A little something more to give thanks for tomorrow as Tom Delay was just found guilty of money laundering: A Travis County jury today found former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay guilty of political money laundering charges relating to a corporate money swap in the 2002 elections. The verdict came down five years after […]
From the department of “holy shit!”: Tancredo applauds the law in that Arizona took control of enforcing laws the federal government hasn’t enforced. But he questions how police can stop people for any reason. “I do not want people here, there in Arizona, pulled over because you look like [you] should be pulled over,” says […]
Forget the emails that basically prove nothing, except to give the science and common sense deniers something to go crazy over. That wasn’t enough to give the current climate change controversy the famous “gate” suffix. But now we have something new happening; something that takes us back to the origins of the “gate” suffix: Attempts […]
One of the biggest problems with society today is the actions of those charged with protecting us. More and more we hear about police abusing their power, and when it happens the punishment never seems to fit the crime. Five Birmingham police officers have been fired for a January 2008 beating of an already-unconscious suspect […]
It looks like Harry Reid may not be going anywhere in the near future: The lieutenant governor of Nevada says the state attorney general’s office intends to have him indicted over how he handled a college savings program as state treasurer. Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki said Monday he believes he is being targeted for political […]
That’s your Republican Party in action. Now they are putting telecom immunity ahead of economic stimulus. Get that? They are saying if the telecom companies can’t have protection from breaking the law constitution, then they will hurt the entire economy.
The AP has the dirty: The White House acknowledged Thursday it has conducted about 20 briefings recently for federal agency employees on the election prospects of Republican candidates _ the sort of meetings that sparked an investigation into whether Bush aides engaged in illegal political activity. An independent investigative unit, the U.S. Office of Special […]
First for the definition – Phishing as provided by the SEC: “Phishing†involves the use of fraudulent emails and copy-cat websites to trick you into revealing valuable personal information — such as account numbers for banking, securities, mortgage, or credit accounts, your social security numbers, and the login IDs and passwords you use when accessing […]
Perhaps this war: Income inequality grew significantly in 2005, with the top 1 percent of Americans — those with incomes that year of more than $348,000 — receiving their largest share of national income since 1928, analysis of newly released tax data shows. The top 10 percent, roughly those earning more than $100,000, also reached […]
So these people can be sent to fight and die for Bush’s failed war, yet they aren’t allowed to voice their concerns? This is really disturbing: The pictures were just what the White House wanted: A teary-eyed President Bush presenting the Medal of Honor posthumously to a slain war hero in the East Room, then […]