Will former Daley top aide squeal about O'Hare contracts?
2009-07-09 05:10:00 It's just my guess, but John Harris' guilty plea in federal court Wednesday is causing more ripples in Chicago's City Hall, especially on the fifth floor--that's the mayor's office--than it will in the halls of the state Capital. Harris, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief of staff, pled guilty to a single count of wire fraud in exchange for his valuable cooperation in the U.S. attorney's prosecution of Blagojevich. No doubt he has many interesting stories to tell, but as a former insider in Mayor Richard M. Daley's, he might have even more interesting stories to tell about goings-on in Chicago's City Hall and O'Hare Airport....
Ex-Nixon aide Herbert Klein dies at 91 in Calif.
(AP)
2009-07-03 04:51:00 AP - Herbert G. Klein, Richard Nixon's ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers, has died. He was 91.
Friendly Reminders From A Parking Enforcement Aide
2009-06-29 17:00:00 Parking Enforcement Aides (PEAs) are the city employees who tirelessly patrol the streets of Chicago, writing out those bright orange tickets we all love to hate. But today, we have long time contributor and a great friend to the website, PEA Ticketmaster, with some seriously great, timely reminders and advice for readers on how to avoid getting a parking ticket. So, I cannot stress this enough, if Ticketmaster says something, LISTEN UP!!!...
White House aide resigns over NYC flyover
2009-05-09 00:09:00 White House aide resigns over NYC flyover WASHINGTON (AP) - A top White House aide resigned Friday for his role in Air Force One’s $328,835 photo-op flyover above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Louis Caldera said the controversy had made it impossible for him to effectively lead ...
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NY gov says campaign aide leaked Kennedy dirt
2009-02-04 18:46:00 NY gov says campaign aide leaked Kennedy dirt ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. David Paterson says a campaign staffer leaked unsubstantiated claims to the press that Caroline Kennedy “wasn’t ready for prime time” and faced possible tax, nanny and marital problems. The Democratic governor blamed the mess on a consultant but didn’t name the ...
By: TexasFred's
Ex-aide: Saddam would not have allowed Gaza raid, NOW We?ve Done it!
2009-01-08 19:34:00 -By Warner Todd Huston The Associated Press today posted a story that is so utterly pointless for its very existence that it boggles the mind. Apparently, some loser Iraqi that used to be a somebody under Saddam Hussein’s viciously murderous government has issued a “tape” whereupon he says that Israel would never have been so bold ...
By: Publius Forum
Alan Walters, economic aide to UK's Thatcher, dies
(AP)
2009-01-06 13:45:00 AP - Sir Alan Walters, a top economic adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has died at age 82.
Personal Loans UK: Aide in Finance Needs
2008-12-29 07:27:00 UK people are prone to take loans for their personal needs. These personal requirements are as varied as the faces of UK people. Those who suffer from multiple debts, take debt consolidation loans, there are again people who take Personal loans in UK to meet their business needs. Some take the loans for car buying while some go for loans to have a holiday trip. There are many more reasons. And, there are personal loans for the UK folk which cover almost all these personal requirements of the UK people. Personal loans UK are the loans which advance funds for personal needs meeting of which require some bucks. Well, there are types of people who need personal loans in UK. Some want it without collateral while some of them feel secured in the hands of secured personal loans where there is collateral attachment. Collateral plays as the security of the lender?s money in return of which he advances the loans with cheap interest rates as well as easy repayment terms. Unsecured loans on th...
Former Clinton Aide & Current NYT Editor Rejects McCain Column
2008-07-21 19:53:00 …because it doesn’t “mirror” Obama’s. Media bias? What media bias? Here is the text of McCain’s column that was rejected, courtesy of The Drudge Report: In January 2007, when General David Petraeus took command in Iraq, he called the situation ?hard? but not ?hopeless.? Today, 18 months later, violence has fallen by ...
By: GayPatriot
McCain Aide: Don't Have To Use Computers To Know Impact
2008-06-25 11:05:00 Mark Soohoo of the McCain for President Campaign really stuck his foot in his mouth -- several times -- at this panel discussion as part of the Personal Democracy Forum 2008. Mark Soohoo says that one does not have to use a computer to understand the Internet. He also says that Senator McCain, is "aware of the Internet." But can he find it? Watch the video, where Tracy Russo of the Edwards campaign really takes Mark Soohoo to task for his comments. I guess McCain's aware of all Internet traditions too!
