Tuesday, July 26, 2011
News Morning Newsdome: Obama and Boehner's televised debt-ceiling hissy fit
Posted by Bobby Feingold @senorbobby on Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 11:19 AM
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>> Hours after President Obama asked the American public to contact their representatives about the debt ceiling, the websites for Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Charlie Rangel, and Tom Harkin, among others, went down. Power to the people chained to their computers! (Huffington Post)
>> Britain and France may potentially broker a deal for Qaddafi to step down but be allowed to stay in Libya in exchange for a cease-fire. The British Prime Minister said that for Qaddafi to leave the country would be best, but it's "ultimately a question for Libyans to determine." I'll put money on the fact that they want him the hell out. (the New York Times)
>> A Moroccan C-130 military transport plane crashed into a mountain today due to bad weather, reportedly killing 78 of the 81 people aboard. It was scheduled to land in Western Sahara, the former Spanish colony that wants to be autonomous from Morocco. This isn't helping. (the Guardian, Gawker)
>> And finally: The U.N. released $13.8 million from its emergency fund to help 3.5 million starving people in Kenya amid one of the worst droughts in recent history, which is only worsening. That's nothing: that's Tyler Perry's salary for a bad movie. (Business Week)
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