Archive for August, 2006
Monday, August 28th, 2006
Evidence that the average Joe and Jane Doe are losing ground continues to pour in.
One measure of this the news that inflation adjusted American wages are actually well below where they were as far back as 2001. In addition to that little bit of information, median household income, adjusted for ...
Posted in Current Affairs, Economics, Politics | 14 Comments »
Monday, August 28th, 2006
In democratic societies, government is said to be “for the people, by the people, and of the people.” In the broadest sense, one could infer from this that governing institutions such as ours are not controlled by hereditary clans or moneyed interests, but instead are an amalgam of the interests ...
Posted in DailyFeatured, Politics | 5 Comments »
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
Why what? Why the ACLU chose Detroit where Judge Taylor sits as opposed to, well, somewhere else. It has been discovered that Judge Taylor is Secretary and Trustee for a foundation that has given $125,000 or more to the Michigan ACLU. That brings up questions of conflict of interest that ...
Posted in Diaries | 24 Comments »
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
I wonder what it is gonna be like in the Northeast this winter...
Posted in Diaries | 6 Comments »
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
and the Plame leak investigation wrapped up immediately?
Richard Armitage was the "senior administration official" who leaked Plame's name and that she worked at the CIA. This was known by the Department of Justice on October 1, 2003. Let that sink in for a moment. The investigation that is more than ...
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
We learned recently that, although the UN forces to be deployed to Southern Lebanon will have rules of engagement, they will not fire on Hizbullah fighters for fear that Hizbullah might, you know, fight back so they are useless for preventing Hizbullah from doing whatever they want to do in ...
Posted in Diaries | 7 Comments »
Sunday, August 27th, 2006
Okay, so the two kidnapped Fox reports were freed in Gaza today. That's good. Apparently, all they had to do was say they converted to Islam to gain their freedom, even though the original demands of the kidnappers were far greater. So anyways, I'm trying to picture ...
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
As the Bush Administration continues to 'stay the path' in the Middle East, it's goal of 'spreading democracy' is proving itself to be 'hard work,' just like the president always says it is. And even if Iraq isn't taking hold of the concept as quickly as predicted, at least in ...
Posted in Current Affairs, Middle East, Politics | 18 Comments »
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
While the jury is still out on the Bush administration's financial records spying in the US, the German state of Schlewsig-Holstein says the snooping violates German and European data protection laws.
The German position sees the transfer of financial information to US data centers has no legal basis and the hand-over ...
Posted in Current Affairs, Economics, General, Homeland Security, Police State, Politics, World News | 7 Comments »
Saturday, August 26th, 2006
Yesterday was a big day for rabidly right wing nut Ann Coulter. First, she exits Hannity and Colmes in a snit and then, this little gem - The San Francisco Zoo squelched rumors that a horse had been named after her.
Even though, "the horse...bore a striking resemblance to Ann Coulter ...
Posted in Current Affairs, General, IDIOT, Politics, Right Wing Nut | 4 Comments »