UE : Une aide supplémentaire de 5 millions d'euros au Sahel
2008-06-04 17:40:00 La Commission européenne a décidé mardi l'octroi d'une enveloppe supplémentaire de 5 millions d'euros afin de réduire les taux élevés de malnutrition et de mortalité dans la région du Sahel (Afrique de l'ouest). Cette aide vise les plus vulnérables, et tout particulièrement les quelque 1,3 million d'enfants de moins de cinq ans gravement sous-alimentés et cinq millions de femmes enceintes ou allaitantes. Les pays couverts sont le Burkina Faso, le Tchad, le Mali, la Mauritanie et le Niger, ainsi que les régions du Sahel correspondant au nord du Bénin, de la Côte d'Ivoire, de la Guinée, du Nigeria et du Togo.
Aide Express : Je n?arrive pas à lire une vidéo ! (partie 1)
2008-06-02 06:57:00 Dans cette nouvelle rubrique destinée aux débutants du PC (ça existe), nous allons survoler certains problèmes récurrents et tenter d?apporter une piste d?explication le plus simplement possible mais qui pourrait bien vous aider à trouver un début de solution.
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US ex-aide defends Bush critique
2008-05-29 16:31:00 Mr McClellan said the book's main message was lost in the initial reactionA former White House spokesman has defended his new book criticising the Bush administration, after angry reaction to its content from officials.
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Togo : la France annonce une aide budgétaire de 2,5 millions d'euros
2008-05-24 15:00:00 La France accordera une aide budgétaire de 2,5 millions d'euros au Togo pour soutenir un programme économique triennal de ce pays, a fait savoir Serge Tomasi, Conseiller financier pour l'Afrique à la Direction du Trésor au ministère français de l'Economie, au terme d'un entretien qu'il a eu mercredi avec le Premier ministre togolais Komlan Mally. M. Tomasi a indiqué être venu au Togo préparer avec les autorités togolaises une prochaine table-ronde des bailleurs de fonds prévue les 18 et 19 juin à Bruxelles en Belgique.
Foreign Governments Still Paying McCain Aide?s Lobbying Firm
2008-05-23 18:30:00 By- Suzie-Q @ 9:30 AM MST From: Think Progress By Matt at 10:09 am McCain aide?s lobbying firm still being paid by foreign governments.» The Wall Street Journal reports today that the lobbying firm founded by Sen. John McCain?s (R-AZ) top foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, is still being paid by the governments of Macedonia and Georgia, despite ...
By: Suzie-Q
Former White House aide Hamilton Jordan dies at 63
(AP)
2008-05-21 15:14:00 AP - In planning Jimmy Carter's climb to the White House, Hamilton Jordan pushed a strategy still popular with lesser-known candidates today: start campaigning years in advance and target early voting states to build support from early upsets.
R. Kelly's Aide Paid Woman To Return Sex Tape, Report Alleges As Trial Gets
2008-05-09 18:12:00 Payment was made to the Atlanta woman who is set to testify about alleged threesome, report says.By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by Jennifer Vineyard R. Kelly arrives at the Cook County Court in Chicago on Friday Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images On the day jury selection is scheduled to begin in the long-delayed R. Kelly child-pornography trial, yet another shocking allegation in the case has leaked out. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a judge was told last month in closed-door hearings that an aide to the singer allegedly paid a woman to return an incriminating sex tape featuring Kelly. The unnamed Atlanta woman is reportedly planning to testify that she had a three-way sexual encounter with Kelly and the underage girl depicted in the videotape that spurred the trial. The paper did not report how much the aide allegedly paid the woman for the tape (which is not the same one featured in the trial), though it said she did receive payment and arranged for the...
R. Kelly's Aide Paid Woman To Return Sex Tape, Report Alleges As Trial Gets
2008-05-09 18:12:00 R. Kelly's aide allegedly paid an Atlanta woman to return an incriminating sex tape, the Chicago-Sun Times reports.
Clinton aide: Race ends in June
2008-05-09 06:02:00 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As talk swirled this morning over when Sen.
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Clinton aide: Race ends in June
2008-05-09 06:02:00 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As talk swirled this morning over when Sen.
