Today’s earthquake is another stark reminder that government regulations do save lives: From seawalls that line stretches of Japan’s coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world’s most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan. Had any other populous country suffered the […]
Austin Powers arch nemesis, Dr. Evil, has transformed into a real life character named Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. First off, here’s a look at the datacenter for Wikileaks. Steel and glass doors frame its entrance, which is carved into the hard rock of Vita Bergen – The White Mountains – in the centre […]
They have found a boat! A really old boat that is and once again we hear claims that it is Noah’s ark: From the article: A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say wooden remains they have discovered on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey are the remains of Noah’s Ark. The group claims that […]
John Cole reminds us of a harsh reality when it comes to the little $15 billion jobs bill: What is fifteen billion? A couple weeks of unemployment benefits? Not to go all Everett Dirksen and everything, but we ***LOST*** almost that much in Iraq, and no one flinched. But $15 billion is going to remedy […]
It takes a nation being in rubble, millions suffering and tens of thousands dead, but we finally get a Sunday talking heads line up absent John McCain and Joe Lieberman this week. The show to watch will be This Week when Jake Tapper talks to former presidents Bush and Clinton about their Haitian relief fund.
The lack of maturity by the House GOP is on full exhibit today as they debate healthcare reform. Here’s a compilation put together by Think Progress of the GOP trying to silence women lawmakers today: Here’s something that isn’t childish – people will die while they Republicans pull these games because they don’t have healthcare. […]
And I don’t think they are the kind of thank you notes she really wants: Planned Parenthood is suddenly a lot richer because of Sarah Palin. And the Republican vice presidential nominee will soon be receiving tens of thousands of thank-you notes. A three-week-old Internet campaign is asking abortion-rights activists to send donations to Planned […]
After a little more than six days, I am back online. It’s amazing seeing what that wind storm that hit last Sunday did to the Greater Cincinnati area. There are still tens of thousands without power. There is also a lot of finger pointing going on about who is to blame for the extended repair […]
That’s what Meghan McCain says: So to the tens of thousands of Americans who have lost loved ones in a war – you don’t get it. Only John McCain gets it. So don’t complain about the losses of war.
Good for him. This kind of garbage has no place in our political landscape: Sen. Barack Obama has launched an all-out effort to block a Republican billionaire’s efforts to tie him to domestic and foreign terrorists in a wave of negative television ads. Obama’s campaign has written the Department of Justice demanding a criminal investigation […]