People like this make me really want to break things: Elected officials should know better than to blame the victim of a sex crime. While it’s a common tactic of abusers, it’s something no one expected of Republican Florida state Rep. Kathleen Passidomo. During debate over a bill that would legislate a dress code for […]
Given all the hate-baiting that has taken place over the Park 51 site in New York, it was only a matter of time until we started seeing stories like this: ATF and FBI agents are investigating a Saturday morning fire that damaged four pieces of equipment and could halt construction at the site of the […]
When you buy a gun you may have a background check, depending on where you buy it from. Go to a local gun show and buy one from some fellow enthusiast there and chances are you won’t receive a background check, unless that person is registered as a federal dealer. That’s the extent of it. […]
Oh this is just priceless: Fox News’ Brit Hume gave Tiger Woods some personal advice Sunday morning, telling the scandal-plagued (and Buddhist) golfer to ‘turn to Christianity’ to make a full recovery. On “Fox News Sunday,” Hume — the former leader of Fox News’ political reporting and host of “Special Report” who now serves as […]
This will be big fuel for the GOP: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) corrected its estimate of the Senate health bill’s costs on Sunday, saying it would reduce deficits slightly less than they’d predicted. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf said that the nonpartisan budget office had […]
Because losing in court means nothing to him: The White House yesterday sought to overrule a federal court’s decision limiting the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises, exempting the service from complying with two major environmental laws. Environmentalists who sued to limit the use of loud, mid-frequency sonar — which can be harmful to […]
A lot of questions into the actual effectiveness of these sanctions. The economic impact of U.S. sanctions against Iran is unclear and Iran has signed about $20 billion in energy contracts with foreign firms since 2003, said a U.S. audit report. “U.S. officials and experts report that U.S. sanctions have specific impacts on Iran; however, […]
I have raised this question before; why does Diebold choose Microsoft for their voting machines over Linux? Linux is much more secure, much more customizable, and, possibly the biggest reason, much cheaper (Linux is free). We find this week that this question still needs to be raised: Problems found in an audit of Diebold tabulation […]
The Nation has a very interesting article that exposes what the telecommunication giants are trying to do behind are backs. According to the article, they are lobbying for the current legislation regulating their industry to be reduced so that they can set up a “pay to play” system. What that means is you will be […]
Bush has accepted full responsibility for the governments failed response in the days immediately following Katrina’s land fall. “To the extent the federal government didn’t fully do its job right, I take responsibility,” Bush said in a joint press conference with Iraq’s President this after noon. Bush did reaffirm his desire to find out “what […]