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Clinton Aide Kantor Video Was Doctored - Kantor Did Not Make Statement
2008-05-02 20:28:00 I just listened to the video that was the source of the first video out and around the Internet which said that Mickey Kantor called Indiana people "White Niggers". After further review, he did not say it. Here's the actual video from the movie "The War Room":Mickey is saying that "they're shitty," and it seems he's referring to pollsters, and not people in Indiana. Then he does say "How would you like to be, but then the rest is not even audible. It would have to be doctored to have one be able to hear him say the words "White Nigger." As far as I'm concerned, Mickey is owed an apology by bloggers like me. Sorry Mickey.
Ex-Saddam Aide Tariq Aziz Goes On Trial
2008-04-29 22:40:00 Anyone who’s watched news coverage about Iraq over the last 25 years or so has probably seen Tariq Aziz. He was a part of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle from the first day the dictator took power. However, unlike ‘Chemical Ali’ and the rest of Saddam’s henchman, Aziz was never a strong man for the regime. He ...
Ex-Saddam Aide Tariq Aziz Goes On Trial
2008-04-29 22:20:00 Anyone who’s watched news coverage about Iraq over the last 25 years or so has probably seen Tariq Aziz. He was a part of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle from the first day the dictator took power. However, unlike ‘Chemical Ali’ and the rest of Saddam’s henchman, Aziz was never a strong man for the regime. He ...
By: The Hot Joints
Crise alimentaire mondiale : La France doublera son aide alimentaire aux pa
2008-04-19 10:00:00 Le président français Nicolas Sarkozy a annoncé vendredi que la France doublerait "dès cette année son enveloppe d'aide alimentaire en la portant à 60 millions d'euros pour 2008", soit près de 100 millions de dollars américains, pour faire face à la crise alimentaire mondiale. Il s'est exprimé ainsi devant des représentants des 16 principales économies de la planète réunis à Paris pour discuter des questions relatives à la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique.
A Top Bush Aide Calls Skipping Olympic Ceremony a Cop-Out
2008-04-14 01:49:00 WASHINGTON - A top White House official on Sunday criticized foreign leaders who plan to skip the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing following Chinas crackdown in Tibet, calling such actions a cop-out far less effective than the quiet
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A Top Bush Aide Calls Skipping Olympics Ceremony a Cop-Out
2008-04-14 01:16:00 WASHINGTON - A top White House official on Sunday criticized foreign leaders who plan to skip the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing following Chinas crackdown in Tibet, calling such actions a cop-out far less effective than the quiet
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Aiming for Minister; Hamas sniper hits Israeli Security Minister?s aide
2008-04-13 14:27:00 Israeli security Minister Avi Dichter is speaking to a group of Canadians of the Canada Israel Committee (CIC), explaining the security situation with the Gaza border in the background:What the hell is this! They are shooting at us! Quick, take cover behind the vehicles! Man down, man down!We need some air cover here quick, and ...
Stop smoking, aide
2008-04-13 12:24:00 The land of Nod, Tues — Smokers everywhere were stunned yesterday at news that someone, somewhere, is unaware that vacuuming tobacco smoke into the farthest recesses of their tortured, abused lungs is bad for them. One thirty eight year old man, who refused to be named, said the ceaseless television, radio and newspaper advertisements ...
Gunmen Kill Aide and In-Law of Iraqi Cleric
2008-04-12 04:56:00 BAGHDAD - A senior aide to the radical anti-American cleric Moktada al-Sadr was assassinated in Najaf as he returned home from Friday Prayer, raising the likelihood that tensions would climb still higher between Mr.
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Gunmen Kill Aide to Shiite Cleric in Iraq
2008-04-11 17:39:00 BAGHDAD - A senior aide of Moktada al-Sadr, the radical anti-American cleric, was killed in Najaf, the Shiite holy city south of Baghdad, as he returned home from prayers on Friday in what Sadrists officials said was an assassination carried out by
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Key Sadr aide shot dead in Iraq
2008-04-11 14:19:00 The Sadr movement has clashed with government forcesA relative and key follower of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has been shot dead in the Iraqi city of Najaf.
