Sen. Al Franken is still on a rampage over the recent news of Apple iOS devices recording their users every moves and now he will be holding a hearing: Senator Al Franken (D-MN) has stepped up his pressure on Apple CEO Steve Jobs, announcing on Monday that he will hold hearings on the recent revelation […]
For years law enforcement used court orders to obtain the emails of suspects. Court orders are much simpler to get than an actual warrant. Well that practice is coming to an end: The government must obtain a court warrant to require internet service providers to turn over stored e-mail to the authorities, a federal appeals […]
“The 30,000 additional troops that I am announcing tonight will deploy in the first part of 2010 – the fastest pace possible – so that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centers. They will increase our ability to train competent Afghan Security Forces, and to partner with them so that more Afghans […]
I really want to see a Senator Franken. Think of how much fun CSpan will be then: According to data just released by the Minnesota Secretary of State, Al Franken has gained a net of 43 votes on the first day of that state’s recount process. Norm Coleman had a lead of 215 voters over […]
Wow: Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount. The Labor Department said Wednesday that consumer prices fell by 1 percent last month, the biggest one-month decline on records that go back to February 1947. The drop was twice as […]
That’s how our economy is being described: The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, clobbered by dual slumps in housing and credit that caused people and businesses to spend and invest more sparingly. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the gross domestic product increased at a scant 0.6 […]
Rudy is upset that people are talking about his current wife and wants the media to back off: Several candidates for president are on a fast pace for fundraising. Democrat Hillary Clinton has set a record and Republican Rudy Giuliani isn’t far behind.But it’s what Giuliani said Monday that will likely steal the headlines. The […]
My post earlier today showed how even a senior official in the Iraqi government is calling the tensions there a “civil war”. Ironically CBS is still sucking up to the Bush administration’s talking point by avoiding that term. This is a shot from their web page today: “Civil Conflict”. 80 people died yesterday (which is […]
Handing over the ports to Dubai would have an impact on the military. What is interesting is the fact that Rumsfeld and Pace were not consulted on this decision. Check out Think Progress for the details