Tailrank Mobile - Top News for Saturday May 10, 2008

Myanmar junta hands out aid boxes with generals' names

From news.yahoo.com , 17 inbound links , found 6 days, 13 hours, 40 minutes, and 6 seconds ago

Myanmar's military regime distributed international aid Saturday but plastered the boxes with the names of top generals in an apparent effort to turn the relief effort for last week's devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise.

Seeds of Destruction

From nytimes.com , 41 inbound links , found 6 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes, and 4 seconds ago

Michelle Vetoes Hillary

From realclearpolitics.com , 30 inbound links , found 6 days, 10 hours, 35 minutes, and 32 seconds ago

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: ...

Is It Time to Invade Burma?

From time.com , 30 inbound links , found 6 days, 8 hours, 4 minutes, and 13 seconds ago

The ruling junta will accept aid only with conditions. Should the U.S. strike to avert a humanitarian disaster?

Ellen R. Malcolm - Quitters Never Win

From washingtonpost.com , 16 inbound links , found 6 days, 9 hours, 15 minutes, and 45 seconds ago

She has a responsibility to play this game to the end, and I'll cheer her on till it's over.

West Virginia could spell trouble for Obama

From latimes.com , 27 inbound links , found 6 days, 12 hours, 20 minutes, and 14 seconds ago

Scant support among white working-class Democrats, especially men, could dog him into November. But there is little enthusiasm for Barack Obama in this mountainside enclave, a portent of trouble for the Illinois senator in next week's West Virginia primary and the general election beyond. Nearly 97% ...

Hezbollah militants to leave Beirut streets

From cnn.com , 10 inbound links , found 6 days, 9 hours, 17 minutes, and 49 seconds ago

Hezbollah militants will leave Beirut's streets in response to the Lebanese army's assuming security in the city, an opposition spokesman said Saturday, but

History re-written: Obama never said he would meet personally with Iran without precondition, says advisor; Update: Website excerpt added

From hotair.com , 26 inbound links , found 6 days, 5 hours, 47 minutes, and 54 seconds ago

LGF nails them to the wall , but the Times's complicity in this whitewash is actually even worse than Charles suggests. […] Read the rest »

In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City

From mcclatchydc.com , 24 inbound links , found 7 days, 3 hours, 21 minutes, and 58 seconds ago

In return, Sadr's Mahdi Army supporters won the Iraqi government's agreement not to arrest Mahdi Army members without warrants, unless they were in possession of "medium and heavy weaponry. On Friday, 15 people were killed and 112 were injured in fighting, officials at the neighborhoods two major hospitals ...

Obama Campaign Introduces Customized Lapel Pins

From suitablyflip.com , 22 inbound links , found 7 days, 3 hours, 19 minutes, and 4 seconds ago

Update: Due to overwhelming demand, we have taken the Obama lapel pins from concept phase to the real-world, buyable phase. Get yours for only $1.99 (cheap!). It's the perfect accessory for the ironic Obama supporter, and a wonderful "substitute for true patriotism"! ...