/17/the-repugnant-case-of-omar-khadr/feed/ 0 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125835068967050099.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125835068967050099.html#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:13:30 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99168 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125835068967050099.html/feed/ 0 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1939374,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1939374,00.html#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:25:49 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=99026 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1939374,00.html/feed/ 0 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-cia-pakistan15-2009nov15,0,4066853.story http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-cia-pakistan15-2009nov15,0,4066853.story#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:33:07 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98942 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-cia-pakistan15-2009nov15,0,4066853.story/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111401470.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111401470.html#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:30:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98943 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111401470.html/feed/ 0 http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/497360/water_on_the_moon_and_money_for_nasa http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/497360/water_on_the_moon_and_money_for_nasa#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:05:40 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98931 its announcement it has found "a significant amount" of water on the moon. But is 25 gallons of water really all that "significant"? It all sounds like a galactic-sized cash grab to Jon Wiener. ]]> http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/497360/water_on_the_moon_and_money_for_nasa/feed/ 0 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6717608.html http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6717608.html#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:09:29 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98787 Going Rogue, are beginning to leak out. Amongst the revelations, Palin claims she was hushed-up from speaking on election night and the McCain campaign slugged her with a $500k legal bill.]]> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6717608.html/feed/ 0 http://rawstory.com/2009/11/ama-review-pot-prohibition/ http://rawstory.com/2009/11/ama-review-pot-prohibition/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:57:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98684 hotly debated in the UK, and now the issue has hit the US, with the American Medical Association pushing for a review into the drug's status as a Schedule I drug.]]> http://rawstory.com/2009/11/ama-review-pot-prohibition/feed/ 0