John McCain “I can live with defeat”

Washington — Barack Obama raised $150 million (£87 million) last month, shattering his previous monthly record of $67 million and allowing him to swamp the airwaves in the final stretch … The huge haul — by far the biggest in presidential history — came as Mr. McCain gave a robust performance in a television interview, …

Mr. McCain, speaking moments after his old friend Colin Powell, the former Republican Secretary of State, had endorsed Mr. Obama, said that a loss would not devastate him. [ read more ]

by Tim Reid | Posted: 20 Oct 2008 | on the Timesonline website

Make-Believe Maverick

A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty

At Fort McNair, an army base located along the Potomac River in the nation’s capital, a chance reunion takes place one day between two former POWs. …Navy commander John Sidney McCain III …runs into John Dramesi, an Air Force lieutenant colonel who was also imprisoned and tortured in Vietnam.

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Missing, murdered Black youth get unequal national media coverage

Natalee Holloway, Caylee Anthony, Elizabeth Smart and JonBenet Ramsey.

Their missing persons and murder cases dominated national news coverage for months, sometimes for more than a year.

Diamond and Tionda Bradley, Yasmine Acree and Mya Lyons are all from Chicago and still missing–except Lyons, who was fatally stabbed in July, around the same time Caylee Anthony reportedly went missing. Police have named her mother a suspect in the girl’s potential homicide. [ read more ]

by Kathy Chaney | Posted: 15 Oct 2008 | on the www.chicagodefender.com

Bad bets

Currency worries in Brazil and Mexico

SÃO PAULO — UNTIL the past fortnight, a crise, as Brazilians call it, had largely bypassed Latin America. No longer. In the week that began on October 6th the Brazilian real and the Mexican peso both plunged sickeningly (see chart), as did stockmarkets. This week saw modest recoveries. But confidence in the region’s new-found stability has taken a knock. Read more

The Powell Factor

is his an endorsement that counts?

“It isn’t easy for me to disappoint Senator McCain as I have this morning, but we need a president who will not just continue the policies of the last few years. We need a transformational figure. We need generational change.” Read more

Russia fleet ‘may leave Ukraine’

Russia’s deputy PM has told the BBC the country’s Black Sea Fleet will vacate its naval base in Sevastopol in 2017 if the Ukrainian government demands it.

Speaking exclusively to Panorama, Sergei Ivanov said Russia would seek to renew its lease on the Crimean port, but will move the Fleet if it cannot. Read more

‘Bob the Builder’

While Obama and McCain seek to put patches on leaks, Bob Barr hopes to rebuild America

“‘Joe the Plumber’ doesn’t need Senators Barack Obama or John McCain’” says Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president.  “He needs ‘Bob the Builder.’”

“While Senators Obama and McCain seek only to put government patches on today’s problems, ‘Joe the Plumber’ needs a leader who Read more

New Russian world order: the five principles

In the aftermath of the Georgian conflict, the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has laid down five principles that he says will guide Russian foreign policy.

The new Moscow rules are not a blueprint for a new “Cold War”. That was a worldwide ideological and economic struggle. This is much more about defending national interests.

Going back to the 19th Century?

The principles, with their references to “privileged interests” and the protection of Russian citizens, would probably seem rather obvious to Russian leaders of the 19th Century. They would seem rather mild to Stalin and [ read more ]

By Paul Reynolds | Posted: 01 Sept 2008 | on the BBC News.website

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Forget the Banks: Bail Out the Poor

Ask anyone why the government doesn’t build housing for every person in this country who needs it, and you’ll get the answer you always receive. Ask why the government doesn’t turn around tomorrow and set up a universal healthcare plan and there’s that answer again. Ditto for making education and public transportation free. It’s always the same stock response: Our government doesn’t have the dough.

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