Category: Current Affairs
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On the heels of the US Supreme Court’s decision on upholding the ban on partial-birth abortion, it was the first time I actually read the controversial legislation, denounced by pro-choice advocates and hailed by anti-abortion activists ( or, denounced by anti-life activists and hailed by pro-life protesters…err, I give up trying to find the politically…
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We are aware that Dick Cheney suffers from a serious and chronically poor heart condition. But his cardiac health goes beyond the common medical definition, spilling over into the metaphorical realm of heart disease – "cold hearted" indifference and … well, "heartlessness." Since early March, when his "friend" and trusted aide, Scooter Libby was convicted…
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We are currently in an endless loop of outrage over racially charged stories in the MSM -the flap over Don Imus’ nasty crack about the Rutgers women’s basketball team and the more chilling Duke Lacrosse team’s case involving false accusations of rape. Here is a relatively obscure incident involving blatant racism mixed with patriotic fervor and…
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Not being a regular reader of legal blogs, this story came to my attention a few days late (via Sujatha). A top Constitutional scholar from Princeton who gave a televised speech that slammed President George W. Bush’s executive overreach was recently told that he had been added to the Transportation Security Administration’s terrorist watch list.…
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A curious story (link: Sujatha) from the automotive section of Detroit News Online. Plug it in, fire it up, Mr. President The Detroit News Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation. Mulally told journalists at the New York auto show that he intervened to prevent…
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I was not surprised to hear Pres.Bush citing two bloggers from Baghdad yesterday as evidence of normalcy returning to Baghdad to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Though incompetent in most other respects,this administration has been most adept at inserting cherry-picked phrases into speeches. To go by those carefully selected words, you would think all is…
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A curious French connection for the weekend: Balthazar Napolean de Bourbon, a lawyer/farmer in Bhopal, India, has been identified as possibly being in line for the lost throne of the Bourbon royal family of France.He is not hugely interested in pressing his claim, though it may earn him a trip to Paris and a few…
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With a background in electronics hardware, I had always been fascinated by the Bathtub curve, which is a model for a typical hardware product life-cycle from infancy to death. Today, it struck me as a good analogy of the U.S. Military and their readiness and ability to be effective.
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A couple of days ago, headlines from the usual news websites surprisingly led with the accusation that the US government had hidden data on the levels of lead in vinyl backpacks, toys and other articles from the consumers. "In 2005, when government scientists tested 60 soft, vinyl lunch boxes, they found that one in five…
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The Iraq war’s tumultous aftermath has given rise to another unusual situation. The Bush administration, hardly the champion of human rights and compassion, is working hard to save Saddam Hussein’s former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan from execution. Ramadan was first sentenced to life imprisonment by the Iraqi trial court. Subsequently the appeals court ruled…
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Among the current Democratic presidential candidates, John Edwards appears to be the favorite with a large section of the liberal blogosphere. Edwards, who is running a populist campaign about the "Two Americas," posed on the front yard of a damaged New Orleans home to announce his candidacy. He is catching the usual right wing flak…
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I should have posted this earlier when I received the email from a friend. Starting today, all cell phone numbers will be released to telemarketers and you will start receiving sales calls on your cell phone. To make your cell phone off limits to telemarketers, follow the instructions below. I registered my cell phone to…
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