TODAY AND THE SPIN THAT IS OUT THERE

Obama asks Congress for added power to slash spending measures http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/99469-obama-looks-for-spending-slashing-power
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The Secret, 700-Million-Gallon Oil Fix That Worked — and Might Save the Gulf
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/gulf-oil-spill-supertankers-051310#ixzz0ot6bePK2 &
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/gulf-oil-spill-supertankers-051310
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Councils carry out over 8,500 covert surveillance operations
Only 4.5% cases result in prosecution and the research shows that the vast majority were concluded without anything substantial being discovered http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/24/councils-covert-surveillance-operations
Below the Radar: HUD is Trying to Privatize and Mortgage Off All of America’s Public Housing http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/5/21/868448/-Below-the-Radar:HUD-is-Trying-to-Privatize-and-Mortgage-Off-All-of-Americas-Public-Housing
Pirates terrorize boaters on Texas lake along Mexican border http://www.kens5.com/news/pirates-94535754.html
The Global Economic Crisis, The Great Depression of the XXI Century. http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=19025
Knowledge, Truth and Human Action: America Hits the Wall http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=19190
US Senate Rubber-Stamps the Dictatorship of the Big Banks http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=19302
In its first year of existence, the Tea Party movement made clear what it was angry about: the first black American President, health-care reform, taxes, deficit spending, “lib-rhuls,” socialists, Hitler, emergency “bailouts” to stave off a new Great Depression, and – in general – Big Government http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/052210.html
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The Senate Intelligence Committee’s investigation of how 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab soiled his underpants with a makeshift bomb over Detroit last Christmas hung out so much dirty linen on the crowded clothes line of the U.S. intelligence community that it was an easy call to get rid of Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/052210a.html
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Obama administration in a brief to the Supreme Court has backed the Vatican's claim of immunity from lawsuits arising from cases of sexual abuse by priests in the United States. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.48ccbdeaaf685b4c112dc4554a808ca0.961&show_article=1
Obama Gives Commanders Wide Berth for Secret Warfare http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/05/obama-gives-commanders-wide-berth-for-secret-warfare/57202
Private pay shrinks to historic lows as gov't payouts rise http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/2010-05-24-income-shifts-from-private-sector_N.htm
N.Korea accuses South, threatens action http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100525/ts_afp/skoreankoreamilitarynaval_20100525112017
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Is the Mean-Spirited, Ignorant, Tearful Glenn Beck Going to Have an Impact on America?
In his new book, journalist Alexander Zaitchik examines the character and career of the shock jock at the center of the far-right's always-churning cultural storm.
http://www.alternet.org/news/146977/is_the_mean-spirited%2C_ignorant%2C_tearful_glenn_beck_going_to_have_an_impact_on_america_/
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Obama Caves to Wignut Pressure, Sends 1,200 Troops to a Border That Doesn’t Need Protecting http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/05/25/obama-caves-to-wignut-pressure-sends-1200-troops-to-a-border-that-doesnt-need-protecting/

Peak Hypocrisy: Republican Party Vies for Tax-Payer Bailout http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/05/25/peak-hypocrisy-republican-party-vies-for-tax-payer-bailout/
Scott Brown falls out of favor with Tea Party http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0525/scott-brown-falls-favor-tea-party/
Hubble catches planet being devoured by its star http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0525/hubble-planet-devoured-star/
Teacher in trouble after students don Klan robes http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0525/teacher-trouble-students-don-klan-robes/