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Name: Lame Duck

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

Muhammad Nawaz Sharif

Nawaz Sharif Rides Again

By Gamini WeerakoonNawaz Sharif, the stocky 63-year-old businessman, performed the impossible last week by being elected for the third time a prime minister in a country where the political terrain is considered the roughest and most precarious in the ... [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Pakistan People's Party, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Wolf hunting shenanigans unworthy of serious lawmaking - OUR OPINION

Those who fought for a ban on wolf hunting in our state have good reason to be angry at the latest turn of events.After they gathered more than a quarter million signatures on petitions to overturn a 2012 law permitting wolf hunts, Gov. Rick Snyder a ... [Published Oakland Press - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Bill Lucas, Rick Snyder, Permitting

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Julia Gillard

'Lame swan' is determined to fly again

It seems just about every media pundit in the country wants to brand the Gillard government a classic lame duck (or should that be lame swan?) heading for electoral annihilation in the federal election in September.Smart headline writers were declaring ... [Published Illawarra Mercury - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Julia Gillard, Medicare, Disability

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

University Of New Mexico

Editorial: APD oversight panel worthless without trust

Republican City Councilors Trudy Jones and Brad Winter want to put the Police Oversight Commission on hold. That may be the only way to start restoring credibility to the system.Because like crazy uncles at Thanksgiving and lame-duck politicians at the ... [Published Albuquerque Journal - 6 hours ago]

Entities: University Of New Mexico, Lame Duck, Independent Review, instillation

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

From lame duck to mighty, muddy warrior

With obstacles labelled "Warrior Roast" and "Giant Cliffhanger", I didn't know if I'd signed up for an obstacle course or I was reading a travel brochure for Pyongyang.I boarded a bus with my breakfast radio supplied team mates; a group of women that ... [Published Esperance Express - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Lame Duck, Josh Kennedy, Paul Hogan

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

News alert: the president is doing just fine

Reading major media is like peaking into an alternative reality where truth becomes a collective agreement that is independent of the real world.Case in point. President Obama, if the real truth be told, became a virtual lame duck in... ... [Published Examiner.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Lame Duck, Barack Obama

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Paul Low says is powerless, will bank on PM’s stature to fight graft

Paul added that the MACC did not need Taib’s 'permission' to investigate him on shady land deals in Sarawak. - Picture by Choo Choy MayKUALA LUMPUR, May 17 - Datuk Paul Low said today he was hoping to rely on the prime minister’s stature to enable him ... [Published Malaysian Insider - May 17 2013]

Entities: Malaysia, Lame Duck, Corruption, Tony Pua

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Report: Schools Vote to Pull Plug on Classic Suburban Conference

The vote was 8-0 Wednesday to disband the Classic Suburban Conference after the end of the 2013–14 school year, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported :Richfield, a lame-duck conference member, abstained. ... With Richfield headed to the Metro West Conference ... [Published Richfield Patch - May 18 2013]

Entities: Pull, Education, Pioneer Press, Lame Duck

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

President must show more leadership and decisiveness

The usual routine when reporters' phone records are sought is to notify the news organization ahead of time so they can have a fair chance to argue against disclosure. Mr. Holder and other Justice Department officials are well versed in this process, ... [Published Modesto Bee - May 17 2013]

Entities: Subpoena, Leadership, Investigation, Lame Duck

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Beleaguered Obama looks to fight back as critics ask: is he a lame duck already?

Barack Obama: the new Nixon? Photograph: Mark Wilson/ It is not a comparison that many people thought would ever get much traction.But, assailed this week by multiple scandals and at the mercy of a furious press, President Obama has endured a legion of ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Lame Duck, Beleaguered, Barack Obama

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

"Lame Duck" MPC stands pat and waits for the new Governor

The calm before Carneys' storm?Last week saw the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, (MPC), leave base rates unchanged at 0.5 per cent and its Quantitative Easing, (QE), programme left unchanged at £375bn.This was hardly surprising, given the ... [Published New Statesman - May 17 2013]

Entities: Lame Duck, Mark Carney, Inflation, Hairpin, Monetary Policy Committee

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Mayor’s circle loses another

A second member of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's lame-duck administration announced Thursday that he's quitting and others are looking to exit.One government observer said that's typical near the end of a political regime, especially one in distress.Government ... [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 17 2013]

Entities: Lame Duck, Yarone Zober, Washington & Jefferson College, Bill Peduto

Quotes

"DisabilityCare starts in seven weeks' time and there will be no turning back. This bill brings peace of mind."

'Lame swan' is determined to fly again [Published Illawarra Mercury - 4 hours ago]

In the past I've had a pretty good pain threshold so I heroically described my ailment as "it feels like someone's STABBING ME IN THE HEEL WITH A SURGICAL SCALPEL!"

From lame duck to mighty, muddy warrior [Published Esperance Express - 8 hours ago]

...to the people," said one senior Congress party official when asked why the coalition should continue if it was struggling to pass legislation. "A lame duck is fine if it can paddle through water."

India's weakened Congress wondering if early elections will help [Published Yahoo! News - 12 hours ago]

...shows 41% of Republicans now say that Benghazi is the "biggest scandal in US history", and former Vice President Cheney claiming that Benghazi is "one of the worse incidents, frankly, that I can recall" . That there is less to this entire affair than meets the eye doesn't matter...

