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By David Holthouse, Hate Watch
Posted on July 30, 2008, Printed on July 31, 2008

As part of its ongoing “Black in America” project, CNN posted a story to its website earlier this week titled “Could an Obama presidency hurt black Americans?” Credited to CNN correspondent John Blake, the piece quotes the wit and wisdom of Steve Sailer, identified only as “a columnist for The American Conservative magazine.”
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The problem for McCain, as I noted below, is that if you’re going to lie in an effort to defame your opponent, you’d better hope you don’t get called on it. McCain and his staff and his surrogates have repeated this lie so many times, including airing a false TV commercial, that McCain can no longer blame it on a mis-speak or a staff screw-up.

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The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, tonight announced that he will step down, throwing the country into political uncertainty.

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http://www.coloradoindependent.com/…

Federal law enforcement and military will monitor ’suspicious activities’ for security threats.

The Colorado Information Analysis Center, a hub for state, local and federal law enforcement, is “like police intelligence units on steroids” claims one civil liberties expert. (Photo/Bob Spencer)
By Erin Rosa 07/30/2008

Federal and state law enforcement officials will increase intelligence operations during the Democratic National Convention, overseeing an information war room that will be staffed around the clock with analysts who access a dozen databases while receiving reports of “suspicious activity” — activity that some civil libertarians claim could be nothing more than engaging in anti-war protests or photographing federal facilities that could be targeted for terrorist attack.
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CongressDaily July 29, 2008

Blackwater Worldwide and the private security company’s affiliates may have misrepresented their size to win more than $100 million in government contracts set aside for small businesses, according to a report released Monday by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Inspector General…
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