Spinning Social Security

Everywhere I turn it’s Social Security. It is all over the news feeds and it is full of misinformation, misdirection and spin. I am getting dizzy.
I have opined on this topic often in the past month, but I must do it again.
First I would like to point out there is yet no actual plan to [...]

Soldiers Cleared In Shooting of Calipari and Sgrena In Iraq

The U.S. Army cleared American soldiers in the death of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari and the shooting of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena in Iraq. They recommended no disciplinary action following an investigation.
The investigation concluded the incident could have been prevented by better coordination between the Italian and U.S. governments.
The Italians disagree with the U.S. [...]

France Rules Against Copy Protections

In an article on Flynn Files:
American judges aren’t the only ones who’ve lost their minds. A French court ruled that DVDs and CDs that have copy-protection technology can’t be sold in France. In other words, the law ruled in favor of the lawless. Looters won. The decision banning the anti-bootlegging safeguard will likely have ramifications [...]

Terrorists In Iraq Kick It Up A Notch

From an article on FNC:
BAGHDAD, Iraq âââ Insurgents set off at least 17 bombs in Iraq on Friday, killing at least 50 people, including three U.S. soldiers, in a series of attacks aimed at shaking Iraq’s newly formed government. An audio tape by one of America’s most-wanted insurgents, Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, warned President Bush there [...]

Kweisi Mfume’s Sexual Troubles

I recently learned that Mfume is running for the U.S. Senate, as a Democrat of course. Here is his official site that is still under construction.
Now I find this tasty article on the Flynn Files:
Kweisi Mfume is Ghanaian for “Conquering Son of Kings.” Kweisi Mfume is American for “Conquering King of Sons.” The prolific Baltimoran [...]

Ivory Billed Woodpecker Sited In Arkansas

Woodpecker Thought to Be Extinct Is Sighted in Arkansas.
From an article in the NY Times:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 28 – The ivory-billed woodpecker, a magnificent bird that ornithologists had long given up for extinct, has been sighted in the watery tupelo swampland of a wildlife refuge in Arkansas, scientists announced today.
The birders, ornithologists, government agencies [...]

Chemical Plants At Risk For Terror Attacks

From an article on FNC:
WASHINGTON âââ A terrorist attack on chemical plants lacking enough federal oversight could cause mass casualties, a former homeland security adviser to the White House told senators on Wednesday.
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine (search) also testified before the panel, telling colleagues that in his state, 11 chemical plants are considered [...]

Al Gore On the Judicial filibuster

Quotes taken from an article in the Washington Post:
Former vice president Al Gore warned yesterday that ending Senate filibusters for judicial nominations would “undermine the rule of law,” and charged that Republicans backing the change are in the grip of “an aggressive new strain of right-wing religious zealotry.”
In an impassioned and sometimes indignant noon-hour speech [...]

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act H.R. 748 Passes In The House

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act H.R. 748:
The House passed a bill on Wednesday making it a federal crime for any adult to transport an under-age girl across state lines to have an abortion without the consent of her parents. A vote on a similar bill is expected in the Senate later this spring or early [...]

Iraqi Assembly Votes In Cabinet

From an article in the NY Times:
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 28 – Almost three months after the January elections, Iraq’s national assembly voted overwhelmingly to approve a Shiite-led cabinet today, creating the first elected government in Iraqi history.
The assembly chamber burst into wild applause after a show of hands revealed that 180 of 185 legislators in [...]