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Ex-Aide Wounded in Cult Inquiry Wins House Seat in California
2008-04-09 12:06:00 Jackie Speier, who as a Congressional aide nearly 30 years ago was shot and left for dead on a Guyana airstrip, won a special election Tuesday for the House seat once held by her former boss
Legislative Correspondent/Legislative Aide - Rep. Brian Baird
2008-04-08 04:16:00 Congressman Brian Baird seeks a Legislative Correspondent/Legislative Aide. Must have outstanding writing skills, a strong work ethic and good interpersonal skills. Primary responsibilities include drafting and responding to constituent mail as well as attending hearings and meeting with constituent groups. Issue set includes: Defense/Military, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Vets. Candidates ...
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Aiming for Minister; Hamas sniper hits Israeli Security Minister?s aide
2008-04-04 19:35:00 Israeli security Minister Avi Dichter is speaking to a group of Canadians of the Canada Israel Committee (CIC), explaining the security situation with the Gaza border in the background:What the hell is this! They are shooting at us! Quick, take cover behind the vehicles! Man down, man down!We need some air cover hear quick, and ...
McCain Aide Sacked For Twittering About A Controversial Obama Video
2008-03-28 13:23:00 A campaigner working for John McCain was suspended from his duties recently because he sent out a link on Twitter, drawing attention to a controversial YouTube video featuring Barack Obama’s spiritual mentor Jeremiah Wright. The aide, Soren Dayton, violated the campaign’s rules by uploading the video link, and saying ‘good video on Obama and Wright’. Campaign ...
Detroit mayor and aide face perjury, obstruction counts
2008-03-25 10:37:00 The civic soap opera engulfing Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick took a new plot twist Monday when a county prosecutor charged the onetime rising political star with obstruction of justice, perjury and misconduct in office, all related to a romantic
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Sanford and Aide Not Telling the Truth
2008-03-22 13:00:00 In rapid succession, two recent op-eds have been published by Governor Mark Sanford?s apologists with me as their target. The first by Ashley Landess (?Our S.C. ports must remain competitive,? March 5, 2008) was simply misinformed. Ms. Landess would be wise to do a fact-check on information the governor?s office provides her before firing off opinions. Contrary to her summary of my views, I have always advocated partnering with private companies to help raise funds for the future of our ports. I am simply opposed to completely turning over the management of our vital ports to a unionized company, which Governor Sanford has been aggressively pushing behind the scenes for years. The more serious attack was made against my character by Tom Davis, the Governor?s chief of staff (?Ethical issues required Campbell?s departure,? March 7, 2008). Mr. Davis was attempting to refute my statement that the Governor removed me from the Ports Authority Board because I didn?t support his agenda ...
Obama Aide: Bill Clinton Like McCarthy
2008-03-22 04:51:00 A retired Air Force general compared former President Clinton to Joseph McCarthy, the 1950s communist-hunting senator, on Friday after Clinton seemed to question Democrat Barack Obama's patriotism. Merrill "Tony" McPeak, a former chief of staff of the Air Force and currently a co-chair of Obama's presidential campaign, said he was disappointed by comments Clinton made while campaigning for his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a speech Friday in Charlotte, N.C. "I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country," Clinton said. "And people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude itself on our politics." McPeak learned of the remarks while at an Obama rally in Salem, Ore. Afterward, he called Clinton's statement horrible and compared it to McCarthy, the Republican senator from Wisconsin wh...
McCain Aide Suspended For Anti-Obama Video
2008-03-21 01:30:00 This wasn’t the best of weeks for John McCain. He had a fairly major gaffe regarding Iraq as well as a less consequential one comparing Purim to Halloween. There was one hopeful sign when an adviser called the Christian right a serious problem. There was a second hopeful sign today when a staffer was suspended ...
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McCain Aide Suspended For Creating Video Attacking Obama
2008-03-21 00:47:00 From The Chicago Tribune: The campaign of Sen. John McCain suspended an aide Thursday for distributing a YouTube video linking Sen. Barack Obama with his longtime pastor, whose history of intemperate remarks has roiled the presidential campaign in recent days. The aide, Soren Dayton, used a personal account on Twitter.com to send a link to the ...
By: The Hot Joints
McCain Aide Suspended for Distributing Racist Obama Video
2008-03-20 23:32:00 Sadly, the racist whisper campaign continues. This time though, an aide to Republican presidential candidate John McCain has been proven to be directly involved. TPM Election Central has the story: A McCain campaign aide actively pushed an incendiary, racially-charged video that uses the controversial words of Barack Obama’s pastor to tar Obama as unpatriotic — despite ...
