A day to be glad we can come here and fight over stupid details in Government and not be thrown in jail for doing so.
Bridget Jones is not alone in turning to self-help mantras to boost her spirits, but a study warns they may have the opposite effect.
Alaska's governor Sarah Palin resigns, dooming her presidential pipe dream. Read more
A New Orleans man is suing the city and its district attorney for refusing to give back a gun that police seized when he was arrested on drug and firearms charges.
The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday filed the federal suit on behalf of Errol Houston Jr., who was arrested last year following a traffic stop.
This has never happened to me but what a shitty practice!
I guess I'd understand if the patient didn't have any good reason. It still seems kind of harsh, especially considering that many doctors double book anyway. Read more
Colin Powell, one of President Obama's most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president's ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much.
"I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them," Mr. Powell said in an excerpt of an interview with CNN's John King, released by the network Friday morning.
Mr. Powell, a retired U.S. army general who rose to political prominence after a long and accomplished military career, said that health care reform and many of Mr. Obama's other initiatives are "important" to Americans Read more
I suppose they'll have to edit this a little now before it's released..... Read more
Vast history here.
What makes Glenn's implicit approval most disturbing? He must be aware of both the false flag history since he claims to have read so many historical books recently as well as clear admissions made by neocon leaders that they know the claims are a hoax here.
The plan was simple. Invite certain guests, ask certain questions that elicit nonsense, then soak in the ratings. Another attack would be a huge boon for your wallet wouldn't it? GQ crying days would be over. You continue your lib-bashing without regard for the deeper issues in this country. And you "claim" to be a libertarian!!! Who says capitalism is dead? Read more
simple. brilliant. Read more
Yet another sci-fi milestone is upon us: microchips implanted under your skin and used to identify you.
The VeriChip is the first radio-frequency identification (RFID) microchip that's been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in humans. The chip is the size of a long grain of rice, and can be implanted pretty much anywhere in the body (most commonly along the tricep). Depending on how it's used, the chip could do anything from telling doctors your medical background to buying you a round at the club. Read more
A Fed plan further takes over State sovereignty of their issuance of driver's licenses. Many States have vehemently complained and many have refused to comply with the RealID Act. This bill further attacks in that it requires compatibility with Facial Recognition software and data accessibility for federal and international use.
Two international agencies (AAMVA,ICAO[UN]) are involved in U.S. policy for both the Real ID Act 2005 and the PASS Act. DHS calls AAMVA the "hub and backbone of the Real ID Act". AAMVAs own web-site proclaims it is an international organization that serves law enforcement and motor vehicle administrators.
Both acts result in Americans being enrolled into a single global biometric identification linking a persons image to their ability to buy and sell.
Unlike other western politicians, American legislators are expected to lead lives of sexual purity. When they step outside of their marital vows, it triggers a feeding frenzy in which members of the press and public line up to consume their pound of flesh. Mark Sanford is the latest politician to allow his genitalia make his decisions for him. He was in a prime position to be the front man to the now-rudderless Republican Party, until recent events changed everything.
The nation of Hungary has taken a step forward granting marriage rights to same-sex couples. While this is historic there still is a gap of inequality that must be changed.
Two years before the invasion of Iraq, oil executives and foreign policy advisers told the Bush administration that the United States would remain "a prisoner of its energy dilemma" as long as Saddam Hussein was in power.
That April 2001 report, "Strategic Policy Challenges for the 21st Century," was prepared by the James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy and the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations at the request of then-Vice President Dick Cheney.
In retrospect, it appears that the report helped focus administration thinking on why it made geopolitical sense to oust Hussein, whose country sat on the world's second largest oil reserves. Read more
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Three people have been killed in religious rioting in southern India between Muslims and Hindus, police said Friday.
Widespread violence broke out in Mysore Thursday after somebody threw a dead pig into the compound of an under-construction mosque, city police commissioner Sunil Agarwal told CNN. Read more
Michael Falcone Thu Jul 2, 5:37 am ET
The sex scandals that have tarnished Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) don't appear to have much in common. Yet there is one thread that binds them together: Both Ensign and Sanford were members of the famed Republican House class of 1994, as well as its latest casualties. Read more