James Zogby: A Bad Week, But Not That Bad [Published Huffington Post - May 18 2013]

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Wolf hunting shenanigans unworthy of serious la... [Published Oakland Press - 1 hour ago]
'Lame swan' is determined to fly again [Published Illawarra Mercury - 4 hours ago]
Editorial: APD oversight panel worthless withou... [Published Albuquerque Journal - 6 hours ago]
From lame duck to mighty, muddy warrior [Published Esperance Express - 8 hours ago]
This is Viewpoints for Sunday, May 19, 2013 [Published Macon Telegraph - 9 hours ago]
India's weakened Congress wondering if early el... [Published Yahoo! News - 12 hours ago]
Nawaz Sharif Rides Again [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - 13 hours ago]
Troubles have GOP hoping for Senate [Published New York Post - 14 hours ago]
Low aims for bold anti-graft measures [Published New Straits Times - 16 hours ago]
Barack Obama must act like a true leader \| Obse... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 18 hours ago]
Not in the stars for now [Published Hindustan Times - 21 hours ago]
News alert: the president is doing just fine [Published Examiner.com - May 18 2013]
James Zogby: A Bad Week, But Not That Bad [Published Huffington Post - May 18 2013]
Juan Cole: Fighting Climate Change National Pro... [Published ZNet - May 18 2013]
Local state reps, senators vote to designate wo... [Published Voice News - May 18 2013]
The Dark Lonely Road [Published This Day Online - May 18 2013]
Political Insider: Healy council candidates can... [Published New Jersey Online - May 18 2013]
Report: Schools Vote to Pull Plug on Classic Su... [Published Richfield Patch - May 18 2013]
Dealers urged to reverse absorption decline [Published Motor Trader UK - May 18 2013]
Brandenburg, Pavlov see benefit to wolf hunting... [Published Voice News - May 18 2013]
Mendte ? Second Term Blues [Published WB11 - KPLR TV - May 17 2013]
Ombion: Can Monico make a big difference? [Published Sun Star Network - May 17 2013]
Costa Rica President Fires Aides Over Mystery J... [Published BusinessWeek - May 17 2013]
The last three years of Noynoy [Published Iloilo News Today - May 17 2013]
Poe seen as viable 2016 bet vs Binay [Published Philippine Daily Inquirer - May 17 2013]
Possible Dem challengers Mark Schauer, Vicki Ba... [Published Michigan Live - May 17 2013]
What's Holding Up Marriage Equality in New Jersey? [Published Gayapolis - May 17 2013]
President must show more leadership and decisiv... [Published Modesto Bee - May 17 2013]
Top Story: Two-year window seen for more reforms [Published Business World - May 17 2013]
Beleaguered Obama looks to fight back as critic... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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Obama must Make Fighting Climate Change Nationa... [Published Informed Comment - May 16 2013] President Obama, like George H. W. Bush, has a problem with the ‘vision thing.’ And that is the reason for which he is being dogged by critics and ‘scandals.’ He presides over a huge bureaucracy and things will go wrong in it, for which he will be ...
From super jet fighter project to lame duck [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - May 16 2013] The government insists that it will go ahead with development of the KFX/IFX jet fighter although its South Korean counterpart, under the newly elected President Park Geun-hye, has decided to postpone the project.“We don’t want to call the postponement ...
Wonkbook: All the latest on all the scandals [Published Ezra Klein - May 15 2013] Welcome to Wonkbook, Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas’s morning policy news primer. To subscribe by e-mail, click here . Send comments, criticism, or ideas to Wonkbook at Gmail dot com. To read more by Ezra and his team, go to Wonkblog . (Photo by JIM ...
Iran election puts mullahs in a bind [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 15 2013] Full Comment’s Araminta Wordsworth brings you a daily round-up of quality punditry from across the globe. Today: Iranians vote for a new president next month, but with less than six weeks before the poll, they have few ideas about who will be on ...
CNN Washington AM Note [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 15 2013] BREAKING OVERNIGHT: CNN: Israeli military: Syrian rockets hit Golan Heights Several Syrian rockets landed early Wednesday in the Mount Hermon area of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, the Israeli military said. "Initial ...

Audio/Video

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Is the President a Lame Duck on the Economy? [Published FOX Business - Video - May 01 2013]
Will Obama 'Save' Unemployment From Republicans? [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Dec 23 2012]
Wealthy CEOs Want Tax Breaks, Cuts to Poor and ... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Nov 27 2012]
Obama Fiscal Cliff Game Plan: Leave Washington? [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Nov 21 2012]

Press Releases

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CAIR: Michigan Governor Urged Not to Sign Anti-... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Dec 11 2012]
CCAGW Joins Coalition to Oppose Lame Duck Farm ... [Published Business Wire Public Policy/Government News - Dec 10 2012]
CCAGW Joins Coalition to Oppose Lame Duck Farm ... [Published Business Wire Natural Resources News - Dec 10 2012]
AARP Pennsylvania Volunteers Take Message to Wa... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Dec 05 2012]
AARP Volunteers Take Message to Lame Duck: Don'... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Dec 05 2012]