The number of thefts on this one are not as high but it is still a sign of how little respect the government has for our personal data: The government agency charged with fighting identity theft said Thursday it had lost two government laptops containing sensitive personal data, the latest in a series of breaches […]
The report released by McCain’s Indian Affairs Committee sure makes it look bad for old Bob Ney. As matter of fact it looks like he may have done the same thing Clinton did to get impeached: In the fall of 2004, Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) told Senate investigators that he was unfamiliar with a […]
First we get this story from 9:19 am this morning: South Korea’s defense minister said Thursday that Seoul believes North Korea’s missile launch is not imminent despite concern in the region that the communist nation would test-fire a long-range missile. “It is our judgment that a launch is not imminent,” Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung told […]
Evidently the Washington Moonie Times couldn’t handle Jack Murtha getting some good press yesterday, so today they fire back with a scathing editorial entitled “The Real Jack Murtha” Rep. John Murtha is thinking big thoughts. Since coming out for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq last year, he has accused Marines of murder “in cold blood” […]
A week after Congress was given another raise, Senate has sent a big fuck-you to the American workers: The U.S. Senate Wednesday defeated a proposal pushed by Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage in increments from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour by Jan. 1, 2009. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, unsuccessfully tried to […]
This just in from Raw Story: BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee unexpectedly passed a Democratic resolution calling on the Justice Department to turn over all documents relating to information collected under the NSA wiretap program and any and all agreements with telephone service providers. The measure was passed by a voice vote Wednesday morning with […]
Yesterday I talked about the declining situations in Iraq and Afghanistan. After we heard continuous vows from administration officials that our military could handle two wars at once, we know see that may not be the case. Now we are facing even more dilemmas. We got Iran, who has now said they will not respond […]
The Republican led Coin-Gate scandal here in Ohio is 14 months old and still growing: The scandal that has gripped state government for 14 months broadened yesterday as two Cleveland-area investment brokers were indicted on charges that they conspired to bribe a high-ranking official of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation in exchange for getting […]
Bush and his claims that the Taliban is no longer existent have really come back to bite him in the ass. Brian Ross gives us this doozey sure to get some hot debate going: The United States military is quietly carrying out the largest military offensive in Afghanistan since U.S. troops invaded the country in […]