That is what the James Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure committee, has said the FAA needs to do: The Federal Aviation Administration should “clean house from top to bottom” and has too cozy a relationship with the airlines, the head of a congressional committee investigating airline safety inspections said Friday. This is […]
Here is an interesting graphic comparing recent polls in the Democratic primary for the Super Tuesday states (as only Pollster could visualize it): (click for larger view). At first it might look confusing, but it in fact shows a momentum towards Obama. Basically the darker dots are the most recent polls and they go down […]
Who Would Jesus Lie To? A Roman Catholic priest was arrested on perjury charges Wednesday, accused of lying about his relationship with a mobster in testimony to a grand jury investigating a casino owner’s possible ties to organized crime. The Rev. Joseph Sica, 52, was arrested outside his home in Scranton and taken to a […]
Dubai has quit its bid for the ports deal. The following is appearing on CNN’s home page: Dubai Ports World has agreed to turn over all of its operations at U.S. ports to a United States entity, said Sen. John Warner, reading a statement from DP World. He said the reason is “to preserve” the […]
n 2002, Michael Abramoff was being investigated by an acting United States attorney, Frederick Black, in Guam for some typical shady business dealings. Mr. Black was quickly demoted as President Bush appointed a prosecutor to Guam. New York Times is reporting today that there is now an investigation underway by the Department of Justice and […]