Texas law enforcement officers faced off with men dressed as Mexican Army soldiers and apparent drug suspects near the U.S.-Mexican border Tuesday, after three SUVs attempted to flee state authorities, officials said. Andrea Simmons, an agency spokeswoman in El Paso, … Continue reading
I’m all for kids standing up for themselves, particularly in cases where they’re being railroaded. This kid, as of right now, is a hero to me: The entire protest was Michael’s idea, his mother said. “My husband and I did … Continue reading
Found this on Slashdot today: The test subjects on both sides of the political aisle reached totally biased conclusions by ignoring information that could not rationally be discounted, Westen and his colleagues say. Then, with their minds made up, brain … Continue reading
Mexican migrants to get US maps A Mexican government agency is to issue some 70,000 maps marking main roads and water tanks for people wanting to cross illegally into the US. The National Human Rights Commission says the maps will … Continue reading
From Digg.com: I registered deusto.com in 1997. Now, eight years later, Planeta Agostini, one of the biggest publishing groups in Spain and owner of Ediciones Deusto, sends me letters demanding me to transfer them the domain, because they registered the … Continue reading
Remember all those news stories in 1993 about how the nomination of former ACLU lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg to replace conservative Justice Byron White on the United States Supreme Court would “tilt the balance of the court to the left?” … Continue reading
While the TWU and the MTA are fighting back and forth about ratification of the contract, and while the Union is still plugging along with the typical, “they don’t respect us cause we’s black” 1950′s segregation shpeil, we find this … Continue reading
So, as we slowly come to the end of her 15 minutes of fame, it’s important to note how peace mom average american, Cindy Sheehan, is really not the all-american average mom the libs love painting her to be… CARACAS … Continue reading
I am so sick of the damned RIAA and its lackey organizations. First we heard that Napster, Grokster, and Kazaa were killing music sales, damaging profits and hurting artists. Blah blah blah. Then we heard that a poor kid in … Continue reading
I have to say, this is such a damned simple and yet brilliant tip that it makes my head spin that I haven’t thought of it already… In Windows, if you have various configurations that you like to print from … Continue reading
Samuel Alito will now move to the Senate where Democrats will likely pound the crap out of him. But an interesting point has come out: In 1990 George H. Bush nominated Sam Alito for the 3rd U.S. Judicial District and … Continue reading
I have to wonder if people who criticize op-eds in an effort to give their rabid readers something to feed on. Joel Stein’s latest op-ed is a perfect example. The right-wing of the blogosphere has gone utterly apoplectic over it, … Continue reading
Alaska apparently doesn’t have the stones to stand up to Diebold. The state Division of Elections has refused to turn over its electronic voting files to the Democrats, arguing that the data format belongs to a private company and can’t … Continue reading
In an effort to combine the crappiness of two networks, Time Warner and CBS will merge the UPN and WB to form The CW (no word on what CW means; guess they just like using letters). By Kenneth Li and … Continue reading
PASADENA, Calif. – One minute, Heather Graham was the face of ABC. The next minute, she was gone. Her comedy series “Emily’s Reasons Why Not” was promoted relentlessly by the network as the linchpin of its post-football Monday night schedule, … Continue reading
In what could clearly be called the most obvious example of mainstream media bias ever in history, Time Magazine has put forth the following: As details poured out about the illegal and unseemly activities of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, White … Continue reading
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Just remember… When you call people by their nationality / ethnicity, you can be accused of profiling… Check out the backpedal here: In the original version of this post, the men in question were described by the author as “Middle … Continue reading
Now here’s a novel approach to the lack of interest the government is showing in the schools it keeps telling us are so crucial to the success of inner city kids: Disgusted by the city’s lackluster public schools and the … Continue reading
One of the many iTunes killers out there, Napster, is apparently having issues staying afloat… Napster has denied claims the digital music company is on the verge of a major shake-up that could see large numbers of employees lose their … Continue reading