Current Events http://www.thejjb.com/forums/69 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:37:00 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://www.thejjb.com/forums/69 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Obama To Have Lunch With Bush, Three Living Former President ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455579/t/Obama-To-Have-Lunch-With-Bush-Three-Living-Former-President.html

Talk about a power lunch. President Bush, President-elect Barack Obama and three living former presidents will meet in the Oval Office for a private gathering on Wednesday afternoon.

Former presidents Jimmy Carter, George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton will join Obama and Bush at the White House for lunch. Obama initially came up with the idea that all of the men get together after meeting with President Bush last... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455579 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:37:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Blair House Mystery Guest Revealed - Former Australian PM Jo ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455467/t/Blair-House-Mystery-Guest-Revealed-Former-Australian-PM-Jo.html Former Australian PM John Howard The Reason Obamas Denied Early Move-In

The veil is lifted. We now know who is booked at Blair House, kicking President-elect Barack Obama and his family to the waiting list and across Lafayette Park to the Hay-Adams Hotel.

The only overnight visitor at the presidential guest manse is none... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455467 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:09:39 GMT <![CDATA[ Bush Using Federal Funds To Secure Dallas Home ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455336/t/Bush-Using-Federal-Funds-To-Secure-Dallas-Home.html

The Dallas Morning News reports that President Bush is planning to install a gate limiting public access to his house -- on a public street. Federal money would be used to pay for the gate.

Just like his father, President George W. Bush will return to Texas when he leaves... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455336 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:55 GMT <![CDATA[ Sanjay Gupta, Surgeon General? ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455262/t/Sanjay-Gupta-Surgeon-General-.html

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CNN says President-elect Barack Obama has approached its medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country's next surgeon general.

The cable news network said Tuesday that it has kept Gupta from reporting on health care policy and other matters involving the incoming Obama administration since learning he was under consideration... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455262 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:28:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Some of the Inaugural Balls announced so far...... ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455257/t/Some-of-the-Inaugural-Balls-announced-so-far-.html Obama Adds 'Youth Ball' To Festivities

WASHINGTON - President-elect http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455257 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:19:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Grandma Obama to attend Jan 20th event in DC ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455153/t/Grandma-Obama-to-attend-Jan-20th-event-in-DC.html
Anyway, yay for Grandma Obama coming to America

http://www.charlotteobser.../nation/story/455151.html

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LauritaK) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455153 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:47:16 GMT <![CDATA[ Israel bombs UN school; 34+ Palestinian civilians dead ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455084/t/Israel-bombs-UN-school-34-Palestinian-civilians-dead.html http://www.huffingtonpost...hit-un-scho_n_155497.html

GAZA CITY, Gaza - An Israeli bombardment hit outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, and Palestinian medics said at least 34 people died _ many of them children _ as international... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LauritaK) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455084 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:28:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Bush-Enablers Feinstein and Rockefeller are running scared ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455040/t/Bush-Enablers-Feinstein-and-Rockefeller-are-running-scared.html Bush-Enablers Feinstein and Rockefeller are running scared

by ryeland

Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 10:06:55 PM PST

Glenn Greenwald nailed it today:

Few things could reflect better on Panetta's... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LauritaK) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455040 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:59:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Proportionality And Terror ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455038/t/Proportionality-And-Terror.html http://andrewsullivan.the...a-question-of-p.html#more

Proportionality And Terror

Noah Pollak asked me to provide some framework for a discussion of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LauritaK) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/455038 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:51:47 GMT <![CDATA[ LMAO this picture is so funny to me ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454954/t/LMAO-this-picture-is-so-funny-to-me.html

U.S. Congressional Republican leaders speak after meeting with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joseph Biden on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 5, 2009. (From L-R) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader John Boehner. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LauritaK) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454954 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:58:27 GMT <![CDATA[ White phosphorus added to Israeli fire - ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454877/t/White-phosphorus-added-to-Israeli-fire-.html White phosphorus added to Israeli fire
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:06:05 GMT
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (blessedvirgin) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454877 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:46:28 GMT <![CDATA[ Leon Panetta: CIA Director ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454855/t/Leon-Panetta-CIA-Director.html News networks are reporting that Leon Panetta, former congressman and White House chief of staff, will be President-elect Barack Obama's CIA Director.

The New York Times adds some background:

Mr. Panetta has a reputation in Washington as a competent manager with strong background in budget issues, but has little hands-on intelligence... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454855 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:58:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Biden Heading To Southwest Asia Before Taking Office ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454853/t/Biden-Heading-To-Southwest-Asia-Before-Taking-Office.html

Vice President-elect Joseph Biden will head out on a "fact-finding trip" to Southwest Asia before taking office, his office announced on Monday.

The details of the trip were kept secret for security purposes. But Biden's participation was designed to be a passing of the torch of sorts. The outgoing Senate Foreign Relations Chair will be accompanied by the incoming one, Democratic Sen. John Kerry. Also on the CODEL will be Sens.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454853 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:55:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Man Coulter's Today Show appearance canceled ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454779/t/Man-Coulter-s-Today-Show-appearance-canceled.html

Ann Coulter's appearance on the "Today" show has been canceled.

NBC had come under fire for booking Coulter, who had been scheduled to promote her new book, Guilty, on the "Today" show Thursday morning.

But on her website, Coulter announced that the appearance had been "cancelled" [sic] ( feeds@yuku.com (LauritaK) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454779 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:40:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Crybaby GOP fleeing DC; heading to Vegas, playoffs, etc... ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454771/t/Crybaby-GOP-fleeing-DC-heading-to-Vegas-playoffs-etc-.html http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/16987.html

Republicans to flee D.C. for Inauguration

While millions descend on Washington for the historic Inauguration of Barack Obama on Jan. 20, some Republicans see it as an occasion to get out of town.

Out of power on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and mostly out of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LauritaK) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454771 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:31:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Why Are There No Black Senators? ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454719/t/Why-Are-There-No-Black-Senators-.html Why Are There No Black Senators?

When the House of Representatives convenes tomorrow, it will contain 39 African-American members, not including non-voting delegates in places like the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. This number, representing about 9 percent of the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (LauritaK) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454719 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:59:58 GMT <![CDATA[ Obama Giving Major Speech On Economy Thursday ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454648/t/Obama-Giving-Major-Speech-On-Economy-Thursday.html

President-elect Barack Obama plans to give a major economic speech Thursday, an Obama spokesman confirms for CBSNews.com. No other details are available at this time.

Read the whole story here.

]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454648 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:18:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Obama Justice Department Nominees Named ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454602/t/Obama-Justice-Department-Nominees-Named.html Includes First Female Solicitor General

President-elect Barack Obama has announced his choices to fill four top Justice Department positions Monday. David Ogden is being nominated for Deputy Attorney General, Elena Kagan for Solicitor General, Tom Perrelli for Associate Attorney General and Dawn Johnsen for Assistant Attorney General for the Office of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454602 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:26:39 GMT <![CDATA[ Brother stabbed, then had sex with dying sister ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454525/t/Brother-stabbed-then-had-sex-with-dying-sister.html Police: Brother stabbed, sexually assaulted sister

He is arraigned in Highland Township slaying

BY PEGGY WALSH-SARNECKI • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • January 4, 2009

feeds@yuku.com (YesItsTrue07) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454525 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:38:40 GMT <![CDATA[ Obama Eyes $310 Billion Tax Cut ]]> http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454437/t/Obama-Eyes-310-Billion-Tax-Cut.html

By JONATHAN WEISMAN and NAFTALI BENDAVID

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lady G) http://www.thejjb.com/topic/454437 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:43:43 GMT