Waterloo

Bachmann's Silence and the Waterloo Murder of a Gay Teen

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.24.2011

People like Marcellus Richard Andrews deserve to know how a Michele Bachmann presidency would impact their lives. They deserve to know why a leading candidate for president would say hateful things about them.

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What Bachmann's Iowa Roots Mean For 2012 Caucus

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Iowa, Bachmann 2012, Bachmann Iowa, Michele Bachmann, Bachmann Hometown, Republican Nomination, Corrections, Gop Primary 2012, Elections 2012, Iowa Caucuses, Bachmann, Iowa Republicans, Waterloo, Iowa Straw Poll, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- When Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) announced her candidacy for president in her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa, she played up her connec...

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Michele Bachmann Defends Her Speech at Waterloo (VIDEO)

Erin Gibson | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Iowa, Michele Bachmann, John Wayne Gacy, Republican, Election 2010, Gop, Candidate, John Wayne, Tea Party, Waterloo, Comedy News

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Bachmann Announces Candidacy -- Explains Gaffes

Mark Steinberg | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Waterloo, Gaffes, Second Amendment, Fortune Cookie, Jesse Helms, Fargo, Slavery, Iowa, Founding Fathers, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, President, Shot Heard Around the World, Bachmann, Nomination, Comedy News

"I know that millions of reporters in this country and in Hawaii have claimed that I make a lot of factual mistakes. Well, here and now I want to look the American people right in the eye and give them the facts."

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Michele Bachmann: I Made A Mistake

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.28.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is acknowledging "misspeaking" occasionally, including wrongly claiming that act...

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Michele Bachmann Mistakenly Says She Has The 'Spirit' Of A Serial Killer

Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: John Wayne Waterloo, Bachmann 2012, Video, Michele Bachmann John Wayne, Michele Bachmann, Michele Bachmann Announcement, Michele Bachmann 2012, 2012 Election, Bachmann John Wayne, Bachmann Announcement, Elections 2012, John Wayne Gacy, John Wayne, Who Is John Wayne, Waterloo, Politics News

In Waterloo, Iowa on the eve of her official presidential campaign announcement, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told Fox News that she has "the spiri...

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Why I Have the Greatest Job in the World

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 07.18.2011

Sixteen hours of traveling, endless delays, torrential rains -- to most travelers, this sounds like the Trip from Hell. For me, it was a trip I'll never forget, and it will always be the best Friday the 13th of my life.

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Top Five Travel Apps for BlackBerryÃ‚Â® Smartphones (PHOTOS)

Alex Kinsella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blackberry, Travel Tips, Travel Apps, Blackberry App, West Palm Beach-Florida, Traveling, Slidepollajax, Travel, Airlines, Canada, Toronto, Weather, Weatherbug, Las Vegas, Tumblr, Waterloo, Wifi, Mobile Applications, Twitter, Ireland, Hotels, Smartphone, Smartphone Apps, Travel News

Know the best part about winter? Escaping it! And come January and February, I am not alone in my "over it" feeling toward the season of dread. So how do I get away from it all? I use some pretty cool, efficient BlackBerry smartphone apps to help me plan and guide my way.

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HuffPost Haiku Potluck @ Marine Art Salon

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Holidays, Art, HuffPost Party Photos, Santa Monica, Bloggers, Veev, Slidepollajax, ARt Exhibition, Marine Art Salon, Haiku Reviews, Waterloo, Arts News

Over the Holidays, on one stormy night while rain and wind were howling and many people had left the city, some HuffPost Arts Bloggers' got together f...

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LA Times: 2.5 Stars For New Gastropub Waterloo & City

latimes.com | S. Irene Virbila, Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waterloo, Los Angeles News

When a former L'Orangerie chef breaks ranks with his fellow French chefs, runs a renegade pop-up restaurant and fantasizes about landing the first foo...

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Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 8, "A Rough Day on the Runway"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, April Johnston, Project Runway, Classic American Sportswear, Camel Toe, Nina Garcia, Big Love, The Crucible, Jacqueline Onassis, Jackie Kennedy, Mallwear, Waterloo, Parsons, Jezebel, Ivy Higa, Nicole Kidman, Andy South, Donna Karan, January Jones, Wizard of Oz, Michael Drummond, Michael Kors, Gretchen Jones, Tim Gunn, Entertainment News, Gossip Girl, Michael Costello, First Tranny, Christopher Collins, Cotton Club, Annie Get Your Gun, Peach Carr, Butterfly McQueen, Lollipop Guild, Jackie O, Laura Bennett, Valerie Mayen, Heidi Klum, Annie Oakley, Mad Men, Reality TV, Gauges of Tim Gunn, Lifetime TV, True Blood, Steampunk, TV Recap, Casanova, Susan Lucci, Mondo Guerra, Cargo Pants, Entertainment News

This week the show begins with everyone (OK, Ivy and Michael D) tweezing their eyebrows in their pocket hand mirrors. Michael C dishes on Ivy to Andy and honestly, I can no longer feel sorry for him

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Jim DeMint Says Obama's "Waterloo" May Come in November

David Brody | Posted 05.25.2011

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We all remember how DeMint said he wanted to make health care reform President Obama's 'waterloo'. Well, many may think that since it passed that DeMint lost. He says not so fast.

