This was an interesting exchange on Bill Maher last night: So because companies like Diebold create very unsecure machines that means the voter must be put through the ringer and provide ID – that according to Tony Snow. Here’s something that isn’t talked about enough on Voter ID – a poll tax. Most states require […]
It looks like a well known prankster called “Filipino Monkey” may have been behind these threats against our ships. So we start beating war drums without confirming the so called threat? Considering the billions we spend a year on intelligence, I think we are due for a refund!
This is getting ridiculous. Last month we hears how Iran was stopping the flow of bombs into Iraq. Now we are hearing that they are escalating it. We can never get a straight story from this administration on anything as it pertains to Iran. It would be nice to have a Congress that takes this […]
While people are losing their homes, the CEO of Country Wide is getting ready for a big payday: Angelo Mozilo, the co-founder and public face of troubled mortgage giant Countrywide, is eligible for tens if not hundreds of millions in compensation and perks on the sale of the company to Bank of America. During calendar […]
More signs that our economy is in trouble. Fears that America’s credit crisis is spilling over to hit consumer spending were fuelled yesterday after Tiffany, the upmarket jeweller, gave warning that sales over the Christmas period had fallen. Shares in Tiffany plunged by more than 10 per cent after it admitted that like-for-like sales during […]
You read this and it makes our problems seem so petty: The United Nations (UN) has warned that half a million people in Kenya will need aid in the weeks ahead if the country’s political crisis intensifies. [SNIP] The UN children’s organisation UNICEF estimates one in three children under five were already malnourished before this […]
The money quote: The firefighting system in the massive $736 million embassy complex in Baghdad has potential safety problems that top U.S. officials dismissed in their rush to declare construction largely completed by the end of last year, according to internal State Department documents, e-mails and interviews. We just want it done! And they wonder […]
This should be the question that puts Republican’s in a pretty pickle: Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau’s repeated failures to pay phone bills on time. A Justice Department audit released Thursday blamed the lost connections on the FBI’s lax oversight of money used […]
I now have a new forum system. You can access it from the very top of every page. Unlike the older forum system I had, this one is more incorporated. If you already have an account on the site then you have access to the forum – no more need for a separate account for […]