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Wednesday Morning News Roundup
ecthompsonmd March 14, 2012

I’m sorry, but I continue to get the overwhelming feeling that the media is playing us. In order to keep this contest going, the media is pushing Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. They’re making them seem more popular than they really are. Therefore, they get more votes and before you know it we have a “real contest.” This thing is going to go on for months. Oh, by the way, Rick Santorum won both Alabama and Mississippi. Mitt Romney can take some solace in knowing that he won Hawaii, I guess. North Slope oil well hhad been gushing well for several

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Two Men arrested in terrorist plot in Seattle
ecthompsonmd June 23, 2011

Just in (Homegrown terrorists): Two men have been arrested in Seattle in what federal agents say was a terrorist plot to attack a military recruit processing station in Seattle. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, also known as Joseph Anthony Davis, 33, of Seattle, and Walli Mujahidh, aka Frederick Dominque Jr., 32, of Los Angeles were arrested Wednesday and charged in a complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Among the charges were conspiracy to murder U.S. officers, conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and unlawful possession of firearms. Both men appeared this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler, who

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Blago may be looking at some significant time
ecthompsonmd April 3, 2009

I’m in Seattle for a conference. There’s nothing like being packed in an airplane for a four an half hour plane ride. Rod Blagojevich, former governor of Illinois, has been indicted on 16 felony counts. The charges include racketeering, conspiracy, wire fraud, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion and making false statements. There was some speculation that his wife may be indicted also. That may happen, but it did not happen today. The Chicago Sun-Times has a very lengthy article on this indictment. The actual indictment can be read here. The opening paragraph of the indictment reads:  “Since 2002, even before he was

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