The Wake-Up Call:
Religiou$ Earmarks, Yahoo’s Apology

Beltway Blotter
Earmarks setting aside federal funds for faith-based organizations are on the rise. Louisiana Senator David Vitter tried steering $100,000 to fund a science education program by the Louisiana Family Forum, which advocates the teaching of creationism in state schools.

The ‘08 Race
Mitt Romney’s chief adviser on counterterrorism and national security is Blackwater vice chairman and CIA veteran J. Cofer Black. According to ex-Mossad agent Michael Ross, Black pioneered the tactic of going into foreign countries like South Africa, posing as state security personnel and threatening weapon buyers for rogue nations such as Iran.

Health Care
In China, underfunded hospitals hungry for profit have a new way of dealing with the mentally ill: irreversible and controversial forms of brain surgery.

Blogging the Revolution
Yahoo executive Michael Callahan apologizes for failing to tell US lawmakers that the company knew more about the case of imprisoned dissident Shi Tao than he initially acknowledged in testimony last year.

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Religiou$ Earmarks, Yahoo’s Apology”

1. My Ghillie » The Wake-Up Call:Religiou$ Earmarks, Yahoo’s Apology Says:
   November 2nd, 2007 at 7:03 am

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