Special Education Teacher?s Aide
2008-03-19 23:37:00 Reply to: mjackson@deltatg.com We have need for Special Education Teacher?s Aides. Monday through Friday from about 8:00am to 3:30pm. Interview Today. We are currently looking for Special Education Teacher?s Aides for school districts in the valley to provide one on one assistance to physically disabled students. If you have the desire to have a positive influence on ...
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Top Blair Aide Urges Negotiation With Al Qaida
2008-03-15 08:35:00 Jonathan Powell, who served as chief of staff for former Prime Ministr Tony Blair, now argues, “There’s nothing to say to al-Qaida and they’ve got nothing to say to us at the moment, but at some stage you’re going to have to come to a political solution as well as a security solution. And that ...
Clinton aide resigns
2008-03-13 01:45:00 A Hillary Clinton adviser, Geraldine Ferraro, resigned after making a comment stating that the only reason Barack Obama has a led is because he is black. According to her, the Obama Campaign spun her comments and made them out to be racist, although they were not. She refused to apologize for the comments ...
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Obama aide Samantha Power resigns over Clinton comment
2008-03-09 05:20:00 Samantha Power who acted as foreign policy adviser on the Obama campaign has resigned. She's was recruited by Obama back in 2005. Power is a Harvard professor and a Pulitzer prize winner. She also writes a column for Time magazine.During an interview with an Edinburgh based paper, The Scotsman, she referred to Hillary Clinton as "a monster". She attempted to withdraw the remarks, but before speaking with The Scotsman she agreed that the interview would be "on record".Ms Power's remarks came on the heels of Clinton's wins in Ohio and Texas - wins that some have argued were in part a result of negative campaigning, including the use of ads that played on the public's fears about security.Samantha Power is a talented journalist and academic. Her comment isn't much worse than some of the remarks Clinton campaign people have directed at Obama. When Obama questioned Clinton's refusal to release her income taxes, Howard Wolfson compared him to Kenneth Starr, a much reviled figure amo...
By: Aidan Maconachy
TEACHER'S AIDE High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations
2008-03-08 18:44:00 Wall Street Journal - Now, she says, “I'm intending to major in mechanical engineering.” Chatting With Engineers Beyond coursework, Lockheed touts the benefits of introducing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Bush to veto CIA waterboarding ban bill: aide
2008-03-08 11:29:00 Sudhan @11:30 CET Reuters, March 7, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will veto legislation on Saturday banning U.S. intelligence agents from using waterboarding and other controversial interrogation methods, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said on Friday. Last month, Congress sent Bush a broad intelligence authorization bill that contained new ...
By: Suzie-Q
Disgusting Autism News In The OC - Teacher's Aide Accused of Abusing Autist
2008-03-08 09:37:00 The ocregister reports that a teacher's aide has been arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse after two other staff members at Alton School reported that he had repeatedly hit a teenage autistic boy on the arm while he sat at his desk, twisted his am behind his back, and lifted him out of the chair to his feet. The aide reportedly told detectives that "he had "crossed the line" in dealing with the teenager."The aide is now being held in Orange County jail. I am guessing that he will not "cross the line" in dealing with guards at the jail.autism
Obama aide Samantha Power resigns after calling Hillary Clinton "a monster"
2008-03-08 05:45:00 An adviser to Barack Obama has resigned after calling Hillary Clinton "a monster."Samantha Power acted mainly as foreign policy adviser on the Obama campaign. She was recruited by Obama back in 2005. Power is a Harvard professor. She also writes a column for Time magazine.The remarks about Clinton were made during an interview with an Edinburgh based paper, The Scotsman. Power attempted to withdraw the remarks shortly after making them, but prior to speaking with the paper she agreed that the interview would be "on record".The paper quotes Power as saying:"We fucked up in Ohio. In Ohio, they are obsessed and Hillary is going to town on it, because she knows Ohio's the only place they can win,""She is a monster, too — that is off the record — she is stooping to anything ... You just look at her and think, 'ergh.' But if you are poor and she is telling you some story about how Obama is going to take your job away, maybe it will be more effective. The amount of deceit she has pu...
By: Aidan Maconachy
Obama aide quits in 'monster' row
2008-03-07 19:27:00 Samantha Power said she had tried to retract the commentsAn adviser to Barack Obama has resigned after a Scottish newspaper quoted her calling rival US Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton 'a monster'. Samantha Power has expressed 'deep regret' over
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