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Remember the bad old days of segregation and racial hatred? There are those in Israel who would bring back those days – but now the inferiors are women. There is no place for bigotry in any modern state. Here’s a quote to chew on:
A woman who just flew back home from Las Vegas says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought the icing on it could be a security risk. Continue reading “Mass. woman says TSA confiscated frosted cupcake” »
 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of young adults lacking medical coverage has shrunk by 2.5 million since the new health care overhaul law took effect, according to a new analysis the Obama administration is to release Wednesday. That drop is 2½ times as large as the drop indicated by previous government and private estimates from earlier this year, which showed about 1 million Americans ages 19-25 had gained coverage. Continue reading “APNewsBreak: 2.5M young adults gain coverage” » By Daniel de Vise
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Growing wealth widens distance between lawmakers and constituentsPosted by: TP in Guest AtriclesThe odds were long. At 34, Myers was the shift foreman at the “hot mill” of the Armco plant here. He had no political experience and little or no money, and he was a Republican in a district that tilted Democratic. Continue reading “Growing wealth widens distance between lawmakers and constituents” » By Scot Paltrow (Reuters) – Four years after the banking system nearly collapsed from reckless mortgage lending, federal prosecutors have stayed on the sidelines, even as judges around the country are pointing fingers at possible wrongdoing. The federal government, as has been widely noted, has pressed few criminal cases against major lenders or senior executives for the events that led to the meltdown of 2007. Finding hard evidence has proved difficult, the Justice Department has said. Continue reading “Special Report: The watchdogs that didn’t bark” » I recently posted a link to an article that focused on the disinformation that was being disseminated surrounding the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The basic thesis of the piece was that special interests, through their purchased representatives, were managing the news. The financial benefits to those special interests were being hidden behind a smoke screen of news focused on job creation and the lack of environment risks. Continue reading “Political Hackery Ascendant” »
While the lower tiers of the Republican field jockey for second and third place in the polls, and as mediocre candidates stand poised to enter the race, Mitt Romney has quietly held onto his frontrunner status. In fact, Mitt’s ability to stay on top while not courting scandal and intrigue is a story in itself. Continue reading “The Strange Things That Mitt Romney Really Believes” » |
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