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AEI, David Frum: Ex-Bush Speechwriter Will Lose Health Benefits

PostPartisan | Matt Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benefits, Health Care Reform Bill, Left Right Center, American Enterprise Institute, Obama, Democrats, Waterloo, White House, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, David Frum, Gop, Think Tank, Health Care, Republicans, Politics News

...in ousting him after a mad overnight revolt among its donors, the American Enterprise Institute has put Frum's family into precisely the health car...

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David Frum, AEI SPLIT: Conservative's Position 'Terminated' By Major Think Tank

Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

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See late updates below... Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum has resigned from the right-wing American Enterprise Institute, Frum announ...

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DeMint: 'We Have Not Yet Begun To Fight'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim DeMint, the tactician who led Senate Republicans in unanimous opposition to health care reform, declared early on that a defeat for Obama would be...

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Republican Crybabies Meet Their Waterloo

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Yes, I'd really love to see the GOP run on a repeal platform. Because I wonder exactly which parts of the bill Americans will want to give up next year.

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Health Care: Do or Die

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Kamikaze, Barack Obama, Waterloo, Politics News

The upcoming vote on health care reform may be Obama's Waterloo. But will he come out of it a defeated Napoleon. Or alternatively, a victorious Wellesley?

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Woman, 2 Boys Drown In Ice-Covered Lake

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: St. Clair County, Southern Illinois, Accidental Drowning, Drowning, Waterloo, Chicago News

WATERLOO, Ill. — Authorities in southern Illinois say a mother, her 7-year-old son and his 6-year-old friend appear to have fallen through the i...

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Obama's Second Hundred Days

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Supreme Court, Latina, Sessions, Burris, Empathy, A Tale of Two Cities, Al Franken, Reform, Dickens, Sarah Palin, Second 100 Days, Muslim, Latino, Sotomayor, Health Care, Analog Television, Birthers, Age of Foolishness, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Sanford, Democrats, Barack Obama, Transparency, Rahm Emanuel, First Hundred Days, Health, Sonia Sotomayor, Credit Card, Souter, Healthcare, Senate, Polls, Mark Sanford, Cap and Trade, Gates, President Obama, Cia, Speech, Second Hundred Days, Jeff Sessions, David Souter, Flu, Obama, Democratic, Iraq, Media, Scotus, Republican, Bush, Pelosi, Television, Iran, Gay Rights, Nuclear Weapons, Baucus, Russia, Beer Summit, Arlen Specter, Credit Card Reform, House, Specter, Photo Op, Msm, Beer, Franken, Worst of Times, Charles Dickens, Roland Burris, Gay, Mainstream Media, Waterloo, Best of Times, First 100 Days, Torture Photos, Chris Weigant, Palin, Cairo, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Torture, Politics News

Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."

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The "Bipartisan Compromise" Scam

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bipartisan-Compromise, Senate Finance Committee, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Compromise, Max Baucus, Bipartisanship, Bipartisan, Health Care, Waterloo, Politics News

Saying you're going to do health care reform without a public option is kind of like saying you're going to fight Al Qaeda in Afghanistan by invading Iraq. It misses the point -- on purpose.

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Bill Moyers: Obama's Health Care Struggle: Waterloo or Water Down?

CommonDreams.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Bill Moyers, Congress, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Waterloo, Politics News

President Obama rejected the Republicans' Waterloo metaphor and mounted a massive media counteroffensive of his own. But the President has already run...

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Obama's Presidency Will Not Be Defined by Health Reform (The "Waterloo" Myth)

Peter Daou | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama, Waterloo, Jim DeMint Waterloo, Politics News

Obama's presidency will be defined by the extent to which he rights America's moral ship. Providing universal quality affordable health care is only a part of that process, albeit a significant one.

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DeMint Refuses To Take Back 'Waterloo' Statement: "It's Not Personal"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goverment Spending, Demint, South Carolina, Sen. Jim DeMint, Sen. Demint, Health Care, Stimulus, Waterloo, Politics News

WASHINGTON - An outspoken Southern Republican says it's time to "put the brakes on" President Barack Obama, saying he's advocating too much government...

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Cantor: "Waterloo" Not Right Way To Look At Health Care

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim DeMint Waterloo, Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Government Takeover, Eric Cantor, Health Care, Jim Demint, Waterloo, Pjtv, Politics News

Asked about Jim DeMint's remark that health care could be Obama's "Waterloo," Cantor said: "I don't think that's a good way to look at it. We are cer...

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A Salute to Those Who Have Fought For Us

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Wire, France, Alan Seeger, Flanders Fields, John McCrae, World War I, Memorial Day, Poppy, Belgium, Veterans Day, Willy McBride, Tim Sullivan, Armistice, Waterloo, Kaiser, Politics News

Our honoring of Veterans Day suffers by comparison with Memorial Day, which has a similar purpose and is more widely observed as a holiday because it starts the U.S. summer season.

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