I really wish our country would make such bold moves: Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen. From 1 July every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection. Finland has vowed to connect everyone to a […]
That according to Joe Scarborough: From The Huffington Post: “I hear it on the Hill, I’m sure you hear it on the Hill all the time, it’s not reported, but so many Republicans tell me this is a guy that is not the hardest worker in the world,” said Scarborough on Wednesday’s edition of Morning […]
<p>I think this is one of the best ideas I have <a href=”http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0629/conyers-throws-grayson-cosponsors-war-making-poor-act/”>ever heard out of Congress:</a></p> <blockquote> <p>It seems that Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) would agree, perpetual war is making you poor.</p> <p>To begin rectifying the situation, he’s joined with Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) in co-sponsoring the "War is Making You Poor Act," […]
His name is Thurgood Marshall and he is being used as a strawman to go after Kagan in her confirmation hearings. But there’s a problem. After the GOP used Marshall left and right yesterday, they couldn’t even cite one ruling of Marshall’s that they disagree with. I hope they can come up with something soon, […]
Oh My! How dare this happen (via Fox): Several reporters were caught on an open mike mocking Sarah Palin for delivering a “roller coaster”-type speech after she addressed California State University, Stanislaus on Friday. As the former Alaska governor stepped off stage at the sold-out dinner fundraiser and the sound of applause faded away, voices […]
Today the Supreme Court ruled that states can’t impose laws hindering the gun rights: The Supreme Court held Monday that the Constitution’s Second Amendment restrains government’s ability to significantly limit “the right to keep and bear arms,” advancing a recent trend by the John Roberts-led bench to embrace gun rights. By a narrow, 5-4 vote, […]
The Senate’s longest serving member, Robert Byrd, died this morning at the age of 92. This really isn’t a big shocker. Byrd’s health has been deteriorating for years and given his age, it was pretty much expected that this was coming after the news of his serious condition yesterday. As far as a replacement for […]
The proposed “internet kill switch”, which passed out of the Senate Homeland Security Committee last week, has met some opposition: “Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) has introduced his own cybersecurity legislation with Sen. Orrin Hatch, and he had some harsh words for a competing bill sponsored by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security. Bond said that […]
Ben Smith at Politico just posted this: Washington Post Communications Director Kris Coratti emails: “Dave offered his resignation and we accepted it.” That’s following yesterday’s drama where Weigel apparently aired some frustrations regarding some right wing media types on a mailing list: FishbowlDC has obtained e-mails written by WaPo‘s conservative-beat blogger Dave Weigel, that the […]
I guess Bruce Willis was unavailable to stop these threats: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved a comprehensive cybersecurity bill on Thursday after amending it to limit the president’s authority in the event of a cyber emergency. The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper […]